Happy (belated) Valentine’s Day!

Valentine’s Day just passed and the team has put all the love into their work. A new Bulletin is here and many changes are coming to the game. Mark your calendars, because what’s coming is going to be out of this world!

Did you know that this year will be SMG Studio’s 10th year anniversary? We definitely want to do something special to celebrate, maybe we can start with some new dice? 👀

Read below to find out more!




We’re only in the second month of the year and the team is already serving up a quality update.
We are working on Update 3.10, started a new season, included a new RISK Content creator feature and much more!

Update 3.10 is coming!
Here’s a teaser for what’s to come:

Gameplay Updates
You asked for it and you shall receive it!
Players will have the ability to communicate with each other in the lobby while waiting for a game to start. Want to say a quick hello? Maybe you want to send an emoji in the lobby? Well, soon you can! Check it out below (This is still a work in progress as final emotes and phrases may differ).



New Dice
SMG is nearing its 10th anniversary this year, and to celebrate, we will be dropping some dice inspired by our own game Death Squared! https://deathsquared.com/

Say hello to Steve, Franke, Emma and Barry!






New troops
We are excited to be releasing a new troop. The knight will soon enter the RISK battlefield as a playable troop! Here’s a teaser of what they look like. COMING SOON™️





We will also be working on general improvements and bug fixing to ensure the game’s running as smoothly as possible for our generals.




A new season of RISK began earlier this month. Best of luck and have fun climbing the ranks and leaderboards!



Curious about how your RISK rank is calculated? Check it out here:
https://smgstudio.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/11000025021-how-is-my-risk-rank-calculated-




Congratulations to this month's top RISK 1V1 and FFA generals!







Welcome to round 5 of the RISK FFA World Championship 2023 Season 1!
Those with 56+ Points and 2 participants with 55 Points will be moving on!



Head over to the tournament spreadsheet to locate your group and take note of when you are scheduled to play- {LINK REMOVED}https://tinyurl.com/FFAWorldChampionship
The following will be the settings for Round 5-
Map - Greece
Game Type - 70% Domination
Blizzards - On
Fog of War - Off
Portals - Off
Placement - Auto
Card Bonus - Fixed
AI Difficulty - Expert
Turn Timer - 60 Seconds
Alliances - Off
IA Behaviour - Automated
Dice Rolls - Balanced Blitz

Best of luck and may the best general win!




We have been highlighting our different streamers n the app to give back to the RISK’s content creators.



So far we have had Riskyfil and JJ Bruh featured on the home page.
Check out their channel’s here:
Riskyfil - https://www.twitch.tv/riskyfil
JJ Bruh - https://www.twitch.tv/jjbruhh_

We have many more upcoming RISK content generals scheduled in.

Tune in for

Mallorielynne at 18-Feb 18:00-21:00 (EST): https://www.twitch.tv/mallorielynne

And


Kylted on 3-Mar (EST): https://www.twitch.tv/Kylted

If you would like to be a part of this, We will post updates about future streamers in the RISK Discord. https://discord.gg/risk




Here’s some RISK streamers to check out and follow below.



Check out their streams here:
TheKillPeteStrategy: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1718123145
EscapeThe4z: https://www.twitch.tv/escapethe4z
MrKrisPlays92: https://www.twitch.tv/mrkrisplays92
QlwlFin: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1717154605
Vampirechicken: https://www.twitch.tv/vampirechicken
SimCopter1: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1718819885




Here’s some RISK YouTubers to check out and follow below.



Check out their videos here:
Harlow the Hawk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC62dps-5OE
Poorly Played RISK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScYtCAx0dHk
TheBuckeyeTy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FomwSFZ6HjA
JJbruhh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm0NzswKD9I
Fabien Ba: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzx9DMPAY4M
SmashGaming13: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NeYiNVKgTQ




For the first time, we will be doing a developers vs content creator RISK game!

Our first RISK battle will be against TheKillPeteStrategy, otherwise known as Pete.

Check out his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheKillPeteStrategy/featured

Pete is a Top Grandmaster in RISK: Global Domination and reached out to our team late last month.

He has played RISK for 30 years and shares strategic thoughts on the game through his content with a focus on improving and having fun.

The devs vs Pete livestream will be available on his YouTube Channel in March, the specific date and time are still tbd. Stay tuned




As always, thank you to the RISK community for leaving reviews on Steam and mobile. It helps seeing positive and constructive feedback from the community (and sometimes it gives us a good laugh).





Sounds like playing RISK with friends is a risk in itself!




It's always interesting to see how creative our generals are when it comes to creating memes. Here are some that gave us a good laugh (while also making me feel personally attacked).




This meme is honestly too relatable.




Are you looking for a challenge? Do you think you’ve got what it takes to compete against RISK’s 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 the 100k+ member RISK Community server https://discord.gg/risk
Feel free to share some feedback, interact with other RISK players, and share memes on the server.

