What better way to start the New Year with some Player vs Player slaughtering? We have started to work out a PvP Tournament system and it should be here soon! The tournament games will be different from PvP games. Because rewards can be won the contest must be one of pure skill, not who is the highest level, has the best units or the biggest deploy capacity.
<b>Fair Battles</b> For that reason the deploy capacity and a unit pool will be predetermined when the Tournament is set up. You can put together your army from this unit pool, but you cannot use your own units. You can still determine your own personal strategy with your personal army build. There will be varying pools available for different tournaments. Heroes are excluded from the tournaments, to ensure higher level players don’t get an unfair advantage.
<b>Rewards and Prizes</b> To enter the tournament there will be a fee, to ensure players are serious. Of course, there will be a lot of rewards as well! Each round will have a reward for the players that made it to that round (by winning the previous round). As you reach higher tiers in the tournament, the rewards become better and better. Of course there will be some grand prizes for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place! But wait, there is more! Those who participate in the PVP tournament will also be earning PvP points, which add to your overall PvP score on the leaderboard. The scores will be a lot higher than regular PvP matches!
<b>Resolving Cheats and Exploits</b> We are working to resolve issues, such as closing the battle window and various bugs. Any cheating will result in being removed from the tournament with no refund. We will be monitoring the events closely.
We're running a video contest, along with Andrew Vanden Heuvel (an online physics & astronomy teacher with the Michigan Virtual School), calling for students and gamers alike to create videos demonstrating physics principles via Osmos.
First prize is a $500 Amazon gift certificate, and there will be a few runner-up prizes as well. We're pretty excited about helping to encourage education via gaming, and hope you'll participate!
We're running a video contest, along with Andrew Vanden Heuvel (an online physics & astronomy teacher with the Michigan Virtual School), calling for students and gamers alike to create videos demonstrating physics principles via Osmos.
First prize is a $500 Amazon gift certificate, and there will be a few runner-up prizes as well. We're pretty excited about helping to encourage education via gaming, and hope you'll participate!
There has been a dramatic rise in snow people assassinations this holiday season. We believe this is the work of a professional. An eye witness to one of the tragic scenes reports that “He stabbed them in the head with blades in his arms. Blades coming out of his arms I tell you! It was crazy! Then he just ran off and jumped in a haystack. He may still be there but I’d be careful about checking it.” Please be on the look out for anybody wearing what has been described as “a really cool bathrobe with a hood”. If you see this individual please call the authorities as soon as possible and do not approach him.
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Your avatar is not just the face of yourself as captain; it’s an extension of yourself in the game! That’s why of course you want to look your best. Wouldn’t it be great to have more new avatar items to match your style and find a unique look that suits you? We are going to expand the avatar wardrobe tremendously!
<b>How to obtain new Avatar Items?</b> You may be receiving avatar items in your Mystery Packs and as a reward for leveling up (some avatar items would only be available later in the game). Some quests could provide new avatar items as well. Of course, several unique items could be available in the Black Market as well. Even more items to hunt for!
<b>The Perfect Look</b> To finish off with the final touches we aim to provide more themed avatar items, just like the Halloween and Christmas items you might have seen already. The themed avatar items are only available for a very limited time, which makes them even fancier! Afterwards, the items are still available to equip for the players that purchased them, but no longer purchasable by the ones who haven’t.
<b>The Crème-de-la-crème</b> Some avatar items may even boost game stats!
So what will it be for you? How do you want your avatar to look? Let us know in the comments: and if you have really awesome avatar concepts, we will reward you with 1 gem if we love your idea!
Some developing news from the Steam Elves Workshop. Holiday Elf Weaverbird has been so busy getting all of the gifts ready that I think he has forgotten to take time out for sleep. I do believe that he is now hallucinating. I just found him singing show tunes in the hallway while dancing with a poster of Chell. It was a little awkward, when he saw me he threw down the poster and ran away.
While we make sure Holiday Elf Weaverbird is getting the proper care please remember that show tunes are fine but carols are better. We especially liked 2point4’s heavy metal rendition of Silver Bells. Just Classic.
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What a year this has been. It started with the madness of development, and the culmination of three years of work. Nuclear Dawn's release, the patches and fixes, and finally the free weekend on Steam last week.
Bells are jingling, and reindeer are pulling jolly old men through the sky, though, and we're going to take the chance to sit back and enjoy our families and loved ones.
Fret not, however, we'll be back in full swing come the next year, to regroup, and get right back to the awesome business of making games!
In the meantime we can tell you that we have sold over 50.000 copies so far and have something coming for all of you this week! So stay tuned for more soon!
What a year this has been. It started with the madness of development, and the culmination of three years of work. Nuclear Dawn's release, the patches and fixes, and finally the free weekend on Steam last week.
Bells are jingling, and reindeer are pulling jolly old men through the sky, though, and we're going to take the chance to sit back and enjoy our families and loved ones.
Fret not, however, we'll be back in full swing come the next year, to regroup, and get right back to the awesome business of making games!
In the meantime we can tell you that we have sold over 50.000 copies so far and have something coming for all of you this week! So stay tuned for more soon!