Welcome to the launch of Season 6 and our Rite of Champions event! Rite of Champions is an event, spanning two weeks, in which you will honor the valor of yesterday's champions and earn your place among today's heroes in the new limited-time Game Mode, Carousel of Death. In addition to the new, limited-time mode, there are themed contract orders, a new face-off screen, new mask outfits, event exclusive loot, and themed soldiers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOEbYLJrdL4




Carousel of Death is a limited-time gamemode for the event. When you die, you respawn 5 seconds later, plus 5 seconds more for every subsequent death. Victory is achieved when all opponents are dead at the same time. The mode is Single Pick with no revives, no feats and no Gear Stats. All fights in this mode will take place in our Arena maps.





New mask outfits are here in celebration of our new Season 6 event, the Rite of Champions. The mask outfits are "Medusa's Favor" for the Knights, "Battle Swine" for the Vikings, and "Heavenly Crane" for the Samurais. Each mask outfit is available at the discounted price of 15,000 Steel (instead of 20,000) per hero when the event starts on May 17th, and will stay available in-game at 20,000 Steel as of May 24th and after the event! You can check out each of the mask outfits in the video below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrdE2PqNae0
The Mask Outfits are also part of The Rite of the Champions Bundles that will be released on May 24th, 2018.





The Rite of Champions event also features 3 community orders throughout the event. The first is "Beval the Medusa", which requires each Faction to complete the most matches with a Knight hero. The winning faction will receive Steel and Crates. This event order will be available from May 17th at 1:00 PM EDT to May 21st at 1:00 PM EDT.

The second event order will be "Musashi the Crane." From May 22nd at 3:00 PM EDT to May 26th at 1:00 PM EDT, each Faction will fight to complete the most matches with a Samurai Hero. The rewards will again be Steel and crates to the victorious faction.

Remember that participation is required in order to be eligible for the rewards.



During the duration of the Rite of Champions, players will have the opportunity to loot items exclusive to the event. This includes:

• Ornament: Radiant Seal
  
• Battle Outfit: Destined Distinction
  
• Idle Effect: Radiance
  
• Emote Effect: Radiance
  
• Execution Effect: Radiance

These items alongside the Sword in the Stone emote, which will be released next week, and the three Mask Outfits are part of the 18 The Rite of the Champions Bundles that will be released on May 24th, 2018.

Furthermore, each of the playable 18 characters have 1 weapon set that may drop in every mode and in Scavenger Crates, but won't be available in The Rite of Champions bundles.





From May 17th until May 31st, all players will be able to play all unlockable Heroes (Season Pass heroes for Standard Edition and Starter Edition owners). However, the Heroes cannot be customized unless they are unlocked.

Players can unlock Season Pass heroes at a discounted price of 10,000 Steel (instead of 15,000) per hero and Starter Edition owners can unlock regular Heroes at a discounted price of 5,000 Steel (instead of 8,000) per Hero.



Champion Status will also be offered at a 30% discount from May 17th until May 31st and for the first time ever, it will also increase your chances of getting event loot until the end of the event on May 31st.



If you have any questions regarding the new event, we have posted an FAQ for everyone's convenience.

In addition to the event, several important changes arrived with today's update as well. You can find all of those details in our Title Update 1.23 Patch Notes.

Hello Warriors!

As we teased last week during our special Warrior's Den stream, this week's content is new executions! Each hero has one new execution, which you can check out in the video below:

https://youtu.be/cjKP_Wgxdl8
There is a known issue with Conqueror's new execution, "Mongrel's Charge", where it is not giving the Conqueror their health or stamina regen. The team is currently investigating and we'll look to let players know when it's fixed.





Today we released our roadmap for the rest of May going into the month of June. As you can see we have more weekly content scheduled and even the return of Extra XP Fest at the end of the month. However, we have a few surprises in there for players to look forward to as well. We'll be looking to talk more about them soon.





The patch notes for the start of Season 6 next week, May 17th, are now live. In it, you will find details regarding the reworks for Peacekeeper and Orochi, the inclusion of the new Visual Collection, and several quality of life improvements. You can check out the full patch notes here.




Faction Race is back! The new Faction Event Order, Warrior Rush, starts tomorrow at 1:00 PM EDT! To win, your faction will need to win the highest amount of matches of any type. Warrior Rush will last until May 14th 3:00 PM EDT. The rewards will be:

• 1st Place: 1,500 Steel and 3 Scavenger Crates
  
• 2nd Place: 1,000 Steel and 2 Scavenger Crates
  
• 3rd Place: 500 Steel and one Scavenger Crate

Remember, participation is required if you would like to collect your faction's rewards.

