GROUND BRANCH

Here’s another little hotfix to continue our pass on performance and general bug-fixing: Rebalanced AI difficulty settings (Untrained through Veteran) to offer a better experience.Adjusted sway, recovery, and exhaustion systems to work toge…

Just a small patch to address some more issues: Reverted change to VOIP settings causing audio to cut out. Fixed IR lasers and illuminators being turned off for clients on listen servers (Host Game) when the host toggles NVG off. Fixed sele…

Hey, everyone. We got another hotfix for ya — keep the feedback and reports coming! ✅ Some players have reported improved performance (particularly with PiP scopes) by verifying their game files. If you're unsure how to do that, follow thes…

We just released a hotfix patch to address some of the more urgent issues in the launch build. Patch notes General We've severely reduced the game's installed disk size from nearly 100 GB to 39.4 GB. Packaging settings were changed and some…

Folks, GROUND BRANCH V1.0 is here. In addition to the campaign's Prologue chapter — featuring 2 new Operations — this release includes a substantial enemy AI rework, the new armor system, a door overhaul, an updated map selection (2 brand-n…

Hey everyone, Welcome back to another Intel Report. We know it's been a minute, but the silence has been the sound of heads-down work. And this time we're not just pulling back the curtain on a few previews. We've got a lot to discuss about…

Hey there! As the release draws nearer, we're bringing you our final Intel Report for V1036. Historically, we've always released one build version at a time with a public test prior to pushing it to the main branch. However, this time we'd …

This is a small patch to address various issues introduced in V1035. Fixed T-posing after picking up a shotgun shell from the groundFixes for AI hearing, smoke, and flee logicTheir hearing has been restored, which fixes an issue with them n…

Hello! We're back with another Intel Report filled with dev news and sneak peeks for our upcoming release GROUND BRANCH V1036. Today we'll go over some details on new game systems and mechanics — including AI — as well as another map reveal…

Hello, everyone! We're back with our Intel Reports, this time as we make our way to GROUND BRANCH V1036. On the road to our next major release we'll be trying to do these dev blogs more often, as our schedules permit. We don't want to take …

Last week's patch V1035.2 released with more than a few issues, so we're addressing as many as possible in this hotfix.UI/UXRestored accessibility settings for Color Blindness Mode and Replace Key Reds With (Settings › Video › Advanced › Ac…

After a major refactoring that required rebuilding a massive portion of GROUND BRANCH's systems and interfaces, patch V1035.2 is finally here! The big refactoring Though this update doesn't bring in a whole lot of shiny new features (the bu…

We have a 15% discount running for a week (until November 26) to go along with yesterday's news. https://store.steampowered.com/app/16900/GROUND_BRANCH/ Don't miss it!

Hello everyone, thank you for joining us for another Intel Report! Today’s topic is a bit different than usual. As you may have seen here, GROUND BRANCH has moved ownership from BlackFoot Studios to MicroProse. The team behind GB fully move…

Hey, everyone. Our last contact has been a while ago, in Build Update #060, when we released Patch V1035.1. Although we usually reserve our Intel Reports for longer periods of quiet between major releases, Patch V1035.2 is taking a lot long…

We're back with another Build Update — this time for our first point release: patch V1035.1! This patch introduces a few new features (such as a Check Watch function, hand signals and modded skins), as well as various bug fixes and even som…

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Just a quick update to fix up the in-game bug reporter and a handful of other minor issues.Patch notesFixed in-game bug reporter (Report Bug screen) failing to submitThis was caused by a domain change in our bug tracker, which required the …

Hey, everyone! We have another V1035 hotfix for you, including fixes for City crashes and sound issues, Intel Retrieval bugs, and the "bum rush" feature (where the last remaining enemy AI rush the player in Terrorist Hunt) not working. We h…

We have another hotfix for you — and yes, this fixes suppressors in addition to a lot of other things. As always, thank you all for your reports and patience! Patch notes General Fixed issue with player characters (and sometimes AI) not rag…

Here we are with another V1035 hotfix straight out of the oven. The changes hopefully speak for themselves below. Among a lot of other fixes and additions, we've managed to fix the AI freezing after being killed in the middle of a grenade t…

Last Thursday we officially released GROUND BRANCH V1035 (if you missed it, see the release notes here) and today we are pushing a hotfix to address some of the more immediate issues we were able to fix already. Patch notes General bug fixe…

After a few weeks in the Community Test beta branch, we're thrilled to announce that GROUND BRANCH Version 1035 is now live on the main branch of your Steam install! As extensively previewed and discussed over the past months, V1035 feature…

We have just pushed live our third Community Test (CT) build for GROUND BRANCH V1035! It's difficult to identify an overall theme for this update other than, basically, "we fixed a whole lot more stuff". We've closed the gap considerably to…

A new Community Test (CT) build has just gone live! Whether you're among those who are already helping us test or are interested in joining in, read on or use the shortcuts below to learn more. Contents How to join the V1035 Commmunity Test…

Heads up, everyone: the Community Test (CT) for GROUND BRANCH V1035 is finally available! To hop on and start testing, follow the instructions below: From your Steam Library, right-click GROUND BRANCH and select "Properties…" Click Betas on…

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Hey folks, It is time for another Intel Report as we continue to develop V1035 of GROUND BRANCH. As always, we have worked hard over this past month to design, code and fix all kinds of things, a lot of which we've previewed in our most rec…

Hey there! We hope 2025 has been treating you well so far. Over here on the GROUND BRANCH team, we’ve been hard at work pushing towards the official release of update V1035. As usual, we would like to thank you — our amazing community — for…

As the year comes to a close, the GROUND BRANCH team is making the most of the holidays — spending time with family and friends, tying up tasks during the quieter days, or a bit of both. We get ever-closer to the release of our next major u…