Hey Armellians!

Trent Kusters here, studio and production director at League of Geeks.

First things first, if you missed it, we just pushed a small patch live that should fix multiplayer issues for the vast majority of Steam players, as well as restore Daily Chest functionality. You can find the patch notes here.

Alright, so back at the end of Feb we informed you that some multiplayer functionality would be offline while we engaged in the final part of a major upgrade of Armello's multiplayer architecture. We said at the time we didn't know how long it would take, and whilst we're proud we've managed to keep public multiplayer and crossplay live the entire time (which is no small feat!), we had no idea we'd be here 10 weeks later still working at bringing private multiplayer back online for a bunch of you.

Some of you have rightfully asked what's going on, and as always, we're an open book. So if you're not interested in the (very detailed) explanation of what's going on and where this upgrade is at, the TLDR is simply...

• We're sorry we haven't communicated more with you. We should have.
  
• We did not choose to do this upgrade, but we must (at great financial loss) in order to keep Armello multiplayer online for as far into the future as possible.
  
• Crossplay needs all platforms to be in sync to work, and Switch is stuck in Nintendo's certification process, holding everything up.
  
• To avoid this hold up, we've chosen to pivot strategy to just pushing platforms live as they're ready with their own multiplayer fixes, which will disrupt crossplay, but get private multiplayer back online faster for each platform. We'll then do a sweep updating all platforms so that they're back in sync and we can turn crossplay back on.
  
• Our multiplayer service provider has chosen not to support party functionality for Mac OSX and Linux in the new version we're forced to upgrade to. We're investigating solutions and will update our Mac/Linux players when we know more.
  
• We're close to finishing the network upgrade. Everything could be resolved in a couple of weeks. But the nature of crossplay means to finish this upgrade, we are at the mercy of all platform holders' certification processes.
  
• I'll be providing short, weekly updates on the progress of the network upgrade moving forward.

That's it. Now, for those of you sickos like me that love the gory development details, let's gooooo...


Great question.

• On Windows, Public and Private multiplayer functionality is currently live and stable. Though Crossplay with consoles is temporarily disabled, and you will not be able to Party Up with friends on Mac OSX and Linux due to current issues from those platforms (see below).
  
• On Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, Mac OSX and Linux, forming Parties and Private Multiplayer games are currently unavailable. Public matchmaking on your own is still available. Crossplay is still available between console platforms.
  
• Meanwhile, across all platforms, all features (including; login, inventory management, progress saving, singleplayer games, item drops, etc) have remained live and stable.

Note: Rejoin functionality is currently offline across all platforms while the network upgrade is in progress.


Yep. For the vast majority of Steam players (over 96% of you actually), you're unlikely to see any issues with multiplayer right now (other than 'Rejoin' currently being offline). But as you can see for our friends on console, Mac OSX and Linux, Private Multiplayer and Party functionality remains offline.


I know the time this network upgrade has taken is less than ideal (to put it lightly). We, like you, are extremely frustrated.

To understand why it's taken so long there are a few crucial pieces of info about how both crossplay development, and build certification, work for different platforms that will assist you in understanding.

Crossplay Development

1. For crossplay to function, each platform needs to be pointing to the same server 'version number'.
   
2. Whenever we make changes deep enough in the serverside code for any platform (which is obviously the exact type of changes we're making right now) we need to increment the server version number.
   
3. Which then means we have to update each platform to point to the new server version number, even if the serverside changes were for an issue not present on all platforms.
   
4. Once that's done, we then have to then publish all the new, updated builds live at the same time for crossplay to continue working.

As you can imagine, the above requires some intense release management coordination, This is a daunting undertaking for any studio. Still, we're capable of managing this.

Build Certification Across Different Platforms

1. All platforms (i.e., Steam, Xbox, the App Store, etc) have their own submission and certification guidelines and processes for publishing content/patches/updates. You may have heard these referred to before as "lotcheck" or "cert".
   
