Shadowrun Title Update Released

Microsoft and FASA Studios have released a title update for Shadowrun via Xbox Live. It is pretty comprehensive and fixes a number of issues that players were previously having.

Gameplay

• Dwarves can no longer be unawared with the katana or Artifact.
• Elves' regeneration ability has been tweaked:
• Increased time before Elf begins to heal by a quarter second.
• Increased essence cost of healing by ~15%.
  

Audio

• Enemy footstep audio will now be easier to hear in Live games.

Bots

• Bot difficulty will scale with players' average Trueskill in Public Match games.

UI

• Added "Advanced Settings" screen when setting up a Private Game, which contains the following options:
• Max players - Ability to determine the maximum number of players that can join the game
• Preferences - Ability to use the preferences of all players to determine the map rotation
• Handicapping - Ability to turn Karma on or off
• Fixed "stop" functionality for when a game-start countdown has begun in the lobby.
• Improved messaging for when your party is split or rejoined due to team balance.
• Improved messaging about Artifact clearing bodies in Attrition.
  

Network

• Improved server reliability.
• Dedicated Server
• Improved voting reliability.
• Improved network reliability.
• Improved error messaging.
  

General

• Local Match games can now be played without a profile.
• Fixed numerous crashes.
• Fixed numerous exploits and glitches.
• Improved Vista multi-monitor functionality.