🎯 [Performance] Content preloading can now be toggled on/off (default:on). If off, content is dynamically loaded when required. This results in quicker game loading time and lower RAM usage at the cost of occasional lag when new content is being loaded. Machines with low or shared video memory may benefit from disabling this setting. It is available in the general options menu.
🎯 [Balancing] All homing-type weapons now aim alot better if fired by a player.
🎯 [Bug fix] The loot filter now correctly matches against the labels of unidentified items (instead of their identified names).

Hello everyone! All aboard the Next Fest train 🚝🎉

We're excited to be participating in the Steam Next Fest! Catch our livestream on June 14th at 3pm ET, where they will be showing off some of our current demo.

For more follow us on Twitter and join our Discord! If you're eager to support our team, you can back us on Kickstarter, which was just recently fully funded 👀 and we're in our last 48 hours!!

This stream is pre-recorded and will be looped through the duration of Steam Next Fest.

Editors Note - June 15th, 2022
The corrections to Rank Points noted below are now complete.

With the release of our Season One update and the launch of our first ever ranked ladder, it’s been an exciting couple of months for Age of Empires IV! We’ve enjoyed watching you all climb the ladders, and we’ve appreciated all your ideas about how we can continue to evolve the Seasons and ranked ladder experience.

Recently, you’ve told us that something feels off with the number of Rank Points assigned following victories and losses. We realize you haven’t heard back from us specifically on this topic just yet, and that as we enter the final weeks of Ranked Season One, understanding how the Rank Point calculations are working (and whether they’re working as expected) becomes increasingly important. While we’ve been quiet, the team has been looking into the issue and developing a plan forward.

In short, our investigations revealed that there is a bug impacting how Rank Points are assigned following Ranked matches; specifically, we’ve found that both the ranges and average number of Rank Points awarded or deducted for a win or loss don’t match our design intentions. Ultimately, this bug has resulted in a lower number of awarded Rank Points and a lower total Rank for participants. You can find some of the math provided by the team below.



Thankfully, this is something we can fix, and we plan to do so starting tomorrow, June 15th. We’ll not only be issuing a change that ensures the possible number of Rank Points received or deducted for a win or loss mirrors the intended design for ranked Season One, but we’ll be retroactively updating calculations from ranked Season One.

So what does this mean for your Rank? Starting tomorrow, you may notice a higher Tier or Rank than you have today. We’ll note that in some cases, this change could be slight – so individuals may not climb the ladder multiple tiers as a result of this change, or jump from Silver to Conqueror. We expect this will see more ranked players in Silver or higher.

Not only will Ranks be corrected tomorrow, but calculations should no longer fall out of sync through the remainder of Ranked Season One, set to end on June 30th. We’ll also be sure this bug fix carries over to future ranked seasons, and while we can’t share any information just yet on other ways Rank Point calculations may change in the future, we’ll be sure to follow up with any major changes coming in Ranked Season Two.

Hello, this is a small patch meant to address some issues found after the last release. None of these are critical, but they were low hanging fruit. Since the next patch will involve some pretty heavy lifting, I figured it was worth putting out a hotfix rather than having these wait on a big and unrelated patch.

- Added new mapOffice

- Some optimization work

We're playing Retro Ride and loading music from youtube.

Shout out to Karl Casey for the tracks!

Our new trailer from Wholesome Direct reveals a new biome - The Old Forest with new friendly characters and new mechanics!

Now our lil chicken can glide between trees and bounce off really high from trampoline mushrooms.




Our main character is now on the Wholesome Direct 2022 t-shirt! Check it out at the Yetee store!

Gearheads,

Darkness has fallen in Motornation, and under the cover of night a new breed of racer comes out to play. Think you have what it takes to take the top spot in the Night Shift 2 LIVE Summit? If so, read on to see what is coming to The Crew 2 in the coming week!


Underground racing is a world apart from the shiny racing teams. In this secret environment, even the bests have to prove their talent. Will you be able to overcome this new challenge?

• PLATINUM - NISSAN 300 ZX (Z32) KAIDŌ-OU
  
• GOLD - BLINKING BLUE UNDERGLOW
  
• SILVER - LEGENDARY DF PERF PARTS (NITRO CHEMIST, PURE & DRIFTY)
  
• BRONZE - 200K FOLLOWERS

Working late? Be sure to swing by the Far & Beyond Store for its newest Night Shift bundle!

• Nissan Skyline GT-R (R34) (2002) – Street Race
  
• Nissan 370Z (Z34) (2013) – Drift
  
• Lamborghini Diablo GT (1999) – Street Race

Fixing things can be a job and can also become a real passion, but our character has learned: fixing something can sometimes lead to… a random result!


We all have that favorite pair of jeans, and The Far & Beyond Store has got your new favorite bundle! Swing by to collect the new Denim and Twilight bundles, both are available until June 22!

Mazda MX-5 Miata NA (1989) – Denim Bundle

• Mazda MX-5 Miata NA (1989) – Street Race
  
• Blue Petals Nitro
  
• Blue Wings Underglow
  
• Lightspeed Beam Horn

Nissan 370Z (Z34) (2013) – Twilight Bundle

• Nissan 370Z (Z34) (2013) - Street Race
  
• Deep Blue Sideblade Underglow
  
• Navy Molten Core Tire
  
• Blue Confettis Smoke
  
• Dark Blue Nitro

• Koenigsegg Gemera (2020) – Hypercar
  
• Koenigsegg Agera R (2012) - Hypercar

Photo by Redhawk689#1163 (Discord)


Photo by SallaRiou (Twitter)


Photo by Arael800 (Reddit)

Join me - and let's play Netherguild together at 3PM UTC, 17/06/2022!



I'll be streaming Netherguild - giving you some dev commentary, tips and plans as I delve into the underworld during Steam's June Next Fest.
Hope to see you there (;

Three new cores have been added for RetroArch Steam.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2004070/RetroArch__Gambatte/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227457/RetroArch__FreeIntv/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227482/RetroArch__CrocoDS/

You can download these cores either from within RetroArch Steam by going to Manage Cores, or by simply downloading them for free from Steam.

If you'd like to learn more about these cores, you can go to our Documentation Center site.

Documentation for the Gambatte core can be found here.

Documentation for the FreeIntv core can be found here.

Documentation for the CrocoDS core can be found here.

There are now 44 cores available in total for RetroArch Steam.