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Demo Patch

June 30, 2026NickOfficial Steam announcement

High Command to IRON NEST: The following field improvments have been applied to IRON NEST systems. PERFORMANCE: Substantial performance improvements on lower-specification hardware. Progressive frame rate degradation during extended Uncontested Front operation

High Command to IRON NEST: The following field improvments have been applied to IRON NEST systems.

PERFORMANCE:

  • Substantial performance improvements on lower-specification hardware.
  • Progressive frame rate degradation during extended Uncontested Front operations has been greatly improved.

NEW SHELL TRAJECTORY STOPWATCH:

  • A new shell trajectory time stopwatch.NOTE: The central clock is added to support future timed impacts and time-critical fire missions. However there are none of these types of missions in the demo.

LEADERBOARD SYSTEM (FULL OVERHAUL):

  • Daily leaderboards now active alongside the existing standings.
  • End-of-mission commendations upgraded to higher quality.
  • Expanded integration with the leaderboard Discord bot.

GLORY TO THE OPERATORS! GLORY TO THE OPERATORS! GLORY TO TH...

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