Automotive retailer Repco has launched a new brand campaign in celebration of 100 years on the road, created by its creative and strategic agency of record Thinkerbell.
The campaign, ‘Driven by Passion for 100 Years’, makes for a game of ‘I-SPY’ for car lovers, feature Easter egg placements of historical car history, racing moments and pop culture, from Brian’s ’94 Supra, the fabled Peter Brock Energy Polarizer, the rock that ended DJ’s Bathurst, or Brabham’s legendary engine.
Thinkerbell was first appointed to the Repco account following a competitive pitch in the first half of 2021. The agency has since created a number of new works for the brand, including its Bathurst 1000 sponsorship launch ‘Bringin the bathurst’ and subsequent iterations of the platform during the race event.
The new campaign is carefully crafted to remind Australia and New Zealand of Repco’s deep connection to auto culture, from winning F1 championships to helping you fix your first car.
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With hidden references loaded throughout all assets, the campaign is set to roll out across TV, Print, Radio, Social and Instore, culminating in an interactive game – challenging enthusiasts to test their skills with an online experience.
The campaign will culminate in an online interactive game
Jim Ingram, national chief creative tinker at Thinkerbell said: ‘Whether you’re buying an air freshener for your new car, or a replacement four-barrel carby for your old one, anyone who shops at Repco shares a passion for all things auto. And it’s been fun creating a centenary campaign that’s riddled with hidden moments of passion, some obvious and some that will challenge even the most rusted on car nut.”
Kym Sutherland, general manager, marketing: “Repco’s been there for all car enthusiasts for a hundred years now. Whether it’s yours, or someone else’s that you’re working on, we understand that passion – it’s how we got started in the first place.”
Credits
Client: Repco
Scott Whiteley – Executive General Manager Marketing and CX, Automotive Kym Sutherland – General Manager, Marketing Priscilla Sugrue – Brand Manager
Creative Agency: Thinker Bell Matias Reyes – Creative Tinker Julia Keller – Thinker Cale Berry – Creative Tinker Gideon Nedas – Lead Thinker Jess Evernden – Lead Production Tinker Jaime Morgan – General Manager – South Dom Counahan – Exec Brand Thinker Jim Ingram – National Chief Creative Tinker Sam Whatley – Lead Creative Tinker Josh Parmenter – Lead Creative Tinker Adam Ferrier – Chief Thinker
Media Agency: Initiative Aaron Farrelly – Group Director Bec Olsson – Partnerships Manager
Production Co: The Producers Mitch Kennedy – Director Victoria Conners – Exec Producer Original Composition: Ack Kinmonth
Married At First Sight’s Daniel Holmes has shared a poignant statement with his followers, just a day after confirming his split from girlfriend Carolina Santos.
The 31-year-old took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a shirtless photo of himself by the sea, hinting he felt at peace with the pair’s decision to break up in the caption.
“The more time goes on the more I’ve come to believe that everything happens for a reason,” he wrote.
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“I know it sounds cliché but it’s truly something I believe these days. Good or bad things seem to always make sense later.”
His friend and former co-star Jackson Lonie commented on the photo: “Hubba hubba,” while another of his followers replied: “A spiritual take on life, excellent.”
“This is 100% true! And good things come to those who wait as well!” another added.
Carolina is yet to speak out about the split, and is currently on holiday in London.
Daniel confirmed the duo had broken up on Monday evening, just hours after Jackson and his girlfriend Olivia Frazer announced they too had split.
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“I’m getting bombarded so much at the moment considering all the articles out right now about the status of Carolina and I,” Daniel wrote.
Daniel Holmes and Carolina Santos announced their split this week. (Nine)
“I think it’s been obvious for a while we have gone our separate ways. There’s no right way to deal with these situations.
“There’s a huge pressure to just hold off going public for as long as possible cause you know all the hate that’s gonna come.
“I wish Carolina all the best and I know she feels the same for me, we had a very unique experience together full of every emotion possible but life just has a different plan for us.”
(Nine)
Carolina had alluded to a potential break up in an Instagram post shared on July 30. Here she posed in a bikini while smiling, with her caption revealing her inner struggles.
“Smile and no one will see how broken you are inside,” she wrote.
