Valentine’s Day has returned and love is in the air! We hope you stocked up on chocolates and those little candy hearts because you’re going to want to carbo-load to take down the infestation of hellbugs in Trove that kicked off on February 14th!



Defeat the invaders and collect Skittering Heart Boxes for a chance to unlock the Bashful Love Bug mount.



There’s even a very rare chance of picking up a Dormant Block Dragon Egg to hatch into the legendary dragon, Ludini, the Patron of Playfulness!



This year we also have a new quest line to defend love AND daily login rewards to sweeten the deal! The quests include everything from collecting Glim to capturing flags in the Battle Arena.

• Get these rewards just for logging into Trove each day! (some items require a mastery level of 20 or higher)
  
  • Tuesday, 2/14: 1 Day Patron Pass
    
  • Wednesday, 2/15: Minor Experience Coin
    
  • Thursday, 2/16: 1 Day Patron Pass
    
  • Friday, 2/17: 20 Chaos Chests
    
  • Saturday, 2/18: 1 Day Patron Pass
    
  • Sunday, 2/19: 5 Gem Booster Boxes
    
  • Monday, 2/20: 1 Day Patron Pass
    
  • Tuesday, 2/21: 10 Dragon Coins
    
  • Wednesday, 2/22: 1 Day Patron Pass
    
  • Thursday, 2/23: 10 Glittering Horseshoes
    
  • Friday, 2/24: 1 Day Patron Pass
    
  • Saturday, 2/25: Minor Experience Coin
    
  • Sunday, 2/26: 1 Day Patron Pass
    
  • Monday, 2/27: Ninth Life

New costumes hit the runway in 2017 as the Tomb Raiser’s, “Heart Eater” and the Chloromancer’s “Rosy Ravisher” outfits come to the Chaos Crafter! Earn the Shadow Hunter’s, “Amorous Archer” look as a quest reward for completing all the Hellbugs In Love quests.

Defiance is a third-person, futuristic, online open-world shooter where players scour a transformed Earth competing for alien technology. Defiance is Free to Play on Windows, Xbox 360 or PS3!

Hellbug Infestation

Start: 8AM PST (4PM GMT) – Tuesday, February 14, 2017End: 7AM PST (3PM GMT) – Tuesday, February 28, 2017

To unlock your items in Trove:
Log into Defiance and take down 50 Monarch Hellbugs from the Colony Courtship Arkfalls to unlock the Red Hellbug mount in Trove

To unlock your Defiance item:
Log into Trove and reach Battle Rank 5 in PvP

If you play Defiance on console click here for instructions on linking your console to your Glyph account to unlock these rewards.


Explore a partially terraformed future earth while collecting an arsenal of amazing weapons in Defiance then dive back into Trove where you can reshape the world and the only limit is your imagination. Don’t forget to celebrate love through February 28th, 2017 at 7AM PST (4PM GMT)!

Valentine’s Day has returned and love is in the air! We hope you stocked up on chocolates and those little candy hearts because you’re going to want to carbo-load to take down the infestation of hellbugs in Trove that kicked off on February 14th!



Defeat the invaders and collect Skittering Heart Boxes for a chance to unlock the Bashful Love Bug mount.



There’s even a very rare chance of picking up a Dormant Block Dragon Egg to hatch into the legendary dragon, Ludini, the Patron of Playfulness!



This year we also have a new quest line to defend love AND daily login rewards to sweeten the deal! The quests include everything from collecting Glim to capturing flags in the Battle Arena.

• Get these rewards just for logging into Trove each day! (some items require a mastery level of 20 or higher)
  
  • Tuesday, 2/14: 1 Day Patron Pass
    
  • Wednesday, 2/15: Minor Experience Coin
    
  • Thursday, 2/16: 1 Day Patron Pass
    
  • Friday, 2/17: 20 Chaos Chests
    
  • Saturday, 2/18: 1 Day Patron Pass
    
  • Sunday, 2/19: 5 Gem Booster Boxes
    
  • Monday, 2/20: 1 Day Patron Pass
    
  • Tuesday, 2/21: 10 Dragon Coins
    
  • Wednesday, 2/22: 1 Day Patron Pass
    
  • Thursday, 2/23: 10 Glittering Horseshoes
    
  • Friday, 2/24: 1 Day Patron Pass
    
  • Saturday, 2/25: Minor Experience Coin
    
  • Sunday, 2/26: 1 Day Patron Pass
    
  • Monday, 2/27: Ninth Life

New costumes hit the runway in 2017 as the Tomb Raiser’s, “Heart Eater” and the Chloromancer’s “Rosy Ravisher” outfits come to the Chaos Crafter! Earn the Shadow Hunter’s, “Amorous Archer” look as a quest reward for completing all the Hellbugs In Love quests.

