Our V3.3 update is here and it is absolutely LOADED...with bug and QoL fixes.
Doesn’t mean this update is completely amiss of a few shiny things.



Continents: 8
Territories: 57

FREE! Limited time exclusive map made in collaboration with Ibai Ilanos
This map is set to be released on 8th October 2021 AEST




Creep it real this spooky season and give your opponents pumpkin to talk about.




With the introduction of the shop update in v3.1 we had removed DLCs from steam and kept all purchases via the in-game RISK Shop. However, listening to recent community feedback we’ve decided to bring purchasing DLCs back to steam.
As of v3.3 the following DLCs will be added to steam in the coming weeks;

• Lost Cities
  
• Sci-Fi
  
• Advanced

The long awaited community request to publicly publish our RNG/BB code has been fulfilled. As of 3.3s update we have published our code to github! https://github.com/smgstudio/risk-dice
(please give 24 hours after this announcement for it to appear)

• No more missing out on customizations after they appear in the shop, you can now purchase avatars, dice, troops or frames from the profile screen. Emotes coming soon
  
• We’re telling it like it is! To make RISK more accessible we’ve changed the color names to their more universally known names example: Bubblegum is now Pink, Carrot is now Orange, Olympic is now blue, etc.
  
• Fixed Steam overlay causing the game to crash.
  
• Fixed unexpected capitals appearing in matches.
  
• No Strings Attached achievement has been patched
  
• Fixed ads not rewarding players - For mobile users.
  
• Fixed glitched card trade in if disconnect happens after eliminating other players.
  
• Fixed missing defeat animation screen
  
• Corrected turn timer caching from previous game
  
• Corrected RISK premium not activating in the Steam All-Access Pass bundle
  
• Corrected the steam friend link URL that gets copied when the button is clicked
  
• Adjusted Android and iOS safe zones on interface so buttons won’t get cut off or hidden by cameras and screen size
  
• Players in abandoned games will still receive rank points
  
• Fixed bug where players got kicked out of game after confirming
  
• Fixed 1 card trade-in exploit, and banned reported users using the exploit.

• Corrected USA flag star count
  
• Fixed looping zoom sound effect bug
  
• Reinstated bonuses to correct position on World Conquest and Dracula’s Castle map.
  
• Corrected the connection between Lebanon and Ankara on the Europe Advanced map
  
• Pass & Play Troop locations fixed
  
• Fixed various avatar animations.
  
• Fixed various translation errors.
  
• Corrected troops facings backwards bug
  
• Corrected territory spelling errors in Machu Picchu
  
• Corrected central America continent in Brazil Advanced
  
• Fixed Party Robot emote audio, so be excellent to each other and party on dudes.

As of v3.2 the minimum requirements to run RISK Global Domination are listed below;

Android Version: 5.0 “Lollipop”
System Memory: 1 GB+
Storage Space: 500 MB+
Chromebooks: Not supported

iOS Version: 11.0
Storage Space: 500 MB+

OS: Windows 7 (SP1) / 8 / 8.1 / 10
Processor: Intel/AMD 2+ Cores (1.7GHz and above)
System Memory: 2 GB+
Storage Space: 1 GB+
Graphics: DirectX 11

OS: macOS 10.13
Processor: Intel/Apple Silicon 2+ Cores (1.7GHz and above)
System Memory: 2 GB+
Storage Space: 1 GB+
Graphics: OpenGL 2.0 or Metal

If you’re still experiencing compatibility issues please lodge a support ticket for our team to investigate. https://smgstudio.freshdesk.com/support/tickets/new

Signing off,


Cass @ SMG

Attention RISK Generals!

It’s been almost a month since our Sci-Fi update was released and a couple of weeks since our long-awaited Advanced Map Pack went live!

To give you a quick summary of the v3.2 update




We’ve been working on bugs for the 3.2.1 hotfix and also for the 3.3 update which will include a lot of Quality of Life improvements.



Major Fix
Fix: Discounted offers (bundles and premium) not displaying correctly.
Fix: Automatch prompt disappearing if token replenish screen is triggered.
Fix: Profile and leaderboard not showing the same rank.
Fix: Fog of War flickering.
Fix: US Flag dice correction.

