Greetings Champions! Here's what happening in the Realm this week:

Last week, we unveiled our next major update releasing later this month, Valor's End! From quality-of-life improvements to major balance shifts, Khan and Nyx brought with them plenty of change to this dark yet fantastical version of the Realm! Instead of an Update Show, we opted for a shorter video format to highlight key parts of the patch. Check it out!



We had a lovely time on PTS, with players digging deep into our larger-than-normal balance & discovering some fun issues and concerns. From immune but visible Seris, Saati generating far too much Ultimate, and Furia's range being a bit mid; there were tons of helpful catches!

We also are listening to feedback around some less-loved changes! Evie will not be coming to live with 2500+ health builds, and Imani deserves better than to be stuck in place. We'll share more adjustments from what we garnered in our full update notes near release, but until then review the PTS Notes!

We've revealed yet another art theme for Paladins, one very in-tune with this season! Our artists have been enjoying their own theming this October, so let's share more of them!

Pumpkin Rei by Hope



Goth Kasumi by DanTheBros



Bee Ruckus by Dedoggie



This weekend, it's the fan favorite mode for chaos! Create a card Loadout for this overpowering mode where every card is boosted to level 7! Explore the forbidden areas of balance & enjoy unrestricted playstyles in TDM matches!

That's all for this week, Champions. See you all in the Realm!

Commander, the latest Situation Report has just arrived!

In this update we made the process of changing your profile picture more straightforward. The option to change your avatar is now highly visible, and we've confirmed that prompts will be clearly seen, no matter the color of your uploaded picture.

In addition, we addressed an issue where incorrect particle effects were displayed during naval combat. When your GPU settings are set to Medium-High and there's a naval battle, you'll see the correct water splash effects.

Finally, we fixed a formatting issue in Newspaper articles written over multiple lines. Now, texts will be formatted appropriately across separate lines or sentences as you'd expect.

To get a complete overview of all changes in today's update, please check the detailed list that we prepared for you.
If you'd like to share your thoughts on today's update or are looking for a great place to discuss strategy with skilled commanders from all around the globe, make sure to check out the Iron Order Community Discord!

Your Bytro Team

尝试修复低帧率时识破敌人攻击仍然造成攻击结算的问题

Hello fans of Bek, and defenders of canines worldwide!

BioGun has just completed an amazing month, first completing a highly successful closed beta, and then, as part of the SHMUP fest, the open demo. The response that we've received has left everyone in the team overjoyed at the heartwarming response from the ever-growing community.

So, what have we learned from the game sessions, and what do we think of everything? Read on to find out!



Witnessing the community expand and passionately engage in discussions about BioGun's development was a source of immense joy for the entire team. The enthusiasm from players provided a boost of motivation, and everyone involved cherished the opportunity to connect with gamers who shared their excitement for the project.



While we were always confident in the fun factor of BioGun, we were still amazed at the surge of excitement from everyone from our existing community members and the new people, those who discovered BioGun as part of the closed-beta and open demo campaigns. Frankly, the level of enthusiasm displayed has further fuelled our commitment to delivering a game that will meet and exceed everyone's expectations.

On the topic of the community, we want to thank everyone who not only took part in the playtests, but who also invested a huge amount of their own time to help us further improve BioGun with their extremely detailed feedback and bug reports. What's more, we were blown away by the community's resilience in the face of game bugs. We've seen many fantastic games turn sour due to bugs, however, despite encountering issues, testers continued to find joy in the game, underscoring the intrinsic appeal and potential of BioGun. Thanks to all of this, we were able to not only work on polishing the game but also hugely enjoy ourselves the entire time!



At this point, we want to give a very special shout-out to MegaMaster89, and Gleepot.
When the closed beta started, we were not able to verify the game's performance on the Steam Deck as our main focus was on the PC version. Therefore, while we had hoped that the game would work on the Steam Deck, we knew that there would be issues. But then the Biogun Community Stepped up and took things into their own hands! A few of our members were able to get the game running on the Steam Deck, took notes of the bugs and issues that they encountered, and even jumped into voice chats with our team to help them (our team) properly understand and identify the issues.

