Box Office Mayhem: Theatre Tycoon

Supervisors now cover 10 staff each like before instead of one supervisor covering your whole theatrePlayhouse and Musical Theatre stages can now be repairedAutomatic repairs now work at Playhouse and Musical Theatre venuesConcessions can now restock themselves at Playhouse and Musical Theatre venuesThe weekly report now warns you when a worn stage is costing you ticket salesFixed multiplayer weeks that would not advance, leaving both players waiting on each otherFixed films produced by a studio player vanishing from the market so no theatre could buy themStudio players now receive royalties that arrive late due to missed sync instead of losing them outrightFixed rival theatres bug that showed zero on all leaderboard statsMultiplayer stats now count every venue you ownNova Technologies now wants to advertise for Horror filmsIncome and expenses in your reports are now sorted with the biggest amounts firstNew Text Size setting allowing you to make all in-game text largerNew Color Scheme setting adds High Contrast, Color-Blind Friendly, and Daylight looksThe scheduling page now shows the format each showing plays inRepair screens for stages now no longer refer to auditoriums

Theatre FranchisingOpen and manage multiple branches across eight distinct marketsEach market features unique customers, demand, competition, operating costs, opportunities, and risksScout connected markets and choose between leasing, converting, or purchasing new locationsHire branch managers and configure automated scheduling, staffing, maintenance, pricing, and spendingRenovate, rebrand, sell, or launch turnaround plans for struggling branchesAdded market-share tracking, profit forecasts, return-on-investment estimates, alerts, and chain-wide reportsRival theatres and other players now exert meaningful competitive pressure within shared marketsLive EntertainmentOpen Cinemas, Playhouses, and Musical Theatres as part of the same theatre chainBuild stages, hire stage crews, schedule performances, and maintain live-production equipmentSign plays and musicals with unique licensing fees, royalties, requirements, and minimum runsStudios can unlock a Live Entertainment Division and develop original plays, musicals, and film adaptationsRehearse productions with contracted talent before licensing them to compatible venuesLive entertainment is supported in Solo and Multiplayer gamesStudio

Fixed an issue in multiplayer that caused new movies to not sync late gameLocalized minor areas/popups that were not already localizedChanged the way queuing renovation works so that it now only takes your auditorium offline when it's currently in renovation (it stays online if it's just queued)Added functionality to cancel queued renovations or construction projects with a full refund This is the last hotfix until EA 0.2 drops on Friday, May 22nd. Any new bug fixes will be rolled into that update.

Remaining text and money/pricing was localized into all supported languages and currenciesMultiplayer save loading and starting a new MP game has been made clearer and more accessibleGenre trends were added back to the newspaper to allow for strategic deal signingWorn equipment now has a separate info banner when it's not negatively impacting attendanceFixed an issue that causes higher resolutions make everything smaller, despite having the same aspect ratio (most prevalent on 4k, 16:9 monitors)Fixed an issue that prevented the "sabotage" button from appearing in multiplayerFixed an issue that caused a week syncing issue between an existing mp save and a new playerFixed an issue that prevented you from starting or joining a new mp game after leaving a previous oneFixed a delay in multiplayer that resulted in a mismatch in displayed info on the multiplayer leaderboardFixed an issue that corrupted multiplayer save data for non-host playersFixed an issue that caused non-host player data to not update (and therefore revert) after simulating a weekNew branding for the game has been pushed to the game executable, steam, and discord