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Rebel Inc: Escalation is currently 70% off with its DLCs also on sale during the Hooded Horse July Publisher Sale! Rebel Inc: Escalation is a unique political and military strategic simulation game in which you must stabilize a war-torn country. Balance competing civilian and military priorities while preventing a deadly insurgency from seizing power. Hooded Horse July Publisher Sale
Rebel Inc: Escalation is currently 70% off with its DLCs also on sale during the Hooded Horse Summer Sale! Rebel Inc: Escalation is a unique political and military strategic simulation game in which you must stabilize a war-torn country. Balance competing civilian and military priorities while preventing a deadly insurgency from seizing power. Hooded Horse Summer Sale
Rebel Inc: Escalation is currently 70% off with its DLCs also on sale! Rebel Inc: Escalation is a unique political and military strategic simulation game in which you must stabilize a war-torn country. Balance competing civilian and military priorities while preventing a deadly insurgency from seizing power.
Good to see you're all enjoying the Wildfire update!
Fixed an issue where the Tooltip system would stop working
Ndemic Creations
We've got a great update for you today with new features added to Campaign, Weekly Challenge and a host of new options for the Scenario Creator!
Watch out for the flow of corruption, cash, oil or lava coming to a Weekly Challenge soon! Opium Trail, Golden Sands & Devil's Peak, and the Billionaire Governor will now appear in Weekly Challenges.
Take on the volcanic region of Devil's Peak in Campaign Mode! How will you handle the heat?
Over 200 new Operation names have been added to the random name generator! Operation Veiled Juggernaut is now within your grasp.
We're bringing lots of new options to the scenario creator! We can't wait to see what you'll make with these powerful new toys.
You can now make scenarios with Devil's Peak and the Billionaire.
We've added the Border Guards and Lost Cause Player Tactics to the Initiative Editor.
Bring some flair to your scenarios with Icons from Devil's Peak and the Billionaire.
Opium Trail, Golden Sands & Devil's Peak added to Weekly Challenge
Billionaire Governor added to Weekly Challenge
Added Devil's Peak and Billionaire to Scenario Creator
Added Border Guards and Lost Cause to Scenario Creator
Added new Icons and Images to the Scenario Creator
Added Build Point Variables to the Initiative Editor in the Scenario Creator
Added over 200 new Operation name options
Fixed issue where changing "Local Support level" and "Local Hostility Support level" in the Zone Editor of the Scenario Creator would not have an effect
Rebel Inc: Escalation is currently 70% off! Rebel Inc: Escalation is a unique political and military strategic simulation game in which you must stabilize a war-torn country. Balance competing civilian and military priorities while preventing a deadly insurgency from seizing power.
Rebel Inc: Escalation is currently 70% off. Rebel Inc: Escalation is a unique political and military strategic simulation game in which you must stabilize a war-torn country. Balance competing civilian and military priorities while preventing a deadly insurgency from seizing power.
Hi everyone! Small update to fix a few issues.
Fixed issue where the Insurgency in Opium Trail was appearing too soon
Improved backend connection systems for Custom Scenario browser and downloading
Fixed issue where "The Great Droughts" wasn't included with the Dollars & Disaster's DLC
MacOS version update to match WIndows version
Ndemic Creations
We're glad to see you're all enjoying Arcade Mode! We're following up with a new tips system and extra fixes, quality of life changes and balance changes.
Tips: New Tips will appear in the Mode Selection menu to give you a few pointers on how best to stabilise your region and defeat the insurgency!
Golden Sands: Tweaked "Oil Yield" decision
Golden Sands - Slight increase in starting Funds
Opium Trail - insurgency takes longer to start
Tweaks to Insurgent training to reduce chance of large numbers appearing in one go (particularly in Arcade Mode)
Fixed "The Plague" scenario from requiring the Dollars and Disasters DLC purchase.
Fixed issue where Insurgent Camp / Insurgent Spawn pot not increasing correctly, resulting in lack of Insurgents or large amounts of Insurgents spawning
Improved targeting of gameplay tips (has significant concern, insurgent threat rising)
A quick hotfix addressing a player reported bug with flickering insurgent icons when playing on a mirrored map (e.g. in a campaign)
Happy New Year!
This update adds a new game mode, changes to difficulty, a new scenario and new player tactics for Campaign / Weekly Challenge along with various other tweaks.
It is the first of several updates we are planning to release this year and it focuses on addressing player feedback, adding new content and helping to support new players. Thanks for all your input!
Note: Mac will get the update early next week!