Over and out,

Team RISK @ SMG Studio

Feeling competitive this Valentine’s Day?

Send love to your opponents with the FREE Straight Flush Dice!

Log into RISK to claim the dice. Only available today

Season 9 is here!
A new season of RISK battles has begun, and our global leaderboards will be reset.

Your rank points will be reset to the bottom of the Rank class that you achieved last season (e.g. if you were a Grand Master last season, your rank points will be reset to 26,000 for this season).

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/en/

Congratulations to Season 8's top 10 1V1 and top 10 FFA generals!



Curious about how your RISK rank is calculated? Check it out here: https://smgstudio.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/11000025021-how-is-my-risk-rank-calculated-

Be excited - and best of luck!

Over and out,

Team @RISK.

• Planned maintenance

Did you know in the northern hemisphere, January is the coldest month in many places, but in the southern hemisphere, it is by far the hottest?

The team at SMG Studio is back from their holiday break and we are excited about what’s to come in 2023.




2022 was an excellent year for RISK. To sum it up:

• We reached 100,000 members on Discord
  
• The community hosted many tournaments
  
• We added dice, troops, game modes, and new map packs
  
• We added Battle Points to the game
  
• RISK got a new look and feel on the home and game setup screens
  
• Suggestions from the community including an update to bonuses on the Japan map and a new semi-automatic troop placement option
  
• And we made ranked 1v1 and FFA changes

Thank you for the feedback and support for RISK in 2022. We have no doubt that this year will be even better!



In our last bulletin, we showed what the RISK Roadmap looks like for 2023.



It’s a new year which means new content! To kick off the year, we will focus on:

• New dice
  
• New Troops
  
• Brand new tutorials and training for new players
  
• A new ‘Out Of This World Map Pack’
  
• Optimisation for better performance on devices
  
• Community suggestions from the Discord

The second half of the year will be all about updating our networking solution to improve the multiplayer experience and enable new and exciting multiplayer features in the future. This will be a big deal and should fix the #1 issue, such as crashes and drop outs.

Do you have any more suggestions? Let us know 😀!



If you’re on the Discord server you’ve most likely heard of our RISK tournaments! The community organises these tournaments for the Discord server. Last month we held our 5th official RISK 1v1 tournament.

Huge congrats to our winners!


1st - OliveXC
2nd - Frail Waif
3rd - UnderTheGun


OliveXC, who placed first in the RISK 1v1 tournament, streamed the championship finals which can be watched here.



Thank you to everyone who participated. If you want to participate in future tournaments to win awesome prizes, join the community Discord here for updates: https://discord.gg/risk



Welcome To RISK FFA World Championship Season 1 2023! This is another tournament being run by the RISK Discord Community.


Credit: Slackabro#1678 from the community Discord for this amazing logo!

Round 1 began on the 16th and was great to see so many new players wielding their shiny dice and troops.

The Tournament officially has the highest entries for any RISK tournament with 1,060 signups! We would like to thank the Discord and the community for making this happen.

Thank you everyone and best of luck to you all!



To kick off the general showcase, these are some of our favourite streams of the month.

Kylted

Mallorielynne

The Kill Pete Strategy

The Real Pugzilla

We’d like to thank the RISK community for streaming their games. It not only provides entertainment for us but helps new players learn the game.

If you’re new to RISK, just remember Australia is the best continent 😎.

Also loving the fanmade Minas Tirith map designed by Inglorion. Looks like we’ll need to talk to legal about licensing for this but may need Dwarf gold to pay for it!





As a game studio, one of the greatest feelings is seeing the RISK community playing the game around the world.

Here are some cool RISK around the world posts in the Reddit channel:

Joren - Dutch championship today, this is the table for the finals!!!: https://www.reddit.com/r/Risk/comments/10bjsqr/dutch_championship_today_this_is_the_table_for/

What a cool setup! May the best RISK general win. 🎲

Megagrandminus - The view I had while playing my game to promote to grandmaster yesterday. Thought I’ll share it here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Risk/comments/10a85co/the_view_i_had_while_playing_my_game_to_promote/



Luxembourg Palace wouldn’t be the first place to come to mind when thinking of playing RISK but wow that view is magnifique!

What country are you playing RISK from? Let us know down below or share some pictures in the Reddit/Discord servers! We might feature your picture next time!



Now, what would a Community Bulletin be without some memes created by our creative Discord community?







And let’s not forget some of our favourite RISK reviews of the month:

Can you believe it’s December already?

Did you know December originally had just 30 days according to the ancient Roman calendar? When the calendar was changed to the Julian calendar, December gained a day, making it the seventh and last month in the year with 31 days.



