New Friday the 13th: The Game Patch is Live, Team Killing is Removed

The latest patch for Friday the 13th: The Game is live for all systems, an update that brings huge improvements for the Xbox One version and removes team killing from the game.

Announced on Monday, the patch hit the PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 platforms all at the same time, just as promised by IllFonic and Gun Media in announcements leading up to the patch. Gun Media's ThePraetorian happily announced the patch going live through a post on Reddit where he reminded players of some of the most important patch notes to remember.

The full patch notes for the latest update can be found here, but some of the core changes that have been made should be no surprise to Friday the 13th: The Game fans who have been eagerly anticipating the patch. Three new maps have been added to diversify the playlists, each of them being a 40 percent smaller version of the current three maps. The goal behind these is to provide a quicker, more intense experience with less room to maneuver as Jason's hot on the heels of the Counselors.

But by far the biggest change that shipped with the patch is the removal of team killing from the game. Since the game's release, team killing has plagued the currently multiplayer-only game as Counselors attacked each other and ruined players' games. Sometimes it was motivated by groups of players working with the Jason to boost each others' scores while other times it was done entirely out of spite.

Regardless of the reasons, team killing is dead and gone except for a few situations. Cars can still kill teammates, and friendly beartraps can lead to an untimely death, but players won't be penalized for allies walking into their traps.

Those on the Xbox One version will also be pleased to hear that plenty of changes have been made to increase performance on a version that feels left behind at times. Memory leak issues and other matchmaking fixes should drastically improve the Xbox One's performance.

After this patch, players still have plenty of content to look forward to in the form of DLC, Counselor clothing updates, and dedicated servers in the future.

The latest Friday the 13th: The Game patch is live on all systems and is available to download now.