Hey Squad,

Our first Season of Axiom Soccer is drawing to a close and we wanted to let you know what’s going to be happening over the coming months.

So what’s happening?

From Early Beta to Early Access, the Earthbound Games team has been unbelievably grateful for the passionate community we have developed since Axiom Soccer’s inception. From streaming the game to a wide audience to simply playing it and recommending it to friends, we've been overwhelmed by the support of our players and their desire to see Axiom Soccer become the next big thing.

In order to achieve this we need to pursue new development funding over the coming months to help us develop our Free to Play experience and bring Axiom Soccer to the esports stage.


What does this mean for our players?

During this period, Axiom Soccer will continue to be playable on Steam, but a number of changes will occur:

- Dedicated servers will be disabled in the next few days with the game moving back to a P2P system.
- No game updates during this transitional time.
- Gameplay progression will be removed and all items will be unlocked.
- The competitive mode will be disabled.
- Discord and Social Media will be frozen.
- EBG Team will be inactive during this period.


From all of us here at Earthbound Games we want to thank you all for being a part of our incredible journey so far.

EBG

With Axiom Soccer soon approaching month three of post launch development we're requesting YOUR feedback to help shape the future of Axiom Soccer!

Axiom Soccer has always been developed with community feedback being crucial in helping shape future content. With the game now out to the entire world we want to hear from you again, to help improve the game the way the community wants.

Please click the link below and make your feedback heard!

https://forms.gle/cp7AnNtsuZLfQZBn6

Looking-for-match has been upgraded!
Join the roles of NA or EU to be notified when community members are looking for players!
Visit the welcome channel for details on how to join!

https://discordapp.com/invite/axiomsoccer

• We’ve added the ability to rebind all your keys and view controller mapping while in a match! Open the options menu while in a match to change your settings.

• When the user runs out of weapon charge, the reticle will now flash along with the charge counter in the bottom right of your screen. This will also happen when you don’t have enough charge to use your current secondary weapon.

• Took another swing at fixing an issue where players would join Canadian servers as a preference.

• Fixed an issue preventing bollard switch from triggering some of the time

Faster ascend and descend add a new level of control to playing in the air! Improving air offensive viability and furthering drone control.
Additional audio tracks have been added to crowd sounds with more planned!

• Ascend / Descend speed increase to improve drone mobility.
  
• 3 New Crowd Chants added (Celtic, Mexican & Brazilian).

• Fixed an issue causing goals and own goals to be wrongly attributed through the announcer and player list.

Quality of life features to improve teamplay and further UI improvements!
Be sure to let us know what you think on our Discord!
https://discordapp.com/invite/axiomsoccer

• Added Camera view distance and Camera speed options. You can find them in the in-game menu under Options.
  
• Added all secondary weapons to the HUD as well as their name. We found people were struggling to identify the weapons available to them, hopefully this should help!
  
• Redesigned the goal to let players see the inner workings a little more.

• Removed spectate button from the Server Browser. This feature wasn’t working as well as we want it to so we’ve pulled it for the moment. We want Axiom Soccer to be a true spectator sport so have big plans for Spectator Mode in the future.
  
• Removed the exit screen from the game. Confirming quit on the ‘are you sure’ screen now closes the game instantly.

• Fixed an issue where flares weren’t appearing on the pitch in online matches.
  
• Fixed an issue causing players who quit at full time not to appear on the match summary screen
  
• Fixed an issue causing weapon and boost HUD to appear on penalties screen

Want to be part of an exclusive community that hears the latest Axiom Soccer news before anyone else?

Want to help shape the game by sharing your feedback directly with the development team?

Then we want you as a member of the Axiom Soccer Discord Squad!
discordapp.com/invite/axiomsoccer

Catch us this Friday as we BOOST into some community games of Axiom Soccer!
Plus an exclusive first look at some of the new content we have been working on!
See you there!
https://www.twitch.tv/earthboundgames

Ready to go fast? BOOST is here!
Improved drone acceleration and boost shoot Axiom Soccer to new high speeds!
Thanks to our awesome Discord communities feedback, our first iteration of BOOOOOOOOOOOST is now live!
Join the discussion at discordapp.com/invite/axiomsoccer

• Speed Boost! In a match you can press Space Bar (Right Bumper on an Xbox One pad) for a short burst of speed. When you don’t boost for a short while, the boost bar around your ammo gauge will quickly refill. Boosting lets you move faster in every direction, including vertically.
  - Please note that this is an initial implementation of Boost. We wanted to get it out there so you could give feedback on it. It doesn’t have all the sound effects and visual effects we want it to have, but the impact that it has on gameplay is something we’re really happy with. Swing on by https://discordapp.com/invite/axiomsoccer and tell us what you think!
  
• You can now fire your weapon while on the Winners Podium! Secondary weapons too. We’re going to be adding unlimited ammo to this in the near future.

• Added the ability to quit searching for a match. Press Escape or B on a control pad to quit matchmaking while searching for a match. Please note, you can’t quit during the Match Loading sequence!

• Fixed an issue where Shotgun VFX was sometimes not showing for all players.
  
• Fixed an issue where the target would snap to the end of your vehicle when very close to a goal.
  
• Fixed an issue where your drone would ‘jolt’ and stutter when moving forwards at the start of a match.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Discord link in the main menu failed to work with Microsoft Edge.

Hey Squad!

Server downtime and client update as we deploy a hotfix update in response to community feedback.

Servers will be down for an estimated time of 15 minutes at 10 AM BST.

• Player list now shows goals scored next to player names.
  
• Increased Height of Goal.
  
• Players should no longer be redirected to Canadian servers as preference.
  
• Fixed an issue around AI scoring own goals and celebrating.
  
• Fixed an issue where player could score a goal during kickabout.

Remember to join our Discord for the latest news and behind the scene extras:
https://discordapp.com/invite/axiomsoccer

Apologies for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience.