▶ Sales of BRIDE OF MAY series weapons will be ended.
▶ Sales of ICE SHARK series weapons will be started.
- Sales Period : After maintenance on June 01, 2023 ~ Before maintenance on July 06, 2023
- Products List

[Random Box Store]* ICE SHARK Series Random Box
Remark:
ㆍIf you purchase 50 times, you can obtain a box that can definitely obtain one type of ICE SHARK
Permanent Item.
ㆍIf you purchase 3 times, you will receive a bonus of 1 ICE SHARK Series Random Box.

[Store]
* ICE SHARK Series PackageRemark:
ㆍ You can purchase this product up to 1 times.
ㆍ This product includes a box that you can obtain by selecting one type of ICE SHARK Series Weapon Item Permanent.

[Store]
* ICE SHARK Series Selection Box
▶ ICE SHARK Series Weapon

- CAVALIERE RHINO ICE SHARK (Platinum)


- BOWIE KNIFE ICE SHARK (Platinum)


- BLAZER R93 ICE SHARK (Gold)


- M4A1 ICE SHARK (Gold)


- M4A1 GL ICE SHARK (Gold)


▶ Weapon color change tuning will be added.
- You can change the weapon color tuning by consuming 2,000 TP(W) and the same weapon.
- The grade of the color item is the same as the existing item.

▶ GLACIER SHARK Series Weapon

- CAVALIERE RHINO GLACIER SHARK (Platinum)


- BOWIE KNIFE GLACIER SHARK (Platinum)


- BLAZER R93 GLACIER SHARK (Gold)


- M4A1 GLACIER SHARK (Gold)


- M4A1 GL GLACIER SHARK (Gold)


▶ With the arrival of the summer season on June 1, 2023, the following missions will be changed.
- Mission types will be changed.
ㆍ Special missions will be removed.
ㆍ Today's mode missions will be removed.
ㆍ Competitive missions will be unified.
ㆍ Category overhaul.
- Rewards will be enhanced.
ㆍ Permanent weapon and character crates will be given as rewards for clearing missions.
ㆍ Daily Clear Missions - Weekdays (Regular permanent weapons), Weekends (Regular permanent characters)
ㆍ Weekly Clear Missions - Bronze permanent weapons
ㆍ Monthly Clear Missions - Silver permanent weapons
ㆍ Season Clear Missions - Gold permanent weapons

▶ After the maintenance on June 1, 2023, the following mode changes will take place.
Except for 'Knife Battle,' other single weapon modes will be discontinued.
※ With the discontinuation of single weapon modes, a 'Weapon Exclusion' system will be added.
ㆍ By clicking the 'Weapon Exclusion' button next to map changes, you can choose which weapons are prohibited in that custom room.
ㆍ Prohibited weapons cannot be used in-game and will be unequipped from presets.
ㆍ If there are prohibited weapons, you can hover over the prohibition icon in the 'Room List' and 'Custom Room' to check the prohibited weapons.
Season mode 'Grenade Mode' will be discontinued.
Season mode 'Arms Race (Individual)' will be added.
※ With the addition of 'Arms Race (Individual),' 'Arms Race(Team)' will be temporarily discontinued.
※ Existing Arms Race missions can be completed through [Arm Race (Individual)].
▶ After the maintenance on June 1, 2023, the mode sorting will be changed as follows.
- Custom channel changes

Category: Classic

Category: BATTLE

Category: CASUAL

▶ With the end of support for Sniper ‘TDM’ and ‘survival’ modes, a sniper map will be added to the annihilation mode.Category: MAP

▶ The rotation weapon of Arms Race is changed.
▶ Starting from June 1, 2023, the contents of the following boxes will be changed. - Changed Random Boxes: GOLDEN BOX, OLD BOX S2
- Changed list


▶ From June 01, 2023, grenades sold at the EX COPPER Exchange will change.
▶ The main lobby will be changed for the summer season in June.

▶ Fixed an issue where the ‘Attachment – Silencer’ of some weapons would be disengaged upon respawning.

1. Season Pass Convenience Updates
▶ After the maintenance on June 1, 2023, 'Upgrade', 'Experience', 'Reset' buttons will be added to the Season Pass UI.
- If there is an item available, it has been improved so that it can be used directly in the ‘Season Pass’ UI.
- Improvements have been made so that the ‘Purchase Now’ pop-up is displayed when there are no items in the inventory.

2. Special benefits of the Season Pass information
▶ Period: from 09:00 on June 1, 2023 to 08:59 on July 01, 2023 (UTC)
▶ Premium Battle Pass final stage reward will be changed only for the Season Pass in June.
- Free Battle Pass Stage 40 Reward: MDR (Permanent)
- Premium Battle Pass Stage 40 Reward: (GOLD) Cheryl (Permanent)

▶ (GOLD) Cheryl (Permanent)


● June BATTLE PASS Item List:


● June ATTENDACE PASS Item List:

Soldiers,

We would like to inform you that we will be conducting scheduled maintenance.
During this period, access to our game will be temporarily unavailable.

