Agents,

2023 has been a big year for Ocean Drive Studio, but especially for Blackout Protocol. All the closed beta tests and the Steam Next Fest built up to our Early Access, and the major patches afterward helped further solidify the foundation for the game.

We wanted to express our gratitude to all of you joining us in our journey this year. Various members of the Ocean Drive Studio team recorded a holiday message per our tradition, but we also have a message from Blackout Protocol’s mastermind on the game's present and its future.

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We cannot emphasize enough how crucial your feedback and suggestions have been in shaping the game’s direction. We firmly believe, and are committed to, the open development approach where feedback from fans and community serves a critical role in creating the best gameplay experience. Sometimes, this process involves making tough decisions, like revising the development plan as Dongsoo mentioned in his message.

Based on your feedback, we focused primarily on establishing a stronger foundation and better core mechanics. To list some of those changes based on your feedback: we added solo mode, adjusted movement speed & roll dodge, made changes to weapon/Synaptic Enhancement balance, revamped early game experience, and so on.

Of course, we are still eager to bring Agents new content like additional weapons, levels, and enemies. We were able to introduce the long-awaited melee weapons in the recent 0.14 patch, which we consider the first step to all the new content to come! We will also be sharing a new content roadmap next year, as mentioned in the video.

Blackout Protocol would not be where it is now, if it weren’t for the suggestions and feedback from you. We thank every Agent for playing Blackout Protocol and sharing your feedback. We wish you a happy Holiday season, as well as a wonderful new year ahead--with us! Please look forward to more updates on Section 13 base in the future :)


- ODS Team

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