Prepare for another epic C.O.D.E. Bowl IV, taking place on Oct. 5, 2023! Following the Royal Air Force’s comeback victory last year, it’s time for a new champion to emerge as military esports teams from the U.S., U.K., and — for the first time ever — Canada join top Call of Duty® streamers to compete for the coveted trophy and bragging rights for the winning team’s military branch of service.

Presented by USAA, C.O.D.E. Bowl IV celebrates the Endowment’s commitment to placing veterans into high-quality jobs, with over 118,000 placements since 2009.

Watch the tournament on the Call of Duty YouTube, Twitch, Steam, and Facebook channels on Oct. 5, 2023, immediately following Call of Duty: Next, the premier showcase event for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare® III Multiplayer, Call of Duty®: Mobile, and Call of Duty: Warzone™! The winning team will take home the C.O.D.E. Bowl Trophy, and 100% of the net proceeds from the tournament will go toward placing more veterans into high-quality jobs.

USAA, Helping to Bring Military Esports Teams Together in Competition



The event’s presenting sponsor, USAA, has served the military community for over 100 years and is proud to continue their support for C.O.D.E Bowl and bringing military esports teams together. Since USAA’s involvement in the inaugural C.O.D.E. Bowl event, they’ve given out more than 66,000 C.O.D.E.-inspired downloadable content bundles to U.S. military members and veterans. Thanks to USAA, viewers of this year’s broadcast have a chance to earn a 30-minute 2XP token each hour and in-game C.O.D.E. Bowl trophy charm. Watch the full event to maximize your rewards!

About the Call of Duty Endowment

The Call of Duty Endowment identifies and funds the most efficient and effective organizations that get unemployed and underemployed veterans back to work. Beyond funding, the Endowment partners with grantees to provide an array of advice and support aimed at maximizing impact.

Since the nonprofit’s inception in 2009, the Endowment has become one of the largest philanthropic funders of veteran employment. In total, the Endowment’s efforts have achieved an estimated $6.9 billion in economic value for U.S. and U.K. veterans. To date, Activision Blizzard has donated more than $42 million to the organization. Visit http://www.callofdutyendowment.org/ for further details, including more ways to help the cause.

In compliance with federal rules, all participating U.S. military esports teams will not be endorsing or participating in any fundraising activities associated with any organization, including the Call of Duty Endowment.

Stay Tuned for More

Follow @CallofDutyEndowment on Instagram and Facebook and @CODE4Vets on Twitter for more C.O.D.E. Bowl announcements.

Stay frosty.

For more information on the Call of Duty Endowment, follow @CallofDutyEndowment on Instagram and @CODE4Vets on Twitter.

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Today, we’d like to share with you some of the new features and effects coming to War Thunder in the upcoming “Sons of Attila” major update!


We’re introducing a brand new technology for the trees present on Ground Forces battlefields. Now tree branches and trunks will sway and move with the same wind forces that already impact smoke and weather during battles. In calmer situations, trees will be still and motionless. However, with gusty and stormy winds present, trees will move and bend depending on how strong the wind is!


In our efforts to make tank battles even more spectacular, the game will now have new effects for the discharge of powder gasses after every shot. Prolonged bursts of machine gun fire and autocannons now also lead to reddening of the barrels due to heating. The effects of hits to enemy vehicles have also been improved. Fuel leaking from burning tanks can also pour onto the ground in burning jets, and each explosion leads to the formation of a cloud of dust raised from the ground by a shock wave! We have also improved the visual effect of smoke munitions detonating.


Now all external ammunition on vehicles, be it smoke grenades or bombs on aircraft suspensions, can be hit and destroyed by enemy fire. External ammunition can be destroyed without detonation (in this case it will be subtracted from the total ammunition load), detonated (with the standard parameters for damaging its warhead) or set on fire. The probability of a particular event depends on the power of the damaging factors of the hit projectile — the more powerful, the greater the likelihood of an explosion. So even well-aimed machine gun fire or a high-explosive shell that hits a tank can trigger its smoke grenades, and the enemy will find himself inside his own smoke screen. Lastly, if installed decorators are hit by enemy fire, they can also be destroyed!


On modern aircraft, voice informant warnings will now be present on those aircraft that had them. Pilots will be able to hear them both in third-person view and while playing from the cockpit. “Bitchin’ Betty” will warn you about dangerous altitudes, critical G-force overloads, warning signals from the radar warning receiver, and alert you to the readiness of guided weapons on the aircraft. In the “Sons of Attila” major update, “Bitchin’ Betty” will be available for the F-16 series and AH-64D, while Soviet pilots will have the “Rita” voice warning system for the Ka-50, Ka-52, Mi-28N, Mi-28NM, Mi-24V, Mi-24P (USSR), as well as for the MiG-29s.

An aircraft voice warning system is a pilot's best friend!


The cockpits of modern helicopters will now also be equipped with fully functional HUDs similar to what some aircraft already have. The first helicopters to receive the new HUDS are the Ka-50/52, Mi-28N/NM and Mi-35M series of helicopters.

It's the first-ever September To Remember in Perfect Team! Starting on September 4th, there will be brand-new Perfect Team content every weekday of the month!

From cool new Limited Edition cards, to the Thursday This Week In Perfect Team, to a load of surprise Alumni cards on Fridays, this month will be full of all kinds of fun surprises!

Check out Perfect Team every day in September to see all the cool new stuff - and rip those packs to grab the cards for yourself and your squad!

Internal development.