2. Some cert processes are slower or more intensive than others, and all have differing degrees of autonomy entrusted to us as developers.
   
3. On Steam we can just push builds live ourselves, immediately, at any time. Because we're already live and have gone through their main cert process, Xbox and PlayStation permit us to do rapid patches that can go live in less than 24 hours. And Nintendo takes about 4-7 days to return results on a submission, because they personally test them all. Even small patches.

For this reason, we led first on Switch so that a) we were utilising Nintendo's testers as well as our own to ensure a higher quality release, and b) Nintendo had the longest lead time, so we could use the time we were waiting for Nintendo to go through cert in order to then roll those updates across to the other platforms. Once the submitted Nintendo build was approved, we would then wrap up any changes to the other platforms and push them all live.

We have analytics that tell us that the vast majority of playtime in Armello is spent in Singleplayer, followed by Public Multiplayer, and then Private Multiplayer games. So our focus throughout this network upgrade was to ensure that we did not lose any online functionality that impacted Singleplayer, Public Multiplayer and hopefully crossplay (due to its impact reducing public multiplayer queue times).

This approach made great headway in the first four weeks, we even managed to get a couple builds out addressing various issues across all platforms. However, due to weird edge cases in getting this new multiplayer service to interact with the way network connectivity works for the Switch (Sleep mode, etc), for the last four weeks we've been sitting on the fix for private multiplayer games but that build has unfortunately been locked in a certification loop with Nintendo. Each build seeming perfectly good to go, but failing cert on some weird multiplayer edge case. We fix one bug and another pops up. Repeat ad nauseum.

Mulitplayer infrastructure is tricky and finicky. The edge case bugs can be seemingly endless. And in this case, they have not let up. Still, Nintendo have been great to work with and the good news is that their efforts along with our restructure of multiplayer architecture are leading to a greatly improved multiplayer experience for the other platforms too.

Well, as you can see from the Steam build that went live today, we're no longer going to wait for Switch and have pivoted to just update Steam, Xbox and PlayStation asap. This will disrupt crossplay on those platforms, but as they go live, we'll bring crossplay back online where we can.

We're still working on Switch (we actually have another submission candidate ready to roll) and once Nintendo have approved that patch, we'll roll those updates across to the other platforms and set 'em all live, enabling crossplay across all platforms again.


Well, I didn't get my first guess right, and honestly, we're at the mercy of Nintendo and the chaos gods right now, but if I were a gambling man I'd say 1-2 weeks and we should have private multiplayer back online across Nintendo Switch, PlayStation and Xbox, with Crossplay live again. And in 3-4 weeks, I imagine we'll be ready to switch Rejoin functionality back on.


Believe me. Doing a complete network upgrade seven years post launch is not something we exactly wanted to do, but we had no choice. Plus it is better for the longevity and health of Armello and its community. So for anyone who's interested, let me give you the entire context.

Just like the vast majority of developers, we utilise a third party solution for Multiplayer. Always have. The solution Armello has used for the better part of a decade now, was purchased a couple years ago by a very large company. Considering our large investment into their service for our final Crossplay update, we expressed our concerns for the service, but were assured there would be no disruptions to the service that would not affect our plans for crossplay and and/orArmello's multiplayer community.

Flash forward to late 2021; as we were preparing to announce and ship our Major Crossplay update v2.2, we were informed that the Multiplayer service and architecture it was built upon was, in fact, about to be deprecated (aka; shut down).

You can imagine our extreme frustration. The choice was to let Armello's multiplayer servers go offline forever as of March this year, or suck it up and begin the complete rebuild of our multiplayer architecture again on their new service, across all six of our premium platforms.

The idea of expending all that time and money again, when we had two new games in development and Crossplay ready to go live already was no fun, but we couldn't deny the upside that the upgrade would ultimately improve Armello's stability for the long term, and shutting down Armello's mutliplayer was not an option we were ever interested in entertaining. So, we rolled up our sleeves, and got stuck in.

