As the year comes to an end, so does the Creation Contest. You have submitted your entries, voted for your favourites, and chosen the winners.

Let’s take a look at the best part of the event, statistics!

Total Submissions: 247

Art: 75
Literature: 12
Music: 22
Meme: 99
Video: 22
Other: 19

Total Votes: 11,067

Art: 3,571
Literature: 462
Music: 559
Meme: 4,922
Video: 973
Other: 580

We want to thank everyone who participated — those who submitted their work and those who voted. Sadly, we are unable to reward all of you. For now, the runner-ups:

Art: Carrion Crow#3705, Literature: Mased#6857, Music: Astowo#7661, Memes: Stella Sin#0336, Video: eXIL Games#1406. You all did wonderfully but just fell short. Better luck next time!

Now what everyone’s been waiting for... the winners of the Creation Contest 2021 are:

Art: “Stella Sin#0336” for “SCP: Secret Laboratory Poster”


Literature: “Draconocor#2167” for “SCP-XXXX: The Trees Have Eyes”
https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-6148

(This year we had a surprise, the Literature category ended up tied by the end of public voting. This meant we needed to host a tie breaker within the studio alongside the staff vote)

Music: “AtomSnow#4484” for “The SCP Foundation Theme Remake”


Meme: “Shiba#9323” for “Warhead, just a week away!”


Video: “GBC_2015#6193” for “Scratching the Surface | SCP:SL Community Content Update Trailer”


Other: “Meganeko#6107” for “Fully recreated SCP:SL map for Minecraft”
https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/scp-sl-map-with-mods-v-1-12-2/


You may have noticed that there was no runner-up for the "Other" category. That’s because all the runner-ups were placed into another category where Northwood Staff voted for their favourite piece. The winner of that vote is:

Staff Vote: “Plookiedookie#6925” for “SCP-914 CC”


Congratulations to everyone who won! We will contact you shortly to set up rewards.

Thank you, once again, to everyone who submitted their wonderful creations. Happy new year and we hope to see you next time!

Greetings everyone!

It´s now New Year´s eve - or maybe even already the New Year depending on where you are in the world! It´s been a busy month on a personal level in and out of Reiza to cap what has been another very busy year, but we couldn´t let it end without a proper send-off and some important updates to all of you!


What a year it has been for our team & AMS2 - 12 new tracks, 22 new cars, and a long list of new features & improvements have been delivered to the game over the course of the year, developments which we can all agree brought the game to another level relative to where we started 2021.

From the very first announcement, we´ve always maintained that AMS2 was a long-term project which would evolve considerably over the years, but even for ourselves plans are only reality after they have been successfully executed - although there´s been some stumbles along the way and still plenty to be done, as we enter the third year of development we feel AMS2 is where we hoped to be at this point, and confident we have all we need to fulfill our remaining targets.


While we have covered a lot of ground this year and are proud of the progress we´ve made overall, we´d also like to acknowledge the bits where we´ve fallen short - contents due from already-released DLC packages are a commitment we´ve made to the people who bought them, and if a schedule was proposed for releases and not quite met, then some explanation is due - the remaining Racin´ USA Pt2 items especially which had been projected to be included in the latest update haven´t quite made it in yet. We´d like to assure all who are eagerly expecting the remaining cars and track of this pack that these are well on the way and will be part of our first update of 2022 in late January.


Also pending on the DLC front are additional historical versions of Spa and Nürburgring from the early 1970s which, both part of their respective DLCs which will be delivered within the first quarter of 2022 - the first milestones of a year that should see AMS2 greatly expand further its historical reach for all types of motorsports.

Furthermore, a roadmap outlining plans for remaining items of the Season Pass & Premium Expansion Packs in 2022 will be presented in our January Dev Update.

We are also in process of putting together some updated documentation on the latest Force Feedback system and the new Multiplayer Rating System - these and other valuable info and instructions are being assembled for a digital user manual similar to the one from AMS1, also expected for the early weeks of 2022.

Here it´s worth perhaps to make the distinction between plans and commitments - there are naturally many other features, improvements, content and bug fixes that are eagerly anticipated and that we are pushing to deliver to AMS2 in the coming months, and these development updates are meant precisely to offer some perspective on what we are working on and where we intend to the take the sim; while we obviously fully intend to adhere to any plans we make public, these remain subject to changes as circumstances require over the course of development.

With this bit of housekeeping out of the way and hoping we can extend everyone´s patience a bit more for what´s still due to be delivered, let´s take a glance into what else you may expect already for the beginning of the New Year!


Our first update of 2022 will expand our F-Retro series into the early 80s, bringing 1983-spec Grand Prix cars to AMS2.

