Ah, nothing like a Friday night game update! The crux of this particular release involves Steam Deck fixes to guarantee the Verified status, much more readable Cyrillic fonts, extra love for Mac customers, and many more quality of life tweaks. Also, we're applying some small changes to our upcoming trading cards, profile wallpapers, and points shop items following feedback from Valve. We expect to launch them next week and (rumor has it) they're pretty cool. As for the patch dreaded by canines:

• Fix: Improvement stick sensitivity when using a gamepad.
• Fix: Better Russian/Ukrainian font characters.
• Fix: More readable menu items across the board in small screens.
• Fix: Just as well, the whole 3D menu is larger when the screen resolution is low.
• Fix: Renamed menu items "Achievements" to "Collections" and "Interviews" to "Logs", which admittedly make more sense.
• Fix: Changed the format for several videos to ensure they are more compatible, crucially in the case of the Steam Deck. This alleviates a potential softlock too. You would think that playing an in-game MP4 in this day and age would be easier, but no. This is still causing us headaches.
• Rant: Shame that the amazing Theora codec (used for Scratches) was ignored by the whole darn industry.
• Fix: Julia video in the Foyer was slightly displaced, resulting in a small glitch that many of you noticed. You're really into details.
• Fix: Subtitles always enabled by default for all languages.
• Fix: The syringe could automagically disappear from your inventory under certain circumstances. But rejoice fans of syringes, not anymore.
• Fix: Characters wouldn't animate at all if speech volume was set to 0. This was a fun bug and we're sorry if you missed it.
• Fix: The storm while in the terrace next to the greenhouse had some weirdly annoying flashes. Someone touched something that wasn't supposed to be touched, and now this inspiring storm looks better.
• Note: Guys, when I say the car is significant to understand the greater narrative arc, you're not supposed to look for hidden clues INSIDE the car. Look at the big picture.
• Fix: An incorrect hand cursor was used instead of the more suitable magnifying glass for a certain interaction in the boiler room. See if you can spot which one!
• Fix: A certain scream during a certain moment in the topmost floor has a certainly more appropriate volume now. Certainties are good, yo.
• Fix: Incorrect keyboard icons were showed for some tutorials when using a gamepad.
• Mac: All our releases are now properly signed and notarized, meaning the app should launch faster and never ask you any questions.
• Mac: We still have that one outstanding issue in which cutscenes lose audio after some time, and this final big fix for Mac is just around the corner!
• Note: We have changed the way we version these releases to make them more consistent and readable. We are now at a proper 1.2 status after this batch of fixes (Major + Minor), and the last four digits (Patch) will be the actual Perforce commit from our server. Crystal clear for everyone.
• Build string: version1.2.2971(verify with CTRL + V)