Shakedown: Hawaii
Shakedown: Hawaii Update v1.1.5
The new v1.1.5 update is now live!
This update fixes issues related to sound volume resetting and volume settings not being saved correctly.
Thanks so much for playing! I hope these improvements make the game even better for you. If you discover any game bugs or issues, don't hesitate to email support.
Shakedown: Hawaii Update v1.1.4
Update Notes
v1.1.4 (PC) - February 8, 2022
The new v1.1.4 update is now live!
- New audio engine: Replaced DirectSound with XAudio2 for increased performance and compatibility.
- Fixed screen clipping when playing in 3.75:3 aspect ratio.
- Fixed bugs in various missions and shakedowns.
- Misc. other bug fixes.
Thanks so much for playing! I hope these improvements make the game even better for you. If you discover any game bugs or issues, don't hesitate to email support.
For more information on the previous update, check out this post (v1.1.3).
Shakedown: Hawaii Update v1.1.3
Update Notes
v1.1.3 (PC) - December 15, 2020
The new v1.1.3 update is now live!
- Added more achievements!
- Vehicle nitro flames now set NPCs on fire.
- Delivering a tank to the export garage will now reward you with one of every weapon.
- NPCs taking selfies now react to photobombing.
- Misc. bug fixes.
Thanks so much for playing! I hope these improvements make the game even better for you. If you discover any game bugs or issues, don't hesitate to email support.
For more information on the previous updates, check out this post (v1.1.0), this post (v1.1.1), and this post (v1.1.2).
Shakedown: Hawaii Update v1.1.2
Update Notes
v1.1.2 (PC) - October 31, 2020
The new v1.1.2 update is now live!
- Added PS5 DualSense controller support.
- PS4 controllers can now use R2 as an alternate fire button.
- Added new polished pixel art for the circuit board shakedown minigame.
- The "daily revenue" icon now shows both corporate and protection revenue, not just corporate.
- Enemy AI improved in the "Catch a Break" shakedown mission.
- Enemies in missions "Ceramic Parable" and "Clean Sweep" now attack more aggressively if the player tries to use a vehicle to take them down (when playing under normal difficulty).
- Fixed a shakedown bug which caused some missions to be stuck in a "Mission Failed" loop.
- Adjusted the car export garage's max cars per week to 5.
- Fixed some visual glitches in 1X zoom mode.
- Fixed a map zoom bug.
- Misc. optimizations for low end PCs.
- Misc. minor bug fixes and improvements.
Thanks so much for playing! I hope these improvements make the game even better for you. If you discover any game bugs or issues, don't hesitate to email support.
For more information on the previous updates, check out this post (v1.1.0) and this post (v1.1.1).
Shakedown: Hawaii Update v1.1.1
Shakedown: Hawaii Update Notes
v1.1.1 (PC) - October 24, 2020
- Gloves have been added to various shops, so you can now "customize" your character's hands. Check out the mall (second floor) or large department store on the west side of the map (among other places) to grab some.
- During the "Territory Takeover" shakedown missions, enemies will now more fiercely counter vehicle attacks (level 3 onward). This encourages players to engage in combat and use a more strategic approach.
- The "Live Broadcast" boss AI has been improved and made slightly more challenging (particularly under normal difficulty). Tweaks were also made to improve the experience under 3X zoomed-in mode.
- The "Lost Locks" shakedown now lets you clear the security guards by cutting their hair too. This provides players with an alternative approach to get rid of them.
- Tuned "Ballistic Pick Pocket" Arcade Challenge.
- Chase missions now better handle players entering vehicles.
- Adjusted "Live Stream" mission minigame to clarify keyboard controls.
- Vehicle spawning improvements.
- Misc. bug fixes.
Thanks so much for playing! I hope these improvements make the game even better for you. If you discover any game bugs or issues, don't hesitate to email support.
For more information on the previous update (v1.1.0), check out this post.
Shakedown: Hawaii arrives October 20th!
The Steam version brings the entire game to your PC, along with controller, keyboard and mouse support, leaderboards, achievements, trading cards, badges, and community emoticons. It also supports displays from 21:9 and 16:9 to 4:3 (of course!).
It also comes packed with the latest big game update, launching first right here on PC. The update adds a whole new difficulty mode, new types of shakedowns, a quick menu for upgrades, and much more.
The new normal setting boasts new and more difficult enemy types across the story missions, sidequests, and shakedowns, plus fewer health drops. New bulletproof and even fireproof enemies appear as the game progresses, necessitating the use of more varied attacks. When they arrive, you'll need to up your dodge game! You'll have to jump stomp, melee, or pick up and throw appropriate objects located around the area. The fewer health drops also encourage a more strategic approach and steer you towards more exploration. You'll start to pay more attention to where pick ups, shops, and vending machines are so you can replenish.
The original experience remains available as the "Easy" difficulty setting. Naturally, it made more sense to label it this way, rather than calling the new setting "Hard". The original game was specifically designed to be on the easier end. The new normal mode is designed to offer more challenge, but not to the degree of being experts-only.
I'm incredibly happy with how the new difficulty setting's turned out, especially as someone who's played through the game more times than I can count. It breathes a whole new life into the experience and I definitely think it makes a second playthrough worthwhile.
The empire building metagame has been extensively rebalanced under the new difficulty setting. Properties are more widely affected by inflation, multipliers give a more balanced boost, and shakedowns give higher rewards to encourage a broader approach. The overall changes make acquiring the island feel much more rewarding, and give further room for varied strategies to calculate an optimal speedrun. The order in which you unlock and acquire properties, which types you collect first, which ones you apply multipliers to, and when you complete specific missions -- it will all drastically affect how quickly (and cheaply) you can dominate the city.
New shakedowns have been added to add to replace some of the repeated scenarios. Many of the original scenarios have also been updated with additional layers of gameplay, combat or challenge when played through the new difficulty mode.
I appreciate everyone's patience and hope you enjoy the game!
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New Shakedown: Hawaii Trailer & Livestream
But wait, there's more! I'll also be doing a gameplay livestream tomorrow at 2pm Pacific / 5pm Eastern, on the Vblank YouTube Channel. See the game in action -- Sunday, December 23rd at 2pm Pacific / 5pm Eastern!
In the meantime, watch the new trailer, here:
https://youtu.be/z4o9oQ8op8U
Also, if you missed it, watch the deep gameplay overview trailer, here:
https://youtu.be/o5-om0n537Q
Thanks for watching!
Shakedown: Hawaii - New Gameplay Overview Trailer
Watch the new SHAKEDOWN: HAWAII trailer now:
https://youtu.be/o5-om0n537Q
This new trailer dives deep into the game -- revealing the world, story, business acquisition, characters, and customization. It's the biggest trailer yet!
For even more, watch the gameplay live stream at 4pm PT / 7pm ET:
http://youtube.com/vblankentertainment
Plus, huge reveals and much more available at vblank.com, here:
http://vblank.com/20181019_sh_trailer.php
New Teaser Trailer & Details!
Vblank Entertainment's latest open world adventure is still on the way. Shakedown: Hawaii just finished a great PAX showing! Check out the update along with its new teaser trailer to fill you in on the details.
Be sure to add it to your wishlist, here:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/598730/
DESCRIPTION
From the boardroom to the streets, build your corporate empire and destroy the competition.
Welcome to Shakedown: Hawaii, Vblank Entertainment's latest open world adventure. Shakedown: Hawaii parodies mega corporations, white collar crimes, and the most comically egregious business practices that go alongside. It playfully satirizes business that's so ballsy, you'll be left saying, "I'm not even mad, that's amazing!".
Build a "legitimate" corporation via open world missions, property acquisition, shakedowns, sabotage, market manipulation and collateral "re-zoning". The entire island is up for grabs... or at least, will be once you ruffle enough feathers.