Some players said they find the insurgency a bit too realistic! Arcade Mode lets you enjoy the main game in a more manageable way without those pesky insurgents always striking where you are weakest. It’s fun to play in its own right and also a great way for players to prepare themselves for the original Realistic mode.
Arcade Mode can be chosen when starting a new game (Main Game only).
The key changes are:
Insurgents can't flee to stable/secured zones
Insurgents find it hard to infiltrate your front line
Defeated Insurgents regroup slowly
Activate it when you play Main Game!
We’ve been keeping an eye on win rates and player feedback and felt that some tweaks to difficulty were needed. In particular, we have been inspired by the positive reaction to some of our difficulty tweaks to After Inc. and are applying the learnings here.
Casual and Normal are going to become significantly more forgiving and Brutal gets a few tweaks. But don’t worry, Mega Brutal is unchanged for players who want the ultimate challenge!
As a developer, its scary making changes like this (and Arcade mode) to a game that has been out for so many years with tens of millions of players - very hard to balance and judge how it will work out. Especially when it targets newer players who we can't easily reach to beta test the game!
So please note that we will be keeping a very close eye on things over the coming weeks and months and will adjust things accordingly. Comments on reddit / discord / steam forums are all seen and considered.
A constant stream of foreign recruits are coming to fight for the Insurgency. As a result, extreme force has been authorised to make sure that defeated insurgents can’t rejoin the fight later. Control the number of Insurgents in the region or else be overwhelmed.
The best bits of Arcade Mode are coming to Campaign and Weekly Challenges as Player Tactics.
Keep an eye out for Border Guards and Lost Cause!
Border Guards: Insurgents cannot flee into stable zones
Lost Cause: Defeating insurgents slows future insurgent recruitment speed
We're adding a poll that'll appear for experienced players to give their feedback directly to us and vote on what we should work on next.
Reviews are incredibly important to the long-term success of the game and allow us to keep working on new updates. If you want to, you can leave a review on Steam here:
And you'd like to talk tactics, be sure to join our Discord:
Arcade Mode: A new way to play with more forgiving Insurgents
New Scenario: Insurgent Tide
New Player Tactics: Border Guards and Lost Cause can now appear in Campaign Mode and Weekly Challenge
Player Poll: A poll will appear for experienced players to vote on what we do next
Regions
Opium Trail: Slightly increased Starting Budget
Golden Sands: Slightly increased Starting Budget
Governors
Tank Commander: Reduced Civilian initiative cost increases
Warlord: Longer delay before losing Reputation to Lack of Stability
Difficulty
Reduced the impact of Lack of Stability on Reputation and it is no longer possible to lose from Lack of Stability (Casual / Normal / Brutal)
Insurgents
Reduced the maximum Reputation damage when Insurgents capture a Zone (Casual / Normal / Brutal)
Reduced the impact of Lack of Stability on Reputation and it is no longer possible to lose from Lack of Stability (Casual / Normal / Brutal)
VS Multiplayer
Regions (VS Multiplayer Only)
Saffron Fields: Income Penalty slightly reduced
Southern Desert: Income Penalty increased
Pistachio Forest: Income Bonus slightly reduced
Distant Steppe: Income Bonus slightly reduced
Black Caves: Income Bonus increased
Governors (VS Multiplayer Only)
Smuggler: Income Penalty slightly reduced
Banker: Income Bonus added
General: Slight income penalty added
Development Director: Slight income penalty added
Tank Commander: Income Bonus slightly increased
Reduced chance of Insurgent camps spawning in Zones with recent military activity
Unity Update - Backend code fix for a security issue
Fixed bug which made Insurgent spawn noise even if no insurgents could spawn in
Fixed bug where "Insurgents escape to {zone}" Tip Popup didn't point to the correct Zone.
Fixed bug where "Insurgents escape to {zone}" Tip Popup could appear even if no one survived to flee
Updated Billionaire Peace decision, Player can now choose to Increase Insurgent Capability if they cannot afford the bribe - Slight error last time we fixed it but should work this time!
Hi everyone! Small update to improve some backend systems.
Fixed rendering issues for Insurgents
Fixed rendering issues for Maps
Fixed rendering issue for Drone Camera
Fixed issue where roads would appear as bright white
Updated Billionaire Peace decision, Player can now choose to Increase Insurgent Capability if they cannot afford the bribe
Fixed issue where Billionaire initiatives would not appear correctly in Scenarios
Various Typo and Localisation fixes
Ndemic Creations
Hi everyone! Small update to improve some backend systems.
Updated Unity version
Ndemic Creations
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