When I last came to you at the end of February, we were a chunk of the way into this second upgrade, and ready to dig into the final part of it to close out the Crossplay Beta. We just needed to knock some things offline in order to tackle the deeper side of the upgrade. As I mentioned then, we had little way of knowing how complex it would be or how long it would take until we begun.

• It is much more involved than we anticipated and has taken much, much longer than expected.
  
• Due to it being a new service, it also has some quirks of software early in its lifecycle. These won't affect you as a user, but have led to many development difficulties (i.e., the one's we're experiencing in cert with Nintendo right now).
  
• There were also unforeseen complications for Windows 7. Though we have managed to find a workaround for these (which was pushed live today).
  
• Frustratingly, the new service's 'Party' functionality does not support Mac OSX and Linux. Considering both platforms were fully supported in the previous version, we were not expecting nor were we prepared for this.

It is very unlikely we will be able to restore full multiplayer functionality. Rest assured, if that is the case, Armello would continue to function as expected in every other regard.

If we cannot find a solution utilising this new version of our multiplayer service, it will just be Private Multiplayer and Party functionality that we are unable to get back online for Linux or Mac OSX.

Our third party multiplayer service provider we've used for almost all of Armello's life online has just removed support for those platforms, and unfortunately we do not have the time, nor the resources currently available to roll our own Multiplayer solution specifically for Mac OSX and Linux.

The devastating commercial reality is that most days, Linux and Mac OSX sales don't even get close to surpassing $100 USD. They are a tiny fraction of our sales and our community, and whilst Mac and Linux users are important to us (I'm literally writing this post on a MacBook, which I use to play Armello), literally every day we spend working on anything solely Mac OSX and Linux related is a loss we will never make back. This has been the case for many years.

So, whilst we're committed to getting out this final Crossplay update, and ensuring a smooth experience where possible across all platforms, at this point in Armello's lifecycle, it is simply not possible to undertake an initiative as large or complex as rolling our own multiplayer solution for Linux and Mac OSX.

We understand not being able to play Private Multiplayer or join Parties may be upsetting to our Linux and Mac OSX players. We wish the reality were different. We wish our service provider continued support. And I say that as someone literally typing out this post on the MacBook Pro that I also use to play Armello on.

We will continue looking for solutions to this issue. When Crossplay v2.2 is all said and done, if it turns out we were in fact unable to restore full multiplayer functionality for Mac OSX and Linux users, we will honour any refund requests for affected players and remove the Mac OSX and Linux versions from the storefront.

What about Steam Deck, doesn't that run on Linux?
Steam Deck will be unaffected by these issues as we've just switched the Steam Deck version over to Windows Proton and have resubmitted it to Valve for verification. We imagine the Windows version will be live within a couple of weeks


This one is literally on me, personally. We could have been more communicative with you, and while there are legitimate reasons we haven't been, ultimately those reasons don't matter. For the small subset of players affected by these issues, you should have been updated far earlier. In hindsight, now knowing how long this process has taken, I would and should have updated you along the way. Even if that news was bad news.

I'll be here with an update for you every Friday from now on, until we push the last patch on the v2.2 Crossplay update.

If you're still here, thanks for reading on with me! I hope that all makes sense. I'll be back on the Armello forums Monday to answer any questions folks might have.

I also want to thank you all for your patience. Armello's now been live for over seven years, and we played the first paper prototype over eleven years ago. We never dreamed crossplay was even possible back then, let alone the notion that seven years post release we'd still be supporting this game in some way.

I've seen a lot of speculation, so I do want to confirm. Crossplay v2.2 will be Armello's last update. That's been the plan for a long time. Crossplay was meant to be the final parting gift, and our multiplayer service provider kinda ruined the party here, but we're excited to see you all engaging with it. Most importantly for us (and a lot of you), as more people are able to get into more games together more quickly, Crossplay has largely stabilised our concurrent player count which will help us achieve our goal with v2.2 of giving the Armello community the best chance of continuing on and booting up Armello for a game or two many years into the future.

