Steam News announces a new patch for Stargate Resistance is now available, updating the third-person shooter to version 1.1.9.16. The update adds the planet of Leonops, which includes new battle types and other changes, as well as a bunch of bug fixes. Here are the patch notes.

Newness:
INTRODUCING LEONOPS!

• A New Planet address has been discovered and players can now travel to Leonops and engage in two types of battle!
• Assists:
  • Kill Assists are now in the game! Only 1 person can potentially earn a kill assist. Kill assists gives you personal score and not a kill credit, that goes to whomever performed the killing blow.
  • Healing classes will score assist points in the form of playerscore for performing actual healing on players
• Players may now switch teams, but only if it will not create an imbalance.
• Server gating has been implemented for SGC, Whiteout, Court and Amarna, games will now lock you in your spawn room until 1 player from each team is present
• There is a new option to toggle crouching, this option can be found in the options menu
• There is a new option to toggle the sniper scope per right click event instead of holding it down, this option is located in the options menu.
• New transition effects for the Ashrak Cloak
• Global server announcements have been created to let players know when the servers will be coming down for maintenance
• Snazzy new bullet holes and blast marks have been added
• Performance improvements on particle system rendering
• Whiteout: Capturing the flag will now award 20 points to the player who captured it.

Bug Fixes:

• Whiteout: Both teams should now incur a death upon jumping into the pit of Piramess.
• UI: The targeting reticule for the Ashrak blade will now more accurately displays the red chevron when a backstab will actually land on an opponent.
• Weapons:
  • The backstab and sniper rifle headshot damage bonuses should now perform 1 hit kills no matter the amount of hp bonus on the opposing player.
  • The scope on the sniper rifle has been tweaked for better shot placement
  • Goauld > Bunnyhopper : A player caught in the effects of the ribbon device will no longer be able to jump until they damage the Goa'uld to interrupt the beam