MAPLESTORY UPDATES

New Update!

• Xenon, wicked Gelimer’s ultimate combat machine, is here!
• This new hybrid character has the powers of both Pirates and Thieves.
• Help Xenon recover his erased memories!
• This update also features androids, additional pets to accompany your hero!
• Boost your android’s stats with Mechanical Hearts, and alter their style!
• Go on epic adventures together with your new robotic friends!
• Power up with new Pocket equipment, Explorers!
• Earn new equipment through Guild boss battles, Expeditions, and more!
• Also Includes Valentine’s Day, Lunar New Year Event, Moonlight Reward Shop, etc.
• An open-world, anime MMO adventure awaits on your phone in MapleStory M!

Moonlight Magic Patch- February 10

Accept a call for participation in a special Ellinel full-of-the-moon Party being held in Ellinel to celebrate the blue full moon! Participate in events like Star Balloon Pop, Celestial Cookie Flip, and Potion Pyramid to gather candies and exchange them for valuable gifts. you’ll use these candies to get items from Moonlight Enhancement Shop and spun sugar Workshop! Don’t miss out on an opportunity to realize extra levels from Phiny’s Magic Wand and to receive Valentine’s Day-themed rewards from Tracy’s Valentine’s Gifts event!

The Maplehood Watch Is Back for 2021!

• PST (UTC -8): Tuesday, January 26, 2021, 4:00 PM – Tuesday, February 9, 2021, 3:59 PM
• CET (UTC +1): Wednesday, January 27, 2021, 1:00 AM – Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 12:59 AM
• AEDT (UTC +11): Wednesday, January 27, 2021, 11:00 AM – Wednesday, February 10, 2021 10:59 AM

Special Days Event Schedule:

• Wednesday – Gachapon Day
  • January 27 and February 3
• Saturday – Enhancement Day
  • January 30 and February 6
• Monday – Beauty Day
  • February 1 and February 8

Join the Maplehood Watch to protect the neighborhood and earn free Cash items! Hunt monsters that are hanging around nearby and you will be rewarded with a random Maplehood Watch Gachapon Box and Maplehood Watch Avatar Box, Maplehood Watch Hair and Face Coupons, or an Enhancement item depending on what day it is. Wednesday is Gachapon/Avatar Day, Saturday is Enhancement Day, and Monday is Beauty Day!

This event is available to all characters Lv. 101 or higher, and to Zero characters who’ve completed Story Quest Chapter 2.

Wednesday – Gachapon Day

January 27:

• PST (UTC -8): Tuesday, January 26, 2021, 4:00 PM – Wednesday, January 27, 2021, 3:59 PM
• CET (UTC +1): Wednesday, January 27, 2021, 1:00 AM – Thursday, January 28, 2021, 12:59 AM
• AEDT (UTC +11): Wednesday, January 27, 2021, 11:00 AM – Thursday, January 28, 2021 10:59 AM

February 3:

• PST (UTC -8): Tuesday, February 2, 2021, 4:00 PM – Wednesday, February 3, 2021, 3:59 PM
• CET (UTC +1): Wednesday, February 3, 2021, 1:00 AM – Thursday, February 4, 2021, 12:59 AM
• AEDT (UTC +11): Wednesday, February 3, 2021, 11:00 AM – Thursday, February 4, 2021 10:59 AM

Wednesdays are Gachapon Days! This can be completed 3 times per character per day. Log in and accept the quest ‘[Maplehood Watch] Gachapon Giveaway’ from Cassandra located in the Star Notifier. Hunt 200 monsters within your level range (20 levels below and 20 levels above, based on level) to receive rewards!

Maplehood Watch Avatar Box

Also on Wednesdays, you can receive three Maplehood Watch Avatar Boxes. Double-click each one to receive one random item including:

• Banana Outing Hat, Banana Outing Clothes, and Banana Monkey Attacker.
• Cape Beret (M), Cape Uniform (M), Twinkling Rainbow, and Sweet Lollipop.
• Banana Outing Hat, Banana Outing Clothes, and Banana Monkey Attacker.
• Spring Cleaning Head Scarf, Spring Cleaning Coveralls, and Rainbow Duster.

