# FPS Chess FPS Chess - Version 1.2.2

- Product: FPS Chess (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/fps-chess)
- Vendor: Meta Fork
- Date: 2026-07-08
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2021910/view/673998750553741031
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/fps-chess/releases/2026-07-08-fps-chess-version-1.2.2

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- **added** — New experimental time limited duel setting that starts shrinking the playable map area after the set time
- **changed** — Flattened collision on Remastered map's floor to help make movement feel smoother on ground
- **changed** — Wood Pawn nerfed from 4-shot burst into 3-shot burst
- **changed** — Wood Pawn slightly buffed firerate
- **changed** — Wood Pawn slightly nerfed reload time
- **changed** — Wood Pawn nerfed jump cooldown from 4 seconds to 5 seconds
- **changed** — Wood Pawn jump made slightly higher
- **changed** — Wood Queen large Flamethrower DPS increase
- **changed** — Wood Queen Flamethrower takes longer to recharge and needs to recharge more often
- **changed** — Wood King increased all flame damage
- **changed** — Wood King slight slam adjustments to make it feel more intuitive to use
- **changed** — Wood Knight toned down wallride VFX to increase visibility
- **changed** — Original Bishop can no longer block while gliding
- **fixed** — Further improved black bishop's momentum issues coming off of glide
- **fixed** — Fixed wood pieces' SFX not respecting user settings and playing at full volume

##### **Content**

- New experimental "time limited duel" setting that starts shrinking the playable map area after the set time.

- Flattened collision on Remastered map's floor to help make movement feel smoother on ground.

##### **Balance Changes**

- **_Wood Pawn:_**

- Nerfed 4-shot burst into 3-shot burst

- Slightly buffed firerate

- Slightly nerfed reload time

- Nerfed jump cooldown from 4 seconds to 5 seconds

- Made jump slightly higher

- **_Wood Queen:_**

- Large Flamethrower DPS increase

- Flamethrower takes longer to recharge and needs to recharge more often

- **_Wood King:_**

- Increased all flame damage

- Slight slam adjustments to make it feel more intuitive to use

- **_Wood Knight:_**

- Toned down wallride VFX to increase visibility

- **_Original Bishop:_**

- Can no longer block while gliding.

##### **Bug Fixes**

- Further improved black bishop's momentum issues coming off of glide.

- Fixed wood pieces' SFX not respecting user settings and playing at full volume.

##### **
Developer Notes**

- Here is the first real round of balancing for the wooden pieces. The wooden pieces have definitely pushed the limits of movement so I decided to devote most of this week's FPS Chess development time to trying out a new game setting to limit the board size as the time goes on.

- To keep things improving please continue leaving your thoughts on the new changes and what balance changes you want to see in the future in the new [official discord](https://discord.com/invite/yVjqGeFtuc) or on the steam community discussions page.

- While spending one day a week on FPS Chess and the rest of my time on FPS Chess 2 I will be attempting to do one FPS Chess patch every Wednesday if possible so please keep looking forward to them!