Firstly a thank you to the community for the amazing response we've had since announcing that Holdfast: Nations At War will be coming to Xbox Series S / X and Playstation 5 / Pro on July 9th 2025. Before taking a read of the blog, if you haven't already be sure to watch the official release date announcement trailer for Holdfast on consoles.
As we approach the ever so exciting console release, we're here to dish out a few more tweaks and balances to further prepare the game for launch day. Featuring new quality of life improvements, gameplay tweaks and a load of bug fixes.
QOL & Gameplay
A small focus of the update was to improve the squad camp experience, now players will be offered to join other squads if their squad camp is destroyed or not set up. Players spawning fresh into the round will also be prompted to join a random squad from the available list.
To further promote squad gameplay and improve some balancing we've taken a pass over the classes that are allowed to spawn on squad camps Here are the changes we've undertaken:
Light Infantry from 3 to Unlimited
Rifleman from 0 to 3
Musician from 2 to 3
Flag Bearer from 1 to 2
Surgeon from 1 to 2
Carpenter from 1 to 2
Sergeant from 1 to 2
The squad camp ability has also had its cooldown reduced to just 2 minutes.
To tackle a long stemming issue of new players especially not knowing what combat state the player is in, players using a controller will now also be given a new indication when using a firearm and swapping from shooting to melee mode and vice versa. This can be disabled via the options for those who don't wish to see it.
This is just handful of the changes and additions with this release, for a more detailed view of the tweaks and fixes check out the changelog linked at the bottom of the post.
Do let us know on Discord if you face any issues folks. We’ll be sure to look into it. As always, we thank you for your generous support, and until next time, may good health be yours. :oheart:
Changelog 107 - Game Version 2.32.9300.20891
Count
● 15 features and improvements.
● 2 gameplay additions.
● 23 bug fixes.
Click here for the full change log.
Changed files in this update