Saturday – Enhancement Day

January 30:

• PST (UTC -8): Friday, January 29, 2021, 4:00 PM – Saturday, January 30, 2021, 3:59 PM
• CET (UTC +1): Saturday, January 30, 2021 1:00 AM – Sunday, January 31, 2021 12:59 AM
• AEDT (UTC +11): Saturday, January 30, 2021 11:00 AM – Sunday, January 30, 2021 10:59 AM

February 6:

• PST (UTC -8): Friday, February 5, 2021, 4:00 PM – Saturday, February 6, 2021 3:59 PM
• CET (UTC +1): Saturday, February 6 2021 1:00 AM – Sunday, February 7, 2021 12:59 AM
• AEDT (UTC +11): Saturday, February 6, 2021 11:00 AM – Sunday, February 7, 2021 10:59 AM

Saturdays are Enhancement Days! This can be completed 2 times per character per day. Log in and accept the quest ‘[Maplehood Watch] New and Enhanced’ from Mr. Bebe located in the Star Notifier. Hunt 200 monsters within your level range (20 levels below and 20 levels above, based on level) to receive rewards!

Monday – Beauty Day

February 1:

• PST (UTC -8): Sunday, January 31, 2021, 4:00 PM – Monday, February 1, 2021, 3:59 PM
• CET (UTC +1): Monday, February 1, 2021 1:00 AM – Tuesday, February 2, 2021 12:59 AM
• AEDT (UTC +11): Monday, February 1, 2021 11:00 AM – Tuesday, February 2, 2021 10:59 AM

February 8:

• PST (UTC -8): Sunday, February 7, 2021, 4:00 PM – Monday, February 8, 2021, 3:59 PM
• CET (UTC +1): Monday, February 8, 2021 1:00 AM – Tuesday, February 9, 2021 12:59 AM
• AEDT (UTC +11): Monday, February 8, 2021 11:00 AM – Tuesday, February 9, 2021 10:59 AM

Mondays are Beauty Days! This can be completed 3 times per character per day. Log in and accept the quest ‘[Maplehood Watch] Beautification Bonanza’ from Big Headward located in the Star Notifier. Hunt monsters within your level range (20 levels below and 20 levels above, based on level) to collect Maplehood Watch Coupon Fragments to receive rewards!

MINECRAFT UPDATES

MINECRAFT ‘RTX’ UPDATE BRINGS INCREDIBLE NEW RAY TRACING GRAPHICS TO GAME

Minecraft has received a huge graphic upgrade that completely redefines how the sport looks.

The world’s best-selling game has been updated with new lighting and a totally different appearance, which makes the sport look vastly better than it did before.

The upgrade is that the result of a collaboration between developers Mojang and Microsoft, and Nvidia. Together, they’re going to bring ray tracing to the sport, which allows light inside the blocky world to be rendered in a newly realistic way.

The updates will come to the Windows version of the sport soon. And it’ll be available as a free upgrade to all or any PC users, allowing anyone with an Nvidia RTX enabled graphics card to play it.

Is Minecraft shutting down? Rumors about servers being transitioned spark panic among players

Fake stories have led to panic among Minecraft fans that the sport is being packed up.

But there’s no suggestion that it actually is, and no reason to think that the sport goes to disappear.

In recent days, a story from a prank news website that very quickly was passed around the internet as real.

The story came from Channel45News, an internet site that permits people to make real-looking stories with whatever headline they chose. Somebody created a piece of writing there on-site with the title “Minecraft will pack up their servers in late 2020”.

5 best Minecraft Bedrock Edition seeds for speedrunning in 2021

Speedrunning has gotten significantly more popular within the Minecraft community. Many players are finding specific seeds that help reduce their speedrun time.