Defiance is a third-person, futuristic, online open-world shooter where players scour a transformed Earth competing for alien technology. Defiance is Free to Play on Windows, Xbox 360 or PS3!

Hellbug Infestation

Start: 8AM PST (4PM GMT) – Tuesday, February 14, 2017End: 7AM PST (3PM GMT) – Tuesday, February 28, 2017

To unlock your items in Trove:
Log into Defiance and take down 50 Monarch Hellbugs from the Colony Courtship Arkfalls to unlock the Red Hellbug mount in Trove

To unlock your Defiance item:
Log into Trove and reach Battle Rank 5 in PvP

If you play Defiance on console click here for instructions on linking your console to your Glyph account to unlock these rewards.


Explore a partially terraformed future earth while collecting an arsenal of amazing weapons in Defiance then dive back into Trove where you can reshape the world and the only limit is your imagination. Don’t forget to celebrate love through February 28th, 2017 at 7AM PST (4PM GMT)!

We would like to thank everyone who has supported the development of Putty Pals. This is the first release from Harmonious Games and we cannot wait to hear about all of your experiences playing our adorable game.

Share your Putty Pals moments with us on Facebook and Twitter! We would love to see screenshots of your epic teamwork.

Tell Everyone About Putty Pals!

Putty Pals is the local co-op experience you have been craving. We know that Putty Pals can fill the void of couch co-op games, so help us out and let everyone you know through posting, sharing and tweeting!

Share our launch trailer on Facebook and Twitter:

If you love playing Putty Pals with your friends and family, head over to our Steam store page and give us a positive review! If we can build up our rating then we can reach more players and continue to make more quirky games for all of our pals like you!

This Is Only The Beginning!

This is only the beginning for Putty Pals and Harmonious Games and we cannot wait to bring you more exciting updates and new ways to play with your Putty Pals. Keep up to date with our announcements and social media posts to be the first to know what’s happening with Putty Pals and Harmonious Games. We are looking forward to making the game better and better with your feedback and reviews!

Thank you!

Now go and play with your new Putty Pals!!!
HG :D

We would like to thank everyone who has supported the development of Putty Pals. This is the first release from Harmonious Games and we cannot wait to hear about all of your experiences playing our adorable game.

Share your Putty Pals moments with us on Facebook and Twitter! We would love to see screenshots of your epic teamwork.

Tell Everyone About Putty Pals!

Putty Pals is the local co-op experience you have been craving. We know that Putty Pals can fill the void of couch co-op games, so help us out and let everyone you know through posting, sharing and tweeting!

Share our launch trailer on Facebook and Twitter:

If you love playing Putty Pals with your friends and family, head over to our Steam store page and give us a positive review! If we can build up our rating then we can reach more players and continue to make more quirky games for all of our pals like you!

This Is Only The Beginning!

This is only the beginning for Putty Pals and Harmonious Games and we cannot wait to bring you more exciting updates and new ways to play with your Putty Pals. Keep up to date with our announcements and social media posts to be the first to know what’s happening with Putty Pals and Harmonious Games. We are looking forward to making the game better and better with your feedback and reviews!

Thank you!

Now go and play with your new Putty Pals!!!
HG :D

While it's really no secret on the internet, sometimes it helps to spread the message in as many ways as possible. It is a fact that Grim Dawn's first expansion is actively in development and it is coming this year!

We've already started revealing some exciting bits of what you can look forward to in the expansion. You can catch up on all the news on our official forum (Expansion updates started with #102)


The latest Grim Misadventure is always pinned on the Steam forum as well, with a new dev update posted every two weeks (typically on Mondays).

The next one is bound to be exciting, so make sure to stop by!

For Frequently Asked Questions, visit here.

While it's really no secret on the internet, sometimes it helps to spread the message in as many ways as possible. It is a fact that Grim Dawn's first expansion is actively in development and it is coming this year!

We've already started revealing some exciting bits of what you can look forward to in the expansion. You can catch up on all the news on our official forum (Expansion updates started with #102)


The latest Grim Misadventure is always pinned on the Steam forum as well, with a new dev update posted every two weeks (typically on Mondays).