Minor Fix
Fix: Terms of use not linked in app settings.
Fix: External link warning popup not triggering.
Fix: Incorrect Map Pack label positioning.
Fix: Samurai avatar animations not working properly.
Fix: VIP tag is incorrectly displayed in game lobbies.


This month we have our 3.3 Release. This version will be focusing less on new content and more on bugs, UI, and shop updates. Nothing too interesting to share unfortunately...

PSYCH! Here are some sensational concepts our team have been working on! When will they come out? Stay tuned!






By the time this correspondence is out, our community Free-For-All RISK Tournament would have completed round 1 and 2!


Round 1 followed a world domination match with the following map and settings
-Auto placement
-Fixed cards
-Expert AI
-60 seconds
-Fog Off
-Blizzards On
-Alliances Off
-Balanced Blitz dice

Round 2 was a Capital Conquest match!
-Auto placement
-Fixed cards
-Expert AI
-60 seconds
-Fog of War off
-Blizzards Off
-Alliances Off
-Balanced Blitz dice



There are 5 more rounds left of the tournament make sure you join the community discord to tune in!

Catch Kill Pete Strategies vod of his match in Round 1 of the FFA tournament




Have we mentioned we have a highly skilled community? No? Let us show off for a bit!
Last issue we saw some amazing character and map design from Discord community member Astrid. This issue we bring you this astounding portrait of General Uni by community member Atofika.
Credit: Afotika Deviantart, Afotika Instagram





Special thanks to the Stumpt crew for previewing our Advanced map pack and kicking it off with the highly anticipated Advanced Europe Map. Check out their video below!







From the 1st of September (AEST) a new season of RISK battles begins, and our global leaderboards will be reset.
Your rank points will not be changed, but you'll temporarily see '0' for your profile rank (this is your position on the Global Seasonal leaderboard). Just complete one ranked Global Domination game in this new season to see your updated profile rank. You'll be placed back on the leaderboard as soon as that game is finished by all players.
Check out the official RISK Global Leaderboards here https://www.hasbrorisk.com
Be excited - and best of luck!












Now this last one one got a bit of a chuckle out of us and we sent it to the devs to which they responded with.

Can’t confirm anything yet, but they are looking into it.



Do you think you’ve got what it takes to compete against our very best?
Our discord community runs back to back tournaments with big prize pools.
We also have dedicated channels in our discord designed for players
looking for a game.
Bite the bullet and join our dedicated RISK server https://discord.gg/risk



Signing off,


Cass @ SMG

Evening Risk Generals,

Just a quick post to let you know about our 3.2.1 hotfix update being rolled out from today;

Major Fix
Fix: Discounted offers (bundles and premium) not displaying correctly.
Fix: Automatch prompt disappearing if token replenish screen is triggered.
Fix: Profile and leader board not showing the same rank.
Fix: Fog of War flickering.
Fix: US Flag dice correction.

Minor Fix
Fix: Terms of use not linked in app settings.
Fix: External link warning popup not triggering.
Fix: Incorrect Map Pack label positioning.
Fix: Samurai avatar animations not working properly.
Fix: VIP tag is incorrectly displayed in game lobbies.

That's it for now! Our Advanced map pack is due in a couple of days so stay tuned.

Over and out

Cass @ SMG


Social Links
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/riskglobaldomination
Twitter: https://twitter.com/smgstudio
Discord: https://discord.gg/risk

Ground control to RISK Generals!
We hope you’re enjoying the Sci-Fi update so far, with this update we have not only brought new customisations but also a whole new look and feel to RISK.

Have you saved the Command Base C1X from total alien annihilation, or taken control of the Lunar Mining Facility, or perhaps conquered Spaceport Sigma, or maybe you have exterminated your enemies on [REDACTED]?

Don’t think this is all we have in store for you this month, we’ve doubled down and a whole new map pack is heading your way next week!




With the introduction of new frames since the shop update in 3.1, we felt like our dear Premium generals needed an upgrade from their premium wreath. No shade if you still enjoy flexing your wreath we just wanted to give you something just a “teensy bit” more flashy. In addition to the wreath, Premium members who have upgraded to 3.2 should automatically receive the new Premium Crown frame. For the players who wish to be as subtle as a bus regarding their premium... ness?





Risk generals set your starships back to Earth because on the 19th of August 2021 our long-awaited advanced map pack is set to go live! Featuring more in-depth maps of Europe, Brazil, Russia 2010, and Canada, eh?





But what’s new after advanced? Well, we’re excited to announce we’ve been working with multiple artists to bring you some exciting new Dice concepts.



New ramen dice to shoyu the way to victory!



C:\>cd RISK
C:\RISK> RISK.EXE


Pumpkin dice for the players that believe in spooky season every day of the year.

And finally some super-secret concept sketches of dice coming your way soon. 👀👀





Last chance to sign up for the RISK Discord’s FFA tournament! Entries close 15th of August with the first round starting on the 16th of August.
The maps for each round have also been decided, thanks to the community votes.







We often receive questions from our community about what happens to complaints submitted during a game using the report feature (above) for cheating, unfair or inappropriate behaviour. Reported players are flagged and actively monitored for 30 days using our automated tools. We also provide a direct message in-app to inform reporters whether any action is taken against the player they reported.

If you have reported a player using the in-game reporting feature (or they have reported you) neither of you will be able to view a game hosted by the other that is in the available games to join list in Global Domination.

1. On Manual placement - claim a continent’s border (either just inside or outside of an entrance)
   
2. On Auto placement - if you start first, you can place your capital anywhere and add all troops to it during the draft phase. If you start later, be sure to place on one of the top 3 troop locations
   
3. Your focus isn’t defeating every player or capturing every territory. Your new goal is to capture all enemy capitals to win the game.
   
4. Rule of thumb: attack capitals with 3x troops for peace of mind, as capitals have a defending bonus.
   
5. Capitals can be much more volatile, do not recommend with True Random! (very severe luck involved)

Presenting our first ever RISK community fanart for the community bulletin.
General Astrid the Pirate of our discord community has shared their amazing sci-fi fan art in the wake of our Sci-Fi release.

Artist Credit: Astrid - https://www.instagram.com/astridlife_/





If you have some RISK art to share, join the RISK discord and post it to the Channel #RISK-ART so the community can spam encouraging emotes on your work!











Do you think you’ve got what it takes to compete against our very best?
Our discord community has dedicated channels designed for players
looking for a game.
Bite the bullet and join our dedicated RISK server https://discord.gg/risk



Signing off,
RISK Team at SMG

To celebrate this update we also want to share the out-of-this-world artwork created by Dan Dussault for our Sci-fi map pack. Check out his work, give him a follow.



This update features our Sci-fi Maps, our first visual theme update since Pirates about 4 yaaaaars ago (sorry, bad dad joke). With a new holographic look, glowing connection lines, glitchy fog of war effects, and new fortify/attack arrows, this new update is anything but a waste of space.


The future will be fought with dice controlled by robots on distant planets. This pack also includes exclusive new map visuals.




Continent: 11
Territories: 47


This battle is taking place on a classified planetoid that Earth doesn't even know exists yet. Win and keep it that way!



Continent: 10
Territories: 96


In space no one can hear you scream... Because you rolled a one.



Continents: 10
Territories: 47


As Earth battles for control over the Helium-3 supplies the once peaceful mining facilities are turning into battlefields.



Continent: 11
Territories: 100


We cannot tell you how bad it will be for Earth if this command base falls into enemy hands... Does the enemy even have ‘hands’?






Available mid August as long as you have the v3.2 installed. This pack includes the most community-requested larger versions of our maps. Perfect those who prefer a longer game and deeper strategy.
Check out the spectacular artwork for the map pack designed by Harry Heath.





Continent: 8
Territories: 56


Brazil and neighbors are used to battling about football but now you can settle it once and for all in this RISK map.





Continent: 13
Territories: 91


Advanced enough, eh?





Continent: 14
Territories: 83


The most requested advanced map now let’s you take over Europe and surrounding areas in more detail.




Continent: 7
Territories: 61


In Russia, dice roll you!




We’ve pretty much got every theme covered in v3.3: ancient, medieval, futuristic--even edible! We’ll also be rolling out (strike #2 dad joke) country flag dice to show your pride over the next few weeks. Feel free to sing your national anthem as you play. We don't have voice chat so it won’t annoy anyone.