The couple had met on MAFSwhere they were partnered with other people.
Daniel confirmed the shock split on Instagram. (Instagram/@_danielholmes_)
Daniel had failed to find a romantic spark with his bride Jessica Seracino when he turned his attention to Carolina, who herself didn’t see a spark with her on-screen husband Dion Giannarelli.
After striking a romance in secret, the pair tried and failed to continue on the experiment as a couple.
Meanwhile, Daniel’s close friend Jackson announced his split from Olivia hours earlier on Monday.
The couple shared the news in a joint Instagram post, stating they plan to stay friends and have nothing but “respect for one another.”
“After a wonderful 10 months together we have decided to go our separate ways,” the post began.
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“There has always been a lot of love in our relationship and there will continue to be as we transition into a friendship.
“We have nothing but love and respect for one another, and no one is to blame for the end of this relationship. Simply a case of ‘almost perfect’.
“We hope you all can please show compassion as we navigate this privately. Love, Liv & Jack xx.”
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AFL commentator Wayne Carey has hit out at the journalist who reported he “came to blows” with ex-teammate Anthony Stevens at the club’s 25-year premiership reunion last weekend.
SEN’s Sam Edmund broke the story on Monday that Carey and Stevens – whose then-wife Carey infamously cheated with back in 2002, had an altercation at the Yarraville Hotel on Saturday night.
Edmund said witnesses had told him the pair were “separated”, with fellow ex-Kangaroos left “stunned” by the verbal attack.
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But on Wednesday, Carey came clean on what sparked the “firm conversation” he had with Stevens, and labeled Edmund a “dill.”
“The first story said came to blows and that’s factually incorrect. There were no blows,” he said on Triple M.
“There was a firm conversation – altercation I think is even too firm to say that occurred.
“I wanted to have a conversation about Stevo, I was worried about him. I said ‘I’m worried about you’ and he obviously took a little bit of umbrage to say I was worried about him.
“I said I’m worried about, I want him to look after himself like people want me to look after myself.
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“To say that it was a massive altercation and it came to blows and then we left there and everyone was upset with everyone and it was a big thing is totally incorrect – that’s the disappointing thing about it.
“It wasn’t a story and still isn’t a story.
“I hope I’ve just cleared up that once again this has been blown into something it wasn’t.
“I’m not sure why it should always be talked about – it doesn’t make sense.
“(Sam’s) let himself down with this.
“You know what Sam? We all have bad days. You’ve had a shocker.”
Carey admitted it was well known he and Stevens “aren’t best mates”, but felt Edmund only reported half the story on Monday.
“What he did leave out was at the end of the night or the evening or late afternoon or whatever it was, Stevo and I actually had a couple of beers together and left together,” he said.
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“We were standing out the front both waiting for our respective Ubers to leave the particular venue. I have left that out.
“It sounds like we’ve had this massive blow up and an altercation and as he said we came to blows which was clearly factually incorrect.”
Carey said the fact Stevens failed to show for Sunday’s motorcade celebrations – in which 17 players including Carey and coach Denis Pagan were present at Marvel Stadium – was unrelated to the “firm conversation” as far as he knew.
“I don’t know whether Stevo was upset the next day or not, and that’s why he didn’t come to the motorcade,” Carey said.
“What I do know about that, and my understanding and I’ve spoken to Arch (Glenn Archer) and I’ve spoken to Kingy (David King) and I’ve spoken to heaps of other players that are close with Stevo and some of those players I’m close with and Stevo wasn’t well.
“He’d had a reasonable night. It would be fair to say. We all had a reasonable day. Stevo maybe bigger than others so he didn’t attend the Sunday.
“If there was a big issue and this big thing happened and it had upset all these ex-teammates of mine and everyone else, on Sunday I sat there with Darren Crocker, I sat there with Danielle Laidley, sat with Glenn Archer, sat there with Sholly (Craig Sholl), all and some of them really mutual friends of both of ours – if I’d upset the apple cart or they were really disappointed with what occurred that day then that next day would not be happening.”
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Admitting the story didn’t “disappoint” him, Carey said felt for the two families involved every time the 2002 scandal – which cost Carey his North Melbourne career and saw him finish up in Adelaide – gets brought up.