Speedrunning in Minecraft means beating the sport as fast as possible by usually defeating the Ender Dragon. Some players consider speedrunning as completing all of the achievements in Minecraft, so there are tons of various sorts of speedruns.

Some speedruns allow players to abuse glitches; others don’t. Some speedruns let players pick which seed they’re going to be playing on, while others require random world generation. Whether to practice speedrunning or to undertake and beat the planet record, here are five great seeds for speedrunning on Minecraft Bedrock Edition.

Minecraft 1.17 Caves and Cliffs update: Every block that has been confirmed thus far

With the Minecraft 1.17 Caves and Cliffs update just around the corner, expected to release in Summer 2021, there are many released features meant to be incorporated during this new update.

With myriad new blocks, items, mobs, game functions, and more being added to Minecraft, it’s hard to stay up with everything being added. Some features could also be tons more recognized than others, but each addition deserves its own space.

New blocks coming to Minecraft

There are many new blocks being added to Minecraft with the newest update. Many correlate to the new biomes getting incorporated, meaning some new blocks are often found around one another.

LEAGUE OF LEGENDS UPDATES

League of Legends Wild Rift: The DOTA 2 replacement expexted

League of Legends Wild Rift maybe a 5v5 combat multiplayer online battle arena riot gameplay that comes with similar classic elements because the PC version likes popular champions (Ezreal, Kaisa), and skins.

The origin of MOBAs or Multiplayer Online Battle Arena dates to 1990. The gaming genre has long been dominated by two underdogs- Dota 2, and League of Legends that have continued to grow massively since its inception. While this intrinsically motivating genre has a robust foothold in the PC gaming segment, MOBA may be a relatively new member within the mobile gaming sphere. To bring an immersive MOBA experience to mobile, Riot Games, the developer of League of Legends introduced Wild Rift in October last year.

League of Legends: Wild Rift may be a new MOBA title that has become insanely popular within the mobile gaming space (select regions). Developer Riot Games has rebuilt Summoners Rift from the ground up for the mobile platform. Early reviewers claim that the number of well-known champions from the first PC game are slightly tweaked on mobile. a number of the favored skins are redesigned also and dual-stick controls are embedded within the title interface for gameplay. PocketTactics note that the sport takes a cue from Legends of Runeterra with an honest introductory progression taking you thru the game’s elements like the concept of lanes and even provide you rewards for learning the ropes.

The League of Legends: Wild Rift SEA Icon Series Summer Season kicks off in April!

Riot Southeast Asia has just announced the League of Legends: Wild Rift SEA Icon Series Summer Season, slated to start on 3rd April. Top teams from everywhere SEA are going to be competing against each other for subsequent two months, which culminates within the Summer Super Cup.

It’s also worth noting that this may be Riot Games Southeast Asia’s first-ever tournament, including a MOBA tourney. However, Riot Games SEA sees this as just a stepping stone for better things within the future. Acting as a crucial foundational step, which can help in establishing the regional legacy of SEA players and teams within the global mobile MOBA esports scene.

League of Legends Live: The Orchestra to require place April 2 to three in Seoul

Prepare to listen to the live orchestrated versions of the most important songs and themes from the League universe.

The sounds that encapsulate the League of Legends universe will soon be coming to the Sejong Center for humanistic discipline in Seoul, South Korea during a limited weekend concert.

Riot Korea announced today that the League of Legends Live: The Orchestra concert are going to be held from April 2 to April 3. The concert is being advertised to feature songs from the esports side of League, like “Warriors” by Imagine Dragons, also as songs and themes from the game’s universe, including a medley from one among League’s many bands, Pentakill. this may be the primary game-featured performance at the Sejong Center, consistent with the venue’s website.

All of the songs are going to be performed by the KBS symphony , one among the foremost renowned Korean orchestras. they need held many concerts featuring music from round the world since their founding in 1958, but this may be the primary time that they tackle music from a computer game.