We’re always striving to improve the core RISK experience. In v3.2 we focused on community feedback on the attack and fortify arrows, making them more legible and improving the animation.


Old (left), new (right)

We’ve also added a timeout limit to players who dropout from online matches to counter cheating and overall fairness.


We’ve received a lot of feedback for more female characters so we’re adding more troops and avatars:


Avatar: General Uni
Bio: An eminent Intergalactic General, Uni is known for their keen sight and exceptional piloting skills.


Avatar: Tomoe Gozen
Bio: Inspired by the infamous samurai warrior of the same name. Thousands feared her, many more followed her into battle.


Troop: Onna-musha
Bio: Two blades are better than one.
And here’s a sneak peek of another female avatar we’re working on for v3.3





All players can now see who goes offline in Global Domination matches.
There was a bug where only the game host would correctly see who was offline. The bug gave the false appearance (to the other players) that anyone who was offline was repeatedly dropping out and rejoining in an unfair manner.

+ Multiple minor fixes and improvements.


Pangea

Added missing connection between UK and Italy

Italy
Western and Eastern Austria name overlap fix.

Mont Saint-Michel
Added a hyphen to the continent “Mont Saint-Michel”

Machu Picchu
Improve connection visibility between “City Gate” and “Wheat”

Atlantis
Improved visual connections for bridges




Don’t forget the official community run Discord is also the place to chat with all the other RISK fans like you, well maybe not exactly like you as you’re special.


Phew! What an update! This is a significant change which allows us more flexibility and scope to enhance the game.

Let us know in the comments what you think of this update and if you have any dice ideas post away. We’re in production on a lot of new ones now.

ATTENTION GENERALS!

Sit down, shuttle up, and ready that scroll wheel - you’re in for a jam-packed bulletin! Next month we’ll be seeing the arrival of our 3.2 update which includes new maps, dice, troops, avatars, and bug fixes.

So prepare yourselves as this update as we go behind the scenes and out of this world.





UI DESIGN

It’s been long overdue, but for the first time in four years we are introducing a new theme to RISK Global Domination.

Our new Sci-fi theme brings visual updates to Fog of War, territory connection lines, holographic background, and new attack/fortify arrows.





MAPS

Look to the stars and take your global conquest to the galaxy with 4 new maps!
Without spoiling too much, here are a few sneak peeks on how our new Space Port Sigma map came to life.



DICE
Good news everyone! We’ve figured out a way to roll dice in zero-gravity.
See how we go from concept:

To first modeling pass:

To final design:


AVATARS
New theme who dis? Not one, not two, but FOUR SCI-FI AVATARS will feature in our new update 3.2. We also have a new samurai avatar paying homage to the legendary Tomoe Gozen a onna-musha who appeared in 14th century Japanese literature. Tomoe was undoubtedly a force to be reckoned with as she was appointed as leading commander in the Genpei War.

“she was a warrior worth a thousand, ready to confront a demon or a god, mounted or on foot. “
-The Tale of the Heike


FRAMES

In this update, we have 7 new frames coming to the RISK shop and a little special somethin for our premium players soon after. So here’s a little preview of what’s to come.


TROOPS
Generals meet the creation of one of your new GUARDIAN OF THE *REDACTED*

The Concept:

Final result:




At the end of July we saw the close of our Discord 1v1 tournament.
Special shout-out to our placing winners

1. Zombies are weak, they lose on a tie when you attack them, and they only have two dice to attack with (attacking a zombies territory is safer than attacking a humans).
   
2. Don’t focus entirely on zombies as you will leave yourself exposed to the other human opponents.
   
3. Zombies will take over a random territory if they are eliminated in the previous round
   
4. You need to spread out troops to minimise the damage that zombie takeover does.
   
5. In ranked games, note that humans are still the real enemy, eliminating them is more important than eliminating zombies - if you lose to zombies but eliminate all humans you will not be penalised for being 2nd to them

Our General Showcase features RISK content creators in and out of our community discord.