“This is what really hurts every single time. So when dill’s like Sam overexaggerate something that’s happened, who affects it,” he said.
“What he doesn’t realize is it affects Stevo’s daughters, my daughters – not my son because he’s really young. It affects family members and everyone else. That’s what these types of things do.
“Who cares if Stevo and I had a firm conversation together? How is that an actual story?”
Carey had spoken earlier this year on Channel 7 about the affair that rocked North Melbourne, labeling it the “biggest regret of his adult life” and admitting it had “haunted me for over 20 years”.
The 17-year-old boy is the eighth teenager to be charged with murder after 16-year-old Declan Cutler was fatally attacked and stabbed in Reservoir on March 13.
The teenager was arrested at Melbourne Airport this morning and is due to face a children’s court this afternoon.
Teenager Declan Cutler was stabbed to death after a party in Melbourne. (Supplied Nine)
The death of 16-year-old Reservoir boy Declan Cutler has been described as “one of the most vicious and brutal attacks” police officers have seen.
Declan had left a house party with friends, before he and his friends were chased by a dark sedan with a number of people inside, police had previously said.
It’s believed Declan had separated from his friends when he was attacked on the street about 2.30am.
A 16-year-old boy died after being stabbed to death in Reservoir. (Nine)
Declan was treated by paramedics and police but died at the scene.
Six teens, a 17-year-old Taylors Hill boy, a 17-year-old Tarneit boy, a 15-year-old Hoppers Crossing boy, a 16-year-old Yarraville boy, a 14-year-old Meadow Heights boy and a 13-year-old Meadow Heights boy, were all charged with murder over the incident in March.
Another teen, a 17-year-old boy, was also charged with murder in April.
Player First and Warner Bros.’ MultiVersus You have hit another milestone at 10 million players. The statistics website tracker.gg revealed the WB fighting game currently boasts 10.3 million players at time of writing.
MultiVersus has been a success since its launch in late July. Currently still in beta, its first day boasted over 140,000 players on Steam. It was later reported as the most played game on the Steam Deck handheld.
Most of the game’s player base appears to be on consoles. Of those 10 million players, nearly 69,000 are playing on Steam.
Though the game’s first season has been indefinitely delayed since its original August 9 date, that hasn’t stopped players from digging into the WB platform fighter. Upon full release, the first season will feature DLC characters Rick and Morty, ranked mode, and a battle pass.
During EVO 2022, MultiVersus had its debut tournament at the annual fighting game competition. It’s clear, through both the fighting game community, and its player count, that the game will have some legs for the foreseeable future.
Amidst concerns about the game’s lifespan following WB’s merger with Discovery, game director Tony Huynh confirmed that MultiVersus was unaffected by company shakeups.
Licensed games keep getting bigger and more popular
Currently, MultiVersus stands as one of the biggest licensed games of the year. The additional success of games such as Marvel’s Spider-Man series, or the various crossovers that Fortnite has with licensed characters, means we’ll surely be getting more of them.
Recently, Arc System Works CEO Minoru Kikooda said that licenses like WB or Marvel would be a boon to the future of fighting games. Going forward, his company will make a greater effort to pursue licenses it wants to make games for.
“In the future, if we have such an opportunity, we are actively pushing to collaborate with new IP owners,” said Kikooda. “We need to expand fighting game communities through IP.”
A UK breakfast TV host has been slammed by viewers after making “creepy” comments about singer Olivia Newton-John just hours after news of her death broke.
Good Morning Britain host Richard Madeley paid tribute to the 73-year-old Grease star but copped a lashing from Brits over his choice of anecdote.
Madeley referenced an iconic 1970s modeling picture of Newton-John that had been shared in countless tributes following her death, including by her Grease co-star John Travolta.
“I wish I’d met her, I wish I’d interviewed her. It never happened, I always regretted it actually as years went by,” Madeley said.
“That publicity picture… the one of her in the denim shirt. It was a very famous poster of her by her in the 1970s. ”
Good Morning Britain’s Richard Madeley has copped a serve from viewers. Credit: good morning britain
And he went on to confess many of his former colleagues had a schoolboy crush on the star.
