The sun is shining, the weather sweet, the promise of QUAD XP gets us moving our feet! It’s summertime in Auraxis, soldier, and with the new season comes an extravaganza of summer fun!

Kicking off Wednesday, June 26, and running through Saturday, August 31, celebrate your fight for freedom with the return of the Soldier Soaker pistol and Water Balloon grenades, both available throughout the event. Special Summer Directives (with new challenges!), the new NS-03 Thumper Heavy grenade launcher, and a special Independence Day QUAD XP event for ALL PLAYERS highlight the festivities!



Read on for the full details on everything going on in Auraxis this Summer!

NEW SUMMER EVENT (June 26 – August 31)

• Soldier Soaker returns: All Players gain access to a water-filled pistol sidearm that can be used for event completion, and will douse targets who are on fire
  
• Water Balloons return: All Players gain access to a water balloons that detonate in a big splash on contact, dousing targets who are on fire, and counting toward event completion

INDEPENDENCE DAY EVENT (July 4 – One Day Only)

• 4x Experience For ALL, available on July 4 only!
  
• Freedom Thrusters return: Light Assaults receive max rank Skirmisher Jump Jets with Independence Day flair for the duration of the event
  
• Patriot Camo returns: Faction specific Patriot camo returns (NSO getting a Patriot camo is tentative)
  
• Nomad-I Light Assault Armor returns (NC Light Assault Armor with Independence Day color scheme)

NEW SUMMER DIRECTIVE

• Beat the Heat: Score kills with a Summer Holiday Weapon
  
• Beachhead: Kill enemy vehicles while in a vehicle yourself
  
• King of the Castle: Earn experience by capturing or defending a control point
  
• Summer Support Ribbons: Earn summer support ribbons by resupplying or repairing friendly vehicles while in a vehicle yourself
  
• Crashing Waves: Earn MAX kills during the Maximum Pressure event
  
• Tour Guide: Earn gunner kills on enemies defending an Aerial Anomaly

DIRECTIVE REWARDS

• Tier 1 Reward: 1 Day 50% Experience Boost, 100 Certs
  
• Tier 2 Reward: 1x Basic Implant Pack, 100 ISO-4
  
• Tier 3 Reward: Cloud Cover Camo
  
• Tier 4 Reward: “Surfer” title, Indar Shoreline Banner

NEW HEAVY WEAPON (Releases June 26)

• The Thumper NS-03 Heavy Weapon joins the Common Pool for the Heavy Assault Class
  
• 6 round magazine grenade launcher with 3 ammunition types, Frag, Incendiary, and Disruptor
  
• At the same time, we’ll be adding a new directive to the Heavy Assault tree that asks players to get assist ribbons for the Heavy Assault class
  
• Check out our Developer Stream on Twitch for a preview!

ALERT CHANGES

• Refine and Refuel is removed from the alert rotation
  
• Gaining Ground is removed from the alert rotation
  
• Maximum Pressure is added to the alert rotation: Maximum Pressure is a new alert that asks players to get as many kills as possible, and makes MAX units free for the duration of the event

The war is far from over, so beat the heat while you still can, soldiers!

Get Deathgarden: BLOODHARVEST with a 33% discount until July 9th:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/555440/Deathgarden_BLOODHARVEST/

The Terminator Set is also on sale:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1024660/Deathgarden_BLOODHARVEST__Terminator_Set/

8:00PM June 25: Build : Beta - 0121 - 17230

- Lot more visual fixes and optimization
- Deep fixes in sectorization and occlusion
- Added missing elevator switch on 4th floor of Palace
- Fixed an issue with empty item showing up as picked up item
- Kickstarter weapons

We are happy to announce that our next big story update is coming out next month!



On July 25th, the game will be automatically updated on Steam. Several changes and improvements were made to the first chapter, so we recommend playing it from the beginning, but otherwise, we'll add an option to start directly from Chapter 2.

We’ll write a more detailed log on July 25, but here are some of the things included in this update:

• PS4 and Xbox controllers are now supported
  
• Rourke’s walking speed has been raised
  
• Battles, equipment, items and rewards have been rebalanced
  
• Ivan can now be used in battle
  
• Lynn and Ivan’s portraits have been revamped (See here and here)
  
• About 3~4 hours of new content (which means the game is now about 8 hours long)
  
• More instances to get to know your party members
  
• More narrative-focused sidequests
  
• Lots of bug fixes that have been reported by our players

We also want to take the opportunity to thank everyone who has helped us with feedback using the Steam community forums and our Discord server, none of this would have been possible without you!

See you all next month!

As always, remember you can join our Discord, or follow us on Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook for more frequent updates!

Cheers,
LGD Team

With just a few days into summer, we at Space Bullet felt it was prime time to get things really heated up in Vox Machinae. Say hello to our Summer Update, jam-packed with new content to unload and lay digital waste on your fellow grinder pilots.

