This patch improves display issues with localized content, adds several narrative events, and makes several balance changes as we close out an exciting week! Expect another patch in the next few days.

📢 Shield of Chaos (Zeus): the Bull Rush charge-up is no longer interrupted by retrieving a thrown shield

• Divine Protection (Athena): no longer upgradeable using Poms
• Life Affirmation (Aphrodite): reduced power level
📢 Roiling (Chaos): now only adds foes to standard encounters (no longer affects mini-boss encounters)

• Daedalus Hammers can no longer be purchased in the first few escape attempts
📢 World Splitter (Blade): slightly increased damage
📢 Flurry Slash (Blade): slightly increased damage

• Survival encounters can no longer occur on the very first escape attempt
📢 Theseus and The Minotaur: increased damage when facing them under Extreme Measures (Pact)

📢 Trove Tracker (Well): now causes an Infernal Trove to spawn soon, even if you have not yet commissioned the House Contractor upgrade that normally causes them to appear

• Minor visual improvements to some chambers

• Removed button shortcut to close the Pact screen (this introduced new issues requiring a different solution)
📢 Improved mouse pick boxes when choosing a Save Slot
• Other minor improvements

• Minor changes, fixes, and mix improvements

• Added several new narrative events for Megaera and Lord Hades
• Added various new contextual voice lines for Skelly
• Updated several older Zagreus voice lines with newer recordings
📢 Minor fixes and improvements to some narrative events and contextual voice lines

📢 Various improvements to localized content display issues in some languages
• Various improvements to presentation of the encounter in the final chamber in Elysium
• Removed Polish and Japanese language settings for now (we do not yet have localized content for these)
• Minor text and subtitle content fixes

📢 Fixed a rare crash while using the Codex
📢 Fixed Exit Wounds (Artemis) not correctly interacting with Skull-Crushers
📢 Fixed some issues using Companion Rib (Skelly) in the battle with Tisiphone
• Fixed Heart-Seeking Bow (Chiron) not firing the correct number of Volley shots at certain ranks
📢 Fixed Exploding Launcher (Spear) sometimes causing the thrown spear to remain in the field
• Fixed certain attack behaviors for the Bone Hydra
📢 Fixed a rare soft lock while gifting Thanatos; fixed sometimes being able to gift him after he departs
📢 Fixed one of the Final Boss attacks being canceled by the effects of Death Defiance
• Fixed the effects of Zeus' Aid continuing during the effects of Death Defiance
• Fixed incorrect values listed in the Collection for Shattered Shackle (Sisyphus)
• Fixed Skelly voice lines not playing as expected after pummeling him
• Other minor fixes

'Within my heart plunge all your torches, rend me, burn;
For lo, my bosom open to your fury's stroke.
O brother, bid these vengeful goddesses depart
And go in peace down to the lowest shades of hell.'
~The Tragedies of Seneca: Medea (Lucius Annaeus Seneca; F. Justus Miller translation)

We're pleased to announce we've started working on text translations in a variety of languages! These include:

+ French
+ Italian
+ German
+ Spanish
+ Russian
+ Brazilian Portuguese
+ Polish (EDIT: added Dec. 17!)
+ Korean
+ Simplified Chinese

We are looking into Japanese and considering other options. Here's a sample:



Please note: We are just beginning to localize this game as part of our Early Access! Translation quality is rough first-pass and we have many display issues to work through as well. Not all translations are fully up to date.

We welcome you to try the game in those languages and send us your feedback. If you run into quality issues, whether on the display/formatting side or in the content itself, you may press F10 during gameplay and send us a bug report about it.

Note: In our future updates, we expect translations will generally have to 'catch up' to the new content we add. We think this is better for Early Access, as opposed to delaying major updates while waiting for translations to come in.

We have a lot of work ahead of us on this front, and we'll have more information about how folks in our community can get involved if they would like to help.

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我们不想再让您继续焦急等待，所以先行推出了此更新的第一版，但在后续几天内，我们将根据大家的反馈和持续的测试作出一些调整改进。

В ближайшие дни мы будем вносить улучшения в зависимости от ваших отзывов и продолжим тестирование, однако мы не хотели бы заставлять вас еще дольше ждать выхода первой версии этого обновления.

Nos próximos dias, continuaremos fazendo algumas melhorias com base nos seus comentários e nos testes contínuos, embora não desejássemos que você esperasse mais antes de lançar a primeira versão desta atualização.

앞으로 우리는 귀하의 피드백과 계속 테스트를 기반으로 몇 가지 개선을 계속합니다. 하지만 이 업데이트의 첫 번째 버전을 실행하기 전에 더 이상 기다리게 하고 싶지 않았어요.

Durant les prochains jours, nous allons procéder à d'autres améliorations motivées par vos commentaires et par le test, mais nous n'avons pas voulu vous faire attendre plus longtemps avant de lancer cette première version de la mise à jour.

Nei prossimi giorni continueremo ad apportare alcuni miglioramenti in base al tuo feedback e ai continui test, anche se non volevamo farti aspettare ancora prima di lanciare la prima versione di questo aggiornamento.

