- Steam App
- Silica (1494420)
- Event type
- patch note
- Published
- 16 May 2024 - 14:30:48 UTC
- Source
- steam_community_announcements
"The Queen calls to her spawn, an inaudible link of the mind. She nests, interfacing with the biotic mass using her tendrils. They listen to her every command, yet, migrating leaves her vulnerable - an opportune moment for her elimination..." -- Elite Captain Brenn of the Heavy Ordnance Unit A wonderful spring day to you all! Today's update introduces the Alien Queen to the Strategy game mode, whose elimination results in a loss for the Aliens, previously tied to the Nest. As an added bonus there are a multitude of performance optimizations, primarily improving late game performance with tons of units, as well as a plethora of fixes and improvements. Not forgotten are improvements and fixes to voice chat, which suffered from occasional looping. The Queen herself is a formidable opponent, capable of defending herself should the need arise, though given her importance to the success of the...