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Hood Warfare 2 News & Patch Notes

Read 7 reviewed developer announcements through 1.0.2.0, covering official servers, Draco and ARP, Chain Snatch scoring, party invitations, private matches and gameplay fixes.

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7 reviewed developer announcements, with publication times shown in UTC+8. Editorial summaries checked against the archive: 2026-11-01.

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1.0.2.0

Official servers, TheStrip changes and gameplay fixes

The developer announces 40+ EAC-protected official servers, a revised TheStrip layout, performance work, mode selection in Quick Play and a wide set of gameplay fixes.

  • The announcement lists 40+ official servers with Easy Anti-Cheat re-enabled after a temporary compatibility-related disablement. This is the developer's October 23 announcement, not a live server count or a guarantee that every custom server is protected.
  • TheStrip gains buildings and a revised layout, with long sightlines restricted to narrower roads. The Chicago Mall door leading outside was removed. Suburbs receives map and grenade-barrier fixes.
  • Create Game can rotate maps and modes or keep a fixed map and mode. Quick Play can select a preferred mode, and rounds now have time limits; the post does not give each limit.
  • Shotguns were nerfed without published numeric values. Claymores disappear when their owner dies. Grenades can pass through the corrected barriers and world borders.
  • Fixes address weapon pickups, invisible players, killstreak UI, a stuck create-game bar, firing into meshes and cases where shooting or meleeing blocked shooting, running or weapon switching. A bomb/bag despawn exploit was fixed.
  • The developer reports FPS improvements for lower-end hardware, especially on TheTrenches. No measured frame-rate increase or revised hardware requirement is supplied.
  • Character customization, prestige, more skins and more maps are plans for later weeks or months, not features confirmed as released in this patch.
Your next step

Fully exit and restart Steam if the update is missing, then check the menu's bottom-right version for 1.0.2.0. Recheck map routes, Quick Play's mode choice and shotgun handling. Keep reporting reproducible problems.

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1.0.1.8

Draco and ARP added; Chain Snatch scoring changes

Two named weapons arrive, Chain Snatch moves to 75 points, and recovering friendly chains stops scoring. The update also revises grenades, ammunition and killstreak behavior.

  • The developer explicitly adds two weapons: Draco and ARP. Unlock levels, damage, recoil and a complete gun roster are not supplied.
  • All guns spawn with one extra clip of ammunition compared with the previous version; exact magazine capacities and total ammunition are not published.
  • Chain Snatch's target changes from 100 to 75 points. Picking up your own team's chains no longer adds points to your team; recover them to deny enemy pickups.
  • Grenades are made more powerful and receive new explosion effects, without numeric damage or radius values. Drive-by killstreak health increases, and the bomber killstreak is renamed Crashout.
  • Microphone netcode is reworked to address crashes and other issues. Fixes also address homies clipping through ceilings, their colors in Chaos and overlapping level-up/killstreak UI.
Your next step

Read Chain Snatch's scoring rule again before playing. Check Draco and ARP in the game rather than assuming unlock requirements or best-loadout stats from another shooter.

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1.0.1.7

Party invitations and connection fixes

Party Mode lets friends invite one another, queue and join games together. The developer also lists crash, connection, map and audio fixes.

  • Invite friends to a party, then queue and join a game together.
  • The announcement groups crash, connectivity, map and audio fixes without an itemized list. It does not guarantee that every connection or crash issue is resolved.
Your next step

Update all party members' games before trying the invitation flow. If joining still fails, keep the version, mode, error text and reproduction steps for support.

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1.0.1.4

Private matches, anti-cheat kick and audio fixes

Password-protected private lobbies arrive alongside fixes for false anti-cheat kicks, missing audio, joining games and crashes.

  • Create a private, password-only lobby for friends.
  • The developer lists fixes for false anti-cheat kicks and several joining/crash issues.
  • For the missing-audio issue, the announcement instructs players to open Settings and select an audio output device.
Your next step

Check the lobby password and audio output setting when relevant. The version check in this historical post is 1.0.1.4; the newest reviewed announcement in this guide is 1.0.2.0.

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1.0.10

Voice chat, anti-cheat and spawn adjustments

This patch adds voice chat and anti-cheat, adjusts spawns, adds spawn protection and fixes loadout and progression-display issues.

  • Press T to talk by default. Choose lobby or team voice chat, or enable an open microphone.
  • Report suspicious players through the pause menu. The developer says reports are reviewed.
  • Spawns were adjusted and spawn protection added. Its duration was not published, and the announcement does not promise that every spawn is safe.
  • Fixes cover loadout preset saving, end-of-match progression display, player selection saving and ping shown in the match browser.
  • Drive By locations were adjusted on some maps. The announcement does not provide killstreak thresholds or complete balance values.
Your next step

Update the game, then check your voice channel, microphone mode and loadout preset. If an issue returns, record the mode, setting, version and steps to reproduce it.

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Release

Hood Warfare 2 launches on Steam

The developer announces the sequel's release and says more updates will follow. The store release date is October 8; announcement dates here use Beijing time.

  • This is a released, paid Steam game.
  • More updates are planned. The announcement does not give a confirmed date for the next patch.
Your next step

Before buying, check store AppID 5155360, the Windows requirements and English support. Install from your Steam library.

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Preview

Developer announces an October 8 release

This pre-release announcement invites wishlists and announces an October 8 launch. It remains here as a historical timeline entry.

  • This is a historical pre-release announcement. The game is now available; the wishlist notice does not mean it is still unreleased.
Your next step

Use the purchase and installation guide now. Follow newer developer announcements for subsequent patches.

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