The result of this? We were able to work on special fixes, optimizing BioGun for the Steam Deck!

A particularly delightful highlight was the reception to the "Critical Blaster chip." It was this item that led to a truly fantastic video, curtsy of lightning47 on our Discord server. Using this item, he was able to take on every boss in the demo, without taking a single hit! Want to see how he did it? Check it out here.



This brings us to the end of this brief update. If you take anything from this article, it’s that we are eternally grateful to the community for everything that they’ve done! We’ll be back soon with more BioGun news, so make sure to stay tuned.

Face viral threats and winding corridors on your mission to save man’s best friend from the inside. Will you be the vaccine to save dog-kind from extinction, or will DocX have to return to the drawing board?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1219240/BioGun

If you're interested in delving deeper into the micro world of BioGun, allow me to provide you with a gentle injection of social activity. Rest assured, it will be painless, but be warned, it may have a side effect: an irresistible urge to follow BioGun's social media accounts.

🦠 Be in touch with devs on Twitter: https://twitter.com/biogungame
💉 Inject into our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/biogungame

🩺 Follow us on Facebook to get only main news: https://www.facebook.com/BioGunGame

- fixed a bug where the player gets stuck in water
- improved mouse controls
- edited some texts
- fixed a few issues where you would fuel or give items to a building when destructing or right after completing the construction
- some optimization

Proud to call him our official ambassador, Mat Thomas is not only a rated chess player - he is a Chessboxing World Champion.



World champ, Streamer & Commentator, he's also the founder of Brawl for a Cause - a nonprofit dedicated to training, equipping and inspiring everyday people to literally fight for what they believe in.

With the mission of donating $1 billion, they've already reached over 700k



In 2018, "Matador" made it to the Chessboxing World Championship finals, taking 1st place and becoming a World Champion.

Watch the match Recap right here:


After Ludwig Ahgren announced the Mogul Chessboxing event in 2022, Matt reached out to let him know that he knew a thing or two about the hybrid sport. Lud then invited him to talk about it during his 50-hour glass box stream. The rest is history.



Fun fact:
Mogul Chessboxing was cancelled this year due to legal reasons.

As a last resort to save the event, they sent Matt to Vegas with ONE day's notice to storm the annual Boxing association convention & talk about chessboxing and why it's safer than other sanctioned sports.

Officially on the chess.com roster & focusing now on streaming and chessboxing commentary, Matt has been following us since day 1 and is a big fan of the game. He continues to impress with his perseverance and entrepreneurship and we can't wait to see what he'll achieve. We're glad he's on our side



Today's setup comes from his 2018 Chessboxing World Championship title match vs Dhanalolgjam.

Try our demo today!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1803410/Checkmate_Showdown/

Dear players of "Soul Academy",

Thank you for your enthusiastic support and love for "Soul Academy"! We deeply understand your eager anticipation, and we are pleased to announce that "Soul Academy" will officially land on the Steam platform at 10:00 AM Beijing time on October 19.


"Soul Academy": A Unique Gaming Experience
"Soul Academy" is a game that combines elements of simulation management, MOBA, and auto chess. In the game, you will take on the role of a principal responsible for managing a battle-worn academy. Recruiting and training various spirit-wielding students and choosing different combat styles are crucial to the success of your academy.


Special First-week Offer
To express our gratitude for your support, "Soul Academy" will launch a special 15% off promotion for the first week. This means you can enjoy this exciting game for the special price of 40.8 CNY.


Download the Game and Dive into the Excitement
We sincerely invite you to log on to the Steam platform at 10:00 AM on October 19 (Beijing time), download "Soul Academy", and join our battle academy to embark on a brand new gaming journey together!



Once again, thank you for the support and love from all players. We look forward to exploring this creatively strategic gaming world with you.
The "Soul Academy" Team

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2311260/_Soul_Academy/

Hello,

Since the last time, the game has evolved significantly. Numerous updates have been implemented, introducing various new features. These updates include the day-night cycle, a quest system, the ability to equip and sell items, the addition of a mouse system, and various other enhancements.

