- Added special new event named Snow Brawl! In this game, you trade in your guns for a snowball packed tightly around a core of high explosives! The snowball kills an enemy on a direct hit. heck out the Snow Brawl trailer here
- Added four winter achievements, which can be earned by accumulating score in Snow Brawl.
- Added holiday 4-slot assault rifle with a red and white striped candy cane appearance and Eggnog, a boost that heals the character. Simply log in the game during Holiday Season to receive those.
- Battle UI event tab is now available starting from level 1
- Fixed a bug when The Sweet Tooth gun was redeemed from bonus tab without WMK attached.
- Fixed a bug when players didn’t see item tooltips in Coin Operator window
- Fixed the LMG ammo for the Rank 3 Assassin class – it’s no longer weaker compared to the Rank 2 Assassin class
- Fixed the Outlaw class AUG – now it correctly improves the Incendiary Rounds ability
- Added Turkish localization
- Minor fixes and improvements to localized versions of the game

CrimeCraft GangWars Update Released

Snow Brawl game mode added for a limited time during the holidays! Trade in your guns for a new weapon, a snowball packed tightly around a core of high explosives! Snowballs explode on contact, killing all enemies! For all Snow Brawl matches, weapons, abilities, boosts and knives are disabled and players will only have 60 hit points. Snow Brawl kicks off Dec. 19 and the map and mode will change each day of the event.

Other Updates:
• Fixed the bug where territory bonuses didn’t work after travelling between lobbies.
• Improved the groups processing logic in the matchmaking.
• Minimum number of players increased from 2 to 4 for Snatch and Grab and Capture the Zone (3 points) game modes in Maxym Alley and Belly Street.
• Fixed the bug when the stack size wasn’t shown correctly on Black Market.
• Fixed the issue when players were able to equip premium signatures they didn’t buy.
• Fixed the “Hammer of Thor” Granade Launcher stats. Now it stays in line with other R-Sys Sabretooth GLs.
• Fixed the Tank, Thunder and Quake Gear Packs - now they correctly decrease the taken melee damage.
• Fixed the bug with the wrong amount of gained experience in chat after completing job or mission.
• Fixed the bug with the Terminator class – the ability AUG now have correct description and effect.
• Fixed the bug with the Pyrotech class – now it has correct level of Betadyne Amplifex boost levels for highest ranks of the class.
• Changed the ability AUG for the Death Dealer class – how he has Enhanced Endurance ability AUG instead of Liquid Armor ability AUG.
• Fixed the Shock Grenade description for the Kamikaze class.

CrimeCraft GangWars Expansion Released

GangWars is a massive expansion for the Free-to-Play Online Shooter CrimeCraft. GangWars revamps the experience for new users while also adding exciting end game content for veteran players.

Play before December 16th and receive a special GangWars Launch Gift! This includes a powerful custom gear set, 40 gold bars, and much more…

UPDATE NOTES:

CLASSES
* Players can now select a Preset Class to use for combat.
* Choose from 24 different class profiles, such as Soldier, Sniper, Snadow Spy, and Kamikaze. Each class has its’ own unique advantages and disadvantages.
* Classes contains the full set of equipment and abilities that don’t require repair and don’t expire.
* Players can also create their own Custom Profiles, allowing the player to choose every aspect of their character including weapons, gear, boosts, and abilities.

TERRITORY WARS
* Players in gangs can fight for the control of territory in Sunrise City.
* Gangs controlling a zone will receive various bonuses such as increased cash gain or experience yield.
* Players have increased max hp when fighting in zones their gang controls.
* All players will pay a percent of their cash yield as a tax to the gang who controls the territory.
* Ruling Gang's logos will now appear around territories that belongs to them.

QUICKPLAY
* Access CrimeCraft's combat, character customization, equipment shops and social features from the Quickplay Interface,
* New Players joining the game no longer start at the lobby tutorial, which now has an option to be skipped.
* Any player can freely switch between lobbies and Quickplay by pressing a button on the interface.

TOURNAMENT SYSTEM REVAMPED
* Players earn bronze, silver, and gold coins as a reward tournament instead of cash and random items.
* These coins can be exchanged for powerful items of their choice from the Operator NPC.