AMONG US UPDATES

Among Us may be a multiplayer, social deduction game that became a worldwide sensation in 2020. In spite of the game’s release in 2018 by InnerSloth, Among Us broke out as a viral online game almost two years after its release. Before the sport surfaced as a mainstream game on various streaming platforms, the developers were within the drawing board for a sequel of Among Us. However, plans for a sequel have since been scrapped because the developers specialize in making Among Us a far better experience for the many players across the world. the sport is currently available on Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, and Nintendo Switch.

Among Us had over 221 million hours watched on Twitch in only three months

Among Us reportedly also saw 103.8 million unique viewers, and over a billion viewing sessions, showing just how massive Among Us truly was for the tail end of 2020. Though it seems strange to imagine, Among Us has reshaped the way players consider gaming online, and altered what social multiplayer games can appear as if.

How Among Us changed multiplayer

Prior to Among Us catching on with the broader gaming audience, most multiplayer games came in only two varieties – cooperative and competitive. When twiddling with friends, most players only really chose between these two opposites, and therefore the selected dynamic meant that players were often locked into a really fixed way of playing.

In cooperative games, players work together towards one goal, while in competitive games players are more curious about scoring wins over their friends. Among Us blurs this line, and therefore the dynamic system created by the sport caused players to explore a replacement social landscape in their games.

Among Us, quite the other game makes intrigue and subterfuge a core aspect of the sport. It’s very hard to play a cooperative game where lying to teammates might help, and in competitive games, it’s unlikely that opponents will plan to work together.

In Among Us, these become core aspects of the sport, as imposters are constantly trying to trick crewmates, and sow distrust among the team.

Among Us catches on, becomes a staple game on Twitch

The novelty of a game like Among Us created a superb dynamic for streamers and proved to be a hotbed for entertaining content. This naturally drew during a sizable audience and helped the sport catch on.

In just three months’ time, Among Us went from a little niche game played in small corners of the web to at least one of the most important and most influential games online. There was a time when the fastest-growing Twitch channels were all Among Us streamers, turning the sport into one among the simplest ways for newer or smaller content creators to urge noticed.

Hopefully, future updates to the sport will help sustain such a huge audience and it’ll be interesting to follow alongside the event over time.

FORTNITE UPDATES

Fortnite Season 5 may end with a big-bang that would destroy the whole map, again

Fortnite Season 5 is nearly coming to an in-depth. With the top of the present season, tons of the latest changes are speculated. The zero, which was exposed after the Galactus ordeal in Fortnite, has undergone tons of transformation as Season 5 progressed, and immediately, things look very unstable.

The zero has been a mysterious object within the game for a short time now. it has been opening up one portal after another through which Jonesy has been bringing in hunters from different parts of the universe. These different hunters have close and formed a metaverse of their own within Fortnite itself and are quite able to affect whatever evil the zero will cause within the upcoming days.

The zero at now of your time bears tons of resemblance with the zero back in Season X of Fortnite. Back then, the zero exploded and cause the destruction of the map, and immediately, with the way the zero looks currently, there is a high chance that the map might undergo an enormous transformation at the top of the present season.

However, the live event for the present season hasn’t been disclosed yet, so it’s really difficult to mention whether there’s getting to be anything substantial in Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 6 with regards to the map at least. Their map may transform within the new season and therefore the real battle for Fortnite Island begins the very day Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 6 begins.

Epic Games vs Apple trial starting May 3rd will decide the longer term of Fortnite on iOS devices

The Saga of Fortnite on Apple iOS devices continues because the Epic Games vs. Apple trial will begin on 3 May 2021. While expected to be drawn out, the general outcome will determine the longer term of Fortnite on Apple’s mobile platform. Over the course of 35 hours, Epic Games will attempt to convince a judge that Apple’s platform hurts developers by only offering them one transaction system, which Apple takes a deep percentage from.