Many of these features are currently undergoing bug fixes and improvements.

Here is a list of the new features:

QUESTS: You can now take on two quests and complete them to earn experience. Currently, these are secondary and tutorial quests.
DAY SYSTEM: Day cycles have been established. Some quests and events will only be available during specific times of the day.
DAY AND NIGHT SYSTEM: The sun rises, and everything seems peaceful, but when it sets, and night falls, more powerful monsters appear.
ENEMIES: Slain enemies return to life after a certain time. Once defeated, they reward you with money and, if you're lucky, equipment items or potions.
EQUIPMENT: You can now don armor, which increases your health points. Rings can also be equipped, though they currently do not affect your attributes. Life potions restore 10 health points when you right-click with the mouse button.
NPC VENDOR: The armorer NPC allows you to buy and sell items.
CRITICAL HITS: It's now possible to perform critical hits on enemies.
SHOOTING: Significant changes have been made to the shooting system. You can now shoot while jumping, aim in the air, shoot in a straight line, shoot at longer ranges, and deal more damage.
POWERFUL SHOT: A powerful shot can be executed by holding down the left mouse button when your energy bar is at its maximum. This consumes all your energy.
ROLL: Your character can now perform a forward roll, which consumes a portion of your energy bar.
ACHIEVEMENTS: Achievements have been introduced and can be activated using the "A" key on the AZERTY keyboard for now.
MAP: You have access to a map of your current area. It displays save points, points of interest, and your ongoing or completed quests.
KEYBOARD + MOUSE: Mouse integration has been implemented, altering the keyboard layout. Currently, only the AZERTY keyboard is supported.
List of visual improvements:

Character enhancements.
Background fog effects.
Sun and moonlight.
Gradual decrease in light intensity as night falls.
Many bugs have been resolved.

Upcoming improvements include:

Enhancement of the loot system to provide a greater variety of items.
Graphic improvements to interfaces and better mouse management.
Coming in the next minor update:

Addition of the QWERTY keyboard.
Longer and more intense daylight, without altering its duration.
Correction of minor bugs.

6.0.10 Patch Notes

- Fix Guild Exp / Level not displayed in chat lobby
- Fixed new inventory tabs not working in all inventory ui's
- Fixed some offsets in presets
- Added an option to enable/disable combat text compression
- Tuned down linear blur in tracks (moving background in 6-4)
- Added new assets to 7-3 and 6-4
- Fixed the moon visuals on Exo's Skin

Mid-Season 1 Balance Patch

- Adjusted Leech effectiveness on hell from 25% to 50% and on Nightmare from 60% to 75%
- Mercenaries gain more vitality, attack rating and armor per level now
- Mercenaries now gain 15 life from vitality instead of 12.5
- Boss Shrines can now spawn either 8 fallen angel champions that can drop angelic keys, or 8 special Ancients that have increased MF
- Chaos Shrines champion and ancient packs are the same as Boss Shrine but 12 enemies instead of 8. - Chaos Shrines can now also drop S tier items. Rune drop now drops 3 runes which can go up to Vex.
- Added Arrow Turret augment for Marksman
- Mercenaries are now immune to traps
- Increased Gold Pickup range
- Buffed Uber boss Life and damage(slightly)
- Polished Uber Reaper's lantern spawnpoint (half way between boss and player) + reduced lantern HP to 7.5% from 10% due to buffed values
- Fixed Dot damage showing when "Show Damage" is off
- Fixed an issue with inventory tab while in stash
- Fixed St. Neri's throwing distance
- Fixed Jötunn Warchief skinn skill effects
- Fixed a few broken quest objects

Viking
- Fixed Defensive shout not refreshing
- Buffed Demolishing Winds damage scaling from 2% to 3%

