Hey fellow Fighters!

Big things are happening in the arena! We have some map updates, tutorial, hero and weapon balance adjustments, and more!. Get ready to dive in and experience the excitement firsthand and see what’s in-store.

The amazing Seaporch map is now playable in the matchmaking pool and not just for custom lobbies! Visually updated and ready for all-out battles.


Moonshine Run has returned to the game with a new flavor of King of the Hill Mode. It’s now available in the matchmaking pool, so once you hit level 7, go give a bash and let us know what you think!



For all you SquadBlast newcomers, we’ve got you covered with a brand-new tutorial level. It’s here to introduce you to the game’s main mechanics, fundamentals and get you up to speed with how the game works. And hey, long-time players, give it a whirl too! You can check it out for fun or lend us a hand by trying it out in the Settings menu.

We’ve hooked you up with new default Assault Rifles and Rocket Launchers right from the start of the game. These babies are ready to pack a punch, so jump into the heat of battle and give ‘em a try.

Jäger - Assault Rifle
Assault rifles like this model from MullerWaffe are excellent in mobile combat situations that require a wide pattern of fire along with easily portable equipment. This weapon is a model of reliability and puts out a fire pattern that can push back the most determined defensive positions.

Kriegwerk - Rocket Launcher
Although this is a "basic" weapon produced for training purposes, a great many experienced combat veterans still choose this model for live action, appreciating the reliable action, accurate aiming controls, and ease of transportation.


We took your valuable feedback, mixed it together with our own list of things to fix, and voila! These epic changes are the result. It’s all thanks to you, our amazing community! Keep the feedback coming! And yes, this will effect you Hive enjoyers out there.

Shotguns

Numb-R-Nine

• Projectile count increased from 5 to 9 (to fit its name!)
  
• Damage per projectile reduced from 15 to 8
  
• Shock per projectile reduced from 0.5 to 0.2
  
• Spread increased by about 20%
  
• Fire rate changed from 1 to 1.05/sec
  
• Reloading changed from sequential to full magazine reload

Tyrant

• Damage per projectile increased from 6 to 7

Snipers

Kelvin

• Damage increased from 50 to 65
  
• Fire rate increased from 0.66 to 0.83 per sec

Swarog

• Knockback reduced from 300 to 100

Zeus

• Primary Damage reduced from 95 to 80Grenade Launchers

Grenade Launchers

Shardinator

• Range of the initial explosion increased from 3 to 4 meters
  
• Secondary projectile emission point moved from 3 to 2.5 meters

These two changes mean that there is a 1.5 meter sweet spot if you aim just in front of your enemy where you can deal both the explosive damage and deal some (or a LOT) damage with shards as well

• Emission spread for secondary projectiles was halved (so they are emitted in a tighter cone)
  
• Secondary projectile speed was increased from the avg 55 to 70
  
• Secondary projectile range was increased from 20 to 30.
  
• Added some new lines to the tooltip of the weapon about its recommended usage

Icelight

• Removed weird behavior with hits and damage amounts. Now the projectiles consistently deal 40 damage each.

Rocket Launchers

Freeloader

• Explosion radius reduced from 4 to 3

Trident

• Added much wider spread for the rockets
  
• Rocket turning speed changed from 40 to 80°/sec
  
• Knockback force reduced from 325 to 50
  
• Max speed reduced from 40 to 35
  
• Removed slowing down

Grenades

All

• Maximum ammo capacity reduced from 3 to 1

Hive

• Secondary projectile damage reduced from 26 to 18
  
• Damage drop-off over distance reduced from 50% to 30%

ARs
Generally all ranges have been reduced as ARs are supposed to be a mid range weapon option, they should be out ranged by rocket launchers and snipers which now is actually happening. Some additional changes were made to put each rifle into their own role. We’ll monitor how these changes work out and make adjustments in the future if needed.

Liberator
Role: Longer range skillful weapon

• Reworked Spread (Wave pattern)
  
• Range reduced from 37 to 27
  
• Headshot multiplier increased to 1.8

Tugarin
Role: Mid range tactical weapon

• Reworked Spread (much more accurate while stationary, really inaccurate when running/jumping)
  
• Range reduced from 28 to 23

Gibraltar
Role: Short range annihilator-Mid range zoning weapon

• Reworked spread (more likely to hit the enemy, I’d not call it more accurate overall)
  
• Range reduced from 28 to 25 *(maybe 23 would be better)*
  
• Damage reduced from 6 to 5

Logi
Role: Longer range poke weapon*

• Range reduced from 31 to 27

Twin Twelve
Role: Short-range burst annihilator

• Range increased from 20 to 22
  
• Damage per projectile increased from 8 to 9

Effects
Fire

• An explosion has been removed after the fire has ended
  
• Damage is dealt consistently while burning
  
• Burning time has been increased from 4 seconds to 6 seconds
  
• Low burning effect now does 7 damage per second, while high burning effect does 14 damage per second, instead of 6 and 10 damage per second respectively.

