We're happy to announce that the August release will be deployed on Tuesday, August 21st during a slightly extended daily downtime.

Downtime for this deployment will begin at the usual time of 11:00 UTC and is expected to extend beyond the regular time for an additional 15 minutes. We anticipate that Tranquility will be back online and accepting connections at 11:30 UTC.

The August release brings a number of visual overhauls for ships, including the Navitas, Thalia, Tayra, Bustard, Badger and Crane. In addition to this, client performance improvements are also coming with this release, as well as the beginning of the roll out of an improved and simplified New Player Experience.

The Secrets Of The Abyss event also kicks off with this release, which contains event exclusive rewards including new mutaplasmids for Ancillary Armor Repairers and Shield Boosters as well as SKINS for Triglavian hulls. Be sure to rack up those agency points for exclusive rewards!

You can check out the full patch notes for the release here, and take a look at EVE Updates for more information on the release as well as a high level look at some of the content coming to EVE Online as we roll toward the winter.

Field Agents,

It's been a hot week for hotfixes. Bullet points below:

• New - Steam Cloud: Enabled Steam Cloud synchronization for player configuration data
  
• Bugfix: New mission details now consistently update for clients
  
• Bugfix: Fixed a situation where it was possible to join a lobby without the matchmaker initialized
  
• Bugfix: Fixed improper animation reset for Tranquilizer Rifle
  
• Improvements to how save data is handled and item interactions

Good hunting,
TeamCPRC

Pilots, the weekend begins! Time to prepare your fleet for new victories!

Weekend special:

• 50% off Contraband Container
  
• 50% off ‘Xeno-expert’ container
  
• +50% of credits in battle
  
• x3 first battle bonus

Strengthen your fleet! Let's win together!

Sincerely,
Star Conflict team

Join us on Discord for public playtests Friday at 12pm ET, Saturday at 3pm ET, and Monday at 7pm ET.



Five new parts are available this update with a new feature for unlocking them and other parts. Every research now has a "shortcut challenge". Progressing a research's shortcut reduces the research cost by up to 50%. All research shortcuts are progressed by destroying the parts unlocked from that research using ship weapons or extracting aboard a ship using them.

There are two main goals of the research shortcut system, the first is to speed up research for players less familiar to the game. If you don't know what you are doing, collecting resources can be very slow. The secondary goal is to entice new players into combat with AI aboard their own ship or more experienced players' ships. This will hopefully get new players familiar with the very high rewards of the gold earned in combat or the resources from siege waves.

This update also brings a variety of new components. The large armored balloons further explore the durable lift options and introduce an all new connection scheme compared to existing balloons.

The new submersibles use the same scheme and shape but expand on watercraft. Submersibles function more similarly to balloons but only in water. Submersibles do not apply a constant upward force like pontoons so combined with ballasts can easily dive below the waves.

Finally, the engine propeller combines propulsion and pressure generation into one component. The propeller has the same stats as the single prop and its built in engine covers ~60% of its pressure cost. The component is highly space efficient but pays for it in mass. Purely replacing normal propellers will likely not be an effective implementation if additional engines and the structure attaching them cannot be removed.

1.10.3

• Added the engine propeller. A propeller with a small integrated engine.
  
  
• Added large armored balloon drum and cap.
  
  
• Added submersible drum and cap.
  
  
• Added research shortcuts. Extracting or destroying a unresearched component decreases the cost of the research.

• Added descriptive text to main menu options if tooltips are enabled.
  
  
• Picking up a parcel with a grappling gun partially refunds its cooldown.
  
  
• Attempting to equip a tool with a full inventory shows a notification if tooltips are enabled.
  
  
• Reduced drag coefficient of the armored balloon to 1.2 from 1.4.

• Harpoons now behave correctly when attached to minable resources.
  
  
• Fixed a bug that could break harpoons if their attached target is destroyed.
  
  
• Fixed harpoons not syncing when loading into expedition.

Community Report - Bug Fixes/Forum Hot Spots/US ParatrooperWhile CRS continues their work on the massive 2018 Road Map, the teams have worked up a release that focuses on some known bug issues. SCKING and his team have been testing nonstop to ensure these bugs have been squashed. No date has been given for this release. We will keep you informed.

QA (Quality Assurance) Team has embraced a new team member, tr6al. Welcome!

My favorite quote from OLDZEKE, "Our job is to breaks things." I think he has a new QA team motto?


The WWII Online Forums lit up from topics like "Returning Vet Check-In" and "One time purchase DLC's coming to Steam!" are the hottest threads in the General Forums. For those with subscriptions, the Barracks and Hanger Forums have seen some heated discussions as well. From "RDP attacks on allied factories is impossible for Axis" to "Who are you?", there's always something going on. Jump in there and get in on the discussions! There's always Off Topic if you're bored... lol


Many players and squads are soaking up the last bit of summer, so BLKHWK8 and HEAVY265 have decided to postpone the event. Keep your eyes pealed for a new date, or contact them for more information.


