AVA's next update—“Damage Control”—arrives Wednesday, August 2 at 4 p.m. PDT (11 p.m. GMT)!

This update features:

• The new Control mode (with the new map, "Outpost")
• M24 Bianca Capsule
• Antique Capsule
• Updated 1 Box Capsule
• Updated Melee Capsule

Head on over to the Damage Control update page for all the details. Also, check out our Patch Notes

Stay tuned for the Patch Notes

AVA's next update—May Matchup—arrives Tuesday, May 23 at 7 a.m. PDT (3 p.m. GMT)!

This update features:

• Scenario modes now available from the QM channel
  • Scenario's change daily at 00:00 AM UTC
• Updated player login rewards
• Updated Training Grounds
• Updated Capsule Shop
• Bug fixes (including an improvement for the Windows 10 latency issue)
• and more!

Head on over to May's Mission Critical update promo page to get all the details

Stay tuned for the Patch Notes

This year, give your mom a Mother’s Day gift she won’t ever forget: roses! Roses that you can use to hit people!

Log into AVA each day, starting Friday, May 12 at midnight, and ending on Sunday, May 14 at 11:59 p.m. PDT, and you’ll receive a rose melee weapon—absolutely free!

Check out what AVA has waiting for you here.

We’ve assembled four special EMP packages of AVA gear for you, which you can obtain from midnight on Thursday, May 11 until 11:59 p.m. PDT on Sunday, May 14 when you Buy EMP!

Learn which items you can get here!

Remember, this promotion ends just before midnight on Sunday, May 14, so don’t wait too long to Fill up on EMP!

AVA's next update—Training Day—arrives Tuesday, April 25 at 7 a.m. PDT (3 p.m. GMT)!

This update features:

• New Training Grounds - more Euros! More EXP!
  • Revised rewards for Demolition, Annihilation, Escort, and Escape modes in Training Grounds
  • Added more AI Maps to the Training Grounds for players to hone their skills
• Updated Capsule Shop
• New Red Ticket Gun in Cash Shop!
• and more!
Head on over to the Training Day update page to get all the details, and click over to the AVA website to read through April’s patch notes for all the specific details.Also, with our Training Day Update, we will be having a login reward giving out 1x Red Key and 1x Blue Key to be used in the Last Man Standing Mode.

If you don’t have anything else to do this weekend, heads up! We’ve put together a few sweet Spring bundles just blossoming with guns for you to enjoy. Plus we’re taking 50 percent off virtually everything in the AVA Shop , all weekend long!

When you purchase EMP to take advantage of this Spring sale in our web shop, you will enjoy these bonus items with every fillup!:

• 1,000 EMP Level: MP7A1 Sumire (permanent)
• 2,200 EMP Level: FG-42 Sumire (permanent), M93RA Line of Steel (3-day), MP7A1 Line of Steel (3-day), AK47 Line of Steel (3-day), M1903A1 Line of Steel (3-day)
• 4,600 EMP Level: Mosin-Nagant Sumire (permanent), M67 Sumire (30-day), M93RA Line of Steel (3-day), MP7A1 Line of Steel (3-day), AK47 Line of Steel (3-day), M1903A1 Line of Steel (3-day)
• 12,000 EMP Level: FR-F2 Sumire (permanent), Mosin-Nagant Sumire (permanent), FG-42 Sumire (permanent), MP7A1 Sumire (permanent), M67 Sumire (30-day), M93RA Line of Steel (3-day), MP7A1 Line of Steel (3-day), AK47 Line of Steel (3-day), M1903A1 Line of Steel (3-day)

And the savings don’t stop there! During the Spring sale, every item in the AVA Shop* is 50 percent off the regular price!

* Well, okay—not the April Weapon Crate, but you get the idea.

Act now as this sale is only available this weekend from 4/13/17 12:00 AM PDT - 4/16/17 11:59 PM PDT

Also, be sure to login on Saturday, April 15 between 12:00 AM PDT and 11:59 PM PDT, and April 16 between 12:00 AM PDT and 11:59 PDT, to get an Easter Egg Grenade (30 Days) just for logging in!