Pyromancer
- Blazing Trail now gives the player Phasing + Buffed burning damage scaling from 2.5% to 3.75%
- Max Hydras buffed from 10 to 15
- Buffed Hydra base damage and synergy scaling
- Buffed Inferno Slash base damage and synergy scaling + burning damage scaling
- Buffed Searing Chains base damage and synergy scaling + target bounces increased from 8 to 10
- Buffed Fire Ball synergy scaling + the explosion size now scales with points in the skill (5% per level)
- Buffed Scorching Aura base damage, intelligence and synergy scaling + Now burns the enemies for 27.5% + 2.5% per level
- Buffed Fire Nova base damage and synergy scaling + Buffed burning from 2.5% to 4.25% per level
- Buffed Comet base damage and synergy scaling + Buffed cast range from 240px to 360px & Added - - Fire Break (1.5% per level)
- Buffed Armageddon explosion size by 25% + Added 27% + (3% per level) burning
- Buffed Hydra Augment meteors speed by 20%
- Buffed Comet Augment damage scale from 8% to 12%
- Phoenix Flight now phases through enemies if blazing trail is applied

Marksman
- Vault damage type changed to physical based on attack damage and cast type changed to attack speed
- Vault now also targets enemies from a longer range and a bit more frequently
- Lowered Multishot projectiles per level + massive increase on the damage scaling
- Buffed Homing Rockets now scale +1 projectile per 6 levels in the skill
- Buffed Agility by reducing cooldown to 5 seconds and changed cast rate to attack speed
- Removed Arrow Rain cooldown but changed attack speed to cast rate
- Arrow Rampage now goes over walls
- Buffed Arrow Turret base damage
- Buffed Cannon Turret base damage
- Buffed Landmine base damage
- Buffed Rocket Turret synergy scaling

Pirate
- Buckshot can now shotgun, but the damage is reduced. Also Buffed AR scaling. (Augment now adds 1 extra projectile per 3 points)
- Buffed Explosive Barrel base damage, synergy and intelligence scaling
- Cannonball now releases 6 shrapnels when exploding dealing its damage.
- Buffed Explosive Bullet AR scaling for better boss hitrate
- Torrent now activates additional times in the casted spot (1 activation per 5 skill points)
- Buffed Freezing Chainshot base damage scaling
- You can now cast 10 parrots but the duration is fixed to 6 seconds.
- Buffed Anchor lifetime by 1 second + Anchor now lands on your cursors position when casted (or to the length of your gamepad cursor)
- Buffed Land Ahoy base damage and synergy scaling + increased cast range from 240px to 360px
- Increased Anchor Augment initial anchors travel distance by 40%

Nomad
- Fixed stun bug in Cloud of Sand + increased its traveling speed by 50%
- Buffed Sand Tremors base AOE size, Increased AR scaling, Increased damage and synergy scaling and - increased Augment AOE scaling from 5% to 10% per point + lowered mana cost
- Increased Duration of Sand Gush tornados by 1 second.
- Osasis Aura now increases party movement speed by 1% per point
- Sand Vortex cooldown reduced from 12 seconds to 5 seconds.
- Buffed Flying Scimitar base damage and synergy scaling.
- Buffed Chainslice base damage and synergy scaling.
- Buffed Rupture base damage and synergy scaling + AR scaling
- Buffed Phantom Blade base damage, synergy and augment damage scaling (nerfed the augment attack speed to make it work)

Redneck
- Buffed Oil Spill cooldown from 10 seconds to 2 seconds.
- Spontaneous Combustion now leaves enemies burning.
- Pickup Raid now longer destroys into walls
- Chainsaw Massacre no longer looses complete control and has increased max speed
- Buffed Tree Trunk Triumph base damage and synergy + augment scaling
- Tirefire augment scale now scales the flames and the oil too

Necromancer
- Buffed Poison Breath base damage and poisoned scaling (2.5% > 3%)
- Buffed Bone Spear base damage and synergy scaling
- Buffed Corpse Explosion base damage and synergy scaling
- Buffed Cursed ground poison break scaling from 1% to 2% + reduced cooldown to 5 seconds.
- Buffed Poison Nova poisoned damage scaling from 2.5% to 4%
- Buffed Vengeful Spirit synergy scaling + Life scaling. You can now summon 2 vengefuls
- Recall summons cooldown reduced to 6 seconds

