All articles tagged with #proximity chat
House House patched Big Walk to fix the voice chat volume issue, making quiet voices louder up close and at a medium distance while preserving the game's proximity-based hearing; the small team hasn’t decided on additional voice-chat features yet.
A GameSpot opinion piece argues that Big Walk, a calm, well-crafted co-op puzzler from House House, doesn’t deserve the “friendslop” label, which the author says is reductive and misleading. The piece praises its soothing visuals, approachable gameplay, and proximity-chat humor, and proposes renaming the genre to “bro-ops” (or another honest descriptor) to better reflect the game’s quality and vibe, warning that the current label risks pigeonholing innovative indie co-ops like Big Walk.
Rock Paper Shotgun argues that Big Walk isn’t a casual open-world hangout game but a stealth multiplayer where proximity voice chat (instead of built-in comms) governs play, turning players into unpredictable threats; developers are patching the proximity audio to fix volume issues, with players signaling via walkie-talkies, flareguns, or a whiteboard to communicate across distances.
A leaked Battlefield 6 2026 roadmap reportedly shows Season 3 adding 2 maps (Railway to Golmud, Cairo Bazar), Season 4 adding 2 maps (Tsuru Reef, Wake Island), and Season 5 adding 3 maps (content classified), plus features like Proximity Chat, Platoons, Server Browser, and MP leaderboards; Naval Warfare and Spectator Mode are also on the horizon, with content reportedly tested in Battlefield Labs and an embargo lifting today at 15:00 UTC.
A Reddit user has discovered a simple trick to boost FPS in Warzone 2 on PC by changing the Game Voice Channel to "Friends Only" in the audio settings. This removes proximity chat but significantly improves gameplay responsiveness. The trick only works on Steam and not Battle.net. The reason for the FPS boost is unclear, but it may be due to the amount of audio processing in the background.