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Genre: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Indie

Infestation: The New Z

Sniper ONLY + 25% Discount!



Hey Survivors!

This weekend event we are going to have a Sniper Only event on Battle Royale. This means Snipers will spawn everywhere and of course, melee weapons to fight the zombies.

Keep in mind, that loot can be cached, so there are some other weapons still spawning for a while.

We also run a discount on ALL skinboxes during this weekend. So if you planned to buy some, now is the perfect moment. All skinboxes will have a discount of 25%!

Start: 08.04.2022, 12:00PM CET
End: 11.04.2022, 12:00PM CET

More information: https://playnewz.com/news

We wish everyone a great weekend!

Arcade - FREE Skinboxes



Hey Survivors!

This weekend we planned to do an event that is more towards the PVE part of the game.

The regular airdrop will contain skinboxes that you can farm.
The following skinboxes will be inside the Airdrop:


  • Skully Pink Skinbox
  • Dreadnought Skinbox
  • Modern Black Skinbox
  • Camo Skinbox
  • Killer Skinbox


Start: 01.04.2022, 12:00PM CET
End: 04.04.2022, 12:00PM CET


Once again thank you for your great support! Want to support us even more? Make sure to share these updates with your friends and followers!

If you'd like to share suggestions and ideas you have for the game please let us know at https://support.playnewz.com/suggestions

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Double Reputation - Mixed PVP Servers



Hey Survivors!

This weekend we are going to run a small event in the PVP server section which is inside the Arcade game mode.

You will earn a double amount of reputation on all MIXED PVP servers in all regions.

Start: 25.03.2022, 12:00PM CET
End: 29.03.2022, 12:00PM CET

NOTE: Keep in mind, Helping players to earn more reputation by just shooting them without any fights is called boosting and not allowed. This can be punished with a temporary ban and/or with wiping their entire reputation.


Once again thank you for your great support! Want to support us even more? Make sure to share these updates with your friends and followers!

If you'd like to share suggestions and ideas you have for the game please let us know at https://support.playnewz.com/suggestions

To stay updated regarding the patch and server downtime please follow us on our social media:
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Patch 5.6



Hello everyone,
We are bringing a small patch to address a few issues and some fixes for you. Half of the changes came live last week when we had the urgent hotfix.


GENERAL CHANGES


GENERAL FIXES & CHANGES:


  • Redesigned the Airport Tower. As whatever was done, players found a way to abuse it. We have now completely removed the middle of it, so it's open!
  • Adjusted the Account/Season XP gained in some unbalanced contracts.
  • Fixed the contract Weekend Contract 3 where zombie kills did not properly count.
  • Fixed a crash that happened while moving and the item name was rotating in the inventory (when you hover over the item and the text is too long).
  • Fixed a bug in the animation that gave players an unfair advantage when throwing grenades and being stuck on that animation.
  • Renamed the Airdrop Caller GD to Airdrop Caller Normal, since it can also be purchased with other game mode currencies.
  • Fixed the Airdrop Caller Normal in your inventory when you received one in both game modes at the same time. That could cause desyncs.
  • Adjusted the physics of the garage building in all maps and game modes.
  • Improved the mission system overview - It now shows in proper order.


SURVIVAL


FIXES & ADDITIONS:


  • Fixed some loot crates that had no loot inside.
  • Added some areas around the hangers to give players the ability to use the areas better.
  • Added more openings on the south side of the Airport to give players a better way to enter the fight.
  • Added more cover around the airport to give players a way to push in a safer matter.

  • Decreased the cooldown of the wood shield barricades.
  • Added a new crafting recipe. You can now craft rope out of cloth.

  • Rank 1 and Rank 2-10 Skins for the leaderboards should be now working in Survival and Competitive.


ARCADE


FIXES & ADDITIONS:


  • Fixed some spawns around Colorado that would make players spawn inside objects.
  • Removed some undesired objects left over from the Xmas event.
  • Changed the Trading Lounge to the Summer version.
  • The Arena map is now daytime only.
  • Valentine contract exchange is be possible again on the Trading Lounge.