“That poster was on the wall of a radio station I used to work in back in the 70s and I’m not exaggerating, it basically stopped traffic in the corridor,” he said.
“It was up there for months! The guys would just stop and look at it.”
Insulting, inappropriate and very, very creepy.
Viewers were less than impressed by his comments, which came as many Brits learned the news of Newton-John’s death, following a cancer battle, aged 73.
“Richard Madeley’s weird angle on the loss of Olivia Newton-John today on (Good Morning Britain) was uncomfortable to watch,” one Twitter user wrote.
“Just kept on the line of how attractive she was & if she acknowledged how beautiful she was & how her colleagues would stare at her poster.”
The iconic picture of Olivia Newton-John Madeley was referring to, Credit: John Travolta
One viewer described the comments as: “Insulting, inappropriate and very, very creepy.”
Some even called for Madeley to lose his job over the remarks.
“This creep needs to be fired,” one furious viewer wrote.
TV veteran Madeley, who is known for his cringeworthy live TV moments, is widely thought to have been the inspiration for comedian Steve Coogan’s show Alan Partridge.
Coogan has previously admitted Partridge’s character is similar to the host.
Last week, Madeley was in viewers’ crosshairs again for an awkward comment about England Lionesses soccer player Chloe Kelly.
While discussing her team’s Euro 2022 win, Madeley got a little too familiar with the player, referring to her as “Coco”, admitting he uses the same nickname for his daughter, who is also named Chloe.
Cowboys coach Todd Payten has made a startling admission about young gun Tom Dearden, revealing the rising playmaker was a “shell of a person” when he arrived at the club.
Dearden, 21, was once heralded as a star of the future at the Brisbane Broncos before he reportedly fell out of favor with head coach Kevin Walters.
The five-eighth signed with rivals North Queensland on a three-year deal, and was later a granted a mid-season transfer.
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Both clubs were struggling towards the bottom of the ladder, with the Broncos having claimed the wooden spoon for the first time in their history the season before.
While Dearden insisted that his confidence hadn’t taken a hit by how things turned out at the Broncos, coach Payten has now revealed he saw things differently.
“He was a shell of a person, I’ve got to say,” Payten told Matty Johns on Fox League’s face to face
“He was nervous and second guessing himself, whether it was on or off the pitch.
“What I did like about him was the way he trained. He’s super competitive, he’s really professional, and playing footy means something to him.
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“He’s wanted to play NRL since he was a kid and you can see that in the way he goes about it.”
North Queensland took a backwards step in 2021 and finished a place behind the Broncos in 15th.
But a stellar pre-season, with Dearden among the standouts, has thrust the club into premiership contention this year.
Payten said while the senior players helped lead the team throughout the successful pre-season, younger players including Dearden, Reuben Cotter and Tom Gilbert also impressed.
These players helped the Cowboys learn from their mistakes, as they trained by practicing things that “they weren’t expecting”.
“They train hard, everyone trains hard so that’s a given. Through our review, I’m talking about the coaches review… we watched all of the tries that we’d conceded which was not fun to view,” Payten said.
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“A lot of those, I think about 60 per cent of those would come from missed tackles that should’ve been made or guys not competing enough.
“We conceded the most tries from kicks in the competition and that affected our headspace in games. We’d defend two sets and then from a guy not getting their job done or someone not competing hard enough, we’d conceded a try.
“As soon as something upset the rhythm or went against them, we didn’t have the mental or physical capacity to get on with the job.
“(We had to) just build around upsetting rhythm in different ways. Doing things that they weren’t expecting to do at different times and causing a little bit of chaos and seeing how they handled it.
“We got better as the preseason went on.”
Daly Cherry-Evans and Tom DeardenSource: Supplied
Dearden has reaped the rewards of the Cowboys’ successful season, as they currently sit in second behind the Panthers, by making his Origin debut for Queensland.
The up-and-comer announced himself on one of the game’s biggest stages, as he helped inspire his state to win in the decider at Suncorp Stadium.
Troy Patten’s life for the last two years has been more isolated than most.