Check out master player MR SLIN lose Australia but shows you how to recover in this situation and lead the way to victory!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gecjD9XcC2g

Grandmaster Risk4Ever provides a passive strategy to win at risk with alliances off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqhu_7BFhHY










Do you think you’ve got what it takes to compete against our very best?
Our discord community runs back to back tournaments with big prize pools.
Sign-ups for our next FFA tournament is 6th-15th of August.
We also have dedicated channels in our discord designed for players
looking for a game.
Bite the bullet and join our dedicated RISK server https://discord.gg/risk


Phew! What an update! There’s still more to come in 3.2 which is due in August but we wanted to show you what goes on behind the scenes here at SMG.
Let us know in the comments what you think of this update.

Signing off,
RISK Team at SMG

ATTENTION GENERALS!

Welcome to the second issue of the RISK community bulletin. Last month we saw the massive 3.1 update go live with new dice, frames, emotes, and most importantly the new shop!
Here are a few of the new shop favourites according to you;







We hope you’re enjoying the 3.1 update so far! How many of you have managed to conquer Troy yet?
Since the update, we have pushed a couple of hotfixes to fix any issues that came with the update.
Such as;

• Shop not working on iOS
  
• Lost Cities Maps don’t show map pack name
  
• Blank chat during emote animation
  
• Daily deals repeating and not refreshing
  
• Various UI things

That’s 3.1 out of the way, let’s talk 3.2. We can’t get into the fun things like Dice and Frames just yet. HOWEVER what we can tell you is that the next update in addition to new features, we’ll be focusing on existing bugs that got put on the backburner whilst we worked on the shop.

In next month's community issue we’ll be back with a teaser of the new shiny things.





We collaborated with Tribe Gaming to present their and our community with the free limited edition Tribe Dice that was available June 2-9, were you lucky enough to grab yours?

Check out their video and slick costumes below Let the #TRIBEWIN roll! 🎲






General JeromeACE hilariously goes against zombies in expert mode😱...and if you know, you know. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PPhJGK1LWI

General Realed uploaded their first ever RISK video. We love to see it, go give your support, watch the video, and hit subscribe (that’s what YouTubers say right?).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd0nATQSE70









Do you think you’ve got what it takes to compete against our very best?
Our discord community runs quarterly tournaments with prizes.
We also have dedicated channels in our discord designed for players
looking for a game.
Bite the bullet and join our dedicated RISK server https://discord.gg/risk


Thus ends the transmission of our second community bulletin. What would you like to hear in the next one? Let us know in the comments below!
Over and out,
Team RISK at SMG Studio

To celebrate this update we also want to share this amazing artwork of Atlantis we commissioned from Dean Ilango to celebrate the Lost Cities map pack. Check out his work, give him a follow.

In the biggest change since launch we’ve released a new shop, cosmetics and currency system. It will allow us new ways to reward players but also give you many more options to customize your profile. We can also now be more flexible with the pricing of items as no longer tied to the store prices and the strict sale requirements. For Steam users this means more regular sales on everything in the store.


Sunken islands, lost cities, empires buried under the sands of time - some found again, others turned into legends. Conquer them all!


Continent: 8
Territories: 57
When you play this map be sure to put on this track which is the official theme song of Atlantis.


Continents: 13
Territories: 67
Oh, look! A wooden horse! What a LOVELY gift. Quickly, get it into the city! What could possibly go wrong?


Continents: 8
Territories: 38
Now you can conquer Machu Picchu, the legendary sacred site which has been triggering awe and humbling astonishment in millions of visitors!


Continents: 7
Territories: 42
You don’t need a whip and leather hat to feel like a famous archeologist here. But you need a good strategy to prevail...





Cheese dice. Check.
Buried dinosaur bones dice. Check.
20th-century-modernist-abstract-art-inspired dice. Check.

This is just the start! More dice on the way and if you have any ideas comment below.

Note: we wanted to make the cheese dice “legen-dairy” but the pun police would have arrested us.




Is your opponent using the Australian Turtle Strategy™?
Is your nemesis zzz at their keyboard?
Ever wanted to pirate fist bump an ally?

We’ll we’ve got you covered with our latest batch of emotes. And now available individually at a lower price!




Flex those frames! Never before have avatars looked this glorious on the battlefield.








All new UI, daily deals, free gems and looooads of new content to customise your play. Let us know what you think and what dice, frames and emotes you’d like to see next.




