The Valentines Update for [i]Primal Carnage: Extinction[/i] is now live on Steam! This is the first part of February's month-long special event, featuring [i][b]smouldering[/b][/i] good looks and various quality of life fixes. Read all the details below... [h3][b]Balance Tweaks & Fixes[/b][/h3] Our latest update includes various small fixes and a couple of balance tweaks suggested by the community. First and foremost, Flaregun shots have received a smaller detection radius for homing to targets, and to offset their easy to hit nature even further they now do ~50% less instant hit damage. With the PlayStation beta in full swing and less time to work on the PC side lately, we've been tryng to resolve smaller quality of life issues in the moments we have to do Steam patches. Many annoying cosmetic issues have been addressed lately, improving compatibility of various skins and fixing visual oddities wherever possible. Additionally, we've done some minor overhauls to the economy login process that should reduce login failures a tad, and fixed an issue with new players syncing their inventories. Of course, the main highlight of today's update is our... [h1][i][b]Special Valentines Event[/b][/i][/h1] Love is in the air! Our annual Valentines celebration is now live in-game, with a collection of lovely new looks and a taunt that is sure to melt your heart... [previewyoutube=c-Dnzh96ndw;full][/previewyoutube] Outside of the store, we have a bunch of new[b] free [/b] drops, including one simply adorable Carno... [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/7077945/9da2be7b452a33a88d3e59fb6ae2ccc54ed30c08.png[/img] Not to mention, the delightful Cupid's Bow... [img]https://i.imgur.com/V6DyJvX.gif[/img] This is only the first part of this month's special event, with even more interesting new looks arriving in Part 2, closer to the end of February! Remember that you can check out all of the new goodness on our [url=https://trello.com/b/FXE3SzJo/special-event-items][b]Special Event Trello Board[/b][/url] in addition to previewing all store items in the game itself. [h2][b]CLASSIC VALENTINES SALE[/b][/h2] Absence makes the heart grow fonder they say, well it's been at least a year so we're also bringing back all of our classic Valentines items today! [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/7077945/e4d49bc43c8839dfb459d46f523e6b61472c4a6f.jpg[/img] Loads of lovely legacy skins, gifts, taunts and more have returned to the store, ALL with some delicious discounts. So if you've always wanted a stylish red tophat for your dino - now's your chance! [h2][b]Version 2.9.50 Changelog:[/b][/h2] [list] [*] reduced flaregun instant hit damage from 50 to 25 [*] shrank the hit detection scale for flaregun projectile [*] improvements to economy login process - [*] resolved issues with new players syncing their inventory with the item server [*] fixed the game not waiting for you to be logged in when joining a friend's match via Steam [*] fixed missing pycnofibres on Snowstorm Ptera skin [*] fixed "feathers" showing on Onyx Freeze Rex skin's head [*] fixed Atroxiraptor skin not supporting head attachments [*] fixed mismatch between head and body lightness of Troianas Rex skin [*] fixed misaligned Classic Shotgun model in 3rd person [*] fixed Satchel cosmetic floating when used with Lifeguard or Wilderness Commando skins [*] fixed collar eye glow not being visible on Soul Collector Cerato - note that this does make its eyes less "soulless" [*] reverted BasicTesting and main menu to non-snowy versions [*] added new Valentines Event items [/list] [h2][b]Community Roundup[/b][/h2] [url=https://discord.com/invite/primalcarnage][img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/7077945/8d7dd8cd87c4f85f27be94c269175aae5bd5e157.png[/img][/url] Our first art contest for 2024 just ended, with the Emoji Design Competition now concluded. We'll be announcing the winners soon, and running many more community contests throughout this year on the [url=https://discord.com/invite/primalcarnage][b]Official Primal Carnage Discord[/b][/url]! If you're involved in making content for PCE, [url=https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/393000/view/3976182640095427579][b]we recently revealed the deadlines for special events[/b][/url]. Submit your skins, taunts, mutations and more before the deadline for an event to have a chance of them being officially added during this year's occasions! [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/7077945/0424089e9dfff2a5ef4d029b2e332e594a35a5b3.jpg[/img] Elsewhere, the overhauled PlayStation version has been in closed beta for a few months now and we still have plenty of places available to bring in more testers. Sign up at [url=www.primalcarnage.com]www.primalcarnage.com[/url] if you want to take part. The major 3.0 update for PC will contain all of the graphical and gameplay improvements from the new PlayStation version when it launches later this year. [h3][b]Thanks for playing![/b][/h3] [i]-The Primal Carnage Team[/i]