I have put the game at -70% for the steam summer sales. If you bought the game at full price in the last 4 weeks, contact me via anashel@aliceandsmith.com and I'll send you the difference via paypal.

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Started pre-covid, our "Going Dark" project is finally completed!

• New hacking raid event / Capture the flag
• Linux Ubuntu + Gnome now in Beta
• Incognito game mode / ability to play without any third party account
• Complete removal of Google Analytics tracking from all our websites
• Closing our Facebook ad account and removal of all our ads tracking and targeting services
• Shutdown of all our newsletter and removal of all email address
• Firing our ads agency

In incognito mode, your progression is saved to your steam account. You still can play from multiple computers without losing progress. From now on we will rely purely on our community for the growth and success of this game. No more targeted ads, in fact no more advertising agency. If there is a penny to be spent on promoting our game, it will be either to help journalists or fans playing with our games. If you enjoy the game, help us by leaving a review on steam or talk about it with your friends. We will follow shortly with a major rewrite of our legal privacy policy document to now support cloaking, VPN or any form of client anonymity.

For ARG events, The Black Watchmen crossover or any integration that is required to link your game with external projects, you will still be able to keep or create an A&S Accounts. Keep in mind that A&S Accounts and Incognito Mode will not be linked. These are two entirely different login systems so progression won't be shared between accounts.




This update also introduces our hacking events engine. Powered by Unreal Engine, these 'locations' are hosted on our server stack and can be targeted as part of mission or CTF events (Capture the flag). Hacking events can host a single player mission or collective missions. They can be part of storyline missions, bounty or open world.

Some of the unique features you can expect in a hacking event:

• Persistent location that can be targeted with your Stinger OS
• Live 24h/7 coverage via Signal Intelligence tools and RTMP Camera Feed
• Reset every 4 hours, similar to a dungeon in some MMOs
• Each persistent location is also streamed in real-time on Twitch
• Ability for bystanders (twitch audience) to interact and affect the location

Using the same technology that we used to build the Paradox Interactive - PDXCON 2021 show, hacking events can include real life actors, similar to what you had during The Black Watchmen live event. For more information, you can watch a 'behind the scenes' clip where I explain the technology:


https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1032298462?t=09h02m42s

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The first hacking location will open with Operation Smoke Screen, part of our Sec-9 storyline. This event, which is currently in beta, will show up in your mission center on July 2nd. It will be a free event for all NT4 owners. Hack an entire city block, control security cameras, take down the power grid and deploy agents on the ground to infiltrate an air gap network.

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We have started the migration of both NT4 and Black Watchmen to Unity 2021. This comes with improvements to the overall loading time but also better compatibility with MacOS and Linux.



We now finally have a stable version of NT4 under Ubuntu 18.04 /w Gnome. If testing goes well, we hope to release the Linux edition in the coming weeks.

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Interested in giving me a hand for the summer? We have a paid internship position open! Apply here >