A new currency system means we can not only offer better sales and more flexibility on store discounts, but we can also make the game more rewarding. We’re starting with daily gem giveaways in v3.1+, but plan to create more play-based rewards in future updates.



You spoke, we listened. We’ re reverting back to the classic RISK colours
with the exception of the Amazon Prime exclusive purple.

• Red, Green, Yellow, Blue, Orange have all revert back to the original ‘Classic’ colours
  
• Purple will become available after June.
  
• Bubblegum Pink added in v2.8 will be retained
  
• Charcoal (Black) and Porcelain (White) added in v2.8 will be kept as the exclusive Premium colours

All other new colours have been removed. To update your colours, please go to your profile customisation screen. And big thanks to everyone in the RISK community for your feedback.



There was overwhelming demand to bring back the old way of tinting avatars based on player color (versus persistent colors). We’ve added that to v3.1 along with other improvements to the chat UI to make player colors more legible:

• Avatars now cropped inside the frame in the chat UI
  
• Death State more clear.
  
• Tweaks to icons to make larger & legible.
  
• More prominent colour panel around avatar frames.

Above: Before


Above: After

• Added connection between "Left Wall, Black Island and Entry"
  
• “Lady of the Lake” and “Market” connection made bigger

• Deutschland! Map: Changed the name Frankfurt to Eisenhuettenstadt
  
• Adjusted troop positions across multiple maps for better legibility

Multiple fixes and improvements. Noteworthy:

• Fixed: issue when leaving lobby is cancelled by another player joining the lobby
  
• Fixed: MAC users can now adjust screen size when selecting Borderless Window option.
  
• Fixed: broken animation of dice roll when manual rolling with Enter hotkey
  
• Fixed: incorrect map name in battlelog for automatched games
  
• Fixed: Z-Fighting on maps.
  
• Fixed: dotted connection lines artefacts

Don’t forget the official community run Discord is also the place to chat with all the other RISK fans like you, well maybe not exactly like you as you’re special.


Phew! What an update! This a significant change which allows us more flexibility and scope to enhance the game.

Let us know in the comments what you think of this update and if you have any dice ideas post away. We’re in production on a lot of new ones now.

3.2 update will be focussed on optimization and fixes as well as smoothing out the tutorial.
3.3+ will be new features (some requested a lot)

Signing off,
RISK Team at SMG

ATTENTION GENERALS!

This is the new RISK community bulletin, your regular rundown on everything RISK, our community and glimpses on what goes on behind the scenes.




Do you think you’ve got what it takes to compete against our very best?
Our discord community runs quarterly tournaments with prizes.
We also have dedicated channels designed for players looking for a game.
Bite the bullet and join our dedicated RISK server https://discord.gg/risk






Presenting our first Dev Journal, a series of mini developer updates going over the biggest changes coming to RISK.
This time around, we’ll share a teaser of a select few (not all!) of the dice, emotes, and avatar frames coming soon in our to be released 3.1 build.

Upcoming Dice

Have a few Dice sneak peaks, as a treat.
Only a few, we don’t want to spoil the sheer amount we’re releasing in v3.1


Upcoming Emotes
Want to spam more emotes? Don’t worry, we got you covered!


Upcoming avatar frames
In v3.0 we had pretty limited frame choices but that is no longer! Say hello to just SOME of the avatar frames we’ll have available in v3.1


Colour Changes
You spoke, we listened, we are reverting back to the classic RISK colours
with the exception of the Amazon Prime exclusive purple.



Congratulations to The Kill Pete Strategy for the win on his round 3 of the Q2 RISK Discord tournament. You can check it out in the video below.


Check out Risk4Ever’s latest video “Beat One Border North American Strategy”,
playing against 2 grandmaster ranked players.



Got a RISK video for us? Let us know in the comments below for the chance to be featured in our next bulletin!













Thus ends the transmission of this community bulletin. What did you think? What would you like to hear in the next one? Let us know in the comments below!

Over and out,

Team RISK at SMG Studio

BIGGEST SALE EVER!
75% off RISK Premium!
50% off all maps packs!
Only until the 5th of May, so get in quick!

Already have premium and all the map packs? Hold on tight there's a big update coming soon!