Hey everyone,

I need to bring the game down for a while today to apply the 1.0.15 update. I'm not sure how long this will take because it involves some new processes. I expect no more than 6 hours. The game will go offline at 2:00PM PST.

Also, please be sure to complete any missions you have as they will be cleared with the new update.

Thanks,
EmuPanda

Fix subscription level retrieval problem

We hope everyone has been having a great summer! While we've been working hard at one of our biggest content updates ever, we haven't forgotten about some of the lingering bugs in the currently released version, and that's what we're aiming to fix with this patch today! As always, thanks to everyone for helping us out with their bug reports.

As a reminder, if you are experiencing a bug, you can report it in-game by either pressing the F2 key or the drop-down button in the top right corner of the screen. Our Discord also has a bug channel for more in-depth one-on-one support! In particular, if there is a bug that you’ve already reported a while back but is still happening, there is a chance that this is a bug that we’ve had difficulty reproducing. If you’re able to hop into our Discord to help us track down and squash these pesky recurring bugs, we’d love to have you!

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• Fixed bug where game would lock while trying to enter Mjorn’s cabin at certain times
  
• Fixed bug where game would lock when trying to talk to another resident cat after exiting tea making at a resident’s tea station
  
• Loading save files now restarts play at correct time
  
• Residents and customers leave Player’s teahouse after being served tea
  
• Ingredients no longer consumed if exiting tea making without making tea
  
• Fixed bug where time would stop passing after initiating major Town Level cutscenes
  
• Fixed various Time Panel bugs (minutes briefly showing as 60, incorrect icons)
  
• Temporarily removed option to load other save files while already playing one, as it was causing unexpected bugs. In the meantime, please exit to main menu to load a different save file
  
• Fixing some incorrect tea feedback dialogue

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As a reminder, please make sure to restart Steam to receive the update. You can see your current version number on the title screen to make sure you have the most recent update!

For more information about our progress, please check out our Known Bugs & Issues page and our full Patch History.

Sim Sanders, the leader of the criminal gang of athletes stationed throughout the Stadium security zone, pilots his Jumbotron against Hal! Check out all of its attacks here!


The Tiger Head shoots out pink orbs of energy that will track and follow Hal! Slide away or jump over them as they descend towards the ground!


The Red Wing head tosses out batches of mini embers that’ll burn up the ground they land on! Watch your step and keep attacking the Warden amid the flames!


The Lion Head will drop to the ground and fire energy orbs similar to the ones launched by Dodgeballers! Time your jumps and try to attack the head as it falls from the Jumbotron or while it’s firing at you!


The Piston Head launches several floating electro-cannons that will both follow Hal and increase in number by one each time they fire lightning bolts! Stay alert and keep moving until the pistons return to the head!


Eager to face Sim Sanders’ mechanized god in the Stadium?

You can jump into Prison City available NOW!

Summer’s still going strong but we’re keeping ourselves cool with another crisp Debt Bar refresh! 😎

Following in the footsteps of the last batch that dropped earlier this year, our Community Debt Bar just got updated with 3 new characters and 3 new consumables. Check them out:

The accurately depicted and creatively named dinosaur - Accuraptor!


Happy, the black lab retriever with a nose for science


Forky, the determined lift truck that can stack boxes but also pack punches


Next to this colorful line-up of characters we’re also releasing 3 new trails to follow in your footsteps while you run for your lives - atoms for your orbiting pleasure, angery veins to know you mean business and uhm... a farts trail because why not?

Don’t forget to improve your luck by playing rounds and then pitching in your contribution for a greater chance to win the characters and items featured on the Community Debt Bar.

We’ve got plenty more updates and surprises in not-a-store, so stay tuned and whatever you do, don’t stop moving!



-Team MoD

It’s time for some retail Tomfoolery with the latest Wobbledogs ‘pupdate’! Fetch some fresh excitement from the fridge as you create your very own supermarket, where the only thing wilder than the aisle layouts are the wacky mutant mutts fighting over the freebies. Who knew that managing mutant mongrels and marketing mutt meals via the free samples table could go paw-in-paw?



The new ‘Superbarket’ content pack allows you to indulge your entrepreneurial spirit in creating the grocery store of your dreams with new items including toys, wallpapers, carpets, and a warehouse full of placeable items such as shelves, signs, and trolleys.



You’ll find the shopping list of great grocery store items below. Check ’em out!

Food:
• Sample Cup – This is dispensed when you click on, or a have a dog bite, a Samples Table. The Sample Cup includes corresponding new flora.

Toys:
• Grocery Basket
• Checkout Divider
• Hand Scanner

Wallpaper and Carpet:
• Supermarket Floor
• Checkered Market Floor
• Cute Market Wall
• Fresh Market Wall

Placeable Objects:
• Samples Table (Dispenses Sample Cup food item)
• Candy Display Rack
• Magazine Display Rack
• Self-Checkout Station
• Shopping Cart
• Mop & Bucket
• Wet Floor Sign
• Bag Dispenser
• Bulk Soup
• Dairy Display Wall
• Frozen Foods Display Wall
• Meat Counter
• Fruit Display
• Veggie Display
• Canned Goods Display Shelf
• Cereal Display Shelf

The Wobbledogs Grocery Object Pack is available now as a free 'pupdate' on Steam.

If you’ve got the update and have created your own super supermarket, do upload screenshots so we can share our favourites on our social media channels!

Wait! That’s not all… From now and through to 18:00 BST on Sept. 13th, you can save a deal busting 50% on Wobbledogs here on Steam. So, if you or a friend haven’t yet picked up the mutant mutt sim that everyone’s raving about, now is a great time to get it!