Hantu
To give our ninja more opportunities to shine (or the polar opposite) :

• Ability Cooldown reduced from 20 to 10 seconds

Dash
To make her live up to her namesake

• Ability Cooldown reduced from 10 to 7 seconds

Paavo
To make the big guy less of jack of all trades character

• Ability Cooldown increased from 13 to 20 seconds

• Updated the lobby music track to be more neutral instead of bombastic so you can leave it up in the background as beats to study to
  
• New ambient sounds for Kitsune Den and ChowDown maps
  
• Minor tweaks to announcer lines
  
• Audio balance adjustments in battle

• The elimination weapon preview on the respawn screen now better fits the screen and features increased text size.
  
• For popups with input fields we returned cursor if you are playing with gamepad

• If you launch the game for the first time on a device, you can link your existing profile even before accessing the Main Menu after the initial loading is complete.
  
• Cleaned up the list of possible names for bots to exclude the inappropriate ones

We hope you’re gonna love this refreshing update and we’ll see you legends fragging it out like champions on the battlefield!

Friends!

Ten days ago we asked you to share your key suggestions and complaints about the game in a special survey. As a result, we received 14,562 player submitted entries - many of them being very constructive. It is a very impressive number! Some submissions made a few pages of well organised bullet points. We are very grateful for such active support for the project and a desire to help us make War Thunder better!

It is very difficult to process such a great amount of information. But we managed to isolate most of the repeating points and are already working hard on them.



More than 90% of feedback entries touched issues with economy and progression. The majority of them were: repair costs and the ability to pay for it by being active in battles and performing specific actions. Including rewards for assisting enemy kills, kill-to-death ratio, point capturing in a team, repair and other help to teammates plus many others. A separate layer of concern was expressed about the time needed by new players to progress all the way up to the top-tiers.

About one third of players are concerned with the current BR distribution and methods of assigning BR to a vehicle. As well as about the BR ranges of vehicles in battle.

At least 4% of players also paid special attention to such topics as the need to purchase modules, the possibility to have free - perhaps lengthy but free - repairs, and many suggestions in not modifying or significantly rebalancing premium vehicles.

All in all, we understand these concerns and will try to encompass ideas on most of them in the upcoming economy roadmap we promised to publish by June 14th.



About 10% of players also took time to share their ideas and observations about various gameplay issues in War Thunder. We are still assembling the full picture of those thousands of points, but have already focused in some of the most repeated ones:

Locations. Especially their size and how susceptible they are to being shot-through in Ground battles. It is a very important topic. We have tried to study our maps over a long time, creating special tools like ‘heatmaps’ of deadly shots together with the player system of likes and bans. With the game growing and many new vehicles added many maps demonstrated either new issues, or older ones became too significant.

We are already engaged in reviewing and ‘polishing’ all locations - and it is sure to be part of the upcoming game improvements.

Many of you spoke about the inconvenience of night battles. Though we already tried to make some improvements there - like lowering their appearance probability, addition of illuminating shells,- it turned out not to be enough. We will also look into new solutions here.

Some other given complaints were about aviation streaks in Arcade Ground battles, ideas how to improve voting mechanics for favourite maps, and ways to improve the survivability of stock vehicles both in ground and air battles.

The was a separate pool of ideas related to PvE modes and ways to improve their gameplay and attraction.

Naturally we received literally thousands of ideas on specific vehicle models, modules, weapons and features. It is impossible even to list them all here. Which is actually good - since War Thunder is a game about military vehicles, so it is expected they are in the focus. We are carefully studying all feedback and will try to look at it from a fresh point of view.

As mentioned, we are still in the process of analysing all of the survey entries and picking up more and more points from these worth examining and doing some extra to work on them. Currently the survey form is closed, but we will continue to make similar general broad feedback polls on the game in the future again. We will also continue to actively listen to your feedback on the forums. Our plan is to conduct such intensive ‘general questions and suggestions’ sessions at least once every 3 months.



Some of your suggestions can be put in the game quite quickly - and War Thunder game design and development teams are already working on them. Some will require a more complex approach, and we will plan for them in our roadmap. We will also cover more about these in the news for the game. So since we are planning to release a large economy and progression changes roadmap by June the 14th, we hope to meet many of your wishes on the above mentioned issues there.

