Escape Arena, October 2026
Added
- Type
/joinand a party or lobby code in chat to join it straight away. - Public custom lobbies are announced in chat with a
/joinline, so anyone can hop in. - The Aim Lab card now shows how many players are training right now.
- A new Unscored practice switch in Settings lets you run aim lab drills without touching your bests.
- Custom lobbies can be public, password protected or invite only.
- Pick your own time of day and weather in Settings. Only you see it.
- Choose which camera views your view key cycles through.
- A Leaderboard button on the Aim Lab page opens the board for the mode and gun you have picked, and a Back to Aim Lab button brings you back.
Changed
- The Custom tab now opens on a list of open lobbies you can join in one click, with search.
- Scored or practice is now picked right on the Aim Lab page, above Start, and the button tells you which run you are about to start.
- Camera views in Settings is now a row of chips in the order your view key cycles them.
- The Aim Lab card on Play shows your best score and how many players are in the lab right now.
- The arena menu has a new backdrop: contour lines over a faint view of the arena behind it.
- The Aim Lab leaderboard now lives on the Leaderboard tab, with every mode and weapon a click away.
- The Aim Lab page sits on the same contour backdrop as the rest of the menu.
- Key hints across the menu look like keys, and F1 and Esc share one close hint.
- An empty lobby list offers Create Lobby right beside the message.
- F1 reopens the arena menu on the page you closed it from; F2 to F6 still jump straight to theirs.
Fixed
- The player count on the Aim Lab page lines up with its label.
- The lobby search box sits clear of the card edge.