The 1983 season was technically a turning point in the series history - a ban on ground effects from side skirts used by previous gen cars (the Lotus 79 already present in the game being the pioneering example) lead to regulations mandating all cars to feature flat bottoms, promoting diffusers as the standard device for generating downforce from the undertray; the first carbon monocoque & the first coke bottle-style shape car as featured in the the MP4-1C from this season set standards that remains to this day; turbo engines and carbon brakes also became the standard as of this season, both featuring in the championship-winning car.



All of this makes cars from this era great choices to sample in the sim - the new class will initially feature the McLaren MP4-1C and a generic turbo F-Retro Gen3, but more will join them over the course of 2022 - it will indeed be a very exciting year for the fans of classic Grand Prix cars from the 80s and early 90s,with many more iconic models from Brabham, Lotus and McLaren expected to arrive to AMS2 over the course of the year.


New cars from premium brands filling up existing classes as well as well as branching out to new ones, new tracks, historical tracks, further AI development, more multiplayer features, Steam achievements, full course yellows, oval racing, dirt racing and maybe the beginning of what should be a very elaborate career mode are just some of the highlights of what we have planned for Automobilista 2 over the course of 2022 - we´ll naturally share more specifics as we progress through the year, but for now the important thing we´d like to assure everyone is that we go into the new year as went into 2021: full throttle, monthly updates and with no intentions of slowing down. It should be another exciting year and we look forward to having you all along for the ride!

For now, we´re back to enjoying the remainder of our holiday break in order recharge our batteries and get ready for the new season - we sign off from 2021, with the whole Reiza team thanking all our users for your support over the course of the year, and offering our best wishes to you all for a fantastic 2022 filled with great racing!

This patch fixes some hotkey issues, makes enemies using missiles more dangerous, makes chips stronger, fixes a bunch of UI issues, and fixes several more minor issues.

1.005 change list:

• fixed manual aim beam weapons missing Flame monsters and possibly others (Whatever100500)
  
• fixed a couple problems with the first hotkey slot changing automatically to something else (Automaton/Damnation, Ltd.)
  
• fixed hotkey of a doomsday device changing when sorting (Morte)
  
• linked weapons will no longer fire if left clicking on a usable object (Morte)
  
• now enemies using missiles have a higher chance to hit
  
• chips magic modifier is now closer to the item level (will in general be higher level) (Darkness)
  
• now bombers get added to your dps value correctly (firecat666)
  
• fixed plasma cannon wave weapons not having power load (will only effect new items) (firecat666)
  
• Drox Guild will no longer decide to help races that won't sign treaties (firecat666)
  
• non-primitive races will no longer be able to become subjects of primitive races (Xeltek)
  
• increased Monsoon habitability for Vegetation trait from 0.5 to 0.6 (firecat666)
  
• since much easier now, decreased xp reward for protect planet quests
  
• fixed selection point of the attack cursor to correctly be in the center of the icon (contrabassist)
  
• now extra money applied to research is applied over time instead of instantly (DrIstvaan)
  
• made range prints more consistent with themselves and speed (most of them will get larger) (Lainthrill)
  
• moved message/chat highlight text position (firecat666)
  
• can no longer add 0 credits to a trade (firecat666)
  
• no longer show skill hints for skills that have reuse timers less than 1 second (firecat666)
  
• no longer show damage on stars (firecat666)
  
• thruster boosters now highlight defense like engines and thrusters (firecat666)
  
• added a new word to curse/slur filter (Cory)
  
• reworded power load in race specific slot text a little to hopefully make it clear that is is better in a race slot (Tyrax Lightning)

The long-awaited 2022 has finally arrived!

Feels like the year flew by thanks to your Adventurers’ loving support and encouragement, even during these socially difficult times.

Thank you for enjoying Black Desert together across the various parts of the world and time zones.

Here are the New Year’s greetings from Jaehee Kim, the Executive Producer of Black Desert, and each of the services teams for all regions!



Mo-ha! (It means “Greetings Adventurers!” but shortened in Korean)

The new year is upon us. The ddukgoog (a rice cake soup) is a must-eat dish every January 1st. It also has the meaning of getting a year older when we eat the ddukgoog. How about you? Do you eat a special dish to celebrate the new year?

As the Korea Black Desert service team slowly went through the memories of 2021, our most memorable moment is probably the “2021 CalpheON Ball.” Due to circumstances, we couldn’t meet in person, however, we were glad and found it truly meaningful to have that chance to meet and hear our Adventurers directly.

You are also probably planning to make new year’s resolutions for 2022. We from the Korea Black Desert service team would like to send you our energy so that you may achieve them (of course, this includes Enhancements!). We will continue to support and cheer for our Adventurers and strive to provide great service in the year 2022! Now, shall we start to make great memories in 2022, the year of the Tiger!?