Derzeit arbeiten wir noch an Verbesserungen und Bugfixes, die wir dank eurer Rückmeldungen und dem fortlaufenden Testing des Spiels in den nächsten Tagen umsetzen können.

En los próximos días seguiremos realizando mejoras basadas en vuestros comentarios y pruebas continuas, pero no queríamos haceros esperar más para lanzar la primera versión de esta actualización.

We are beyond excited to announce that our god-like rogue-like dungeon crawler, Hades, is now available here on Steam in Early Access! Read on for details, or cut to the chase and pick it up:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145360/
In Hades, you hack and slash your way out of the Underworld of Greek myth, growing stronger and unraveling more of the story with each unique escape attempt.

We think it combines the best aspects of our previous games, including the fast-paced action of Bastion, the rich atmosphere and depth of Transistor, and the character-driven storytelling of Pyre. As the immortal Prince of the Underworld, you'll wield the powers and mythic weapons of Olympus as you battle out of hell, toward the surface, all the while defying the god of the dead himself.

Hades retails for $24.99, though now through January 2, 2020, you can get it for 20% off as part of our launch celebration!

But, that's not all!! Everyone who purchases Hades on Steam during this period will receive a complimentary, giftable copy of our critically acclaimed party-based RPG, Pyre!



The Hades Original Soundtrack, by our award-winning composer Darren Korb and featuring additional vocals by Ashley Barrett, features nearly two hours of pulse-pounding music created exclusively for our latest game, specially remastered for stand-alone listening. You know Darren and Ashley's work from our past titles, including Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1206340/
What's more, due to the Early Access nature of the game, expect a variety of new tracks to be added as we push forward to our v1.0! Want a sample? Listen to it on our YouTube channel.

Early Access means you can play Hades while it's still in active development. We expect to be in Early Access till sometime in 2020. Please check our game page for much more info.



We designed Hades as an Early Access game from the ground up. Our foremost goal is to see if we can create something great in partnership with our community -- a game that is true to our values about design, worldbuilding, and storytelling, and can naturally grow and evolve based on the feedback we get along the way. Every aspect of the game, from its theme to its modular structure to its approach to narrative, flow from this idea.

We're a small independent studio in San Francisco best known for our critically acclaimed games Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre, which together have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide, on more than 10 different platforms. This year marks our 10th anniversary. All seven of our original staff are still working together here in their respective roles, now bolstered by the talents of approximately 10 more talented individuals who complete our team. Our ambition has remained the same through the years: to make games that spark your imagination like the games you played as a kid.


Hades represents the sum of our experience working together over the years, looking for unique ways to synthesize exciting gameplay and storytelling possible only through games. We love working on this game, and we hope that will shine through when you play. We'll be looking forward to your thoughts, since with your help, we can make it even better.

For more information, have a look at our Hades FAQ.

We are beyond excited to announce that our god-like rogue-like dungeon crawler, Hades, is now available on Steam Early Access! Read on for details, or cut to the chase and pick it up:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145360/
In Hades, you hack and slash your way out of the Underworld of Greek myth, growing stronger and unraveling more of the story with each unique escape attempt.

We think it combines the best aspects of our previous games, including the fast-paced action of Bastion, the rich atmosphere and depth of Transistor, and the character-driven storytelling of Pyre. As the immortal Prince of the Underworld, you'll wield the powers and mythic weapons of Olympus as you battle out of hell, toward the surface, all the while defying the god of the dead himself.

Hades retails for $24.99, though now through January 2, 2020, you can get it for 20% off as part of our launch celebration!

But, that's not all!! Everyone who purchases Hades on Steam during this period will receive a complimentary, giftable copy of our critically acclaimed party-based RPG, Pyre!



The Hades Original Soundtrack, by our award-winning composer Darren Korb and featuring additional vocals by Ashley Barrett, features nearly two hours of pulse-pounding music created exclusively for our latest game, specially remastered for stand-alone listening. You know Darren and Ashley's work from our past titles, including Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1206340/
What's more, due to the Early Access nature of the game, expect a variety of new tracks to be added as we push forward to our v1.0! Want a sample? Listen to it on our YouTube channel.

Early Access means you can play Hades while it's still in active development. We expect to be in Early Access till sometime in 2020. Please check our game page for much more info.



We designed Hades as an Early Access game from the ground up. Our foremost goal is to see if we can create something great in partnership with our community -- a game that is true to our values about design, worldbuilding, and storytelling, and can naturally grow and evolve based on the feedback we get along the way. Every aspect of the game, from its theme to its modular structure to its approach to narrative, flow from this idea.

We're a small independent studio in San Francisco best known for our critically acclaimed games Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre, which together have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide, on more than 10 different platforms. This year marks our 10th anniversary. All seven of our original staff are still working together here in their respective roles, now bolstered by the talents of approximately 10 more talented individuals who complete our team. Our ambition has remained the same through the years: to make games that spark your imagination like the games you played as a kid.


Hades represents the sum of our experience working together over the years, looking for unique ways to synthesize exciting gameplay and storytelling possible only through games. We love working on this game, and we hope that will shine through when you play. We'll be looking forward to your thoughts, since with your help, we can make it even better.

For more information, have a look at our Hades FAQ.