Top eSports players from Cloud9, Team SoloMid, and Team Liquid will be competing in a Smashbox Arena tournament at the event!
The games will be livestreamed on Twitch here on Sunday, January 15th at 1pm Pacific time at: https://www.twitch.tv/htc
It’s an honor to be selected, and it’s even cooler that top eSports influencers will be using our recent Team Selection feature to compete in matches!
More updates on this event coming.
Price Update:
Many players have given us feedback that Smashbox Arena's price should be lower, so more people can buy the game and join the community.
After a lot of discussion, we went ahead and made the adjustment. We take feedback from our community very seriously.
Our goal is to grow the best community, and we think the lower price will encourage more people who are sitting on the fence to come join the fun. :)
If you bought the product between 1/2/17 and 1/9/17 at the higher non-sale price, and if you have questions or concerns, please send me an email at: chiachin@bigboxvr.com
Thanks for your support!
More cool updates coming your way... Finally, we have more great surprises soon! (Watch this space closely...)
Top eSports players from Cloud9, Team SoloMid, and Team Liquid will be competing in a Smashbox Arena tournament at the event!
The games will be livestreamed on Twitch here on Sunday, January 15th at 1pm Pacific time at: https://www.twitch.tv/htc
It’s an honor to be selected, and it’s even cooler that top eSports influencers will be using our recent Team Selection feature to compete in matches!
More updates on this event coming.
Price Update:
Many players have given us feedback that Smashbox Arena's price should be lower, so more people can buy the game and join the community.
After a lot of discussion, we went ahead and made the adjustment. We take feedback from our community very seriously.
Our goal is to grow the best community, and we think the lower price will encourage more people who are sitting on the fence to come join the fun. :)
If you bought the product between 1/2/17 and 1/9/17 at the higher non-sale price, and if you have questions or concerns, please send me an email at: chiachin@bigboxvr.com
Thanks for your support!
More cool updates coming your way... Finally, we have more great surprises soon! (Watch this space closely...)
Pick Your Teams Pick teams before the match starts. Play as friends or foes, you decide! Players that don't choose a team before the match starts are auto assigned by skill.
Private Room Shuttle Create a private room in the party shuttle by selecting the "Private" button. This allows only players in the party shuttle at room creation to play in the room.
Save + Resume Story Mode! Easily stop and resume in Story mode in between matches.
Bugs 'n Improvements
Heatseekers: 100% more physics based action! Wait! There's more! Targets the closest enemy instead of chasing the first enemy targeted.
Players in pre-match now have a neutral team color
Multiplayer playlists are now fully randomized before start
Multiplayer shuttle remembers the last region selected in the play session. Still defaults to US East at first launch.
Fixed issue where a player leaving the lounge causes 2x the balls to spawn
Volume Control: Easier to set volume levels
Shield destroy sFX now respect Effects volume
Fixed an issue where a message that you've been KO'd could appear twice
Maeve + Crumbs story updated
Story Mode: Team mates match your player head
Camp: Updated colliders, misc art fixes. Very art, much wow!
Hardhat Map: Added to Story mode playlist, fixed colliders, moved faceoff location, adjusted skybox reflection, updated ball spawn locations
Crates: Fixed issue with particles animating strangely
Mixed-Reality + 3rd Person Camera: Blob shadow and torso support
Tutorial: Many minor bugfixes, fixed issue with textures flickering
Dodgeballs: Fixes to prevent pausing while in the air
Pick Your Teams Pick teams before the match starts. Play as friends or foes, you decide! Players that don't choose a team before the match starts are auto assigned by skill.
Private Room Shuttle Create a private room in the party shuttle by selecting the "Private" button. This allows only players in the party shuttle at room creation to play in the room.
Save + Resume Story Mode! Easily stop and resume in Story mode in between matches.
Bugs 'n Improvements
Heatseekers: 100% more physics based action! Wait! There's more! Targets the closest enemy instead of chasing the first enemy targeted.
Players in pre-match now have a neutral team color
Multiplayer playlists are now fully randomized before start
Multiplayer shuttle remembers the last region selected in the play session. Still defaults to US East at first launch.
Fixed issue where a player leaving the lounge causes 2x the balls to spawn
Volume Control: Easier to set volume levels
Shield destroy sFX now respect Effects volume
Fixed an issue where a message that you've been KO'd could appear twice
Maeve + Crumbs story updated
Story Mode: Team mates match your player head
Camp: Updated colliders, misc art fixes. Very art, much wow!
Hardhat Map: Added to Story mode playlist, fixed colliders, moved faceoff location, adjusted skybox reflection, updated ball spawn locations
Crates: Fixed issue with particles animating strangely
Mixed-Reality + 3rd Person Camera: Blob shadow and torso support
Tutorial: Many minor bugfixes, fixed issue with textures flickering
Dodgeballs: Fixes to prevent pausing while in the air
NEW MAP #7: Hard Hat Our largest map yet! Discover all new ways to play on this larger map. Lots of cover and high spots to snipe from! There’s even a frog hidden in this level. See if you can find it!
DEMO + FULL Versions We've heard the community ask for a way to try the game out, so we've added a Multiplayer demo. Demo players can play online together in the same world as full players with some restrictions!
Multiplayer
Demo version may only play the Camp map, may not join full version rooms or use the party shuttle.
Demo version may only join rooms created by the demo version
Demo version cannot earn ranks
Full version may join any room, including demo rooms
Heads
Demo version may only use the Seal Pup Head and cannot unlock or change heads.
Story Mode
Demo version may only play easy or medium difficulty
Demo version may play one match on the Camp map
Improved Region Select We’ve added a better way for players to select a region. Try it out!
Teleportation Visuals We’ve made it much easier to tell when a teleporter is going to move you to the next location.
Bugfix
Updated fonts on navigation signs
AI no longer ignores dodgeballs being held when determining line of sight
Handle issue where no ball spawners in a room could cause framerate drops
Multi-Player Lounge *DING-DONG* message only plays once every 5 minutes
NEW MAP #7: Hard Hat Our largest map yet! Discover all new ways to play on this larger map. Lots of cover and high spots to snipe from! There’s even a frog hidden in this level. See if you can find it!
DEMO + FULL Versions We've heard the community ask for a way to try the game out, so we've added a Multiplayer demo. Demo players can play online together in the same world as full players with some restrictions!
Multiplayer
Demo version may only play the Camp map, may not join full version rooms or use the party shuttle.
Demo version may only join rooms created by the demo version
Demo version cannot earn ranks
Full version may join any room, including demo rooms
Heads
Demo version may only use the Seal Pup Head and cannot unlock or change heads.
Story Mode
Demo version may only play easy or medium difficulty
Demo version may play one match on the Camp map
Improved Region Select We’ve added a better way for players to select a region. Try it out!
Teleportation Visuals We’ve made it much easier to tell when a teleporter is going to move you to the next location.
Bugfix
Updated fonts on navigation signs
AI no longer ignores dodgeballs being held when determining line of sight
Handle issue where no ball spawners in a room could cause framerate drops
Multi-Player Lounge *DING-DONG* message only plays once every 5 minutes