Hello Warriors!

Today has been an exciting, information filled day in which we shared the first details of our upcoming Season 6 patch. While Season 6 will not be dropping until May 17th, as always we have new content coming to the game this week!

This week there are three new Elite Outfits available in-game, one for each hero. You can check out how they look in the video below:

https://youtu.be/ppAQPYnE1Tw




While we won't be diving into the full patch notes for Season 6 until next week, you can view our Season 6 stream that occurred earlier today by watching the video below:

https://youtu.be/dnOYTZPBSYU

For those that would prefer an overview of the stream, one of our regular members of the Steam Discussion Boards has kindly posted a recap of the stream for your convenience.

With Season 6 on the horizon, we have a lot of exciting things coming up and we can't wait to share more with everyone soon!





This weekend marks the return of Extra Loot Fest! From May 4th 1:00 PM (EDT) to May 7th 3:00 PM (EDT), you can receive extra loot from playing games both in PvP and in PvAI. If there's a weapon or armor set you've been looking to find, this weekend is one of the best times to try and loot it on the battlefields!

Hey everyone,

A few things to share with you all today! First, we just announced our next free weekend coming up May 3-6!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6UjUn9qkJk
The Free Weekend will be live on PC starting May 3rd at 5:00 PM UTC and will last until May 6th at 8:00 PM UTC.

Along with the upcoming free weekend, we're also bringing back our Warrior Training Program! This means you can earn 2 weeks of revamped Champion Status by playing a total of 5 matches with new players! Revamped Champion Status includes the following:

• 40% XP boost at the end of a game for the player NEW!
  
• 20% XP boost aura on the other players at the end of a game NEW!
  
• More event loot NEW!
  
• More salvage
  
• More end of match loot
  
• One emblem (same as usual)
  
• Champion Status icon

Full details on the Warrior Training Program can be found here.




Finally, be sure to check out next weeks Warrior's Den for a special broadcast. We'll have some special announcements! Check the full details here and don't miss the show next week, May 3rd at 12:00 PM EDT!

Hello Warriors!

This week, we are bringing a new set of mythic outfits into the game for all heroes! "Pledge of Heaven" for the Knights, "Asgard's Favor" for the Vikings, and "Tenchu-Gumi" for the Samurai can now be found in-game. You can check out the videos below:

https://youtu.be/fxZx_HlpQmc




In the Event Playlist this week, we're hosting Duels in our newly added Arena maps! This playlist will be open starting today, April 26th, at 8:00 AM EDT and will last until May 2nd at 8:00 AM EDT. The Event Playlist can be found on your faction's stronghold.





In addition to the Duel Arena Playlist, this week's event order will be "Duel Executioner." In this event order, the community will need to perform as many executions as possible in Duel matches. The event will be open starting April 27th at 1:00 PM EDT and will end April 30th at 3:00 PM EDT. The reward for completing it will be 2,000 Steel. Remember, participation is required if you'd like to receive the reward.



Today, we also held a maintenance for Live Update 1.22.2. In this update, we extended the lag compensation to console and also implemented bug fixes for the Centurion's infinite chain. You can take a look at the original notes for the update here.

Hello Warriors!

This week's new content is a new free roam emote, "Ready to Rumble." This new emote is available for all heroes and costs 7,000 Steel. You can check it out in the video below:

https://youtu.be/DZHFgQDO8gI




Dance of Death has finally returned to the event playlist for the next week! Starting today at 8:00 AM EDT to April 26th at 8:00 AM EDT, players can participate in this limited time variant of our 2v2 Brawls. When you die in this mode, you'll return to life 2 seconds later, plus 1 second for each time you've died before. Victory is achieved when both opponents are dead at the same time. There are no revives.

You can find the gamemode in the Events playlist located on your faction's stronghold.





If you didn't already know, Patch 1.22 released today and with it a host of new features, such as the revamped training modes, arena mode, full controller customization and more! You can find the full list of details here:

Patch 1.22
Live Update 1.22.1





As a reminder to those interested, Battle Outfits still remain on sale this week and will last until April 26th at 8:00 AM EDT. If there's a particular outfit you've been eyeing, you have a week left to pick it up at a discounted price!