After Epic Games updated its mobile Fortnite app to bypass Apple’s transaction system with one among its own, the tech giant quickly removed the sport from its iOS app store. Fortnite has been unavailable to iOS gamers since Aug 13, 2020, as Epic Games and Apple battle within the courts over the legality of Epic’s actions and therefore the monopoly Apple holds over developers by forcing them to use their transaction system to process in-game payments.

The trial on 3 May is going to be held without a jury after Apple’s initial countersuit specifically asked for an attempt by the jury. Since then, both Epic and Apple have concluded that the case is best decided by a judge.

The agreement was made so both Epic’s initial suit and Apple’s countersuit might be tried simultaneously, without the necessity for 2 separate trials.

Epic Games filed an initial antitrust lawsuit against Apple in August, once Fortnite was far away from the App Store following Epic’s introduction of an immediate payment option in Fortnite that subverted Apple’s 30% fee.

Apple has filed a countersuit, claiming Epic violated its terms of service by not paying the 30% and is seeking reparations.

COUNTER-STRIKE: GLOBAL OFFENSIVE UPDATES

2020 RMR Sticker Capsules

Over the past year, the highest CS: GO teams within the world competed in regional ranking events for invitations to a serious Championship. Ultimately there would be no Major in 2020, but it’s important that fans have a chance to celebrate and recognize the diligence of the simplest teams of 2020. So, the 2020 CS: GO RMR Capsules got announced.

These capsules represent the teams that might have received invitations to the 2020 Fall Major, weakened by their invitation status (Legend, Challenger, Contender). You will find the ultimate RMR scores and standings here.

For these stickers, 50% of the proceeds directly support the teams.

2021 RMR Events

Regional RMR events to spot the 24 teams to ask the 2021 PGL Stockholm Major. 

RMR points are reset for 2021, however, the 2020 RMR Legends will start with 600, Challengers with 300, and contenders with 100 points.

Teams can now specify a substitute player (any player who isn’t registered to participate or substitute for an additional team) that’s breakaway their coach.

A team incurs a penalty once they substitute out a player on an occasion, but there’s no penalty when that player is brought back in.

During online matches, only players are allowed within the room and on the server. Neither coaches nor the other team staff are going to be allowed within the room, on the server, or to otherwise communicate with the team during a web match.

2021 Major Championship

CS: GO’s next Major Championship is going to be hosted by PGL, and can happen in Stockholm at the Ericsson Globe, October 23rd-November 7th, provided it’s safe to carry live competitive events by that point.

Twenty-four teams will battle for his or her share of a $2,000,000 prize pool. Those teams are going to be identified through a series of Regional Major Ranking (RMR) events throughout the year, initially happening online and culminating in a minimum of one offline RMR per region before the main. 

CS: GO UPDATE

GAMEPLAY

When a player disconnects or is kicked in classic competitive and wingman modes, they are not replaced by a bot. If the whole other team leaves, one bot is going to be left idling at the spawn point for the opposite team

Fixed bots that weren’t navigating properly in Warmup arenas

VIEW MODELS

Reduced size of SWAT sleeves matching all existing models

MISC

Fixed a crash in Windows dedicated server when “version” command is issued

Pings not move when walked over by characters, and can also not highlight weapons in competitive matches

Adjusted Retakes clip areas in Mirage and Train

PERFECT WORLD

Accounts that completed government biometric identification are upgraded to CS: GO Prime Account Status for Steam China