The next one is bound to be exciting, so make sure to stop by!

For Frequently Asked Questions, visit here.

Hey everyone!

We're excited to bring a new update for you to enjoy. Here are some cool things we've been working on!

• River's alternate skin, Wildlands River has now arrived.
  
• Changed Sylas (Bandit Clan) Hero Power: In Battle, Sylas gains +1 Sword for each Bounty Level and against King's Guards these Swords Pierce.
  
• New Bandit Clan Ring - Serendibite: Gain +1 Prestige and +1 Gold for each King's Guard Killed.
  
• Added support for Xbox One S controllers.
  
• Disabled motion blur on Low and Very Low graphics options.
  
• Disabled store buttons in Hero Select if store is currently unavailable e.g. if the player is offline.

• Potential fix for 21:9 users, please let us know how you go!
  
• Fix in Hero Skin selector localisation in non-English languages.
  
• Fixed up Sana's Wyldsinger skin 2D combat animation to include her cape.
  
• Fix for applying master texture limit for different graphics options.

Happy gaming,

<3

Lisy

Hey everyone!

We're excited to bring a new update for you to enjoy. Here are some cool things we've been working on!

• River's alternate skin, Wildlands River has now arrived.
  
• Changed Sylas (Bandit Clan) Hero Power: In Battle, Sylas gains +1 Sword for each Bounty Level and against King's Guards these Swords Pierce.
  
• New Bandit Clan Ring - Serendibite: Gain +1 Prestige and +1 Gold for each King's Guard Killed.
  
• Added support for Xbox One S controllers.
  
• Disabled motion blur on Low and Very Low graphics options.
  
• Disabled store buttons in Hero Select if store is currently unavailable e.g. if the player is offline.

• Potential fix for 21:9 users, please let us know how you go!
  
• Fix in Hero Skin selector localisation in non-English languages.
  
• Fixed up Sana's Wyldsinger skin 2D combat animation to include her cape.
  
• Fix for applying master texture limit for different graphics options.

Happy gaming,

<3

Lisy

Nix, the Freelance Reaper arrives in Patch 2.48! Nix is a Scythe and Blasters wielding legend with great speed and defense, and deadly signatures. We’ve also made performance improvements, adjusted game balance, and more in this patch!

Title: Freelance Reaper
Weapons: Scythe and Blasters
Stats:  4/5/7/6
 

• Scarecrow Nix - No crows to be seen...lots of vultures though.
• Lockdown Nix - Serving her sentence...and giving you yours.
• Grim Reaper Nix - Like sands of the hourglass… Bonus: Soul gaze and toothy menace with expressions.

 
In today’s patch we’re introducing Odin’s Spear, another way for us to say thank you to the awesome players who follow Brawlhalla outside of the game. This time we’re sending you a code for liking us on Facebook as a thank you for your amazing support!

• You may now claim a code for Odin’s Spear by liking Brawlhalla on Facebook. To do so, follow the link from inside the Brawlhalla client.
  
  

 

• The Ancient Chest is now available in Mallhalla.
• Exclusive skins in the Ancient Chest are White Fang Gnash, Winged Serpent Nai, and Fangwild Fawn Ember.

We hope you’ve enjoyed the holiday! This is your last chance to collect up colors, bonus gold, skins, avatars and anything else Valhallentine related!

• Valhallentine ends after this patch.

• Reworked the render cache to be more efficient and use less memory.
• Improved animation system memory and performance.

 

• Client should now display better error messages when a file loading failure occurs. Solution is still to verify game files in Steam.

 

• Adjusted some pickup behavior to be more consistent with expectations. Gadgets no longer receive extra pickup priority from being picked up before by the same user.

 
With several Circuit events on the horizon, we are focusing this round of balance changes on two weapons that have had a significant presence in the competitive scene. We are pruning some of the more oppressive capabilities of these weapons, while still leaving most of their tools intact.

 


With players becoming increasingly comfortable with the more complex game mechanics, the Katars have seen a rise in tournament play. A significant portion of this usage has centered around string routes that rely on keeping the target airborne, so we have redirected the Force on the Down Air to allow a faster dodge reset for the target.

• Katar Down Air: Increased Time to Hit from 8 to 9; Decreased Stun of final hit in the air from 14 to 13; Decreased maximum Damage from 21 to 18; redirected angle of Force on ground hit to be more horizontal.
• Katar Recovery: Decreased maximum Damage from 21 to 20.
• Katar Side Air: Decreased Force from 43 Variable/57 Fixed to 41 Variable/57 Fixed.

