- Balanced the game, now players have a chance.
- Increased Plasma Ball Damage.
- Mini Bosses now explode when they die, with a screen shake.

That's all :)

This trial version allows you to play the entire story up to the main quest "Guardian of the Overflow".
It will be available only until Monday, Oct 21, 2024 (JST).

*Your game data from the trial version will not be transferred to the official version released in the future.
*Some features in the trial version may be different from those actually in the official version.

The Sea of Thieves community thrives on its creativity, but we also know you’re not immune to skulduggery and shenanigans when the opportunity arises – that’s part of being a pirate, after all. That’s why, with Season 14 just over the horizon, we’ve decided the time is right to celebrate the most audacious antics you have to offer with a dedicated set of awards. (We might even wear bowties, you’ll have to wait and see.)

Why now? Well, the theme of Season 14 is ‘Making Mischief’ – not to mention its subtitle, which is a choice we’ve made to cut to the heart of each Season so everyone can tell at a glance what its focus will be. We’ll be offering detailed looks at the upcoming tricks and traps over the next week, but there’s no reason not to start stretching those prank-playing muscles right away, especially if you’ve already got something to show that you’re particularly proud of.

In a nutshell, we’ll be scouring social channels for entries that fall into one of our award categories – more on those in a moment – showcasing the top-tier examples and awarding prizes to the very best offerings. You’ve got plenty of time (before and after Season 14 expands your capacity to cause chaos) to submit as many clips as you can create, so long as you deem them worthy of winning one of the following…

Devious Disguise
Awarded to pirates who are most effectively able to conceal their true appearance, whether that involves dressing up to deceive others, making use of the Barrel Disguise Emote or spying on other players – the key is achieving something without being spotted!

Hilarious Hider
They may know you’re here, but finding you is another matter. Awarded to pirates who manage to sneak, dart, dash, tuck and successfully evade your pursuers – all until whatever dirty deed you’re undertaking is complete.

Scaring is Caring
It’s the Halloween season, so fright feels right. Whether you’re using voice chat while hiding to ‘haunt’ a ship, popping up unexpectedly while equipped with a horrifying Curse or lobbing a well-timed blunderbomb, your success will be measured in screams.

Snazziest Steal
They have treasure. You want it. Maybe that means scoring the perfect harpoon hit to swipe loot out of a pirate’s hands, lurking at a Skeleton Fort to grab the Stronghold Key or blowing a crew overboard with the Horn of Fair Winds before leisurely helping yourself to their stuff.

Trickiest Trap
Let them play right into your hands! This award goes to pirates who use a combination of deceit and tools to cause others to enact their own demise – that could be a blade trap, a buried Gunpowder Barrel or a room full of caged, angry snakes…

Perfect Prank
Sometimes, messing with someone’s mind can be just as effective as a blunderbuss. Convince another pirate you’re the Official Treasure Inspector, move all their loot into the crow’s nest, make them believe you’re part of the crew or fill their barrels with burned bananas – creativity is key!

Admirable Ambush
They never saw you coming. Perhaps it was the Rowboat you used to ferry your whole crew onto their ship, or that perfect cannon shot which got you exactly in place to drop their anchor and unleash Bone Caller chaos. Whatever works, works…

Guardian Angel
Stealth doesn’t have to be selfish! Provide treats instead of tricks by sneaking treasures aboard someone’s ship, leave breadcrumb trails of shiny objects to guide players through a riddle or Tall Tale, or tuck aboard and lend a helping hand with repairs. Just don’t give the game away!


If your submission gets spotlighted on our social channels, you're in with a chance to receive a unique in-game Title as acknowledgement of your efforts, while the winning contender in each award category will also obtain an exclusive in-game Trinket to display proudly aboard any Captained ship – as well as a physical trophy so they can do the same at home. On top of all that, our absolute favourite and ultimate winner will claim a haul of Ancient Coins and six Seasons’ worth of Plunder Passes as their grand prize, not to mention unending internet adulation (we’d imagine).