Key points:
Elective surgeries were postponed during the COVID pandemic to relieve pressure on hospitals
Waiting lists have increased by the thousands across the country, with as many as 100,000 people waiting for surgery in New South Wales
Health experts say delaying elective surgeries will eventually put pressure on other parts of the healthcare system
The 58-year-old has been waiting for a hip replacement, and the risk of catching COVID-19 just when he might finally have his surgery scheduled is not one he’s willing to take.
“All I do is sit by the phone and wait for someone to let me know I can have my life back and give me a hip replacement,” he told 7.30 at his home in regional Victoria.
Like thousands of Australians, Mr Patten’s operation has been delayed due to repeated shutdowns of elective surgery to take pressure off the strained healthcare system.
He currently relies on a walking stick and said he struggles with day-to-day tasks. He’s also had to stop working, and can’t pursue hobbies, like doing up cars, which he’s passionate about.
Despite this, his surgery is considered non-urgent. He was told in July 2020 that it should happen within 365 days – two years later, he’s still waiting.
Troy Patten can’t pursue his hobbies, like fixing up cars, because he’s in too much pain while waiting on a hip replacement.(ABC News: Daniel Fermer)
“It’s got to the point where it’s not ‘am I in pain?’, it’s ‘how much?'” he said.
“Everything in my whole life is in a state of flux.
“Everything’s half-finished and everything’s in the process of getting done because I just do bits and pieces here and there and try to get the best out of what I have for the day.”
But it’s the toll on his family life he has struggled with the most.
“It’s just surviving now and it’s missing out [on the] grandkids, being able to hold my grandkids,” Mr Patten said.
“I had one of my grandkids on the weekend want to sit on my knee and I couldn’t.
“It’s things like that people just take for granted.”
Waiting lists blowing out across the nation
In Victoria, there were 87,000 people on the waitlist for elective surgery at the end of June – that’s an increase of 21,000 in a year.
In a statement, a spokesperson for the Victorian Department of Health said $1.5 billion was being spent to get on top of the backlog and improve capacity in the future.
“Health services work closely with all patients to reschedule any postponed procedures as soon as possible and provide them with alternative supports while waiting for treatment,” they said.
But the problem is far from limited to that state.
Continuing pressure on hospitals and staff shortages have seen elective surgery waitlists blow out across the country. (ABC News: Chris Gillette)
There were more than 100,000 people on the list in New South Wales at the end of March, nearly 19,000 of whom were overdue.
The West Australian list has grown by 10 per cent in the last year to 33,000.
Tasmania’s waitlist has improved by about 2,000 in the last year, down to 9,400 in June.
In Queensland, there are almost 58,000 on the list, 7,500 of which are overdue.
The federal Department of Health told 7.30 in a statement: “The Commonwealth provides a significant proportion of spending on the Australian health system to states and territories … and is committed on working with states and territories on longer-term health reforms of the health system to reduce pressure on hospitals.”
“All health ministers realize there are challenges and pressures facing the state and territory health and hospital systems and are working in partnership to consider a number of long- and short-term measures to ease pressure on hospitals.”
The president of the Australian Medical Association Queensland, Maria Boulton, said just because someone’s surgery is considered “non-urgent” (recommended to be completed within a year) does not mean their injury or illness has no profound impact on their quality of life.
Maria Boulton says elective surgeries shouldn’t be considered optional for those on the waiting list.(ABC News: Michael Lloyd)
“It’s important to understand that surgery is not optional,” she said.
“These are people that are in pain, these are people that are having effects into their activities of daily living… it’s also causing a lot of stress to them.
“You don’t know what’s going to happen if they have to wait on a waitlist for that long — are they ending up in an emergency? Will that surgery then become an emergency surgery?
“It’s not fair that they’re waiting for so long for a procedure in such a state.”
‘My fear is that my life will change dramatically’
Dianne Hill, from Brisbane, has been waiting 13 months now for cataract surgery, which she was recommended to have within a year.
While she is managing, she said she was worried about what would happen if her condition deteriorated.
Dianne Hill has been waiting over a year for cataract surgery in Queensland.(ABC News: Michael Lloyd)
“I can drive still, but I’m on the cusp, so I’m very concerned… I’m on my own, single, no-one to look after me,” she said.
“I am having issues. I can’t read instructions … I’ve got a magnifying glass I have to use.