 


The aerial Heavy attacks on the Axe command a great deal of air space, making them some of the most difficult attacks to avoid in the game. The Damage and Force now decrease more significantly throughout their duration, causing late frame hits to have reduced reward.

• Axe Recovery: Decreased Damage on the latter half of the swing from a range of 18~14 to a range of 15~11; Decreased Force on the latter half of the swing from a range of 40~26 Variable/66~56 Fixed to a range of 38~22 Variable/66~50 Fixed.
• Axe Ground Pound: Damage and Force now decrease over the duration of the attack; Damage is changed from 22 to a range of 22~16; Force is changed from 45 Variable/50 Fixed to a range of 45~40 Variable/50~45 Fixed.

 


The Bow has been struggling to confirm knockouts in the current competitive landscape, so we have slightly increased the Force on the Neutral Air to enable more reasonable knockouts on and above the stage.

• Bow Neutral Air: Increased Force from 30 Variable/87 Fixed to 32 Variable/87 Fixed.

 


As players have become more practiced with the Scythe, we are seeing strings that cycle between the Neutral Air and the Side Air increasing in popularity. We have reduced the Stun on the forward release of the Neutral Air to allow a slightly larger dodge window in which the target may also use a jump to escape.

• Scythe Neutral Air: Decreased Stun on the forward release from 26 to 23.

 


As the speed of competitive play has increased significantly, some of Ember’s options can leave her struggling to find knockouts, primarily on her Bow kit. We have increased the response time and reward for her Side Bow to open up a more reliable knockout option.

• Ember Side Bow: Decreased Minimum Charge time from 10 to 9; Increased Force from 49 Variable/65 Fixed to 52 Variable/65 Fixed.

 


Much like Ember, Azoth can struggle to find knockouts in a number of matchups. We have slightly increased the reward on his Neutral Axe to compensate.

• Azoth Neutral Axe: Increased Force from 53 Variable/71 Fixed to 54 Variable/71 Fixed.

 


Many of Lucien’s Signatures have great utility, however the reward is slightly out of line with other similar Signatures. We have adjusted his most used Signature to be in line with other similar powers.

• Lucien Neutral Blasters: Decreased Force from 58 Variable/72 Fixed to 55 Variable/72 Fixed.

 


Jhala has been slightly underperforming in most tiers of play, so we are increasing her potential Damage to bring her up to par with other Legends.

• Jhala Neutral Sword: Increased total Damage from 21 to 24.

 


With a versatile Signature kit that houses some high utility attacks, the reward on Hattori’s farther reaching attacks is slightly too high. We have reduced the base Damage value to match the utility of this attack.

• Hattori Side Sword: Decreased Damage from 30 to 27.

 
This week’s new Legend rotation features Brynn, Cassidy, Koji, Lucien, Val, and Ulgrim.

 

• Fixed a bug where a stunned player could slow more than intended when bouncing off of a surface at specific speeds.
• Fixed a bug that caused sigs to beat thrown items due to clashing logic. Thanks for the replay /u/AisuHusky.
• Fixed a bug where in the event of an Accident, the knocked out player plays the KO FX of whoever hit them last rather than their own.

 

Nix, the Freelance Reaper arrives in Patch 2.48! Nix is a Scythe and Blasters wielding legend with great speed and defense, and deadly signatures. We’ve also made performance improvements, adjusted game balance, and more in this patch!

Title: Freelance Reaper
Weapons: Scythe and Blasters
Stats:  4/5/7/6
 

• Scarecrow Nix - No crows to be seen...lots of vultures though.
• Lockdown Nix - Serving her sentence...and giving you yours.
• Grim Reaper Nix - Like sands of the hourglass… Bonus: Soul gaze and toothy menace with expressions.

 
In today’s patch we’re introducing Odin’s Spear, another way for us to say thank you to the awesome players who follow Brawlhalla outside of the game. This time we’re sending you a code for liking us on Facebook as a thank you for your amazing support!

• You may now claim a code for Odin’s Spear by liking Brawlhalla on Facebook. To do so, follow the link from inside the Brawlhalla client.
  
  

 

• The Ancient Chest is now available in Mallhalla.
• Exclusive skins in the Ancient Chest are White Fang Gnash, Winged Serpent Nai, and Fangwild Fawn Ember.

We hope you’ve enjoyed the holiday! This is your last chance to collect up colors, bonus gold, skins, avatars and anything else Valhallentine related!

