Neon Inferno v04.08.2026

Performance is vastly improved especially on certain older platforms; those new versions will go live soon, pending each platform's internal certification process
GunSlingers has rebalanced its prices such that weapon upgrades are cheaper and easier to get on all difficulties (except Arcade Mode)
The bonuses and penalties after each mission are now much less punitive
Standard Crosshair speed increased about 15%; Fast Crosshair speed increased slightly as well
Fast Crosshair default toggle option now available
More checkpoints on Novice and Medium difficulties:

("Heat of the Night") Checkpoint at Tatsuya Oda's second phase, only on Novice difficulty
("A Fatal Overture") Checkpoint between the Pangaea Elite fight and the following chase sequence
("Night of the Hunters") Checkpoints between the 3 minibosses in the Flooded City sequence
("Every Hour Wounds...") Checkpoint during the helicopter sequence at the start of Mission VI, right before the Pangaea Dragonfly miniboss fight
("Every Hour Wounds...") Checkpoint in the corporate tower lobby on Medium difficulty (Novice difficulty already had one here)
Hard difficulty and Arcade Mode remain as is.
In-stage HUD timer option now available (and more feedback on stage timings is now available in the results screen after each mission)
Mash-fire exploit has been patched out (both visually and mechanically) and the player's default auto-fire rate increased ~15% to compensate
Fixed egregious bug where equipped weapons sometimes got lost upon game-over or upon restarting from a checkpoint (instead of resetting to their state at the most recent checkpoint)
We've rebalanced the Novice and Medium difficulties to better match player expectations! Below is the complete list of changes. More may come in Patch #2 after we read your reactions (and that second patch will likely also contain a new Score Attack mode), but we wanted to release Patch #1 asap within the launch discount window