On December 8th we posted RISK Update v3.9. Here are some highlights:

• Bots were added to Ranked 1v1 matches as requested by the community
  
• The Shikoku bonus on the Japan map was revised
  
• A new troop placement option was added: semi-automatic

We released a new map pack inspired by our formative technological childhoods. Let us know in the comments if you spotted the Easter eggs in the maps themselves.



And the Map Pack box art by Australian Artist Veronica O’Neill.



Here is a link to her other amazing artworks: https://zookie.artstation.com/


Free Gems!



As a small thank you to our RISK community we've added bonus gems to Battle Points levels that don't currently have a reward! Each time you level up this month, you will receive a reward or gems*. Players who've already levelled up will receive bonus gems for these levels when they login (if you don't see the gems in your total a quick app restart should do the trick!)

These bonus gems are only available until January 13th.

*Battle Points daily cap still applies.

We will also be running Winter sales throughout the holiday period on map packs, bundles and premium. Plus we've added a few new colour variants on some of our favourite dice.

Check out the shop and grab yourself a festive gift!




Coming Soon...




Plus our developers bug out bag...





As we reach the end of 2022 we wanted to show you what is in store for 2023.



Our biggest plans for the year include new content and a major networking overhaul.

This update will be huge for us and is geared towards, improving and creating opportunities for new and better multiplayer experiences in RISK.

This will include improvements across:

• stability
  
• connections and reconnections in multiplayer games
  
• greater ability to identify and remove cheating

It also gives us the ability to explore new options for how multiplayer games are played and saved in RISK. Once we make this update we are able to explore:

• game slots
  
• longer games that can be played over multiple sessions
  
• team battles
  
• ...and more.

In the previous bulletin, we previewed one of our map packs for 2023. Here is a second glimpse into one of the space-themed maps:



Honestly, you could say RISK: Global Domination in 2023 will be out of this world.



Our 5th official RISK 1v1 World Tournament finals are just around the corner!

This event began on October 24 and finishes on December 17, 2pm (EST)! After 7 rounds we have narrowed it down to the final 4 players who will compete for 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes.

UnderTheGun vs Frail Waif

And

Olive vs General Bail

Who will win? And who could be the first ever player to earn the 3x 1v1 Tournament Winner Title?

Tune in to see how the pros play

https://www.twitch.tv/riskgmolivexc


If you’d like to take part in future RISK tournaments to win prizes, join our 100k+ Discord community.



As always, it is such a good feeling seeing our players designing their own maps in RISK.


Credit: Phantom Pickle.

Also check out this awesome looking dice concept designed by Kali in our Discord server!



We also would like to thank the community for posting and streaming their games of RISK. Check them out here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIO_8lv5usM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc5vFGlFJ4Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38qub74t5dk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vlMpJVJWEg



Let’s not forget our community bulletin dose of RISK memes, created by our Discord Community.







And some of our favourite reviews:







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 the 100k+ member RISK Community server https://discord.gg/risk

Note: We’ll have limited customer support over the Xmas break but there still will be Luci and others checking and responding to support tickets. See you all in 2023!

Over and out,

Team RISK @ SMG Studio

• Grandmaster rank fix
  
• Multiplayer game filter fix

This is our final update for 2022!
It's been a big year for RISK. We're excited to send it off with a brand new map pack and some community requested updates before the holidays!

We heard your feedback on the v3.8 update and the new 1v1 Ranked mode!

Following the feedback we have received, we have updated Ranked 1v1 mode to now allow players to have matches between two humans and up to 4 bots.



Our latest map pack includes 4 new maps inspired by our formative technological childhoods (can you guess what each map was based off?) and some amazing original box art by Australian Artist Veronica O’Neill.



Not a smart phone. Just another brick in the war


Continents: 9
Territories: 52

Why do I always get the broken controller?


Continents: 7
Territories: 47

It’s always about the graphics. This card comes with no bundled game or fancy box art.


Continents: 11
Territories: 50

It’s not always about the graphics.


Continents: 8
Territories: 31

Grab this new map pack now!

We have added an additional option for troop placement at the start of your games. Now, players have the option of Semi-Automatic placement.

With this setting, territories will be distributed randomly and automatically at the start of the game as they are in automatic placement, but players can manually place their troop numbers on whichever territory they like.



We have taken a look at our fantastic suggestions from the community and added a few improvements:

• Reduced the Shikoku continent bonus on the Japan map to +4 (previously +6)
  
• Improved map zoom to allow players to view the whole map
  
• Added a sound for when game lobbies are full and when a game starts

• Fixed sale banner on the home screen showing the wrong percentage
  
• Fixed friends cards at the end of a game showing the user’s FFA class instead of their 1v1 rank
  
• …and more!

Our next big update will be in early 2023. We'll share an updated roadmap in the new year.

