Phasmophobia News

If you've been meaning to pick up Phasmophobia, you might want to do so soon, as the price is going up later this year.

While you don't hear about it as much these days, Phasmophobia is still going relatively strong. It's received consistent updates over the years, though the one thing that many have been waiting on is a console release. Well, good news for those of you who have been waiting for that time, as in a recent Steam post, developer Kinetic Games finally confirmed that the console release is coming this year. "We're thrilled to announce that the console update will be released this year, during our in-game Halloween Event," Kinetic Games wrote. "Once launched, all players will have access to cross-play, allowing you to play the newest version of the game with everyone, including those using VR on any platform."

The team also explained that it is "collaborating with Unity to work on the console release, as well as general performance optimisations for both console and PC" which will "ensure that the console update runs optimally and to the high standards that we set for the game. Working with them means that we can work alongside them on new content for all platforms, allowing faster development of new updates. Future updates for the game will be released on all platforms simultaneously to ensure that cross-play is always available."

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We're spoiled for choice nowadays when it comes to the best horror games on PC, and especially so if you like being scared with your friends. While in theory having people with you should help mitigate the fear, the likes of Demonologist, Labyrinthine, The Outlast Trials, and Lethal Company prove that's really not the case. Before them all, however, Phasmophobia was a key figure in sparking a wave of attention for the genre. As it moves closer to the 1.0 launch, developer Kinetic Games warns potential players that a price increase is on the way.

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• From day one, the consoles will support voice chat. You will be able to chat with your friends, and the ghost will be able to hear you during a hunt. However, the ghost, Spirit Box, Ouija Board and Monkey Paw will not support voice recognition at release. We are working on a solution for this, and will update you as soon as anything changes. In the meantime, we have a very easy-to-use preset text pop-up solution in place. No typing required. An example can be seen below.
  
  

• We will be increasing the price of Phasmophobia on all platforms later this year to $19.99, due to the amount of content and playtime added since the start of early access we feel this is a fair increase.
  

• Phasmophobia will be rated as "16+/teen", however, this will vary in some regions.
  

• Currently we have no plans to be on Xbox Game Pass.
  

• All platforms will be on the current major version, 0.10 at the console release. New content such as the farmhouse reworks will release afterwards.
  

• Moved the games room fire gate to stop an unintended hiding spot
  
• "Lights out" now has UV Tier II instead of Tier I
  

• Fixed several safe spots
  
• Spray paint cans now have impact sounds
  
• You will no longer crash if you have an event badge set if you fail to connect to the unity servers
  
• Badges will no longer show the unlock popup again if you have already unlocked them
  
• The tutorial can no longer be chosen as the challenge map
  
• If you failed to receive your apocalypse badges, you will now receive them after your next game
  
• The TV in the Point Hope living room will no longer be required to be on to negate sanity drain
  
• You can now pick up the parrot in VR on Point Hope
  
• Placing a sound sensor in the closet in the Point Hope living room will now register as the correct room
  
• You can now place sensors consistently on the blue rug in the Point Hope living room
  
• The chess pieces in Point Hope now have the correct visuals when placing them
  
• Players can no longer get stuck inside buckets
  
• Sounds are now audible on the correct floors in Bleasdale
  
• Bleasdale hiding spots will now be blocked correctly
  
• Bleasdale sound sensors, breaker, CCTV camera and player icons will now be set to the correct floor
  
• Removed Tanglewood's Point Hope riddle
  
• Photo cameras no longer break when the journal is full, these photos are not counted towards objectives
  
• Taking a photo of a phantom when the journal is full will now make it disappear
  
• Firelight III interaction photo will now work
  
• Igniters and Firelights will no longer blow out in heavy rain in the entry house and maintenance room of Point Hope
  
• The wood burners in Point Hope will no longer blow out in heavy rain
  
• Tapping the flashlight button will no longer sometimes fail to do anything
  
• Tabbing out will no longer turn off other players thermometers
  
• When reviving, players will now return to 4 equipment slots, instead of 3