Insomniac has announced that today will see the launch of Resistance 2’s 1.40 update which will iron out some of the problems that have previously been reported, including the mysterious data reset and the “Killing Machine” Trophy bug. Insomniac reports that once the patch is live the Trophy will automatically unlock for those that have already reached its requirements upon starting the game.

The full list of what’s included in the 1.40 patch is as follows:

Trophy/Medal/Ribbons
“Salute Me” trophy is not awarded until player reaches level 31 (Lieutenant)
“Berserker” trophy can be collected during non-ranked games
“Survivor” medal can be collected in cooperative games
“Sure Shot” ribbon is awarded if player has accuracy of exactly 50%

Clans
Added clan support for viewing members, sending invites, and setting up clan tags
Default clan region is now USA

Match Balancing
Unbalanced ranked games are cancelled in staging before the game is started
Parties are prevented from matchmaking into free-for-all Deathmatch games

Competitive
Loadouts can be disabled in the “Create Game” screen in competitive games
Balanced the chance of dropping large ammo pickups in competitive games
Core Control scoreboard displays “Kills”
Improved scoreboard formatting

Cooperative
Balanced the amount of XP gained by the Medic class in cooperative games
Stalker movement enabled in cooperative games
Small ammo pickups don’t give LAARK ammo in cooperative games

Weapons/Gameplay
Splash damage on Pulse Cannon can damage the player firing it
Rossmore reticule better reflects its accuracy
Fire is easier to shake off
Players cannot swap weapons in the middle of a melee attack

Miscellaneous
Localized text updates
Network message optimizations
EULA displays the correct language text for Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish and Danish

We awarded Resistance 2 3.5/5 when it launched back in November which, judging by the comments, a few of you think was rather harsh…

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