Signing off,
The RISK Team @ SMG

Check out the new rewards available now for Battle Points Levels 26 - 100! New troop and dice including some exclusive colour variants of old favourites!





L-R

• Aether Crawler - At least the Minotaur in the middle of the dungeon is not lonely, he plays RISK online.
  
• Risk Caesar - I am not led, I lead.
  
• Dice-O-Nite - That's a dino-mite dice roll, if you lose there will be shell to pay!
  
• Pyramid - I’m a polyhedron.
  
• Chilly Orc Furnace - Cook up some dragon meat while serving some sixes.
  
• Tachi - “One cannot quarrel without an opponent.” - A Japanese proverb
  
• Number One - Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there was Number One. He fought for glory and beat all twos and sixes. The end!
  
• Uniforme Bleu - Fun fact: Napoleon wasn’t short at all. He was average, or even taller, or that’s what his Mum said anyway.
  
• Royal Air Force - This Gladiator saw action in almost all theatres during the Second World War.

Can you believe it’s already the end of November?

Earlier this month we pushed out RISK Update v3.8, our biggest update for 2022!



NEW RISK UPDATE
On November 2nd we posted RISK Update v3.8. Here are some highlights:

• Portals: Brand new premium game mode.
  
  
• Ranking Changes 1v1 and FFA Split: We have split Ranked into 1v1 and Free-For-All (FFA), each with their own ELO ranking system and leaderboard.
  
  
• Rank Points Visibility: Your profile now shows your rank skill points for 1v1 and FFA.
  
  
• Rank Decay: Ranks will be “soft reset” and/or “decayed” each season, depending on if the player has played or not.
  
  
• New Home Screen and Settings UI: We have made an overhaul to our Home and Settings screens to make it easier for players to navigate, create and join games.
  
  
• Neutral Territories (AI Inactivity Behavior): Players can now set the behaviour of the AI that will take over when another player is inactive or disconnects from a game.

We're also launching additional levels and rewards for Battle Points to wrap up v3.8 as well as a new dice drop so keep an eye out over the next 2 weeks!

As we approach the end of the year we have just one update left for RISK: Global Domination in 2022. Here’s a sneak peek at what’s to come.


In light of recent feedback from v3.8 we will be introducing bots to 1v1 Ranked games in our next update v3.9. This will allow players once again to have matches between two humans and up to 4 bots as part of Ranked 1v1 matches.

We are also adding a semi-automatic placement option to game modifiers as requested by our RISK discord community.

We want to thank you all for playing RISK and giving us feedback on how we can improve the game.

We’ll also be running some fun events throughout the holidays so be on the lookout for our Black Friday sale, bonus Battle Points rewards for December and more!


We have a new map pack coming in update v3.9. Can you guess the theme?




As we wrap up 2022 we also wanted to give you a sneak peak at what’s coming in 2023.

Our biggest plans for 2023 include a major networking overhaul which will help us improve the stability of RISK, provide better game/move validation and help create faster and more consistent connections for multiplayer games. This major update will unlock our ability to introduce exciting new features later on including spectating, game replays, game history, team battles…and more!

We also have a whole lot of new content planned including a highly requested and Out of this World Map pack… (And yes we included Pluto, take that science! #teamPluto)




Interested in being the first to get access to new releases to help make the game better?

We are opening up beta testing for 2023. Please note - this is for any updates coming to the game next year.

There is no skill requirement to being a beta tester, we highly encourage beginners and novices to sign up if you are interested!

For more information on what the beta testing program is about, please see this doc.

You can find the Beta Testing Application Form here.



The RISK Discord community recently held a Halloween themed dice design competition. Check out the amazing talent from our RISK Generals below!



Dice Design Highlight: Truth Bite & Karonte by @Astrid The Pirate 🌊
1st Place Submission from our Halloween 2022 Dice Design Competition



Dice Design Highlight: Tombstone Die & Die De Los Muertos by @Bart Harley Jarvis
2nd Place Submission from our Halloween 2022 Dice Design Competition



Dice Design Highlight: FrankenDice by @Divine Tempest of Indigo Land
3rd Place Submission from our Halloween 2022 Dice Design Competition



Congratulations to our winners, and well done to everyone who participated! Winners received some awesome prizes including up to 5,000 gems, VIP badges, design competition roles in the community Discord channel and Discord Nitro.

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We received lots of reviews these past few weeks. Here are some of our favourites.










Now where would we be in life without some memes?





Want us to feature your memes in the next Community Bulletin? All you have to do is join the Risk: Global Domination Discord Server and share your memes in the Risk-memes channel!


All of your memes, event participations and Discord conversations make our day.

Do you think you’ve got what it takes to compete against our very best? Bite the bullet and join the 100k+ member RISK Community server https://discord.gg/risk



Over and out,

Team RISK @ SMG Studio