No official patch notes, but here's what I've noticed so far:

  • New background for the Options screen
  • Some additional portraits and hairstyles in character creation.
  • New Cursors
  • Option to completely disable global chat. It hides the tab and everything. (This will become mandatory for your first playthrough if you want to avoid spoilers)
  • New "Keys" tab in the inventory.
  • Kickstarter backers (at least at the appropriate tier) now start out with the "Golden Grail" item in their inventory. It doesn't seem to do anything yet, though.
  • Source Hunter's Manual now has some actual text, not just placeholder stuff.
  • New sound cues.
  • Prettier effects
  • [Fixed] CTRL + Mousever didn't show stats.
  • Autosave at the start of the Tutorial dungeon.
  • New options for LAN and Direct IP Connect.


And this was all before reaching the bridge.