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Ni men hao, Adventurers! In Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao, we gather with our family and friends from December 31st to January 1st to enjoy good food and/or new year concerts to welcome in the new year. Are you all enjoying a pleasant 2022 with Black Desert?

The Taiwan & Hong Kong & Macao service team recall meeting with many of our Adventurers through offline events, in friendly T-Arsha matches, and other fun events in 2021. We promise to make Black Desert a more pleasant and heart-warming experience for all of you in 2022! Xin nian kuai le! Happy New Year! ╰(*°▽°*)╯

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Sawadee kap, Adventurers! We here in Thailand are bearing through warm temperatures of 30 degrees Celsius as we await the new year. On January 1st, we also take part in counting down the minutes of the previous year, and 4 years ago, today, we still remember the ordeals of preparing for the Thai server launch.

It is truly our joy and blessing to be able to welcome in the new year together with our Adventurers. 2021 went by so quickly thanks to you all! It was truly a thankful year we will never be sure to forget!

We were especially grateful to have been able to greet all of our Adventurers across the globe at the 2021 CalpheON Ball. We hope you get to enjoy countless dishes as tasty as Cron Meals, that you stay healthy, and make plenty of fun memories with Black Desert! ♥ And join us to celebrate the 4-year anniversary of Black Desert in Thailand this coming January 17th! All together now, “khop khun ka!”

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Merhaba! It seems like CalpheON Ball was only yesterday, but we’re already on the last day of 2021! In the Turkey & MENA region, we have a new year’s greeting that goes something like, “start off the new year well to enjoy the rest of the year."

We hope that the wishes of all our global Adventurers will come true in the new year! Happy 2022 in Black Desert! ♥

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Konnichiwa! (*'ω' *)ノ On January 1st, we here in Japan traditionally visit shrines or temples to pray for our fortune for the rest of the year. How will all of you global Adventurers be welcoming in the new year?

2021 was an exciting year for the Black Desert Japan service team as we hosted the thrilling Guild Arena of Arsha and made wonderful memories through various events with our Adventurers!

We hope for the new year to be a joyous one as well! Praying for a happy 2022...★

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Greetings from the Southeast Asia service team!

This time of the year is when we’re preparing for the Southeast Asia server’s anniversary, so January 1st is an incredibly exciting time for us. 😊

We hope everyone achieved their goals this year! Although the Southeast Asia team does have some regrets, we still believe 2021 was a happy year for us as we held many surprise GM events and made many memories with our Adventurers.

And if you didn’t achieve all your goals for 2021, don’t worry! We still have 2022~! We hope the new year of 2022 will be full of happy memories. Love you all...♥ ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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Privet (Hello), Adventurers worldwide!

2022 is just around the corner. In Russian-speaking regions, there is an interesting tradition where you write down your new year’s wishes on a piece of paper, burn it, mix the ashes with a glass of champagne, and drink it on New Year’s Eve to make your wishes come true. We believe many Adventurers are making their wishes with their eyes closed -- at this very moment!

As we’re able to make memories with everyone, we’re able to provide a happy and meaningful service every day. We hope to make more memories with you all in Black Desert this coming 2022. We wish you a blessed and happy new year, and hope all your new year’s wishes come true. Love you all!

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Greetings, Adventurers! This is the Console service team. 2021 was truly a meaningful year for Black Desert Console Adventurers. With the “Summer Season” that began this past summer, we were overjoyed to finally bring about the seasonal content to console (especially thanks to so many Adventurers who took part in the update! We’d like to take this time to thank you all once more.)

We’re also preparing a streaming show in a weekly update format as we hope that 2022 will be the year we can finally communicate in person with all of our Adventurers. Happy New Year!

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Greetings Adventurer! Liebe Abenteurer! Chers Aventuriers! Saludos, aventureros

Greetings from the NAEU service team!
Every day has been a joy-filled opportunity to meet with and hear the voices of our Adventurers thanks to the start of Pearl Abyss's service on Feb 26, 2021. The screenshot event we held in celebration of NAEU's service, with the wonderful “Together As One” Title, is still so fresh on our minds. We're so happy to finally be able to show our gratitude to all our Adventurers, who are all so amazing, each and every one of you! :D

Thank you for enjoying the thrilling adventures that Black Desert had to offer this past year. We will strive to continue providing even better service and more content with the coming year of 2022!

Thank you! Vielen Dank! Merci! Muchas gracias!

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Greetings, Adventurers!

Being able to spend 2021 with our Adventurers brought us incredible joy. Thanks to the love and support you’ve given us, Black Desert South America is heading towards its 5th Anniversary after our 4th Anniversary in 2021.

