Hi All,

Last week we launched Axis & Allies 1942 Online into Steam early access! Thanks to everyone who's been getting into the trenches already and providing great feedback.

The launch included some connection / speed issues, and the team has already performed a few hot fixes that went a long way to improving gameplay.

Friday, August 9th, we'll be pushing out our first major patch focusing on online performance, stability and speed improvements.

*There will be a brief outage Friday afternoon while we perform the update.*

Watch our Facebook & Twitter for specifics on timing.

Read on for more patch details!

Patch Notes

Front-end Performance:

• Changed how renderer caches textures to reduce memory usages and increase rendering speed
• Changed how Steam Avatars are fetched to reduce server load
• Join Games list now has a refresh button so users can request an updated list manually rather than auto-updating
• Changed how in-game videos are handled to reduce memory usage
• The game now behaves better when minimized

UX Improvements:

• The Combat Summary now automatically opens when all combats are completed.
• If a player has not set up any combats in the combat move phase, the game will automatically skip to the non-combat move phase.
• Updated combat summary dialog styling
• Added Industrial Complex damage in combat summary totals
• Updated tutorial with a clearer explanation of infantry & artillery pairing
  

UI Improvements:

• Fixed misaligned and/or incompletely styled tool-tips on various screens
• Fixed text alignment on various screens
• Revised map art to better align region borders
• Revised main menu art
• Adjusted button positioning on game cards