Samson Releases New ‘Welcome to the Pit’ Update

Liquid Swords has released a new free update for Samson, titled “Welcome to the Pit,” which focuses entirely on the game’s vehicles. The game is available now on PC via Steam and Epic Games Store. 

The update adds the following:

• New Area: Lowline Circuit Race Track
• Free Street Trials
• Vehicle Customization
• Taxi Gig
• New Jobs
  • Black Top Renegades
  • You Move Me, Man
  • Van Diesel
  • Bust Out Barry
  • The Meter’s Tickin’
  • Lowline Circuit Endurance Street Trial
• Sandwich Boards
• Easier to Escape Enforcement
• Combat Updates
  • Improved animation fidelity for various combat moves.
  • Increased animation coverage and reliability for parries from all directions.
  • Improved parry timing to make them more consistent and responsive.
  • Smoother motion when stepping up and down on objects.
  • Reduced Posture damage slightly on Light and Heavy Attacks, and increased Health damage on them to not make it too easy to bring enemies to a takedown state with e.g. Light Attacks only.
  • Increased Posture damage from some hazards to make them more relevant in bringing enemies to a takedown state.
  • Fix for ragdoll being “frozen” when you push people over railings.
• Performance

  • Optimization and better threading as well as budgeting of NPC characters.

  • New asynchronous bulk tick system to reduce tick overhead.

  • Performance improvement to various AI systems such as behaviour trees, targeting, mic and senses.

  • Smoother frame pacing when VSync is disabled and not using frame generation.

  • New custom throttling system to improve performance when running faster than 30 fps.

  • Various general optimizations in Traffic System UI, WorldQuery, LodSync, StoryDeck and Audio.

  • Wide performance improvements that help reduce hitches. 

  • Updated and added more systems to our custom timeshare system to reduce spikes in the game.

Samson, also known as Samson: A Tyndalston Story, launched on April 8 to mixed reviews. While many appreciated the premise, the numerous bugs and lackluster mechanics were panned by critics and fans alike. The release date for the next major update is currently unknown, though it will release for consoles in fall 2026.