“I’m still lucky I can get out and about and keep up with some of my hobbies and activities … my fear is that my life will change dramatically.”
A spokesperson for Queensland Health said in a statement $15 million was being spent to tackle waitlists.
“All hospital and health services (HHS) continue to prioritize clinically safe care for patients who require emergency surgery, the sickest patients will always be seen first,” they said.
System in need of reform
Jeffrey Braithwaite from the Australian Institute of Health Innovation was part of a team of researchers who looked into how to improve elective surgery waitlists in the first year of the pandemic.
He said there were a number of things that needed to be considered.
“Prioritising people on the list and really looking at where it is that we would provide the best value care for conditions,” he said.
“We could optimize the public and private hospital nexus … the public hospitals are often jam-packed, and under huge pressure — sometimes the private system has some capacity.”
He and Dr Boulton agree that delaying elective surgeries would also eventually put pressure on other parts of the health care system.
Jeffrey Braithwaite says it will take a variety of measures to get on top of waitlists. (ABC News: Kathleen Calderwood)
“You can say a simple hip replacement is not as urgent as some cardiac surgery — that may well be true,” Professor Braithwaite said.
“However, to what extent is the hip not being replaced going to create huge effects for that person not being able to work, to be deteriorating over time, to not be mobile at all?
“[And then there will] be a much bigger set of problems [and] comorbidities coming into the health system six months later because we didn’t tackle them to start with.”
For Troy Patten, he’s just desperate to get his life back.
Troy Patten has had to remain isolated at his home in regional Victoria while he waits for a hip replacement.(ABC News: Daniel Fermer)
“It’s hard on the mental state,” he said.
“Am I not worthy? Am I worthy? All these things go through your head.
“Then you start thinking they’re just going to throw me away and they’re finished with me — where I have a lot more to give.”
Dead by Daylight PTB patch 6.2.0 is finally live, and players can finally try out the fresh new content that has made its way to the survival game.
Players can now test out The Mastermind, Ada Wong, and Rebecca Chambers during the PTB this month. They can even try out the special perks that all three will be dropping with.
Dead by Daylight fans looking for a detailed description of the patch can look up the official notes. However, for a brief overview, here are all the major highlights.
Dead by Daylight PTB patch 6.2.0 official notes
1) Features
New Killer – The Mastermind
New Perk: Superior Anatomy
When a survivor performs a fast vault within eight meters of you, this perk activates. The next time you vault a window, your vaulting speed is increased by 30%/35%/40%. This perk deactivates after vaulting a window. This perk has a 30-second cooldown.
New Perk: Awakened Awareness
When carrying a survivor, you can see the aura of other survivors within 16/18/20 meters of your position. Auras revealed this way linger for two seconds after you stop carrying the survivor.
New Perk: Terminus
When exit gates are powered, this perk activates. While the perk is active, injured, downed, and hooked survivors are inflicted with the broken status effect until exit gates are open. When exit gates are open, survivors will stay broken for an additional 20/25/30 seconds.
New Survivor – Ada Wong
New Perk: Wiretap
After repairing Generators for a total of 33%, this perk activates. After repairing a Generator for at least three seconds, press the Ability button to install a spy trap, which stays active for 60/70/80 seconds. The aura of the trapped generator is revealed in yellow to all Survivors. When the Killer comes within 14 meters of the trapped generator, their aura is revealed to all Survivors. Damaging the generator destroys the Wiretap.
New Perk: Reactive Healing
When another survivor loses a health state in a 32-meter radius around you while you are injured, instantly increase your healing progression by 25%/30%/35% of the missing healing progression.
New Perk: Low Profile
When you become the last Survivor, this perk activates. Hide your scratch marks and pools of blood for 70/80/90 seconds.
New Survivor – Rebecca Chambers
New Perk: Better Than New
Upon completing a healing action on another survivor, the targeted survivor gets a 6% speed boost to generator repair, healing, chest opening, and totem cleansing for 25/30/35 seconds.
New Perk: Reassurance
When within a six-meter radius around a hooked survivor, use the Active Ability Button 2 to pause their struggle progression for 20/25/30 seconds. If they are on the struggle phase, it also pauses the Struggle Skill Checks. This perk has a 40-second cooldown.