We love Armello and we have loved continuing our support of it, even though we now do so at a significant financial loss, because we enjoy interacting with all of you and seeing you engage with our little game. But in order to pay the bills and truly grow at what we do, we must move onto new things. The vast majority of the studio has been working on other things for the past couple of years and we are fast approaching Alpha on two brand new projects. And that's why I'm excited to say, both projects will be revealed this year. One in the not too distant future! They're both brand new IP for us, strategy titles (with a bunch of heart!) and vastly different from one another.

I honestly cannot wait for y'all to see them. If you enjoy Armello and our work, these two will absolutely appeal to you. And if not both, at least one of them. ;)

Now, if you're reading this thinking, "shut up, my dude! I only care about games where animals fight each other" well, completely normal person, do not fret. The phrase "Armello 2" gets thrown around the studio quite a bit. So I'm sure our favourite furry friends will get another day in the sun at some point.

Thanks again, and see ya next Friday!


<3 Trent & the LoG squad

P.S. Huge shout out to the champions over at LoG who have remained on Armello and tirelessly slaved away at getting Crossplay out the door for well over a year now. It's nothing but a desire to give y'all the solid gaming experience you're looking for, and a love for Armelly, that gets us all through the day.

Hey Armellians!

We've heard from a small number of you on Steam who are being affected by unexpected multiplayer issues right now, so we've broken from our current plans and just pushed a new patch live that should resolve them for most players, and we snuck in another (much requested) little fix too. ;)

I've got a much bigger update for you later today that will give you more details on the ongoing network upgrade and Crossplay Beta, but we wanted to get this build and patch notes out to you asap.

• Players on Windows 7 will now be able to form parties and play private multiplayer.
  
• Daily chests should now be functioning and collectable again.

Just note, in order to get you this patch ahead of the other platforms, we've had to temporarily disable Crossplay (with consoles) on Steam. We expect it to be back online in the next 1-2 weeks, when Nintendo finally lets our patch through certification :eyeroll-emoji: and we can sync the builds back up (Crossplay requires all platforms to be in sync).

• Crossplay (with console platforms) has been temporarily disabled on Steam.
  
• Players on Linux (including Steam Deck) and Mac OSX are still not able to form parties and play private multiplayer. You should be able to queue for and play Public Multiplayer however.
  
• The ability to 'Rejoin' multiplayer games remains offline.

As mentioned, if you're interested in more info on the current major network upgrade underway, keep your eyes peeled for that larger update later today.

Lastly, thanks for all of your patience. It is greatly, greatly appreciated.


<3 Trent & the LoG squad

Hi folks!

Just an important heads up; The team has been hard at work integrating a critical, network upgrade across all platforms (except mobile) and we expect some multiplayer functionality to go offline from tomorrow (March 1st) until further notice.

Note: Although occurring during the current v2.2 Crossplay Beta, this network upgrade is actually independent to the work being done behind the scenes stabilising the recent Crossplay Beta across all platforms. This independent upgrade is critical in moving Armello off legacy server functionality that one of our major service providers is in the process of decommissioning.

This critical network upgrade will bring Armello up to the latest version of matchmaking, party system, and server hosting that our provider offers. Yes, that means swifter starts to games, quicker forming of lobbies, and greater stability overall. Unfortunately though, while the upgrade takes place a temporary outage of some Multiplayer features in Armello is unavoidable.

• On Switch, Multiplayer games both Public and Private will be temporarily unavailable.
  
• On Xbox, PlayStation, Mac OSX and Linux, forming Parties and Private Multiplayer games will be temporarily unavailable. Public matchmaking on your own will still be available.
  
• Windows will be largely unaffected. Other than not being able to party up with your friends from other platforms, Public and Private multiplayer games should continue as normal.
  
