Hey, Ghosts and Hunters!
Today we have an exciting announcement to make about our availability on the Epic Games Store. We also have some details to share about how you can support a great cause while getting MGH at a discount for yourself or a friend!
Since our last big update back in March, we’ve been hard at work, but we’ve also been keeping a close eye on player feedback throughout this time, so huge thanks for that, and be sure to keep your spooktacular thoughts on ways to improve MGH coming.
AN EPIC ANNOUNCEMENT
Exciting news! MGH will be headed to the Epic Games Store! Starting today, June 1st, MGH will be available on the Epic Games Store. This is an exciting moment for the team, as it means more players will have the opportunity to play MGH, and we can reach an even bigger audience, and even more players!
We’re also excited to say that for a limited time, MGH will be FREE on the Epic Games Store! For one whole week beginning today, June 1st, you can get MGH on the Epic Games Store 100% FREE TO KEEP.
If you’ve got a friend you’ve been dying to get in on the sweet, sweet, ghost-hunting action, there has never been a more perfect time to recommend they grab a copy. And while you’re at it, might as well grab a copy yourself. I mean, hey… it’s free! 🤷
If you’re dead set on playing on Steam, you can also snag a copy on sale until June 8th and get yourself a cool 66% off!
CROSSPLAY
While the Epic Games Store version is the version you know and love from Steam Early Access, this is also exciting because one of the features we’ve been working hard to implement behind the scenes is cross-play functionality. Players joining us on EGS will be able to hop right into the action with our Steam players, and vice-versa. From day one, we’ll have full cross-play capability!
DOUBLE Ghost SHARDS
To welcome all our new Epic Games Store players and welcome back our longtime supporters, we’ll be granting double the normal amount of Ghost Shards throughout this whole week!
MAXIMUM HUMBLE BUNDLE GOODNESS
As some of you may know, MGH is currently being included in this month’s May Multiplayer Madness Humble Bundle in support of the Bungie Foundation and No Kid Hungry. If you purchase the bundle, you’ll get some incredible games AND you’ll be supporting some amazing organizations. Thus far, the bundle has raised over $30,000 for these two charities!
It would mean a lot to the whole MGH team if you would help us in supporting these phenomenal charitable causes.
File size/compression changes
Alongside our EGS launch, we pushed an update that completely changes how MGH is packaged, resulting in a much smaller download size overall (21.6 GB to 14.8 GB)!
This change will trigger a 1 time download of basically the entire game, but after that, future updates/patches should be much faster to download and they will take up less space overall in the process!
BALANCE changes
In this update we also made some minor balance changes, and would love to make more in the future based on your feedback! Last week we sent out a survey asking about Hunter Weapon balance, and we have gotten some great feedback so far, and would love to get some more! If you have a couple of minutes to spare, please check out the survey!
The two balance changes we made this time are:
Increase splash damage for Spectral Cannon
This was a pretty minor bump, but hopefully will allow Spectral Cannon to be a more viable option in more situations
Decrease prop damage pre-midnight
While this isn’t a massive decrease, the hope is to reduce the number of Hunters being killed by ghosts before Midnight strikes
THE NEXT UPDATE AND BEYOND
While we don’t yet have a concrete date for the next major update, we’re currently working on a number of quality-of-life improvements, bug fixes, and some additional content, so we appreciate the patience as we sort out what will be included in that update. We’re hoping to have some news for you in the near future, so watch this space!
That’s all for this time, Ghosts and Hunters! Thank you again for your continued support, and we look forward to seeing you back on the h(a)unt soon!
👻 -Team MGH