New Perk: Hyper Focus
After hitting a great Skill Check while repairing or healing, this perk gains one token, up to six tokens. Each token increases the chance of Skill Check trigger by 2%, the Skill Check cursor speed by 4% and the bonus progression for great Skill Checks by 10%/20%/30% of its base value. The perk loses all tokens in case of normal Skill Check success, Skill Check fail, or if you stop performing the action by any means.
New Features: Streamer Options (PC Only)
These privacy options are available under the Privacy section of the General tab in the Options menu and are intended to help reduce targeting and harassment of players who stream the game.
Anonymous Mode
Replaces your account name with your selected character’s name for other players. Players in your group will still see your account name.
Hide Your Name
Replaces your own name with your selected character’s name on your own screen. Elsewhere in the menus, your account name will appear as “You” and be hidden in your Friend List.
Hide Other Player Names
Replaces other player names with their selected character’s name.
Hidden Matchmaking Delay
Adds a short, random delay when entering the matchmaking queue to prevent targeted in-game harassment.
Improved Feature: HUD Connection Indicators
The in-game connection indicator has been improved to show more detailed information during connection issues stemming from ping and packet loss
Ping is represented by a vertical bar icon
Yellow = Ping over 100ms
Network = Ping over 200ms
Packet Loss is represented by a double-diamond icon
Yellow = 2%-5% packet loss
Network = More than 5% packet loss
For Killer issues: A unique red icon appears above the Survivor List for Survivors
For Survivor issues: A red bar appears next to their name on the Survivor List
A photosensitivity warning has been added to the boot sequence of the game
2) content
The Racoon City Police Station map has been split into two separate layouts:
Raccoon City Police Station East Wing
Raccoon City Police Station West Wing
Both maps feature new openings to make it easier than ever to navigate, wider hallways to improve gameplay, and are much smaller than the original version.
3) Bug Fixes
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Fixed an issue that caused survivors to drop too many Blood Orbs after performing some actions when playing against the Oni.
Fixed an issue that occasionally caused the killer to appear in a survivor slot in a custom game lobby.
Fixed an issue that caused the Spirit’s and Oni’s Attack on Titan outfits to appear as body-only cosmetics in the store featured page.
Fixed an issue that caused The Survivor to float in front of the Killer when been grab while performing various actions.
Fixed an issue that caused Survivors to be misaligned with the Huntress when interrupted while vaulting towards the Killer.
Fixed an issue that caused broken animation when repairing a generator.
Fixed an issue that caused the ‘Disfigured Ear’ add-on for the Hag to reduce audio for everyone, and not only the survivor that triggers the trap.
Fixed an issue that caused the status effect icon to display a second time instead of the effect’s source
Fixed an issue that may cause the Lament Configuration to become invisible after being picked up by the Cenobite.
Fixed an issue that may cause the Lament Configuration to appear on a bush and be inaccessible in the Garden of Joy map.
Fixed an issue that may cause survivors to no longer be able to solve the Lament Configuration when picking it up at the same time as the Cenobite.
Fixed an issue that caused the Shape to be unable to use the Tombstone Mori on survivors currently using the map, key or Clairvoyance perk.
Fixed an issue that caused survivors to be unable to interact with the White Glyph after breaking the mirror.
Fixed an issue that caused survivors not to receive a score event after burning the Spirit’s husk with a flashlight.
Fixed an issue that caused survivors to receive a Burn score event after blinding the Wraith with the flashlight while uncloaked.
Fixed an issue that caused survivors not to receive progress towards the Medic achievement when healing a survivor using the For the People perk.
Fixed an issue that caused survivors to gain progress towards the Milk ‘n’ Cookies achievement by opening the basement chest without picking up the item.
Fixed an issue that caused survivors sacrificed at the Executioner’s Cage of Atonement not to grant progress towards the Reverent archive challenge.
Fixed an issue that caused killers to remain shortly in the falling animation after landing after vaulting from a certain height.
Fixed an issue that caused certain survivor charms to be misplaced when repairing a generator.
4) Known Issues
The Mastermind’s tentacles glows in first person point of view.
She’s currently in Australia filming the latest Mad Max installation.
