SERVER UPDATE — Gremlins, Inc. Steam update #602930

We just deployed a server update, and we would like to share with you a little story behind the change – October 22, 2015 – April 20, 2016 We relied on the main server batch in Amsterdam. The vast majority of players from US, UK, EU and Russia enjoyed good player experience, without too many lags. And when occasional lags were reported, the use of VPN solved the issue. Notably, we had a few hundred players from Japan who seemed to enjoy the game without any problems with connectivity. At the same time, once the game became popular in China, we received multiple complaints from the players based in mainland China. Traceback to their IPs showed high ping (300-400). While we saw that hundreds of Chinese players were able to play the game without any lags, there were at least a couple of dozen reports from the players who faced the issue. April 21, 2016 – present moment In order to address t...