To get things started, we’re proud to finally unveil our first ever Co-op gameplay mode, Convoy. As the title suggests, you and up to 3 other fellow pilots are tasked with protecting 3 mining trucks making their way through our treacherous battlefields. Along the way you’ll be greeted by the gunfire of enemy scavenger trucks and grinders, so stay sharp and protect those piggies. What’s more, you’ll have to keep a keen eye out for bigger foes and even competing enemy convoys attempting to cross your path as they chart their own course. Fear not though, as you may encounter optional opportunities in the form of dormant grinders and factories to capture and benefit from along your journey to the goal.


People are always tell us that our signature jumpjet gameplay is one of the most compelling aspects of Vox Machinae. That got us to thinking, what if there was a grinder that could FLY? Well that’s just what we did! Sort of. Introducing Overhaul, the double fixed-mount medium class grinder featuring hummingbird propulsion jets. What’s hummingbird you say? It allows Overhaul to hover effortlessly over the terrain, surveying the battlefield below. With those 2 fixed weapon mounts, he can unleash a unique combo of weaponry on those poor pilots below.


Speaking of weaponry, the summer update once again delivers with our two new guns, Pulsar and Hammer. Pulsar adds to our roster of small weapons, doling out a triple shot of magnetically-charged projectiles that proximity explode near enemies to deliver splashy damage goodness. Meanwhile, Hammer delivers the goods in a dramatically different way. Available to grinder pilots in fixed-mount form, this giant homing missile can be guided by the pilot’s cursor for targeted explosive glory. What’s more, once a player commits to a target and lets go of the fire button, the missile sheds its casing and accelerates to expedite delivery of its payload. Oh and did we mention that it can be controlled via your scope monitor? Because it totally can!

So to sum things up, hovering grinder, guns, and co-op glory is the name of THIS game with our summer update, available NOW!

Here are the patch notes that list some other fixes, etc:
0.33.0 alpha

• New improved textures for grinders with more detail and paint decals and so on.
  
• New Grinder: Overhaul. Float like a butterfly, and sting like a missile-tossing nightmare.
  
• New co-op game mode: Convoy. Team up with your pals and see how high you can crank the difficulty!
  
• Enabled Remix options are displayed in the lobby for all to see.
  
• New small mount weapon: Pulsar. Toss some quarks or whatever at the enemy and make them Pul-sore!
  
• New fixed mount weapon: Hammer. When you've got a giant guided missile, you can really nail those baddies!
  
• Pressing any button on a controller (even if unmapped) will now cause that controller to become the active controller.
  
• Picking up/moving a motion controller will now cause that controller to become the active controller.
  
• When switching from motion controllers to an untracked controller (like mouse/gamepad), the hands will now snap to a default position.
  
• Fix training mission saying "there is no input mapped" to aim when using a mouse.
  
• Fix leg of Grinders kicking backwards after landing, resulting in getting moving again more quickly.

0.33.1 alpha

• Possible fix for some rare controller detection errors.

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Tabletop Simulator is on sale now for 50% off!
You can buy the individual game, or the 4-pack at the discounted price.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/286160/Tabletop_Simulator/

Additionally, almost all DLC are on sale for up to 50% off.

Visit the DLC Steam Sale Page

Sale ends 7/09/19 at 1pm EST.

An updated version of the game, version 1.3, has been released that now also includes full Spanish translation. Cherry Kiss is committed to creating localized versions of authentic Japanese visual novels for both English and Spanish markets. Please enjoy!

Steam's big summer sale is on and Xsyon is participating this year.

The 50% discount is also available directly through the Xsyon website

In addition, I am upgrading the servers this week. The new Test Server and Download Server are already up and running. (The Download Server affects only players using the direct Xsyon Launcher).

Next up I will move the War and Peace Servers and then back to working on updates!

For players playing directly, this upgrade will require a new Xsyon Launcher. The new launcher will be available in the download section of your account page shortly. A notice will be posted in the current launcher window when the new version is ready.

This was brought on by the Test Server starting to fail last week. As I looked into a new machine I saw that I could upgrade all the servers to better, faster machines at a lower cost.

As a bonus, the new servers should be able to handle more creatures and process creature AI faster which will go great with the upcoming updates.

Enjoy!

• Objective Cube Design Changed.
  
• Level 31 Changed.
  
• Added New Tutorial Level Mechanic Indicator.
  
• Tutorial Level difficulty reduced.
  
• Controller Design tweaked.
  
• Controller button helper tweaked.
  
• Controller move button color changed.

Some levels difficulty reduced as of rearrangement

• Old Level 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 -----> New level 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
  
• Old Level 11 12 ----> New Level 17 18
  
• Old Level 90 91 92 93 94 ----> New Level 19 20 21 22 23
  
• Old Level 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ----> New Level 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42
  
• Old Level 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 ----> New Level 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
  
• Old Level 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 ----> New Level 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61
  
• Old Level 95 96 97 98 ----> New Level 62 63 64 65
  
• Old Level 10 ----> New Level 66
  
• Old Level 43 44 45 ----> New Level 67 68 69
  
• Old Level 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 ----> New Level 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98

Summer sale is coming soon on 2nd July - 9th July.

Trapper もサマーセールとして7/2 にてセールを実施予定です。
(リリース日の関係で少し遅れます。)

Trapper还计划在7月2日开始销售夏季特卖。
（由于发布日期略有延迟）