BALANCE CHANGES
* Adjusted stats for items to make low-level players more competitive.
* Shock Grenade, C4 Rocket Turret, Enhanced Metabolism, Improved Detection, Liquid Armor and Blast Helmet rebalanced.
* Run speed increased for pistols. Range of all pistols increased.
* Sniper rifle accuracy significantly decreased when shooting without aiming.
* R-Sys Sabretooth, Hargan Bulldog, Valley Forge, Exeter Arret, Jericho Ragnarok, Cabrese Fucilere weapons stats rebalanced.
* Boost quality feature removed from the game. Now all boosts have maximum quality.
* Indura Liquidstone, Chemtech Supermax, Zymek Lifeline boost effects reduced.
* All unpopular boosts were rebalanced.
* Now character performs the standard jump-knife attacked when armed with a pistol.

MAPS AND GAME TYPES
* New game type – Core Annihilation added in the game. This is primary a PvP game type with an additional twist – each team consists of both players and AI bots. The goal is to destroy your opponent’s core while protecting your own core from opponent’s attacks.
* New combat location – La Famiglia Compound added in the game.
* PvP game types added on Chemtech Processing Plant map.
* Capture the Zone (3 points) game rules updated.

MATCHMAKING UPDATE
* A player can subscribe simultaneously to any number of map / game type combinations now.
* Matches launch much faster for players.

NEW BLACK MARKET ITEMS
* Change Gender Charter – this item allows changing your character gender.
* Small and Large Contract Page – this will increase the maximum allowed number of jobs.
* Custom hats added: The Spartan Helmet, Viking Crusader Helmet, The Nautilus, Spot Welder Mask, Mr. Hideous, Spec Ops Helmet and Riot Guard Helmet.
* Clan hall visual upgrades added for ceiling, walls, floor and furniture.
* Scavenger tools added that allow players to get containers for the profession of their choice from PvE matches.

OTHER
* Now players can spend gold bars or in-game cash to purchase abilities.
* Bronze coins can be exchanged for the following items when visiting Coin Operator NPC in any lobby: Weekly Tournament Passes; Ingredient Packs; Experience, Cash and Loot boosts; Bleedout episode tickets.
* A number of other major and minor improvements and bug fixes.

See the full list of new features, improvements and bug fixes on the http://www.crimecraft.com/forums/Patch-Notes/topics/GangWars-expansion-patch-notes

CrimeCraft: Bleedout has expanded with two new servers based in Europe to better serve a worldwide audience. These changes will be applied when you launch the game client.

Other fixes include:
• Updated launcher with selection or US or EU realms
• Improved community management tools
• Improved server stability
• Increased server user capacity
• New Black Market items
• Reduced prices across Black Market

CrimeCraft: Bleedout is now Free to Play on Steam.

Play CrimeCraft: Bleedout before August 29th and receive a special Steam Welcome Package! Promotion limited to new accounts less than 7 days old. Items are automatically delivered to the user and can be withdrawn from the bank after tutorial zone is completed. Click here for more info.

CRIMECRAFT: BLEEDOUT is a fast-paced third-person shooter set in the persistent world of Sunrise City, a near-future metropolis reeling from the total collapse of the entire world economy. Players compete in intense PvP combat with over 20 battle maps, tens of playmodes, and hundreds of weapons and skills to master. Build a gang, earn a reputation, and kill the competition.

The CrimeCraft: Bleedout update has been released.

CrimeCraft: Bleedout is a fast-paced third-person shooter set in the persistent world of Sunrise City, a gang-infested near-future metropolis reeling from the total collapse of the entire world economy. In this first major content expansion to the Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Shooter CRIMECRAFT, players will experience The New Age of Ruin through 10 consecutive weekly episodes featuring story content from a lineup of comic book industry superstars. Conspiracies will blossom and explode in an epic campaign that examines the cause of the global collapse, and the nightmarish consequences that loom on the dark horizon.

Bleedout Highlights:

• Weekly Episodes – Each week a new episode of the gripping story will be released with 2½ hours of new story based missions.
  
• Comic Book Allstars – Featuring art from Tim Bradstreet, Ben Templesmith, Nathan Fox, Zach Howard, Sanford Greene, David Williams, Gary Erskine, Howard Chaykin, Glenn Fabry, Vince Proce and Trevor Hairsine.
  
• New Age of Ruin – The three major community areas (Downtown, Oceanside and Midtown) have undergone a radical transformation to supply the perfect ambiance to the unfolding tale of political intrigue.
  
• Pay Your Way – Episodic content will be automatically available for free for all Deluxe or Premium CrimeCraft subscribers and available for individual purchase for free players.