And actress Anya Taylor-Joy took a well-deserved day off on Monday, spending the day in Sydney’s Hyde Park.
The 26-year-old, who is best known for her role in the Netflix miniseries The Queen’s Gambit, was seen having a cigarette mid-stroll in the iconic park.
Smoke-break! Anya Taylor-Joy was spotted smoking on day off from filming Mad Max: Fury Road in Sydney’s Hyde park on Monday, after revealing she lived off diet coke and cigarettes during Queen’s Gambit filming
Anya sat down on a park bench and lit up a cigarette to smoke, flashing her dazzling wedding and engagement ring.
Dressed head-to-toe in oversized black outerwear, the award-winning actress rugged up for the winter weather in a black trench coat, black trousers and a black beanie.
She was wearing black Bose QuietComfort headphones and a tote bag from Sydney’s well-known Ritz Cinemas in Randwick.
Lighting up: Anya sat down on a park bench and lit up a cigarette to smoke, flashing her dazzling wedding and engagement ring
Chatting away! Anya chatted on the phone as she enjoyed her smoke break
Keeping warm: Dressed head-to-toe in oversized black outerwear, the award-winning actress rugged up for the winter weather in a black trench coat, black trousers and a black beanie
The canvas bag features several famous film directors including Sofia Coppola, George Miller, Quentin Tarantino, Federico Fellini and Ava Duvernay.
Anya also appeared to be wearing a long blonde wig, with her brown hair peeking underneath after the actress’ hair was dyed brown while she films Mad Max: Furiosa.
Last year, the Golden Globe winner revealed that she was suffering with burnout while filming The Queens’s Gambit, as it came right off the back of filming two movies.
Happy: The star seemed in good spirits as she enjoyed her walk around the picturesque park
Grungy: She was wearing black Bose QuietComfort headphones and a tote bag from Sydney’s well-known Ritz Cinemas in Randwick
Getting wiggy with it: Anya also appeared to be wearing a long blonde wig, with her brown hair peeking underneath after the actress’ hair was dyed brown while she films Mad Max: Fury Road
First up was her lead role in Autumn de Wilde’s big-screen adaptation of Emma. Then after just one day off she began work on psychological horror Last Night in Soho, before going straight into filming The Queen’s Gambit.
‘I survived on Diet Coke, cigarettes and coffee, and by the end of it, I was like, “I need to eat a vegetable,”‘ she told Tatler magazine at the time.
By the time she got around to filming the Netflix miniseries, Anya admitted she was in bed by 8pm every night, yet struggled with the fact she wanted to be out socializing and partying like her friends in their 20s.
‘It’s: go home, have a bath, get up for work. I sound mental, but that’s what’s working for me right now,’ she added.
Shock diet: Last year, the Golden Globe winner revealed that she was suffering with burnout while filming The Queens’s Gambit, as it came right off the back of filming two movies. She said she lived off Diet Coke, coffee and cigarettes
Anya’s latest sighting was just a week after she was seen for the first time on the set of George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road prequel, Furiosa.
Dressed as the titular character, Furiosa, the American star looked worlds away from her usually polished, stylish self while filming in front of a green screen in Sydney’s South on Wednesday, August 3.
Swapping her trademark platinum locks for a messy, matted brown hair-do and tatty clothing, the smiling star was unrecognizable on set as she got stuck in to her latest role.
Award-winning role: Anya played an orphan named Beth Harmon who becomes a chess prodigy in the Netflix miniseries
Her costume consisted of a dirt-stained brown T-shirt which had one sleeve missing and loose trousers. She also wore a green glove, which will be used in post-production to create her character Furiosa’s prosthetic arm.
Anya has enjoyed a stratospheric rise to fame in recent years thanks to her role in Netflix drama The Queens Gambit, as well as films Emma and The Northman, in which she stars alongside Alexander Skarsgård and Nicole Kidman.
Anya arrived in Sydney in May ahead of filming Furiosa, accompanied by her partner Malcolm McRae, who she secretly married in June.
Mad Max: Furiosa is scheduled for release in 2024.
Just married! Anya arrived in Sydney in May ahead of filming Furiosa, accompanied by her partner Malcolm McRae, who she secretly married in June