Samurai
- Massively Buffed Quickslash base damage, synergy damage and intelligence scaling
- Buffed Explosive Kunai base damage, synergy damage and intelligence scaling as well as Augment damage scaling
- Blade Barrier duration now increases by 0.25 seconds per point.
- Buffed Exploding Bolas base damage, synergy damage and intelligence scaling.
- Reduced Shadowstep cooldown to 1 second + buffed base damage slightly
- Reduced Empires Slash cooldown from 2 seconds to 1 second.

Paladin
- Lightning Fury bounces increased from 8 to 14 (Augment damage increased from 8% per level to 18% per level)
- Lightning Fury now breaks lightning resistances 1% per level
- Lightning Fury Augment no longer replaces the regular one but is added as an addition to it
- Fixed Lightning Fury augment hitbox for skins
- Thunder Shield now decreases both Magic and Physical damage taken
- Buffed Holy Bolt base damage, synergy and intelligence scaling
- Fist of Heavens now scales off of Holy Bolts as in creating holy bolts, points put increases the holy bolt damage and amount of holy bolts
- Fist of Heavens Augment damage is Holy Bolt damage multiplied by fist of heavens damage multiplied by the amount of projectiles as a ground aoe when landing thus a nuclear bomb
- Fist of Heavens cast range increased from 240px to 320px
Buffed Holy Hammer duration, Speed and synergy scaling + Augment damage scaling

Amazon
- Buffed Thunder Fury base damage, AR and synergy scaling + fixed hitboxes on the bolts
- Thunder Godesses Chosen now also increases flat AR
- Buffed Rebound AR scaling

Demon Slayer
- Buffed Shredder Trap base damage, synergy and intelligence scaling
- Buffed Demon's Calling base damage and synergy scaling
- Buffed Slice of Shadows damage and synergy scaling
- Buffed Demon Form duration from 8 seconds to 10 seconds and reduced cooldown from 25 seconds to 18 seconds.

Demonspawn
- Buffed Impale base damage and synergy scaling, Impale now causes Bleed
- Buffed Bonestorm base damage and synergy scaling
- Buffed Ossification defense from 2% to 2.5% per level, also now increased MS for 1% per point after killing an enemy
- Buffed Cartilage Build Up base damage and intelligence scaling
- Spinal Tap now deals increased damage to bleeding targets
- Mana Shield bug fixed where with 0 mana you would not take damage, also change phys reduction to magic reduction
- Buffed Blood Surge base damage scaling
- Blood Demons now summons 3 demons instead of 1

Shaman
- Buffed Nature's Prophet from 2% to 3%
- Buffed Twisters base damage, synergy and intelligence scaling
- Buffed Rock Fragments base damage, synergy and intelligence scaling
- Buffed Earth Bind base damage, synergy and intelligence scaling
- Buffed Meteor Storm base damage, synergy and intelligence scaling
- Buffed Tornado base damage, synergy and intelligence scaling
- Buffed Fissures base damage, synergy and intelligence scaling
- Buffed Earth Totem base damage and synergy scaling
- You can now summon 4 wolves and 6 with augment
- Buffed Storm Totem base damage, synergy and intelligence scaling
- Buffed Scent of the Wolf damage scaling from 5% to 7%
- Buffed Fire Totem Synergy scaling and Burning from 2.5 to 3%
- Buffed Chaos Totem base damage and synergy scaling

White Mage
- Increased Digest Souls duration from 5 seconds to 6 seconds
- Soul Spurn now triggers benediction
- Restless Souls base projectile amount is now 5
- Buffed Satans Mark AOE, base damage and synergy scaling + fixed mark not refreshing when re-casted + changed martyr synergy to restless souls
- Buffed Black Mass base damage and synergy scaling slightly + reduced cooldown from 20 seconds to 16 seconds.
- Buffed Chain of Holy Light base damage and synergy scaling + increased bounces from 8 to 11
- Increased Benediction aoe by 35%
- Increased Healing Zone aoe by 44%
- Buffed Shadow Bolt base damage, synergy and intelligence scaling
- Malediction now spawns 3 crows

