Highguard’s second update in as many days brings a limited 5-vs-5 mode to address complaints – Jan. 30 patch notes

It’s no secret Highguard faces an uphill battle after a debut marred by disappointment after a lackluster Game Awards trailer, but the devs at Wildlight Entertainment are up to the task.

After debuting on Monday to a lukewarm reception, along with review-bombing due to performance issues on PC and other gripes, Highguard now holds a “Mixed” review rating on Steam when it comes to English reviews.

The game’s first post-launch update yesterday added some nice quality-of-life changes like FOV options on console, and now a new update for the free-to-play raid shooter just went live and is available now on both console and PC.

This Friday update heading into the weekend includes some optimization for performance problems on PC, and some other interesting additions, including a 5v5 mode that players had been begging for since day one. Check out everything we know about the update below.

Highguard patch notes today – Jan. 30

One of the main changes on console is the new slate of options to disable Motion Blur and Anisotropic Materials. That said, the biggest change may be with the game’s party size in a new playlist.

On the top right of the lobby screen, there are now four slots for teammates, and the devs have confirmed the addition of a limited five-vs-five mode to answer community complaints. Meanwhile, players on PC are reporting much improved performance thus far after the update.

Here are all of the patch notes listed by Wildlight.

5v5 playtest

This first playtest will last throughout the weekend, but the situation is fluid.

Raids are now 10 lives instead of 6

Respawns are slightly longer during raids to allow generators to be planted/defused

New base

A new base called Soul Well has been added to the options

Quality of Life

Enabled these visual settings on PC and consoles

Motion blur toggle for PC and consoles

Anisotropic materials toggle for consoles (PC has this already)

If you’re looking for more info on Highguard, check out more of Destructoid’s coverage below:

What is Highguard? ‘PvP raid shooter’ from ex-Apex Legends devs, explained

All playable characters in Highguard – All Wardens and their abilities

All weapons in Highguard – Full list of guns

How to use mounts in Highguard – List of mount types

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The Icon Swaps program has returned to Ultimate Team after several years of absence, and FC 26 players can obtain some amazing rewards for free of cost.

EA Sports will be releasing 20 tokens in total for you to obtain and exchange them for rewards. The rewards include special Icon cards, repeatable packs, and evolutions. Let’s look at the best reward combinations you can pick from.

Best Icon Swaps rewards to pick in FC 26

As of writing, 10 of the 20 Icon Swaps tokens are available. Grinding them separately will take a lot of time. However, we have a shortcut for you to reduce the grind as much as possible. That said, obtaining all the tokens won’t be easy. We also don’t know what the conditions for the remaining 10 tokens will be in the future.

There could be secret tokens in the future as well, but not everyone will manage to get every token. The table below has the best rewards combination you can opt for. The choices are based on my judgments, and I have heavily gone with the current in-game meta.

No. of Tokens	Rewards	Reason
4	20 84+ Rare Gold Players Pack (Two Times)/Xabi Alonso Icon and 25x 82+ Rare Gold Players Pack	Great fodder packs
5	Tiki Taka+/Xabi Alonso Icon and 20 84+ Rare Gold Players Pack/15 85+ Rare Gold Players Pack and 20 84+ Rare Gold Players Pack	Tiki Taka+ should be taken if you have a meta Icon. Otherwise, you can go for Xabi Alonso and a fodder pack, or just opt for pure fodder.
6	25 86+ Rare Gold Players Pack	25 guaranteed walkouts are amazing.
7	25 86+ Rare Gold Players Pack and 25 82+ Rare Gold Players Pack	I don’t like Zambrotta’s icon card. Going for the guaranteed walkout pack is better.
8	25 86+ Rare Gold Players Pack and 20 84+ Rare Gold Players Pack	Gambling on a campaign pick isn’t my cup of tea.
9	Stoichkov/25 86+ Rare Gold Players Pack and 15 85+ Rare Gold Players Pack	Only pick Stoichkov if you don’t have a meta attacker on the left wing.
10	Iconic Attacker Glow Up	Absolutely fantastic evolution that will improve the attacking lineup of most players in the game.
11-13	Iconic Attacker Glow Up and Fodder Packs	Pick the evolution and whatever fodder packs you can with the balance.
14-18	Rio Ferdinand and fodder packs/Iconic Attacker Glow Up and Fodder packs	Choose the option that suits your team more. I will be personally going with the evolution and fodder packs.
19-20	Ronaldo	This card is a must-have for any player at any given skill level.