Unlike other regions, South America is seeing the start of its hot summer. We hope the winter events will keep you cool at least in-game. To celebrate the coming new year, we’ve prepared various events and fireworks, so we hope you’ll make many fond memories with your fellow Adventurers.

And of course, make sure not to miss South America’s adorable alpaca event! Although we’re physically apart, we hope 2022 will be a year we can get closer together. Happy New Year~♥

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Last update of the year! There are many changes, in particular the scoring system and policies. Changes to v0.7.0

Remember that if you want to participate as an alpha tester, join the game's discord !

Policies

• You can now define policies, to shape your city's society as you wish, from utopias to dystopias.

Scoring

• If you manage to build certain constructions you will earn points, depending on happiness, population and time taken.
  
• The difficulty of the map changes depending on size, river choice, starting resources and so on.

Bugs

• Fixed a major bug that didn't calculate the production rate of resources correctly.
  
• Fixed bug when abandoning buildings, especially when clicking on them.
  
• A warning sign is now displayed when a building does not meet your needs (it was missing in the last version).
  
• Some builds used to show giant warning signs, fixed.
  
• In some situations the overbuild was not working.
  
• The resource lock is now correctly displayed when you have less resources.
  
• The "has:" section of builds now displays correctly when more than 3 variables are involved.
  
• Build links are now always clickable, previously some areas of the link were insensitive.
  
• When deleting a city, the menu is no longer warped
  
• Light buttons are now easily clickable, previously there were insensitive areas.

UI

• The origin of the constructions is now displayed: Upgrade from, for easier navigation
  
• Floating numbers on selection in strategic view now
  
• Red text colour more visible
  
• Tooltip of global variables is now shown to the left, so you can see the values better.
  
• All biomes have description now
  
• The information text of the constructs is now lighter.
  
• When there is nothing to display (only steppe, or desert, for example) a smaller menu is displayed.
  
• The colour for the hotkeys is now more legible
  
• Improved order in the "upgrades to:" list

New menu

• Now there is a new menu in the upper left corner

Tutorial
The following points are now added in the tutorial

• Mini map
  
• Layer view
  
• Policies
  
• Score

Biomes

• All other biomes will be blocked

Sounds

• All buttons now sound when clicked.

New constructions

• Neighbourhood council
  
• City Council

Test Map has weather system and a large island to conquer . It can be Saved , but you cannot select a character yet . This is only a test of a new multi-pirate map . Each player will start with a "Boom Stick" aka Grenade Launcher ...

• If you have basic cards in your deck, there's a 50% chance when entering a shop for the "60 crystals: Remove a card from your deck" button to be replaced with "40 crystals: Convert a random basic card into its non-basic version."
  
• New text was added to make selling towers and canceling card casts easier to notice.
  
• Events from which you can take advantage of Holy Mantle now show a glow effect! (only if you haven't used all of it).
  
• Text panels in the tutorial are now more opaque to make them easier to read from.
  
• The crystals number in the top left corner now has an animation when you gain or lose crystals.
  
• BUG FIX: Tower outlines should now always work properly when hovering.
  
• BUG FIX: The background should no longer stutter randomly (happened in rare occasions)
  
• BUG FIX: War Totem no longer has a chance to spawn another level 3 tower.
  
• BUG FIX: Trinkets that care about having received damage in a combat no longer lose their effect in the event that deals 2 damage and starts an elite fight.
  
• BUG FIX: The correct amount of mana will now be earned in the round after selling a Beam Cannon.

Dear friends!

It's almost a New Year, so I'd love to thank you for staying with us for so long. This year was rich on releases, we brought you some hot stories full of love, heat and fluids, and seasoned them with some free updates to serve you.

We hope you enjoyed them all the way down to your toes, and here's to another year of creating spicy games to keep your heads up!

Thank you for joining us in our communities as well, participating in the events and telling us nice things every now and then.

See you next year, it will be even more spicy, we promiseːls_heartː:ls_eggplant:



We love you,
Shane & the teamːls_heartː

Dear friends!

It's almost a New Year, so I'd love to thank you for staying with us for so long. This year was rich on releases, we brought you some hot stories full of love, heat and fluids, and seasoned them with some free updates to serve you.

We hope you enjoyed them all the way down to your toes, and here's to another year of creating spicy games to keep your heads up!

Thank you for joining us in our communities as well, participating in the events and telling us nice things every now and then.

See you next year, it will be even more spicy, we promiseːls_heartː:ls_eggplant:



We love you,
Shane & the teamːls_heartː

It's been a long crazy year, but the game has come so far! Thanks everything for following along with the project and I hope you're excited for next year!