Maintenance Schedule:
SEOUL, South Korea
13:00 Thurs, June 1, 2023
to 19:00 Thurs, June 1, 2023

UTC, Coordinated Universal Time
04:00 Thurs, June 1, 2023
to 10:00 Thurs, June 1, 2023

CET/CEST, Central European Time
05:00 Thurs, June 1, 2023
to 11:00 Thurs, June 1, 2023

PDT/PST, Pacific Daylight Time (US)
21:00 Wed, May 31, 2023
to 03:00 Thurs, June 1, 2023

SINGAPORE, Singapore
12:00 Thurs, June 1, 2023
to 18:00 Thurs, June 1, 2023

EDT/EST, Eastern Daylight Time (US)
00:00 Thurs, June 1, 2023
to 06:00 Thurs, June 1, 2023

SAO PAULO, Brazil
01:00 Thurs, June 1, 2023
to 07:00 Thurs, June 1, 2023

Duration: 6 Hours

Thank you for your cooperation and support.

1. Previous Super Match Season 8 Information
▶ Super Match Season 8 Period: April 6, 2023 to May 4, 2023 05:00 (UTC - Time Zone)
▶ Ranking Reward Information
- Ranking reward: BLZ, EX Copper, Winner Token, TP (Character)
- Lucky One Ranking Reward Prize Pool: 500,000,000 EX Copper, 200,000 Winner Token, and 25,000 TP (Weapon).

2. Reward Payout Schedule
▶ All rewards will be given to In-game Inbox during maintenance on May 18, 2023.
▶ For more detailed rewards, please refer to the Black Squad VFUN Lounge or Black Squad: Royal Road VFUN Lounge.

3. Ranking Winners List
▶ Some of the users were excluded from each ranking list due to operational policy violations, etc.
Also, some of the ranking data may differ from the in-game ranking data.

<Super Match America Region Ranking>


<Super Match Europe Region Ranking>


<Super Match Asia Region Ranking>


<Best Sponsor Ranking>


<Lucky One Ranking>

1. Character Costume Update

"The fatal charm of hiding poison"

▶ Sales of ‘Character Random Box(Owen)’ will be ended before maintenance on May 18.
▶ Sales of ‘Character Random Box(Elena B) will be started after maintenance on May 18, 2023.
- Sales Period: After the maintenance on 2023.05.18. ~ before maintenance on 2023.06.22.
- Price : 225 bullets / Steam 250 bullets
∴ ‘Elena B (Gold)’ will be appeared from the box as a pick-up character.
∴ Elena B has the highest possibility to be appeared from the box during the sales period.
▶ New costume running option of 'Elena B' will be added
- The new costume running option is available for the added costume tuning options are available from gold to platinum-grade characters.
∴ Costume can be opened by consuming characters of the same grade.
∴ e.g. gold grade character x2 + TP(C) = gold grade character costume open
[Random box: Character random box (Elena B)]





[Elena B : B&W]


[Elena B: Bride]


2. Add New Accessories
▶ [Head] Add decorations.
- The new 'Head Decoration' tuning option is available from Platinum-rated characters.
▶ [Head] A decorative random box will be added.
- Sales Period: After maintenance on May 18, 2023 ~ Before maintenance on June 22, 2023
- Price: 150 Bullets

[Store]
* Angel Ring Package
Remark ㆍ This is a product that includes a box where you can choose one permanent accessory item from the Angel Ring series.


* Sprout Package
Remark ㆍ This is a product that includes a box where you can choose one permanent accessory item from the Sprout series.

3. Super Match Improvement
▶ Show Super Match ' Participants' Escape Information
- The Super Match escape count is initialized.
- Super match participants less than 10 times: Warnings will be added to the sponsorship UI.
- Runaway from Super Match more than 10 times: Card will be changed in sponsorship UI.
▶ Fix the phenomenon that the UI is not functioning in a short period of time when entering the Super Match lobby.
▶ Fixing the phenomenon that EX COPPER cannot be paid to the storage box if the value of EX COPPER is more than 2 billion won when exchanging Super Match tokens.
▶ Unpaid EX COPPER will be distributed after the maintenance.


4. Event Update History
▶ Special mission event on Buddha's birthday.
- Event Period: From 09: 00 on May 27th to 09:00 on May 28th (UTC)
[EVENT] Special mission for Buddha's birthday - Play once.