MAPS

Ancient

Further optimizations

Fixed some clipping bugs

Cache

Fixed a pixel-gap within the Cargo containers in T-Spawn

Fixed Cargo containers not having their proper colors

Fixed bomb explosions being visible above A-site

Engage

• Removed several boost spots
• Added stairs within the garage for better rotation flow
• The breakable ceiling around A-site and Mid. Smokes and glashes can now be used on A-site
• Removed “office” area on Mid
• Both entrances of the hut are now wider for better player traffic flow between A-Site and Mid
• Lowered A upper and bridge to form entire bombsite more readable
• Removed several awkward angles on A-Site
• Removed excessive areas on A-Site
• Removed clutter on A-Site
• Better FPS round the whole map
• Guard
• Widened inner a part of the connector
• Reduced size of restaurant corner
• Adjusted tarp positions on the truck to eliminate some angles
• Lowered half-wall at Stairs
• Adjusted timings by pushing CT spawns back a touch
• Shifted the crates next to Tower further towards Pit
• Enhanced visibility for various long-range angles
• Removed electric box next to Bikes
• Reduced amount of breakable glass at Shop
• The blocked angle from CT boost to Pit
• Increased size of ladder hole
• Added location names
• Fixed players having the ability to ascertain into the tower area when boosted at Dumpster
• Fixed some Z-fighting and intersecting Geo
• Fixed various visible nodraw textures
• Fixed various bomb stuck spots
• Fixed player stuck spot on Street
• Clipping adjustments throughout the map
• Minor visual adjustments and enhancements

MAGIC: THE GATHERING ARENA UPDATES

Magic: The Gathering Arena enters early access on Android

Wizards of the Coast finally brings its collectible cards to mobile

Over the years, we have seen a plethora of collectible card games come and go. Though one thing has remained continuing, the genre lends itself well to mobile play. to the present day, there’s still no shortage of CCGs on the Play Store, and yet there was always one title that was missing, Magic: The Gathering. Well, Wizards of the Coast has been busy performing on its digital adaptation for a short time now, and it’s called MTG Arena. it has been known the title would eventually make its thanks to mobile, but we’ve just learned that the CCG is going to be coming to Android as an early access release on January 28th, with broader support slated for later this year. Wizards of the Coast recently published a blog post on the official MTG Arena website to announce that the sport is finally getting to be available on Android later this month (January 28th). it’ll exist as an early access release for a variety of supported Android devices. These devices will be got to get on Android 6.0 or later, contain a minimum of 4GB of RAM, all while supporting OpenGL ES 3.0 or above. So far, we all know devices that contain anything above the Kirin 970, Snapdragon 845, or Exynos 9810 processors should be ready to run the title.

Magic: The Gathering Arena would be coming to Android as an early access release on January 28th. this is often an outsized download, clocking in at 1.96GB, then there’s more to download once you open the sport , leading to a complete file size of 4.3GB.

FEBRUARY 15, 2021 BANNED AND RESTRICTED ANNOUNCEMENT

Historic:

Omnath, Locus of Creation is banned (from suspended).

Uro, Titan of Nature’s Wrath is banned.

Pioneer:

Balustrade Spy is banned.

Teferi, Time Raveler is banned.

Undercity Informer is banned.

Modern:

Field of the Dead is banned.

Mystic Sanctuary is banned.

Simian Spirit Guide is banned.

CASCADE RULES CHANGE

702.84a. Cascade may be a triggered ability that functions only while the spell with cascade is on the stack. “Cascade” means “When you cast this spell, exile cards from the highest of your library until you exile a nonland card whose converted mana cost is a smaller amount than this spell’s converted mana cost. you’ll cast that spell without paying its mana cost if its converted mana cost is a smaller amount than this spell’s converted mana cost. Then put all cards exiled this manner that weren’t sew rock bottom of your library during a random order.”

For example, if you cast Bloodbraid Elf and exile Valki, God of Lies from your library, you will be ready to cast Valki but not Tibalt, Cosmic Impostor. On the opposite hand, if you exile Cosima, God of the Voyage, you’ll cast either Cosima or The Omenkeel, as each face features a lesser converted mana cost than Bloodbraid Elf.

This change isn’t limited to double-faced cards. It also changes the way cascade works with anything that features a “dominant” set of characteristics, just like the Adventurer cards from Throne of Eldraine. for instance , if Bloodbraid Elf causes you to exile Fae of Wishes, you’ll cast Fae of Wishes, but you’ll not cast Granted.

