We're thrilled so many of you are enjoying our special Fantasy BR event mode. In order to make sure everyone has enough time to earn all of the rewards, we've decided to extend the event an additional week. Thank you for all your feedback and have fun on the Dragon's Isle!

Fantasy Battle Royale now available until April 12th 11:59 PM PDT / April 13, 0700 UTC. Be sure to claim your rewards within 48 hours of event completion.


And now for something completely different...


Greetings Internet Warriors!

April Fools’ Day is a long-celebrated tradition in the gaming world. Whether through silly videos, fake patch notes, or even full blown in-game events, it’s the time of year where teams can go a little crazy and try something completely different— and it doesn’t get much more different for us than Fantasy Battle Royale.

First off, we understand that times are difficult right now due to the impact of COVID-19 around the world and that some companies have chosen to forego April Fools activities this year. In a time when people are keeping themselves safe and indoors, we believe that video games offer a diversion from solitude and a way to be social while still staying safely apart. For these reasons, we’ve chosen to go forward with our planned event in hopes that it offers a little bit of lighthearted fun during this necessary isolation.

We’ve also ensured that all rewards associated with this event can be earned, with no purchases required, to prevent people from missing out on them if they have to choose more necessary things to spend their money on during this time. The first set of rewards are earned through special event missions, either directly or purchased with the “gold” that the missions give. These rewards can also be purchased in the regular shop if you have some extra income and choose not to participate in the event. The other set of rewards can only be purchased with BP and there will be an option to convert your extra “gold” into BP to help acquire these. Taking care of yourselves and your loved ones is the most important thing right now, so making sure that all of the Fantasy Battle Royale rewards could be earned was a priority for us.

So what exactly is this event? Fantasy Battle Royale is an optional event mode that lets you choose from one of four fantasy classes to take on the Battlegrounds in a completely different way. Creating a true fantasy mode would require more resources than we wanted, so we made a couple… alternate choices in how we represent the fantasy in Fantasy Battle Royale. By utilizing existing PUBG mechanics in fun and crazy new ways, we came up with (what we consider) a funny mode that didn’t have to waste important development resources for a week-long joke.

Even a silly event mode has its uses, though. Fantasy BR has given us the opportunity to test a few new ideas in a real (but fantasy) (but still real) environment. A big part of Battle Royale is survival and we’ve been curious what crafting on the Battlegrounds might look like. Fantasy BR gave us the perfect opportunity to try out a crafting system and as such, the vast majority of the loot you’ll find in Fantasy BR consists of crafting components used to improve the items you begin with. Utilizing fantasy classes, such as the Paladin, had the added bonus of finally letting us test a certain shield we teased out to you all a little too soon.

Now, none of this means that these test features are going to appear in normal PUBG matches tomorrow, or ever for that matter, but it does finally give us a good way to get them out to you and gather your feedback so we can decide whether or not to develop them further.

We wanted to mention all this up front because it’s important for us that you know Fantasy BR wasn’t some giant use of our development resources. It is mostly some creative new art on top of a few bits of code to change how things that already exist in PUBG work. We know that what we spend our time on is important to you, especially while some persistent issues remain unfixed right now.

We also know that we're late on delivering the Community Letter we promised you that talks about those issues, but plan to have that out within the next week or so. All in all, we’re happy we can test potential future content and give you something silly on a day that’s all about fun, with minimal impact on the more pressing issues we’re actively working on.

So, put on your robe and wizard hat, because this is Fantasy Battle Royale and things are about to get… well, weird.



Fantasy Battle Royale will be available as an event mode for a limited time from April 1st, 00:00 PDT ~ April 12th, 11:59 PM /  April 13, 0700 UTC.

To play, click on the Fantasy Battle Royale banner in main lobby to enter the special Fantasy BR lobby.

Basic Rules

• Fantasy BR takes place on the Dragon’s Isle (Erangel)
  
• TPP only, 20 Squads of 4 (maximum of 80 players per match)
  
• Fantasy BR does not support 1 man or 3 man squad but will automatically find suitable companions for you
  
• Friendly fire is disabled (unless we’re talking the mendingstar and heal bomb, which are the friendliest fire of all)
  
• Fantasy BR does not grant XP rewards but BP is earned based on your total gameplay time
  
• Fantasy BR matches don’t count towards the Survivor Pass. However, there are separate Fantasy BR exclusive missions
  
  • Complete Fantasy BR exclusive missions to earn special Fantasy BR mode rewards
    
  • Please refer to the 'Fantasy Battle Royale Exclusive Systems' section for more details

• After matchmaking completes, players will be asked to select a class to play before flying to the Dragon’s Isle
  
  • The Class select screen is automatically shown and may be brought back up using the F8 key
    
  • There are no class limits, so get creative with your party! (Just remember you’ll be sharing loot if you double, triple, or quadruple up on classes!)
• First circle will be displayed before you jump
  
  • Blue Zone will move faster and deal more damage in Fantasy BR than in normal matches! Be careful!

