Dear All

Firstly, we apologize for not letting you know the details of the update BEFORE the update went live. We planned to make an announcement, but it was delayed for various reasons and we weren't able to put one up. The KEY changes were posted when the single file update was put up on www.novalogic.com. For those of you who haven't seen this list check out the 'updates' section on the home page.

Secondly, we are aware of certain issues that the update has caused and we are working on them. We are also drawing up an FAQ for you all to explain what is going on.

Thirdly we are reading through your responses to certain gameplay features that have been changed and while we can not promise we'll change anything, we are looking through the comments you are posting and we'll address anything that is NOT working properly for the overall gameplay experience we intended. We know a lot of you loved the way the old Joint Ops worked, but the updates were seriously needed and while you may not like them initially I think you'll get used to them and enjoy the game a whole lot more in the future.

So on behalf of NovaLogic, we apologize again for not releasing info about the update features sooner and please bear with us while we look into issues and read your feedback.

Thanks for your continuing support and understanding.

If you want to play the original JO - Just to keep you updated we are looking at a way to let those of you who want to play the original version of Joint Ops, play it. Details of how you can do this will be released once they are confirmed.

BUGS in the UPDATE - the update introduced a variety of bugs to Joint Ops which was not the intention. The bugs are being worked on and will be dealt with in another update next week. So don't let the fact that there are bugs in the update put you off! They were never meant to be in it.

The update was released in preparation for the launch of Escalation. If you plan on playing Escalation you’ll need to do the update. By next week the bugs should be fixed.

As always thanks for your feedback.