• Valhallentine ends after this patch.

• Reworked the render cache to be more efficient and use less memory.
• Improved animation system memory and performance.

 

• Client should now display better error messages when a file loading failure occurs. Solution is still to verify game files in Steam.

 

• Adjusted some pickup behavior to be more consistent with expectations. Gadgets no longer receive extra pickup priority from being picked up before by the same user.

 
With several Circuit events on the horizon, we are focusing this round of balance changes on two weapons that have had a significant presence in the competitive scene. We are pruning some of the more oppressive capabilities of these weapons, while still leaving most of their tools intact.

 


With players becoming increasingly comfortable with the more complex game mechanics, the Katars have seen a rise in tournament play. A significant portion of this usage has centered around string routes that rely on keeping the target airborne, so we have redirected the Force on the Down Air to allow a faster dodge reset for the target.

• Katar Down Air: Increased Time to Hit from 8 to 9; Decreased Stun of final hit in the air from 14 to 13; Decreased maximum Damage from 21 to 18; redirected angle of Force on ground hit to be more horizontal.
• Katar Recovery: Decreased maximum Damage from 21 to 20.
• Katar Side Air: Decreased Force from 43 Variable/57 Fixed to 41 Variable/57 Fixed.

 


The aerial Heavy attacks on the Axe command a great deal of air space, making them some of the most difficult attacks to avoid in the game. The Damage and Force now decrease more significantly throughout their duration, causing late frame hits to have reduced reward.

• Axe Recovery: Decreased Damage on the latter half of the swing from a range of 18~14 to a range of 15~11; Decreased Force on the latter half of the swing from a range of 40~26 Variable/66~56 Fixed to a range of 38~22 Variable/66~50 Fixed.
• Axe Ground Pound: Damage and Force now decrease over the duration of the attack; Damage is changed from 22 to a range of 22~16; Force is changed from 45 Variable/50 Fixed to a range of 45~40 Variable/50~45 Fixed.

 


The Bow has been struggling to confirm knockouts in the current competitive landscape, so we have slightly increased the Force on the Neutral Air to enable more reasonable knockouts on and above the stage.

• Bow Neutral Air: Increased Force from 30 Variable/87 Fixed to 32 Variable/87 Fixed.

 


As players have become more practiced with the Scythe, we are seeing strings that cycle between the Neutral Air and the Side Air increasing in popularity. We have reduced the Stun on the forward release of the Neutral Air to allow a slightly larger dodge window in which the target may also use a jump to escape.

• Scythe Neutral Air: Decreased Stun on the forward release from 26 to 23.

 


As the speed of competitive play has increased significantly, some of Ember’s options can leave her struggling to find knockouts, primarily on her Bow kit. We have increased the response time and reward for her Side Bow to open up a more reliable knockout option.

• Ember Side Bow: Decreased Minimum Charge time from 10 to 9; Increased Force from 49 Variable/65 Fixed to 52 Variable/65 Fixed.

 


Much like Ember, Azoth can struggle to find knockouts in a number of matchups. We have slightly increased the reward on his Neutral Axe to compensate.

• Azoth Neutral Axe: Increased Force from 53 Variable/71 Fixed to 54 Variable/71 Fixed.

 


Many of Lucien’s Signatures have great utility, however the reward is slightly out of line with other similar Signatures. We have adjusted his most used Signature to be in line with other similar powers.

• Lucien Neutral Blasters: Decreased Force from 58 Variable/72 Fixed to 55 Variable/72 Fixed.

 


Jhala has been slightly underperforming in most tiers of play, so we are increasing her potential Damage to bring her up to par with other Legends.

• Jhala Neutral Sword: Increased total Damage from 21 to 24.

 


With a versatile Signature kit that houses some high utility attacks, the reward on Hattori’s farther reaching attacks is slightly too high. We have reduced the base Damage value to match the utility of this attack.

• Hattori Side Sword: Decreased Damage from 30 to 27.

 
This week’s new Legend rotation features Brynn, Cassidy, Koji, Lucien, Val, and Ulgrim.

 

• Fixed a bug where a stunned player could slow more than intended when bouncing off of a surface at specific speeds.
• Fixed a bug that caused sigs to beat thrown items due to clashing logic. Thanks for the replay /u/AisuHusky.
• Fixed a bug where in the event of an Accident, the knocked out player plays the KO FX of whoever hit them last rather than their own.