"I would like to RAGE"

The fearsome Barbarian is a melee combatant with high HP who uses his rage to increase his movement speed. Swinging his Kick Ash Longsword in a wide arc in front of them, they gain additional movement speed with each successful attack on an enemy.

Barbarians also produce Mega Energy Drinks, which can be used to recover large amounts of HP over time. Although he doesn’t have any other special attacks or skills, his fast movement speed makes him the best suited to chase down squishy opponents and show them the business end of his weapon.


"They’re taking the Hobbits to Erangel!"

The Ranger is a long-ranged sniper equipped with the deadly 'Dragonslayer' crossbow, capable of firing multiple shots in succession. With a long range and high attack damage, she is a formidable opponent, other than her rather low amount of HP.

Ranger’s utilize stealth to emit no movement sounds, making them the perfect sneak attack class. The Ranger brings utility to the fight as well with their Flash Powder grenades that temporarily blinds enemies and decreases the damage allies receive.


“What manner of man are you that can summon up fire without flint or tinder?”

Wizards are heavy damage dealers who rain down fire on groups of enemies at once. Whether firing 2 consecutive blasts from their wands, dropping a powerful Fireball spell, or calling meteor showers from the sky, Wizards always have something fiery and explosive to pull out of their arsenal.

Keep your allies close though, as the Wizard has the lowest HP of any class and make a delightful squishing sound that Barbarians find irresistible.


“I can do this all day.”

The Paladin is the key healing class in Fantasy Battle Royale. Healing allies with their Mendingstar and blocking incoming attacks with their Brooklyn Shield, the Paladin is right at home protecting the weak.

The Paladin’s Mendingstar serves two functions; healing allies it strikes or dealing damage to and slowing down enemies. The Paladin’s Shield Charge can also knock away enemies who get too close to his party.

Paladins also regularly produce First Aid Kits that can be given to allies or toss a 'Heal Bomb' to create an AoE healing zone, but be warned that this zone can also heal enemies!

One slight hitch though, maybe it’s because of their heavy armor or the fact that they have no free hands, but Paladins cannot ledge grab and may have to find more creative ways to keep up with their team.

Ye Olde Chicken Dinner

• Just like traditional Battle Royale, the last surviving squad is the winner

Items

• Fantasy BR has its own set of world spawn items, which mostly include crafting materials
  
• No weapons, ammo, throwables, boosts, or equipment will spawn
  
  • Bandages will still spawn in the world

Vehicles

• Only the Noble Steed (motorcycle) and Dragon Wagon (UAZ) spawn in Fantasy BR
  
• Vehicles are slower and have lower durability than in normal BR to keep fights more focused on class warfare

Care Packages

• Care Packages are dropped more often in Fantasy BR and are be marked on the map for all players
  
• Care Packages can contain the Zircon, a powerful gem used to upgrade your gear to Lv.5
  
• Using the interaction key (F) on Care Packages grants a temporary invincibility buff
  
  • The Buff lasts for 30 seconds, making you immune to all damage

Character Equipment

In Fantasy Battle Royale, players start the game with a class-specific weapon, necklace, and ring equipped. These items are exclusive to your character and cannot be dropped or traded.

Some classes have ammo and special skills that they can use. These are automatically refilled in specific intervals depending on the levels of your equipment. There is a cap to how many of each you can hold, so make sure to use em if you got em!

Item Crafting

• Picking up crafting materials allows you to upgrade your weapon and gear
  
  • Use the right mouse button on components in the inventory screen to start crafting

• Class Weapons, Necklaces, and Rings can be upgraded to Lv.4 using class-specific gems found throughout the world
  
  • Loot crystals can be dropped for your teammates, so grab everything you see!
• To raise your equipment to Lv.5, you will need to find a Zircon
  
  • The Zircon is a crystal that spawns very rarely across the map.
    
  • Care Packages will always contain a Zircon

Fantasy BR Exclusive Missions and Store

• There are new Fantasy Battle Royale Missions to complete, which earn you costume set pieces or a special event currency called Gold
  
• A total of 8 costume sets can be earned or purchased during this event, 2 costume sets per class
  
  • The first set of skins is earned by completing missions and spending your Gold in the Fantasy Battle Royale store
    
    • Alternatively, these sets may be purchased in the normal in-game store for $9.99/set if you who do not wish to earn them
  • The second set of skins can be purchased in the normal in-game store using BP
    
  • All unlocked Fantasy Battle Royale skins are permanent and can be used in normal PUBG games!