To get involved, capture a clip that demonstrates your deviousness for all to see, then share it on participating social channels – Twitter/X, Instagram, TikTok or YouTube – being sure to include the tag #SoTScallywags and state the particular award category that your entry feels like a great fit for. You have until the contest closes on October 31st to make as many submissions as you fancy, then you’re free to go back to warding off the undead, or whatever else your Halloween plans may involve.

The award winners themselves will be announced on November 22nd, with prizes being dispatched to the victors once the contest has concluded. Good luck with all your covert capers, and we’ll see you on the red carpet…

Need more info? Full terms and conditions for the Golden Scallywag Awards are available here.

1. Reduce the difficulty of normal mode
2. Raise the threshold for difficult mode, requiring 10 reincarnations
3. Raise the threshold for Hell Mode, requiring 25 reincarnations
4. Adjust store materials

October 08th, 2024 to October 09th, 2024



Dear Adventurers,



Please be advised that the scheduled maintenance for next week has been rescheduled from Tuesday, October 8th, 2024, to Wednesday, October 9th, 2024, at 10:00 AM PDT.



We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this adjustment may cause and greatly appreciate your understanding and support.

 

Thank you for playing "DEAD OR ALIVE Xtreme Venus Vacation!"

For more information, please check this week's "Update info" .

Thanks for your support, and please continue to enjoy “DEAD OR ALIVE Xtreme Venus Vacation!”

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Hi everyone!

Hope you're all doing well :) I'm looking for testers for the Demo version of Super Mining Mechs, which is set to release three days ahead of Steam Next Fest. We're starting with Beta Testing as soon as next week on Monday October 7th. I'm hoping to squash the occasional crash / bug this way to offer a smooth and polished experience at Steam Next Fest.

This is the current schedule:

• October 7 to 10: Beta Testing (apply here)
  
• October 11: Demo release
  
• October 14: Start of Steam Next Fest
  
• October 25: Full release!

If you're interested in getting access to the demo on October 7th, please join the Discord and request to become tester in the #announcements channel.

PS: don't forget to wishlist Super Mining Mechs to get a notification when the game launches!
+ Wishlist

Hope to see you all in the Discord soon!

Best,
Barry

Version 1.0.4 Patch Highlights
• Character balancing
• Bug fixes and gameplay optimisation

Character Balancing

Ardelean the Vampire
The launch of the dark lord has been an amazing one. Learning from our previous mistakes, we’ve carefully designed the interactions of Blood Feast and Blood Rush to create a new Monster experience. Due to the mechanic, Ardelean is atypical in his playstyle where he has to first collect blood then choose what abilities to upgrade with strategic card ordering. With a high ceiling and potential, we felt we had made certain elements of his set up a bit too easy. The following changes will lower the floor of Ardelean to balance out his potential compared to other champions.

Vampiric Familiar and Vampyric Familiar X
Unleashed cards are non-interactable for the opponent and generally balanced as a turn-by-turn win condition where the benefits don’t typically spread to subsequent turns. However, the almost inevitable lifesteal this card applies for just 2 blood feast, essentially sets up Ardelean for the whole game. We are adding in an additional condition for lifesteal to activate to require Ardelean to make more daring and bold plays to set up.

Vampyric Familiars
New card text : If you have already dealt damage this turn and you have Blood Feast, consume it and you are granted Lifesteal(1) and Cure.
Vampyric Familiars X
New card text : If you have already dealt damage this turn and you have Blood Feast, consume it and you Heal 5 lives, granted Lifesteal(1) and Cure.

Ulterior Motive X
Similarly, we felt that a powerful mechanic such as lifesteal should be conditional and require timing to play out.

New card text : If neither you nor your opponent has any cards in play, attack speed is increased by 2 and you are granted Lifesteal(1).

Breathless Embrace and Breathless Embrace X
We’re tuning down the damage of this card to make it easier to stop and reducing the base amount of blood feast that can be gained.