By the way, we have just published a detailed Q&A for video content creators, you might find the answers interesting and relevant to some of your points in them (link).


Once again, thank you for taking the time and effort to share your thoughts! We have always tried to pay attention to your feedback, but getting such a massive pool of information from players all over the world - is a limitless source of inspiration and motivation for us. Do not be upset if you don’t find your exact points in the summary above - it comprises the most repetitive ideas, but we do and are studying them all. We will work diligently to look at issues from various viewpoints and try to improve as much as possible to allow you to continue to enjoy War Thunder for many years to come.

Hello conquerors,

The time has come.
The tower awaits brave commanders to build up an army and fight with incarnations of chaos!

To celebrate the launch in Early Access, a powerful 20% discount is now active, with the lowest price for quite a while!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2080250/Tower_of_Chaos/

Check out the launch trailer, to see what to expect on your journey to save your daughter's soul:

• Fully explorable 3 levels of the tower
  
• Dozens of different enemies' groups
  
• Engaging boss fights at the floor finish
  
• All buildings available to unlock
  
• All units available to recruit and upgrade
  
• Full blessings' tree available
  
• Fully-voiced over tutorial and first two story events
  
• Emblems for your units
  
• Starting perks
  
• Ability to decorate headquarters

We are planning a mix of community-driven updates with features that we are already working on!




If you wish to say hello, report a bug or meet other fellow conquerors, Discord is the best place to start:




This game is a result of work of a super small team working after hours for the last two years. We really appreciate all kinds of support! <3

Have fun!
Laughing Foxes

Greetings, Ravens!

Welcome to our second Dev Diary, a regular rendez-vous where we give news about the development of Ravenswatch and look at what's currently hot in the community. This post is going to be a lengthy one, but it's dedicated to the ones who love to dive into the intricacies of game development! We'll have a patch note with all the changes and additions on the day of the release of the Geppetto Update.


First and foremost, if you haven't watched the Geppetto reveal teaser, check it out now:


It was really fun to try and figure out how to introduce a new character to the community.

We won't be adding heroes very often in the game, so we had to mark the occasion both with a dedicated trailer and also with our participation in the AG French Direct, an event that highlights French and French-speaking games through a conference full of exclusive announcements and new trailers. The online event went great and +11 000 people gathered live to watch the cool new games announcements as well as Geppetto's reveal.

Now let's dive into what this Update will bring out for Ravenswatch, we know that's what you're here for!


You may recognize Geppetto from the Pinocchio tale from the 1881 novel written by Carlo Collodi. Pinocchio's been really popular recently with films by Zemeckis and Guillermo Del Toro, as well as upcoming games like Lies of P.

We actually had the idea of the character really early on in the development of Ravenswatch (and he was voted most popular by the team at Passtech as well when it was time to decide which characters would make it into the game!), but with his very atypical gameplay style, we decided it would be best to bring him out when more classic gameplays were explored with other heroes.



Why is Geppetto atypical gameplay-wise? He's a mix between a melee and a ranged character. You want to stay close to help your puppets, but far enough to avoid enemies as Geppetto is not a really resistant character (well, he's pretty old after all). Built around the idea of "tower defense", Geppetto can turn into a one-man army character.





Find out everything about Geppetto on May 31st!


For this update, we also added additional Ultimate Abilities for all the existing heroes, which you will be able to unlock at Rank 6 after your runs. We won't spoil you with everything, but here's a glimpse at what awaits:


A Whole New World 🎵


More raaaaaats 🐀


Big chomp 🐺 (maybe doing that on a small Ghoul is not the best idea...)


One feedback reported frequently was how frustrating it was to have to walk back inside caves to exit them. Changing the teleport system not only resolves this issue but also allows more mobility on the map overall, especially when time is a matter of great importance in the game. You can now teleport yourself from anywhere, no need to go on a Raven's Mark teleporter anymore. You can choose a teleport point that you previously uncovered and will land on it - while not in combat (we see you trying to avoid mini-bosses or challenges you activated!)




The update will also bring its share of balancing and visual/sound improvements. The main issue that was reported by players was Aladdin's overpowered wishes. Aladdin’s capacity to generate Magical Objects with his second wish could really go off limits in terms of power and was simply too much, especially in Multiplayer. Offering Consumables instead is a way to keep the idea of empowering with the Wish, but it’s more reasonable and controllable. We may even think of making some unique ones for this wish in the future!

