Bodycam Zombies Return on Friday the 13th: Update 0.9 The Dead & Damned Brings Zombie Trenches, Easy Anti-Cheat and the TEC-9

Bodycam update 0.9, called The Dead & Damned, releases on Friday, November 13, and it brings the zombies back. Reissad Studio's ultra-realistic body-camera shooter gets a brand-new Zombie Trenches mode, the return of the Village and Asylum zombie maps, weapon boxes with random attachments, Easy Anti-Cheat, a reworked Public Pool map, a drone and RC car room in the lobby, and two new loadout weapons. The long-awaited party system has been delayed again.

Bodycam 0.9 at a glance

When does Bodycam update 0.9 come out?

Reissad's announcement gives Friday, November 13, saying Friday the 13th "felt like the right day to bring the zombies back." No release time has been given, and the full patch notes arrive on the day. The studio calls 0.9 a smaller, in-between update, because much of the team is working on bigger long-term projects for the game.

What's new for Bodycam Zombies?

• Zombie Trenches: a brand-new zombie mode built on the Trenches map. Reissad is keeping the details for later.
• Village and Asylum return to Zombies after a polish pass, fixing many player-reported problems with spawns and how zombies behave.
• Weapon boxes now drop weapons with random attachments, using the same system as your loadout, so every run plays differently.
• Zombies is co-op for up to four players.

Is Bodycam getting anti-cheat?

Yes. Easy Anti-Cheat arrives with Bodycam update 0.9. Reissad calls it "a big one for multiplayer" and says it will keep watching and improving it after release.

What else changes in multiplayer?

• Public Pool reworked: the least-played map since the Locked & Loaded update gets a big visual overhaul and layout improvements.
• Crossbow in the loadout: it used to be found only at the end of the Village secret. Now you can take it into the PvP maps.
• TEC-9: the first machine pistol you can run as a secondary.
• Drone and RC car room: the lobby's biggest room yet, with a circuit for each. Reissad worked with the team behind TRYP FPV to add support for FPV radio controllers and build a drone race, and reworked the RC car's handling.
• A long list of bug fixes and optimization work.

Is the Bodycam party system in 0.9?

No. It already missed 0.8, and Reissad says it's reworking the whole multiplayer layer to build proper player grouping, after hitting technical blockers. The team is looking at how soon it can release an experimental version. Until then, in 0.9 you can group up in Zombies (up to four players), Quick Play and the Server Browser stay solo queue, and you'll need to host your own game to play with up to 10 friends.

Watch the Bodycam 0.9 trailer

Reissad Studio's official 0.9 video is on its YouTube channel.

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