• Lastly, rest assured that across all platforms, all other features (including; login, inventory management, progress saving, singleplayer games, item drops, etc) will remain available.

Naturally, we appreciate and encourage feedback about any speedbumps you hit that haven't been mentioned here. Log a bug via the in-game Bugsender tool or simply email qa@leagueofgeeks.com.

Annoyingly, we're uncertain how long this critical upgrade will take, due to the complexity being largely unknown until the upgrade commences. It could be 3 days, it could be 3 weeks, and it will differ for each platform. However, we've been working hard to ensure that once this upgrade is complete and all functionality is restored across all platforms, that should also mark the end of our Crossplay Beta! v2.2 will officially be live and Armello multiplayer will be a much more stable and robust experience for you and your friends!

We truly appreciate your patience whilst we do the work necessary to invest in Armello's future. It's not every day a service provider decommissions the technology our games run on (this has never happened in our 11 years of doing business).

Alright, here we go... *takes deep breath*


<3 LoG!

Over the last days of the winter season, complete valid games for your shot to find these frosty cubes.

Start:
Friday 11th February 2022 (AEDT)
End:
Friday 18th February 2022 (AEDT)

Game Modes:
Steam, Xbox, PS4 and Switch, Public Multiplayer (matchmaking necessary)

How:
These dice have a small chance of dropping after completing any game that yields a regular drop. If you obtain a chest from playing a game, you've got a chance that chest will come with an extra event dice.

Please Note:
You can obtain multiple sets within the event, but you are not guaranteed a drop. These dice are rare. If you get multiple sets, look out for your pals and share 'em around!

Happy gaming <3

Lisy & LoG

Wishing you a Happy Lunar New Year from the LoG Team!

Howdy, folks! If your collection is still missing Lunar Dice, your chances of grabbin' them are high this year as they are dropping twice as frequently with Double Drops! These round orbs of radiant moonlight will be dropping for just a week!

How does it work?

Start:
Today, 4th February AEDT

End:
Friday, 11th February AEDT

Game Modes:
Steam, Xbox, PS4 and Switch, Public Multiplayer (matchmaking necessary)

How:
These dice have a small chance of dropping after completing any game that yields a regular drop. If you obtain a chest from playing a game, you've got a chance that chest will come with an extra event dice.

Please Note:
You can obtain multiple sets within the event, but you are not guaranteed a drop. These dice are rare. If you get multiple sets, look out for your pals and share 'em around!

Until next time, may the dice roll in your favor.

<3 Lisy and the LoG Squad

Bug Fix

• Fixed issue where if a Character is killed by Blizzard; the tile they were on would become inaccessible

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Steam Can't play online, account not authorised issue
  
• NMA from gamepad; selecting an AI boast in the Hero Select
  
• Squire Card Art can now be changed in Card Gallery
  
• Fix for Custom Game Rules text leaking into Main Menu Game Preferences
  
• Fix for shadows drawing in front of Singleplayer Continue button
  
• Fix for shadow text on Main Menu not returning with Keyboard and Mouse
  
• Fix for issue when party members leaving your lobby when completing the end-game sequence
  
• Fix for some Keyboard and Mouse buttons being unlabelled

The seasons are changing, so too must the illustrious Dice Collections of Armello. The Druid's Bequest Dice Collection are now live, and dropping in a game near you 🎲

Dice Cycling

🎲 For Steam and Xbox players, the Druid's Bequest is now live
The Dice in the Druid's Bequest are:

[Common] Ivy, Dew, Bluebell, Flint
[Uncommon] Mirky Fog, Riverine Current, Amber Swirl
[Rare] Scorched Fury, Ley Line
[Epic] Evergreen
[Legendary] Druid's Promise

🎲 For Switch & Mobile, Skeeve's Curiosity is now live
The Dice in the Skeeve's Curiosity are:

[Common] Chocolate, Olive, Violet, Coffee
[Uncommon] Wine Cloud, Blueberry Cloud, Honey Cloud
[Rare] Willow's Grace, Dancing Dragon
[Epic] Sunken Heart
[Legendary] Abbot's Eye

The above Collections will be:
✨ Live from today, Wednesday 24th of November AEDT
✨ Ending approx Monday 24th January AEDT (running for approx two months)

Complete multiplayer games to find Chests and remember to visit Skeeve’s Shop to get daily freebies. Get in there and complete your collection!