That’s the basic rundown! We sincerely hope you enjoy Fantasy Battle Royale. It’s silly, short lived, and certainly not for everyone, but for those who appreciate such things, the happiest of April Fools’ Days to you all!

- PUBG Dev team

*No unicorns were harmed in the making of this game mode*

Get ready, Ark Hunters! Join us as we celebrate Armistice – the end of the Pale Wars! After nine long years of suffering and chaos, when warfare had taken its toll on the planet, rejoice at the end of the tyrannical supremacy of the Earth Military Coalition.

This year, the Armistice celebration will last for four weeks beginning 3/30/2020 until 4/27/2020. It comes bearing holiday events taken from years past and happening in-game all for your participation and enjoyment!



You, the community, voted for the following special Arkfall and Arkbreak events that will take place during the first two weeks of celebrations across the Bay Area Frontier.

Event Horizon

This Arkfall event pits Ark Hunters against a deadly roster of Quantum damage-focused enemies that bypass Shields and leech health.

Solstice Strike

The Abominable Warmaster and the Volge Grinches are coming to claim Arkfalls while unleashing deathly chaos across the land.

The following caches will be available in the game store as well as Ex-Inanis vendors at the end of each Major Arkfall. As always, buy 50 to get a Legendary item on top, and buy 100 to get a Legendary item and Prime Weapon!

Event Horizon Cache

It contains a rare or better Cosmic Weapon, Mod, Paradox Shield, Plasma Grenade, or Singularity Synergy Crystal along with the possibility of containing a Prime Cosmic weapon (Condition: Perfect/Fixed Weapon Bonuses). All weapons and mods have Mod Fusion: Cosmic Resonance attached.

Solstice Strike Cache

It contains a rare or better Frigid Weapon, Mod, Self-Repairing Shields/Armor Regenerators, or Aegis Crystal along with the possibility of containing a Prime Frigid weapon (Condition: Perfect/Fixed Weapon Bonuses). All weapons and mods have Mod Fusion: Frigid Impact attached.



The following special Arkfall and Arkbreak events will take place during the third and fourth weeks of Armistice celebrations across the Bay Area Frontier.

99 Problems

Motherlode, released! Challenge the mighty Motherlode in the open-world Arkfall but beware: he will be aided by menacing hordes of his 99ers!

Hulker Hell

The diseased Afflicted and Hulkers come full of tricks and treats that bring a special delivery of frights to Paradise!

The following caches will be available in the game store as well as Ex-Inanis vendors at the end of each Major Arkfall. As always, buy 50 to get a Legendary item on top, and buy 100 to get a Legendary item and Prime Weapon!

Hulker Hell Cache
It contains a rare or better Cleansing Weapon, Cleansing Flames Mod, Hulker Grenade or Monster Mash Crystal along with the possibility of containing a Prime Cleansing Weapon (Condition: Perfect/Fixed Weapon Bonuses). All weapons and mods have Mod Fusion: Cleansing Flames attached.

99 Problems Cache

It contains a rare or better Precision Weapon, Mod, Sharpshooter/Marksman/Deadeye Shield, 99er Explosive Grenade, or Predator Crystal. All weapons and mods have Mod Fusion: Prevision Torment along with the possibility of containing a Prime Precision Cosmic Weapon (Condition: Perfect/Fixed Weapon Bonuses). All weapons and mods have Mod Fusion: Precision Torment attached.


Come celebrate with us, Ark Hunters! Happy Armistice!

• New Steam Achievement: "Gargo"
  Defeat hidden boss Gargo to unlock.

• Resolved some compatibility issues.

驿站现在可以在中途停止移动，在移动中点击即可弹出停止移动提示
驿站的基本费用至少需要200（原先只按距离与货物价值计算费用）
木人桩现在无法被打死了

The latest update mainly includes bug fixes.
We have also added a feature where players can adjust the angle of the catapult.
Try to trap the enemy by targeting multiple catapults into one spot.

• 【Enemy】Added and adjusted the of sound of bomb zombies when they die.
  
• 【Enemy】Fixed an issue where large bipedal zombies would attack unbreakable ground
  
• 【Enemy/Facility】When bomb zombies are thrown and they explode, facilities and traps other than blocks will be left with one durabilty point and will not be destroyed.
  
• 【Facility】Addressed an issue where traps on the ceiling would fall and break when using wide-area pick up.
  
• 【Facility】Fixed a bug where progress time would not display correctly with the workbench.
  
• 【Facility】Fixed an issue where the player could not "CANCEL" while in build mode (pause mode) in forge.
  
• 【Facility】Fixed an issue where items can be taken out from chests that were not selected.
  
• 【Facility】Fixed an issue where the character would move when the craft facility window was open.
  