Marauder
- Buffed Force Overwhelming Duration to 10 seconds and reduced cooldown to 14 seconds.
- Buffed Bouncing Grenade base damage and synergy scaling + fixed augment bug
- Buffed Big Bo-oM base damage, synergy and intelligence scaling
- Buffed Crazy Grapple base damage, synergy and intelligence scaling
- Buffed Unstable Bomb base damage and synergy scaling
- Buffed Flail Mastery scaling from 1% to 1.5% per point (all attributes)
- Buffed Bombardment synergy and intelligence scaling
- Buffed Retiarius Net base damage, synergy and intelligence scaling (Also fixed augment)

Plague Doctor
- Buffed Surgical Bloodletting base damage, synergy and intelligence scaling
- Increased Miasma traveling speed
- Buffed Malpractice poison damage from 3.5% to 5%
- Defunct Surgeon now gives AR and cooldown is reduced to 10 seconds from 25 seconds
- Buffed Toxic Flask base damage, synergy and intelligence scaling
- Exploding Mice now deals a % of the rats damage + increased AOE
- Buffed Jar of Leeches base damage, synergy and intelligence scaling
- Buffed Randy the Rancid Rat base damage, synergy and intelligence scaling + increased plague damage scaling from 5% to 6%
- Buffed Plague of Rats base damage, synergy and intelligence scaling

Shield Lancer
- Crushing Lance now uses Attack Speed rather than cast rate
- Lance Throw now pierces enemies
- Massive Buff to Shield Slam damage and AR scaling (acts as a single target damage source vs bosses etc)
- Buffed Taunt duration scaling
- Buffed Damage Reflect from 2% to 4% per point
- Buffed Spiked Shields base damage and synergy scaling
- Buffed Counter base damage and synergy scaling
- Reduced Last Stand cooldown to 15 seconds.

Illusionist
- Buffed Age Proliferation base damage, synergy and intelligence scaling
- Buffed Gravitational Slam base damage, synergy and intelligence scaling + removed cooldown
- Temporal Heroes cooldown reduced to 25 seconds

Jötunn
- Orb of Frost now goes through walls but doesnt create icicles while on top of a wall
- Buffed Portal of Ice base damage and synergy scaling
- Glacial Tremors now activate at 4 attacks instead of 6
- Lowered Embodiment of Aurgelmir cooldown from 45 seconds to 20 seconds.
- Buffed Icicles base damage and synergy scaling

Exo
- Buffed Scorching Whip base damage and synergy scaling
- Solar Flare base projectiles changed from 1 to 3
- Solar Dash now has phasing and goes through enemies
- Buffed Solar Form pulse base damage and synergy scaling + increased buff from 3% to 5%
- Astreroid cast range increased from 240px to 320px
- Buffed Lunar Orbit base damage and synergy scaling
- Buffed Blood Moon cold damage from 2.5% to 3% and bleeding from 3% to 4% + also decreased cooldown to 10 seconds
- Reduced Black Hole cooldown to 7 seconds and buffed intelligence scaling + cast range from 240px to 320px



Item Restoration tickets are now open, and users are able to apply for a restoration for the next 14 days (Untill 31st Oct.)
We can not guarantee a full restoration but we will review every case and try our best to bring your lost items back. Please note that we are only able to restore items that disappeared after the Patch 6.0.3!

Love,
PAS

We're thrilled to enhance your combat strategy with a dynamic addition - the "Pumpkin Mage"! This isn't just any weapon; it's a game-changer. Upon striking enemies, the Pumpkin Mage has the surreal power of converting them to our side, throwing them into a frenzy, and having them attack opponents indiscriminately. But that's not all! We're upping the ante with 3 new achievements linked directly to the Pumpkin Mage. Are you geared up to unlock them and showcase the unbridled power of the Mage? Immerse yourself in this new chaotic adventure — the battlefield awaits!