Trent Kusters, Studio Director here at LoG. It’s been a little while!

I’m proud to announce that today we’ve soft-launched that update; v2.2. The one we’ve been talking about for quite some time now. I did say "soft launch" though, so stick with me and I’ll fill you in on how we’re rolling out v2.2 over the next month or so, and of course, let you know what’s inside it!

Soft launches are often performed when a developer needs to ensure the stability or effectiveness of a particular release - and that’s the exact reason here too.

The build that’s just gone live on Steam today (v2.2b1) should be rock solid, but there’s a complete overhaul of Armello’s multiplayer architecture and we need to be extra sure. Because here’s the big news... v2.2’s major feature is the addition of ‘crossplay’ multiplayer.

Yep. Armello’s new crossplay functionality will enable multiplayer between our Steam, Xbox, Playstation and Nintendo Switch multiplayer communities.

Now, crossplay multiplayer isn’t live just yet! It’s ready to go, but we’ve deactivated all crossplay functionality on Steam while the consoles go through their final certification and approval process with Nintendo, Xbox, and Playstation.

When that’s done, and we’ve ensured a safer, stable release with this soft launch, the Crossplay Beta will begin rolling out across all platforms (excluding mobile).

That’s right, curious Armellian!

As soon as a console platform is approved for v2.2, we’ll launch it and activate the Crossplay Beta for Steam and that platform. From the moment the first console goes live, the Crossplay Beta newsfeed asset and all crossplay functionality will go live on Steam and that console platform. You will then automatically start seeing players from that console platform populate the new crossplay multiplayer environment on Steam, and vice-versa. Soon enough, players from all platforms will be vying for the throne right alongside each other!

We’re at the whims of the console platforms’ approval process in regards to timing, but keep an eye out for that Crossplay Beta newsfeed item on the main menu as we’re aiming to have the Crossplay Beta live across all platforms within the next few weeks.

The Crossplay Beta will run for as long as we need to ensure it’s stable (a week, a day, two weeks?) and once we’re happy, we’ll call v2.2 official and announce it alongside the patch notes.

Naturally, if Crossplay is not your thing for some reason, you’ll be able to opt out and just play with others from your platform’s multiplayer environment.

As just mentioned, the full patch notes for v2.2 will be released with our final stabilisation patch at the Crossplay Beta’s end, but we can give you the headlines:

• Crossplay between Steam and all console platforms.
  
• New, improved multiplayer flow.
  
• Improved reconnect feature.
  
• Support for Steam Deck. (Armello is amazing on Steam Deck!)
  
• Community localisation improvements.
  
• A multitude of quality of life improvements.
  
• Numerous bug fixes, major and minor.

You can also find major known issues listed below.

And for any of our console players sneaking a peek here (or those of you with console playin’ pals), yes; this does mean all console platforms are being updated to v2.2, bringing them into parity with Steam. And you guessed it; The Dragon Clan DLC will arrive on console too!

We’ve soft launched v2.2 on Steam, featuring a number of quality of life improvements, as well as major and minor bug fixes. Most importantly, we will be rolling out crossplay multiplayer between all platforms (excluding mobile) over the coming month.

For those of you who've been with us for some time, thanks again for your patience over the past couple years. I can't express how much those of you who have extended your understanding and support have made a difference to our team and our drive to get this update out. We can’t wait to get you all playing together - it’s been over a year in the making on our end - so please, if you do encounter any issues in-game, submit a bug using the Bugsender in the pause menu.

See you in Armello!