Finally, the interaction between split cards and cascade is unchanged; the converted mana cost of a split card is that the total converted mana cost of its halves. If you cascade into a split card with lesser converted mana cost than the spell with cascade (remember, count both halves), you’ll cast either half without paying its mana cost.

STARCRAFT II UPDATES

The StarCraft II ESL Pro Tour concludes in 2021 at IEM Katowice!

After an extended year of intense competition, it has been rounded it right down to just 36 final contenders. From February 20 to twenty-eight, these challengers from across the planet compete over their share of the $250,000 prize pool – and therefore the once during a lifetime chance to lift the fantastic trophy of IEM Katowice 2021.

Blizzard Is Officially Ending Development on ‘StarCraft 2’

The ‘StarCraft’ team is freeing themselves to “think about what’s next”.

Blizzard is looking to wind down further development on the real-time strategy game StarCraft 2.In a recent blog post, the developer announced that it might be ending production on additional “for-purchase content” for the sport within the near future. While balance fixes and other updates will still be a priority, there’ll be no new content produced for the title. Instead, the team is going to be that specialize in “what’s next” further down the road.

There will be no further updates this year, but there’ll be future updates “as needed” within the future. As far as what players can anticipate, Blizzard has noted that being freed up for what essentially amounts to brainstorming extends beyond StarCraft 2 into the “StarCraft universe as an entire .”

It’s been since 2015 since the standalone expansion pack StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void debuted. However, StarCraft: Remastered debuted in 2017, and offered how for players both new and old to experience the first game that started it all with modern graphics and other important updates.

It isn’t clear at now what Blizzard has up its sleeve going forward, but with the top of an era will hopefully come some big developments.

ONE TOUR. ONE STORY

This is the ESL Pro Tour for StarCraft II, a yearly competition that mixes the past legacies of Blizzard, DreamHack, and ESL. Now in second year, they are building upon their system to make sure that anyone can check-in and play anywhere within the world. Goal is simple:

Create a world where everybody is often somebody.

STARCRAFT II 5.0.3 PATCH NOTES

GENERAL

New observer interface added, “Pro 2020”.

Supports 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, and 4v4 games at 16×9.

Previously seen earlier this year at IEM Katowice and fund Team League.

Features larger numbers and icons for improved mobile and couch viewing.

Reduced text for multi-region broadcasts.

CO-OP MISSIONS

Maps

Part and Parcel

The mission timer now starts with 90 additional seconds.

Scythe of Amon

The Warp Prism for the bonus objective will now announce its planned path 20 seconds before moving.

Alarak

Shadow of Death Prestige

This Prestige has been reworked.

The Mothership and its Destroyers do not receive reduced stats from this Prestige.

BUG FIXES

General

Fixed a rare crash that would occur when a player has their Shadow graphic settings set to Low.

Fixed a rare crash that could occur when a player exits the Hyperion bridge.

Fixed a crash that would occur during an Alt+F4 exit.

Fixed a bug within the Archon Mode where if the hosting player drops during the starting countdown, all other players’ countdown would freeze.

Campaign

Fixed various typos related 10th-anniversary campaign achievements.

Reworded the “Thanks for the Advice” achievement in “The Dig” mission to be clearer.

Reworded the “The Quick and therefore the Dead” achievement in “Echoes of the Future” mission to be clearer.

Reworded the “Eat, Love, Then Pray” achievement in “Phantoms of the Void” mission to be clearer.

The achievement, “The Great Purge” for “The Evacuation” mission now toasts after you’ve completed the achievement rather than after the sport ends.

ETERNAL RETURN: BLACK SURVIVAL UPDATES

• [New Character] Cathy 3D Model

The Aberrant Doctor is coming soon!

Scalpel in one hand and a bone saw within the other, Cathy is now able to “treat” local Lumia survivors.

Cathy is strutting around Lumia Island despite having a bloodied bandage on her leg. Is it her blood.. or someone else’s?

• [New Character] Bernice Concept Art

Check out Bernice, the Stolid Huntsman, in Eternal Return

GM Ruthless here with the respect of introducing Bernice, the Stolid Huntsman!