BATTLE ROYALE


FIXES & ADDITIONS:


  • Fixed a bug where you would keep buffs after ending a match and starting a new one.
  • We are working on contracts for Battle royale right now. More information will come soon.


COMMUNITY POLL


MOTO HELMET:
As we mentioned on the last patch, we ran a poll about the Moto Helmet becoming an item on its own.
Whoever had a recipe for the regular Moto Helmet, received 1.000.000 GD for each recipe.


Once again thank you for your great support! Want to support us even more? Make sure to share these updates with your friends and followers!

If you'd like to share suggestions and ideas you have for the game please let us know at https://support.playnewz.com/suggestions

To stay updated regarding the patch and server downtime please follow us on our social media:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Infestation.NewZ
Twitter: https://twitter.com/infestationnewz
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Twitch: https://twitch.tv/infestationthenewz
Website: https://playnewz.com

New Battle Royale Skinbox Reward



Hey Survivors!

We are glad to announce the release of the new Battle Royale Reward Skinbox called Lightning.



How can you get this skinbox?


You have to win or play our Battle Royale mode. If you win, you will get one to 100%, but there are also premium drops where you can also get one, but this drop is random and it contains multiple skinboxes.

You don't wanna play alone? Check steam forums or our discord, a lot of players looking for mates there.

More information: https://playnewz.com/news
Discord: https://playnewz.com/discord

Stay safe!

Season Pass 10 available!



Hey Survivors!

Now it's time. We are going to release our newest Season Pass 10. This Season Pass also brings a lot of changes which are listed below.

Start


01.03.2022, 12:00 PM CET

Changes



  • A unique skin set is going to be available in this Season Pass called Crystal as you can see at the top image.
  • You are able to get XP for the Season Pass from contracts on top of the general mission complete XP.

  • We started adding more items to the reward list such as weapons, usable items, and more!

  • Currency rewards of Battle Royale, Competitive, and Survival has been increased by 100% which means double.
  • New kinds of contracts will get added to the contract boxes in Arcade and Survival.
    The green color around means it's fully PVE and the blue ones are PVE/PVP. This way we will bring PVP more into contracts aka people that are only PVP will have a chance to grind the Season Pass.
    Some of the contracts also have a weapon type restriction, which is visible in the icon or inside the description.

    We called them weekend/week contracts because our plan is to release every week new ones in the future. For now, we will release like 20 on the Season Pass release date. Keep in mind, they will get added to the contract boxes in each game mode.




Do you have feedback about the latest changes? Let us know inside our feedback section on discord. We will try to improve the Season Pass more and more until every type of player, PVE or PVP, is happy.

We hope you like the latest changes and enjoy the grind!

Fredaikis Team

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Infestation.NewZ
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Website: https://playnewz.com

Valentine's 2022 Event - Twitch Drops



Hey Survivors!

We will finish up the Valentine 2022 event with a Twitch drop event. This event is split in 2 parts. The first drops will be Valentine 2022 Skinboxes and the second one are going to be Spectator Skinboxes.


Valentine 2022 Skinbox Drop:

Start: 24.02.2022, 12:00 PM CET
End: 26.02.2022, 12:00 PM CET



Spectator Skinbox Drop:

Start: 26.02.2022, 12:00 PM CET
End: 28.02.2022, 12:00 PM CET



How can you participate in the event? Just link your game account to Twitch through this LINK and then watch any stream in the following categories:

Infestation: The New Z
Infestation: Survivor Stories
Infestation: Battle Royale


Drop rules: https://support.playnewz.com/viewarticle?/84-twitch-drop-event-rules
More information: https://playnewz.com/news
Discord: https://playnewz.com/discord

Valentine's 2022 Event - Double Rewards in BR + COMP



Hey Survivors!

We are going to jump into a Double Reward for Battle Royale and Competitive, which means the cosmetic rewards in these game modes are going to be doubled.

Start: 23.02.2022, 12:00 pm CET
End: 25.02.2022, 12:00 pm CET

This also includes the random premium drop in Battle Royale.