Introducing the AVA Awesome Avatar Contest! From Wednesday, April 12 until Tuesday, May 2, we’ll be accepting submissions for a new batch of forum avatars.

Then, on Wednesday, May 3, the we’ll reveal the Top 10 avatars and a community vote will run until Wednesday, May 10 to determine the five best avatars, and those will be added to the forum, for all to use.

The creators of the Top 5 community-chosen avatars will each receive 1,000 EMP, plus a special bordered version of their avatar so that all forum-goers will know their artistic prowess for all time. The five runner-ups will each receive 500 EMP.

Here’s how to participate:

• Submit your avatar design via email to community@enmasse.com with the subject line “AVA Awesome Avatar Contest.”
• Submissions must be sized 100 by 100 pixels, in .JPG or .PNG format.
• Submissions must include your character and forum name, in order for you to receive a prize.
• Your entry must be received by Tuesday, May 2 at 11:59 a.m. PDT.
• Standard EME contest rules apply.

It’s almost a new month, and that means a new ESL schedule! Every weekend in April, you can compete in multiple ESL Events that put your skills to the test and get you great rewards! Placing highly enough in an event will net Red Tickets and Euros to use in-game as well as a special selection of in-game weapons that rotates each month. Here’s how to sign up:

• If you don’t already have an ESL account, sign up for one here.
• Once you have an ESL account (and an AVA account, of course!), select an event you’re interested in from the list on this page. Events that are happening soon appear at the top!
• Then, follow the helpful guide along the right-hand side of every ESL event page to sign up, check in, and play!

Here’s the April events schedule:

• April 1–2: Red Ticket 5 on 5 Demolition Cup (Europe)
• April 7: 1-on-1 Red Ticket Cup (Europe)
• April 8–9: 2-on-2 Cup (Europe)
• April 14: 1-on-1 Rifle (Europe)
• April 15–16: 5-on-5 Demolition Cup (North America)
• April 21: 1-on-1 Euro Weapon Cup (Europe)
• April 22–23: 5-on-5 E-Boat Cup (Europe)
• April 22–23: 1-on-1 Euro Weapon Cup (North America)
• April 28: 1-on-1 Sniper Cup (Europe)
• April 29–30: 5-on-5 Demo Cup (Europe)

Mark your calendar for the events you’re most excited about and check back at the end of April for a look at May’s schedule! Plus, next month’s article will feature a list of the top April competitors, so you can learn your competition. Good luck, soldiers!

AVA's Steamy March Update arrives Tuesday, March 28 at 7 a.m. PDT (3 p.m. GMT)!

This update features:

• Fortune Stars Season 9 - featuring Dr. Steam weapons!
• The return of Last Man Standing mode - now with voice chat!
• Improvements to Escort/Breach and Arena modes
• Improvements to the Quick Match UI
• New capsule items
• bug fixes
• and more!

For details on the update, head on over to the Steam Funk promo page. For specifics on the newest Fortune Stars selections, read the Fortune Stars guide on the AVA website. For the Patch Notes for the upcoming Steam Funk update, check out the Patch Notes page.

Between now and April 12, for each AVA community growth goal we reach on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Steam, and Twitch we’ll release a code for a different 30-day timed item! If we meet three of the five goals, we’ll release a permanent item as well! Join in here! Here’s a breakdown of the goals and rewards:

• 2,500 Twitter followers unlocks: Bramley Pie Grenade (30 Days)
• 27,000 Steam followers unlocks: Holy Mackerel (30 Days)
• 106,000 Youtube subscribers unlocks: Last Team Mask (30 Days)
• 79,000 Twitch followers unlocks: Last Team Desert Eagle (30 Days)
• 157,000 Facebook Likes unlocks: Last Team M40A5 (30 Days)
Meeting three of the five goals unlocks: Permanent Baked Corn BatTwenty-five lucky players will also win a random Fortune Star Dreamcatcher gun! You can get multiple entries into the Fortune Star Dreamcatcher raffle depending on how many accounts you follow. Watch Facebook to get the codes as we achieve them and spread the word, soldiers! Contest ends April 12 at 11:59 p.m. PDT.