His rifle has quite the scope thereon, but he’s also got a shotgun in hand. We will need to wait and see just how good of a shooter Bernice really is.

Bernice will make his thanks to Lumia soon!

Hunt down the Roadmap to ascertain what else is coming and follow the tracks to the Official Discord so you do not miss a thing.

• Lumia Mania NA Invitational Begins!

The first NA invitational featuring a number of your favorite players is coming soon!

Earn rewards by watching NA streamers on our official Nimble Neuron Twitch channel!

Event Details

When: Saturday, February 13th at 12:00 PM (PST)

Format: Duo – 10 Rounds

DROPS Info

Title: Lumia Mania NA Invitational DROPS!

When: Saturday, February 13th at 12:00 PM ~ 05:00 PM (PST)

* If the broadcast goes past 05:00 PM (PST), players will be rewarded up to 05:00 PM (PST).

What: 1,000 A-Coin for 1-hour viewing, 1,500 A-Coin for 2 hours of viewing

(You can receive a maximum of 2,500 A-Coin by watching for 2 hours)

Redemption Expiration Date: ~ Wednesday, February 17th at 12:00 AM (PST)

Channel: The Official Nimble Neuron Twitch Channel

 Team Captains (@Twitter)

Turk – @actuallyturk

MichaelUdall – @Michael_Udall

Kure – @kure_hots

Lauber – @JohanLauber

Scazzaf – @scazzaf

Tomsorcer – @Tomsorcer1

HistoryTeacher – @ChadSmeltz

Samsora – @Samsora_

Bloom – @bloom0101010

PinkWard – @Pinkwardlol

NALanguage – @NALanguage

FeviKnight – @feviknight

Tulky – @Tulky_

Prismaticism -@Prismaticismism

Kuvira – @Kuvira_Lor

Gummi – @Gummi_God

Nazori – @Nazorri

KZN – @KilluziionTV

BRAWL STARS UPDATES

Supercell returns with the foremost exhilarating competition within the world, featuring the highest Brawl Stars Players in our official Brawl Stars Championship.

CHAMPIONSHIP CHALLENGE

Win a complete of 15 games before you lose 3 for a ticket to the Monthly Events

MONTHLY EVENTS

Teams compete in an in-game weekend tournament. the highest 8 teams from each region will advance to their respective Monthly Finals.

WORLD FINALS

The top 16 teams from across the world brawl for the title of Brawl Stars Championship 2021 Champion.

PRIZE POOL- $1,000,000+

Balance Changes and Bug Fixes:

Bo

• Super Totem’s effect gets weaker the more it charges a player’s super
• The First Supercharge is charged at full speed. those afterward charge 1% less per second until the Totem reaches a 50% reduced charging rate.
• This effect is tracked individually per player

Edgar

Decreased Supercharge rate from Main Attack from 10 to 12 hits

Jessie

Decreased Main Attack damage from 1120 to 1060

Bea

• Rattled Hive Bee count increased from 3 to 4
• Rattled Hive Bees now stop at the primary target hit
• Rattled Hive Bee maximum damage decreased from 800 to 600
• Rattled Hive fly pattern changed slightly to maneuver slower and canopy less area

Byron

• Decreased Health from 2500 to 2400
• Decreased Main Attack damage from 400 to 380

Bug fixes

• Fixed a problem with player-made map reporting that caused some maps to urge banned unintentionally
• Fixed Brawl Ball behavior issues associated with Sprout’s Super
• Fixed Showdown boxes being knocked back by Sprout’s Super
• Fixed Ruffs’ Pins unlocking incorrectly from Pin Packages
• Added Colette and Lou Pins to Pin Packs

New Gadgets!

Tick and Tara have just got new Gadgets!

Tara: Tara spawns three shadows around her that attack nearby enemies and disappears after 6 seconds.

Tick: Tick becomes invulnerable for 1 second and then explodes for 1000 damage.