Valentine's 2022 Event



Hello everyone,

We are happy to announce the 2022 Valentine's set of events!
These events will run for 2 weeks and we will be bringing a lot of vintage content as well.

Start date: February 11th, 2022, 12:00PM CET
End date: February 25th 2022, 12:00PM CET



You can expect classic events like Double EXP, Double Currency, Free Premium, and more!

We will be bringing back all the previous editions of Valentine's Character clothes for the last time EVER! So if you always wanted to get them, this will be your last chance!



There will be new mission contracts for you to do, including ones related to PvP!
You can read more about the contracts here: CLICK HERE
Keep in mind, most of these contracts won't work anymore after the event!




And with these, you can get the new Valentine 2022 Skinbox and its unique skins!



We will have also have a skin EXCLUSIVE Small Backpack skin for those who log in at any time of the day (ON EUROPEAN CENTRAL TIME) on February 14th!
Keep in mind that the servers use EUROPEAN CENTRAL TIME on their logs and therefore that's the time it will be counted!



Don't miss out on these! Have fun!


Patch 5.5

Hello everyone,
We are bringing another patch for you guys that will bring content for the next global event!
We are also making major corrections to the AI and Quality of Life towards them, along with engine corrections to improve overall performance for both game client and server. These will also allow us more leeway to create new features.
And we are adding a handy visual update to show you when you receive EXP and Season Pass XP.

GENERAL CHANGES


GENERAL FIXES & CHANGES:



  • Fixed an issue with Ridgeway Airport walls and its physics where people were able to abuse them.
  • Fixed issues in the Polish localization of the game.
  • Fixed an issue with Halloween contracts not giving the intended amount of rewards.
  • Fixed a building model in Campos City and other towns around Colorado.
  • Fixed the LOD of the Airport Towers. It now should render properly.
  • Fixed an issue that caused a Disconnect during the Warmup in Competitive.
  • Changed one Official Server to PvE (Both Arcade and Survival) due to poll results.

COSMETICS


NEW:

  • Added a completely new and reworked Battle Royale skinset.


FIXES AND CHANGES:

  • Fixed the Store Icon for the G36 Battle Royale Skin

  • Reworked the SWAT Armor. There were some cases of performance problems with it for some players.
  • Improved the icons for the Crossbow.

  • Reworked the icons for the B92 and all of its skins.
  • Reworked the Hunter Backpack. It should now fit the character model better.

  • Improved the Heavy Armor Cupido model.
  • Improved the Heavy Armor Solari model.
  • Improved the Heavy Armor Unicorn model.

SURVIVAL


FIXES:



  • We made changes and moved around the walls around Ridgeway Airport (Colorado) to prevent glitching.
  • Fixed a bug where Bus Stops wouldn't work properly in Beginner Servers.

ARCADE


FIXES:



  • Fixed some player spawns in Colorado that could cause players to spawn inside objects.
  • Removed all the Christmas Event content from the Trading Lounge.

BATTLE ROYALE


FIXES:



  • Fixed a bug that could cause the kill count to be reset when revived.
  • Fixed a visual bug that an item could persist (only visually) from the Warmup to the Match.

COMMUNITY POLL


MOTO HELMET:



  • We ran an in-game poll about making the Moto Helmet an item on its own. Right now it's a skin for the K. Style Helmet which doesn't make a lot of sense. The stats are going to be the same and the change is planned for Patch 5.6.



The patch time will be today, 10.02.2022 at around 1:00 PM CET.

Once again thank you for your great support! Want to support us even more? Make sure to share these updates with your friends and followers!

If you'd like to share suggestions and ideas you have for the game please let us know at https://support.playnewz.com/suggestions

To stay updated regarding the patch and server downtime please follow us on our social media:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Infestation.NewZ
Twitter: https://twitter.com/infestationnewz
Discord: https://playnewz.com/discord
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/InfestationTheNewZOfficial
Twitch: https://twitch.tv/infestationthenewz
Website: https://playnewz.com