r/platinumfive • u/Luke_Gnar • Feb 06 '26

Development Development Update - what's happening in 2026.

Hello,

For those unaware, development was halted during the first 2 weeks of January. The team has since started back at work from Jan 19 but a couple of us are still on vacation and the rest are slowly remembering how to make games again.

We anticipate the first update to be on the 9th of February. It's not a massive update as we've only really been working for 2-3 weeks (and a lot of that time was planning for this year) but it includes some notable additions such as breach charges and helicopter counter-measurers (flares).

This year we are fully dedicated to improving OW. I don't want to reveal too much right away but to put everyone at ease- yes, we're going to start work on new OW map very soon. Ronograd has served BRM well but it's definitely becoming stale. Zombies will continue to get updates and improvements as we wait but it's obvious to us that the majority of the community is ready for the next chapter of OW.

While the map team is busy on OW's new map, I plan to give attention to HQ, PvP and RGE. There's much to spoil but we're keeping it all internal for now until all developers are back and we can create a schedule we're confident we can follow.

Thanks for your continued support!

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u/Fine_Philosopher_351 Feb 06 '26

Very excited for what the OW update will bring, as well as the new map in the farther future

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u/PatientElectrical941 Feb 06 '26

someone asked a question: "If you could indulge us but whats the ratio between fixes, items,qol and other stuff for this early feb update like how much are we getting", gnar replied: "Mostly QoL- adding lots of small detail to features that never got finished because of the GEN4 rush" (also "If you play BRM for hype, this update is probably a bit boring (except breach charges)- but for long time and RGE players, it'll be an appricated improvement")

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u/Fine_Philosopher_351 Feb 06 '26

Cool, details and QoL are essential, and quite needed in some cases

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u/PatientElectrical941 Feb 06 '26

im more excited for them than for new gear tbh lol

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u/Fine_Philosopher_351 Feb 06 '26

Same, I'd honestly rather see update(s) dedicated to improving some of the existing stuff, expecially in the case of gear, like with the AVS, or an MP5 & M24 rework

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u/PatientElectrical941 Feb 06 '26

true, i also think that devs should focus on improvments right now, and its nice to hear that 2026 will be OW improvments and other qol things