It has been many years since the American class entered the WWII Online arena. Several new US Paratroopers will be introduced soon with a US Douglas C-47 Transport plane! Details to come...




Time to get back into the WAR soldier!

<SALUTE> to all the returning veterans of WWII Online... take it easy on the newer crowd, some of them are still learning!

Fixed bugs:

• Friend list widget will stay open when interacting
  
• Town widgets will no longer "click through"
  
• Tree/Water drawing order
  
• Sit on furniture inside Nikonos tower
  
• Homedelivery box arrow
  
• Shilouett from makeover studio
  
• Avatar name position
  
• Description for Alien Ruins map
  
• Rain effect restored
  
• Collider eternal monument updated
  
• Localization on Cloud island birds
  
• Steam invite progress gets updated instant
  
• Parvulu texture

Other:

• Navigation update: Do not enter the last level when using compass
  
• Database fix: Class quests started before Brink was removed
  
• Settings for sound FX volume
  
• Scrolling inside widgets with mouse wheel
  
• Material cleanup

Server:

• Banned players can't login on Steam
  
• Unify VIP items and rewards between servers
  
• Devourer counter bug
  
• Christofers quests are no longer depending on Freddy

It's Friday, which means that the time has come for Guilty Summer Kiss 2 adult patch! Reveal the most intimate secrets of all heroines, and also don't forget to share your opinions in the comments! Get it here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/867600

It's friday, which means that the time has come for the adult patch release! Reveal the most intimate secrets of the Guilty Summer Kiss 2 heroines, and also don't forget to share your opinions in the comments!

It’s time for the Community Weekly!



Get ready for new exciting content coming to the world of Battlerite! Check out the roadmap with our plans for Battlerite and Battlerite Royale for the remainder of 2018 here.



Want to see more? Get a first look on the thrilling action you’ll experience in Battlerite Royale. See the gameplay trailer here.



Do you want a chance to play Battlerite Royale before it launches? Be sure to sign up to the closed beta here!

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BPL Season 2 continues! Week 1 is now over, don’t miss out on Xiomaro’s analysis of the first week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMUUKwm7O0w

Check out http://bpl.gg to stay updated on with schedules, standings, and teams.

Earn Silver and Pro League Chests by making your predictions at https://predict.bpl.gg/

BPL Season 2: NA this weekend starts on August 18th at 12:00 PT, and BPL Season 2: EU will start on August 19th at 19:00 CEST. Both can be watched at http://twitch.tv/battlerite

BPL Season 2: SA starts on August 19 at 19:00 BRT and can be seen at http://twitch.tv/battleritesa

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Are you creating awesome Battlerite content? Show us on twitter @Battlerite or post it here on Steam!

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We have some amazingly talented artists in the Battlerite community!

Keyyyz sharing some Poloma cuteness, a little chibi given to him by a friend.


Find the original here.

Thank you Darinushka for sharing this magnificent work of art of our favorite shadow assassin!



Find the original here.

This certainly caught our attention, a very impressive concept art for a new Champion in Battlerite by p0p17.



Find the original here.

Thank you to all our amazing artists! If you want to show us your work, tweet us @Battlerite with the tag #BattleriteArt.

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Our content creators have been busy at work making new videos!

First up, Xiomaro gives a breakdown and shares his thoughts on the Battlerite Royale trailer, check it out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDusLT4qq7o
Get ready for another round of Best of Battlerite from BattleManly, because here is #84 AND #85!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dRRLhdPbqc
If you want to deal more damage with Blossom, Khada gives very useful pointers on how to get the most out of your abilities!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEH2EWy0KwM
And finally, bevin gives Battlerite a go and shares with us on How to Battlerite.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH0zh2RfJUE

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Seems like someone decided to celebrate the upcoming weekend a bit earlier. This night Captain John Drunkshit decided to make a flight-for-fun on fighter aircraft with his two drunk girlfriends. According to his state, that actually matches his family name, he violated the flight rules and bumped an UFO piloted by Sectoid Navigator Khazz-Kzaargh. As a result of this impact the UFO was down, but the fighter was able to return to the airbase and make a successful landing.

As rumored by stalkers, this drunken party left the airbase to try searching for debris of the crashed UFO, because among them they will find components and schematics of the unique weapons and ammo: Firefly, Triton, Tesla, Catalyzer and Inhibitor, and our scientific unit recommends you to do the same.

According to astronomic calculations, debris will begin to fall today approx. at 14:00 MSK (11:00 UTC) and last until the end of Sunday, August 19