<3 Trent & the LoG Crew

Major Known Issues

This is a rolling release, so there are some issues we're aware of and will be hotfixing over the coming days. Most notable of those are:

• Linux/MacOS Only: Splash screens and intro videos do not play.
  
• Linux Only: No audio. Fix incoming ASAP.
  
• Rare NMA can occur when multiple players disconnect/reconnect repeatedly.
  
• Party widget in pause menu displays incorrect Steam username, until clicked.
  
• Multiplayer loading spinner not aligned correctly in Gather Party menu.
  
• Very small number of text strings missing (i.e., Dragon Clan novella title in Clan Grounds).
  
• 'Click to Continue' prompts overlapping each other at beginning of Prologue.
  
• Shadows draw in front of singleplayer 'Continue' and MP 'Rejoin' options on the main menu.
  
• Custom Game rules can leak into (incorrectly appear in) main menu Game Preferences.
  
• Party Widget placement can appear far left of screen sometimes.

If you spot any issues in build, please do let us know via the Bugsender tool in the main menu (or pause menu if in-game)!

Why has this update taken so long?

With the time some of you have been waiting for this update we’ve seen speculation of a new clan, or 50 new cards, or 2v2, or a bunch of (admittedly real cool) content-heavy stuff like that, so I imagine that what’s listed above might not meet some players’ expectations for this update. That's fair. We understand. It's easy for expectations to build and build in-between updates.

After five years of content and feature-focused updates, when we reviewed all of the community requests and asked ourselves what has the best chance of ensuring Armello’s future for our community, it wasn’t more cards, clans or content, it was… ensuring the game is stable and joyful to play, whilst connecting you all to as many players as possible.

Additionally, for many, many years (in fact all of Armello's life), Steam has been Armello's lead platform (due to its agility for smaller dev teams) and as a result there are hundreds of thousands of console players that have always had to wait to receive updates long after Steam. For the last few years, they have been waiting far, far too long for an update. It was time for us to turn our attention to our console players again, bringing all console platforms up to parity with Steam - they’ve been on v1.8(!) for well over three years now.

So, this was always going to be The Crossplay & QoL Update that finally brings consoles in line with Steam.

For a team of our size with two brand new games in the building that’s already a lot of work, but honestly, the boring and tragic truth here is that with a global pandemic and a tonne of curveballs aimed directly at Armello’s development that were out of our control, this update has taken over a year longer than we’d hoped. For real, there were times we thought we'd have to just cancel the update, but we pushed on.

Still, we do wish we’d gotten v2.2 (and the console updates!) out much, much sooner. There’s no one more frustrated at how long this has taken than us, and we do understand what it’s like to wait for a game you love to address issues you experience. So on behalf of all of us at LoG, we thank you for your patience and understanding!

What about mobile?!

Sorry, mobile pals! v2.2 (inc. crossplay multiplayer and The Dragon Clan DLC) will not be coming to mobile platforms. This is just for Steam, Xbox, Playstation and Nintendo Switch.
As previously announced, Armello on mobile only just makes enough dosh to keep the servers switched on, so active development and support of mobile platforms ceased back in 2019. We know there's a small dedicated community keeping it alive though, so we'll do our best to keep those lights on for as long as we can.

If you're still reading, thanks again for all your support. We appreciate you. <3

The Gallows' Eve Dice event is here, and it’s time for the boney dice to roll forth once more!

Play multiplayer games from the week starting Monday the 25th of October for your shot to claw these unsettling cubes.

Event begins: Monday 25th of October AEDT

Event ends: Monday 1st of November AEDT

Eligible games: Any game that yields a regular chest AKA multiplayer games!

Drop rate: These dice are intended to be rare, they have a pure drop chance of 10% per game.

Platforms: Steam, Nintendo Switch, Android, and IOS

Found more than one set?: Since you could possibly find multiple sets of these throughout the event, share them with your pals who weren't blessed by our RNG overlords if you play on Steam!

<3 Lisy & the LoG Squad