• 【Facility】Added a feature where players can adjust the angle of the catapult.
  
• 【Facility】Fixed an issue where traps attached to a ceiling would fall when rearranging the ceiling.
  
• 【Facility】Traps now remember their ammo type after upgrading
  
• 【Facility】Projectiles were fixed to be able to pass through the Hellfire trap.
  
• 【Ability】Unlocking a skill for the first time now awards one of that trap type
  
• 【Other】Game optimization for selecting an area for pick up or when digging.
  
• 【Other】Added a new feature where red would appear on the right and left of the pointer, when the enemy is too close to build facilities.
  
• 【Other】Added a feature where the player can continue with half ENGRAMS, when saved data can't be loaded due to version changes.
  
• 【Other】Fixed loading time issues after opening the game. (Reduced black screen time)

The next update（alpha1.11）is scheduled to be released at the end of April.
We hope you are enjoying the game.

Missed the patch notes for 0.7.7? Read them here!

Tempest Strike

• Augury grants 10% chance to proc per point (from 5%) and can have 3 points allocated (from 5)
  
• Winter's Chill grants 75% freeze rate multiplier (from 50%), but can have 4 points allocated (from 5).
  
• With the Wind’s crit chance bonus now also applies to Lightning Bolt. Previously it only applied to Tempest Strike.
  
• Chilling Blows can have 4 points allocated (from 3).
  
• Reinforced Stone can have 4 points allocated (from 3).
  
• Static can have 4 points allocated (from 3).

• Improved the performance of Sleet Weavers and Ice Weavers.
  
• Improved the performance of Voidwing Nests.

• Several options are now saved between game sessions:
  
  • Chat messages
    
  • Chat filter
    
  • Minimap zoom
    
  • Overlay map zoom and opacity
• Chat can now be enabled/disabled under the Social tab in Settings. Previously the option was only present on the side of the chat window.

• Added new art for Arek’s Bones and Heirloom of the Last Nomad.

• Reduced the health of Marsh Queen Beetles by 13%.
  
• They will still be quite strong at endgame but this is due to the scaling system rather than the enemy itself. We’ll be looking into this in future.

• Fixed a bug preventing some users from loading characters or creating new ones, particularly after a crash.
  
• Fixed the Reset Monolith button not working.
  
• Fixed Arcane Ascendance’s nodes that interact with its cooldown working incorrectly.
  
• Fixed Lightning Blast’s Mortal Capacitor node not working correctly.
  
• Fixed a possible cause of players sometimes getting stuck when returning to Echo of a World.
  
• Fixed Shrines sometimes being inaccessible in the Burning Forest monolith layout.
  
• Fixed a bug where the extra proc chance from Tempest Strike’s Charged node only applied when below 20% health rather than 35%.
  
• Fixed a bug where blood scorpion enemies were not animating correctly.
  
• Fixed Ucenui Sphere not specifying the cooldown for creating Water Orbs on its tooltip. The cooldown is 3 seconds.

[April 1st Update Pre-Announcement]

Dear All,
There will be a client update on April 1st, 2 PM Korean Time.

Details
1. Fixed issue where some Anti-virus programs mistook game files as a virus.
2. Fixed issue where Steam Achievements were not cleared properly.
- Collect Collect
- Collecting Desire Never Ends

The update will process at 2PM (KST) and game will be closed automatically.
You need to update the game to play the game.

Swords and Sandals Spartacus has now been updated to version 1.0.2. This patch was to bring the game in-line with the upcoming Nintendo Switch build of the game ( it was also released on iOS last week and is coming soon to Android!)

In this patch and based on user feedback, I worked on making the character easier to control, less hectic in his run speed etc. I also made his jump a little less heavy so he is easier to control in the air. Staircases were removed from the game completely just because they were super-buggy, the player would sometimes fall through them on older machines and no amount of trickery could fix it, so in the interest of gameplay I removed them and redesigned a few levels accordingly.

Full patch notes

• Reworked how Spartacus moves so it feels less like he is running on skates.
  
• Jump airtime increased to give player more time to control Spartacus in the air.
  
• Updated camera tracking - camera pans to Spartacus faster for more accurate platforming
  
• Removed staircase tiles from the game
  
• Halved the damage spike traps do in the game
  
• Other small misc bugfixes

Cheers,
Oliver Joyce
Whiskeybarrel Studios
eGames.com

Zombie Season will be free from the 7th of April.

The reason for this is lack of players, and lack of feedback.

I feel that by both being in early access and charging a price has reduced the sales of Zombie Season significantly, and therefore also reduced the audience.

This has resulted in a lack of player feedback and this is what I need the most.

To solve this I'm making the game free from the 7th of April.

Thank you immensely to those of you who have purchased the game.