Attack damage : 7 > 6

Crimson Mist
Dodge is the best type of reaction in game and normally its speed value is the major inhibiting factor of it. We’re removing the second tier of speed buff to limit its effectiveness and all rounded capabilities.

Removed card text : If you have Blood Feast(3), consume it and your reaction speed is increased by 2 instead.

Tori the Paladin
Some small changes across cards to balance out the card choice in decks.

Invocation and Invocation X
Attack damage : 10 > 9

Judgement and Judgement X
Attack damage : 8 < 9
Lightning damage : 8 < 9
Doubled lightning damage : 16 < 18

Salvation and Salvation X
Added new card text : You are granted Regen(1).

Lee the Dragon Master
Lee’s only interrupt card is on Dragon Pounce, which is a 2 action point card, making it hard to be effective against spells. We’re adding interrupt to one more card in Lee’s arsenal.

Inch punch and Inch Punch X
New card text : this attack can interrupt your opponent

Redeye the werewolf
Endless hunger and endless hunger x
We’ve restructured the card text of this card to make it more playable by making the card more powerful at base.

Endless hunger
Removed old card text
New card text : You are granted Feeding(3). If you opponent is Bleeding, Heal 3 lives.

Endless hunger X
Removed old card text
New card text : You are granted Feeding(3). If you opponent is Bleeding, draw 2 cards.

Scent of Prey X
The additional damage from the upgraded card has made this card slightly above the usual balance level for a setup and control card. We’ve decreased the damage so Redeye will have to combo off with other cards such as Howl to boost damage and break defences.

Attack Damage : 7 > 6

Uncontrolled Aggression and Uncontrolled Aggression X
Although niche, when used properly these cards are extremely powerful and perhaps too punishing to opponent’s that relies on smaller cards to set up.

Uncontrolled Aggression
Next Damage Boost : 4 > 3

Uncontrolled Aggression X
Block Value : 5 > 4
Next Damage Boost : 4 < 5

Crystal the Ice Faerie
Shard of Eternity and Shard of Eternity X
To make this card more flexible, we are decreasing the Mana requirement for a little damage to allow aggressive Crystal playstyles to be able to start doing damage earlier.

Mana Requirement : 4 > 3
Attack Damage : 9 > 8

Enryu the Gargantusaur
Feral Defienace and Feral Defiance X
Feral Defiance is defined by it’s strong defences capabilities but has been often overlooked due to it’s health restriction. This has made it a dead card in many decks when it is drawn early on. We have added in a Level Up mechanic to the card so it can get stronger and stronger when drawn early on, making it almost the ultimate reaction card in the late game.

Added Level Up Mechanic to both cards
Block Value at different levels : 6 – 8 – 10
Added new card text : You are granted Fortify and Persistence.
Fortify and Persistence Value at different levels : 1 – 2 – 3

Feral Defiance X
Remove card text : This card is only playable if you are Enraged or when you have 25 or less health.



Bug Fixes
- Resolved a bug that will crash on Spell resolution when a previous match was ended during an opponent’s spell casting.
- Resolved a bug that causes the missile animation to continuously loop
- Changed Crystal’s Level 24 card achievement to be achievable due to the latest card changes
- Fixed a bug in Lee’s Tempo Advantage perk that caused action points to inconsistently add
- Fixed a bug which caused Transient Enchantment cards to not work as intended
- Fixed a bug that caused the Rampant Growth Ally card to not resolve
- Readjusted the depth of Map hints in Adventure Mode
- Improved networking code to prevent crashes with server errors
- Fixed a bug that prevented Howling Gale X to increase Arcane Resonance

Hello Adventurers!

A new patch released today, and we've got some exciting news: Worlds of Aria is now fully playable on MAC!!

• Fixed the save being lost when launching new game plus on a regular campaign
  
• Fixed the crash when loading the dragon hand in A3-07

Thank you for your support!

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