Oh, and now Magical Objects and Consumables have icons! Here's a sneak peek:



We added more voice lines for all the characters, as well as short dialogs to continue to bring out their personalities, and now their relationships. We will keep working on this system as we believe it's a great way to deliver backstories and lore into the game (we are also working on other storytelling elements).

The Geppetto Update will be out on May 31st, and we cannot wait for you to get your hands on the new Puppet master! Thanks for reading,

- The Passtech Team 🍉

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On May 30, planned technical work will be carried out on the servers of the Karos game. In this regard, the game may not be available from 09:00 to 11:30 Moscow time.

Please note that the time of the work is approximate and can be changed. We apologize for any inconvenience.

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Hello, fellow Tomb Explorer VR fans! Our team has been diligently working on a massive update for the Demo. When we initially released the demo during Next Fest, it was in its early stages with basic mechanics. We wanted to make you feel more like the inspired fans of Indiana Jones and Tomb Raider, so we've added numerous new features. Check out the full list below and enjoy this update as we strive to balance a new demo, launch a Kickstarter campaign, and continue developing the main game. Please show your excitement by liking and commenting to let us know how thrilled you are about this awesome news for Explorer fans.

Today marks the launch of the Tomb Explorer VR Kickstarter campaign, and we couldn't be more thrilled to present a collection of fresh video clips and provide insights into our current circumstances. Our aim is to offer you a deeper understanding of why your support is vital in bringing our envisioned game to life.

We are counting on your support to make our project a reality, by backing us, you get a great discount while you help us reach our stretch goals and turn Tomb Explorer VR into a fully-fledged AA game. Don't forget to share the Follow Page with your friends and spread the word!


Here is the new updated Features list for the New Tomb Explorer VR game.

• Modified gameplay for a more enjoyable experience based on feedback
  
• Brand New Back Pack Inventory System
  
• New Story Voice Acting
  
• Revamped Tutorial system
  
• Secret Locked Artifacts to Find
  
• Collectible Treasure Coins
  
• Difficulty system
  
• Checkpoint System ['Load Checkpoint' in the menu]
  
• Stamina System [Including Grip Climbing like the Climb VR]
  
• Demo Achievements
  
• Bugs + Fixes

Big Thanks to all current Kick starter followers for being part of the journey to make this game possible and we look forward to sharing more news with you soon.

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Here we have some new screenshots of the Updated Demo.










Let us know if you're excited about the news or report demo bugs in the Steam Forums or
Discord

Hi,

The update contains a few changes.

• The portal and exit is now visible on the mini map.
  
• There was a small possibility of spawning inside a portal pillar and not being able to move.
  
• We also made changes to exp crystals to improve the network performance.

Till later,
André

May 29 global service S77 officially opened! After joining the community, please contact customer service directly to receive various gift codes.
There are new player gift codes, screenshot gift codes, review gift codes, holiday gift codes and more.
Discord:
https://discord.gg/favQR3wdA7

We've managed to localize and circumvent the bug that was causing the game to crash on some Mac systems. It is a specific shader (rendering the shadows on the slopes) that is causing the issue and switching it off will result in the game running as intended. This is now possible in the latest version of the game.

Note 1: If you do not experience this crash when launching into any race or tutorial on a track, then you can ignore this and don't need to do anything!

Note 2: We'll look into rewriting the shader so that the crash doesn't appear. Due to the long iteration times involved due to us not having the hardware that produces the crash, we went with a workaround first so that at least you can play the game properly.

• Added external option to turn off slope shadow rendering shader for those who had their Mac version of the game crash due to that shader.

Unfortunately this doesn't work without your input yet. You'll need to go to the options.json file found at:
"/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/com.camshaftsoftware.cyclist"

and open that file in a text editor. Then search for the debug section. It should look like the following:
"debug":{"log_level":"warning"}

Replace that with
"debug":{"disable_slope_rendering":1.0, "log_level":"warning"}

The game should now launch and run correctly. Setting this option will remove shading effects on mountain and downhill sections, but should not effect the game in any other way.

That's it, cheers!

Hello Dear Fans,

We have a great news for you, after 2 weeks of signups we are finally starting our Playtests. Be sure to check out all the changes we have made since Demo version and remember to leave us your feedback. You can do it by filling out the form which is available in Main Menu of the game and also after finishing the Playtest. We hope you will have a lot of fun with the game.

Also remember to add our Prologue to your wishlist to receive news about it's release date.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2325860/Route_66_Simulator_The_Free_Ride/

P.S. We also have a hidden Easter Egg in our game, so if you find it be sure to let us know.

See you soon,
Grande Games