▶Weekend mission event in May.
- Event Period: From 00:00 on May 20th to 23:59 on May 21st (UTC)
[EVENT] Weekend Twinkle Mission - Play 300 minutes game

- Event Period: From 00:00 on May 27 to 23:59 on May 28 (UTC)
[EVENT] Weekend Twinkle Mission - Play 300 minutes game

▶ Weekend Booster Event in May
- Event Period: From 00:00 on May 20th to 23:59 on May 21st (UTC)
- Channel Booster
- Applied Channels: All Channels
- Boosting effect: Experience obtained by competition results + 300%

- Event Period: From 00:00 on May 27 to 23:59 on May 28 (UTC)
- Channel Booster
- Applied Channels : All Channels
- Boosting effect: Gold + 150% earned, experience + 150% earned by competition results


5. Shop Improvement
▶ The sale of some products in the BS coin store will end.
- Period: After maintenance on May 18, 2023
- Target: Accessories
▶ Some products in EX COPPER store will be closed.
- Period: After maintenance on May 18, 2023
- Target: Card, spray, silver grade or higher weapons
▶ Some products that can be purchased with EX COPPER will be changed.
- STORE: EX COPPER STORE
- Duration: After maintenance on May 18, 2023
- Content: Change of restriction - on purchase of extension kits
> Once a week → Once a day
- Store: Random Box Store (P2E)
- Period: After maintenance on May 18, 2023
- Content: General Item Permanent Random Box
> Add Available Goods: EX COPPER
> Increase in Daily Purchases
▶ Purchase limit display will be improved.


6. Other Modifications
▶ Modifying UI to expose reward pop-ups on access if there is an earned mileage reward
▶ Add an image of a Steam Market item that is missing an image
▶ Added continuous use of extension rights
- Cancel button input, if no extension kits are left, continuous use will be stopped upon successful permanent transition.
- Continuous use 2 seconds cool time is applied.

Soldiers,

We would like to inform you that we will be conducting scheduled maintenance.
During this period, access to our game will be temporarily unavailable.

Maintenance Schedule:

SEOUL, South Korea
13:00 Thurs, May 18, 2023
to 19:00 Thurs, May 18, 2023

UTC, Coordinated Universal Time
04:00 Thurs, May 18, 2023
to 10:00 Thurs, May 18, 2023

CET/CEST, Central European Time
05:00 Thurs, May 18, 2023
to 11:00 Thurs, May 18, 2023

PDT/PST, Pacific Daylight Time (US)
21:00 Wed, May 17, 2023
to 03:00 Thurs, May 18, 2023

SINGAPORE, Singapore
12:00 Thurs, May 18, 2023
to 18:00 Thurs, May 18, 2023

EDT/EST, Eastern Daylight Time (US)
00:00 Thurs, May 18, 2023
to 06:00 Thurs, May 18, 2023

SAO PAULO, Brazil
01:00 Thurs, May 18, 2023
to 07:00 Thurs, May 18, 2023

Duration: 6 Hours

Maintenance Reward:
1x Normal Weapon Permanent random box

Thank you for your cooperation and support.

Soldiers! With the emergency maintenance finished, it should now be possible to log in and play the game as usual. If you were experiencing any issues before, they should now be resolved. Enjoy your game!

Emergency Maintenance Completion: 15:00 KST 
Emergency Maintenance Compensation: Silver character permanent random box x1.

Thank you for your patience and we apologize for the inconvenience that this may have caused.

-Black Squad team

Hello, this is Valofe's Black Squad.

As per the incident mentioned on yesterday's announcement: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/550650/view/3694684194530521377

We have discovered server issues since 8:00 AM today after the maintenance on May 4th, and we are currently undergoing emergency maintenance. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
We are currently investigating the cause and will do our best to allow you to use the game normally as soon as possible.

[Maintenance Schedule]
● Date: May 5th (Fri) 08:00 (KST) ~ TBA
● Maintenance contents:
Server stabilization

We ask for your understanding that you may not be able to enjoy the game for a while due to the sudden maintenance.

Thank you.

Hello, this is Black Squad.

We have identified that the server issue is related to the sponsorship reservation function and have temporarily suspended the feature. We will make every effort to resolve the problem as soon as possible so that the sponsorship reservation function can be used normally. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Thank you.

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Hello, this is Black Squad.

After the maintenance on May 4th, there was an issue where players were unable to access the game due to periodic server problems. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
We are currently investigating the cause and will do our best to restore normal gameplay as soon as possible.
Thank you.

1. Super Match Season 9
- Season Period: After maintenance on May 4th ~ June 8th 05:00 (UTC Time Zone)
- Reward Payout Schedule: During maintenance on June 22, 2023

2. Super Match Season 9 Changes
- Super Match Season 9 duration will be 5 weeks, and the rewards for all category will be same this season.
- The reward ingame items are EX Copper, Winner Token, and TP(Weapon)
- Users with atleast 1 completed Sponsorship will be eligible for Lucky Ones

3. Super Match Season 9 Rewards by Ranking
- Super Match ranking and Best Sponsor ranking rewards will be given the same as the image below.
- Top 100 Lucky Ones will also receive the same rewards.