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Risk of Rain 2 update makes key fixes to the roguelike's controversial DLC

by editor@pcgamesn.com

It's been a troubling year for Risk of Rain 2 players. At first, it seemed like the Gearbox acquisition was going smoothly, but then the Seekers of the Storm DLC from August of this year was a rather large disappointment due to balancing issues, bugs and other problems. However, you can't keep a good live-action game down, and the first part of the recovery is now available. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Risk of Rain 2 roadmap details massive Seekers of the Storm gameplay fixes New Risk of Rain 2 patch begins fixing Seekers of the Storm issues Risk of Rain 2 Artifacts codes - all Artifacts and how to unlock them

Dev Diary 7: Seekers of the Storm Roadmap Phase 1 - Items & Elites

by preston.weiler

Video Version Here: Welcome back! It’s great to be speaking to you all again so soon! Following the reveal of the Seekers of the Storm Roadmap last month, I'm happy to announce that Phase 1 - Items and Elites - is here and ready to play on all platforms! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33906904/26428cd16466f95c8a7184b6cee19b9fb60fbb08.png You can see a full breakdown of all the changes and bug fixes in the update notes here! Some Items are completely overhauled, while others have had significant balance changes. Most items have had impactful quality-of-life updates too. Those updates range from just addressing reported issues to new visual or audio cues that better communicate their effects. You can read the update notes or jump in right now to experience these improvements. But I'd like to show off some of my personal favorite changes in this update. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33906904/df020718d40cf821555aab53126797dd951a4714.png Elusive Antlers {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33906904/cbf1d265d02a0b3dc54873775d2a4f33...

Update Notes V1.3.6

by preston.weiler

Hey Everyone! Today we’re kicking off our SOTS roadmap with our first phase. Our focus for this phase is on Items and Elite Monsters. If you’re looking for the Dev Diary, you can find that over here! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33906904/df020718d40cf821555aab53126797dd951a4714.png Major Changes Antler Shield - Renamed to Elusive Antlers Old Functionality - 55% (+5% per stack) chance on being hit to reflect 10% (+10% per stack) damage back to the attacker. New Functionality - Increases movement speed by 7% (+7% per stack). Spawns orbs of energy nearby every 10 seconds (-10% per stack) giving +12% movement speed up to 3 times (+1 per stack) for 12 seconds. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33906904/e62991d365ba737369a682b55c5dab7eea3b5066.gif Bolstering Lantern Old Functionality - When below 50% health, receive a damage increase of 20% New Functionality - Increase your attack speed by 10% for up to 4 (+2 per stack) enemies and allies within 20 (+5 per stack meters.) Growth Nectar Old Functionality - While benef...

Two months after the disastrous Seekers of the Storm expansion, Gearbox details its Risk of Rain 2 rescue plan, and players are actually pretty excited

by Andy Chalk

little more than two months after releasing Seekers of the Storm, its first expansion for Risk of Rain 2 , Gearbox Software has shared its plan for the long-term future of the expansion, which it hopes will "build Seekers of the Storm into something that can be celebrated by the community for years to come.".. Read more.

Risk of Rain 2 roadmap details massive Seekers of the Storm gameplay fixes

by editor@pcgamesn.com

It's been a very rocky road for Risk of Rain 2 over recent months. Once regarded as one of the finest roguelikes out there, on a par with The Binding of Isaac, Dead Cells, Hades, and Noita, it's definitely gone on to take a beating. Thankfully there's still hope for it, as its new developer is attempting to right the good ship Seekers of the Storm and set sail for calmer seas. That brighter future just took a step closer, in the form of a roadmap that shows exactly how the game will come back from the brink over the coming months. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: New Risk of Rain 2 patch begins fixing Seekers of the Storm issues Risk of Rain 2 Artifacts codes - all Artifacts and how to unlock them Risk of Rain 2 devs shut down studio, cancel new game, and join Valve

Seekers of the Storm 2.0 Roadmap

by preston.weiler

Video Version Here: Hey everyone, Today, we’ve released an update that addresses more of the bugs you've reported to us. That includes tackling some of the larger reported issues like the overabundance of elites. Full notes are here . In addition to that update, we’d like to share our more wholistic plans for Seekers of the Storm. Our ultimate goal is to build Seekers of the Storm into something that can be celebrated by the community for years to come. Over the next few months, significant changes will come to Seekers of the Storm. The updates that we’re exploring are expansive, so they won’t happen overnight. But the scope of the changes should underline the seriousness we’re approaching this challenge with. We’ve divided the updates into three release phases: Phase 1: Items & Elites Phase 2: The False Son Boss Fight Phase 3: Survivors {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33906904/c9eeef3dc33ebd7206333b8c97b64a431b5643be.png Some content, people already love. Stages, Survivor Skins, and Sale Star are ...

V1.3.5 Bug Fix Update

by preston.weiler

Hey everybody! Today we're revealing our roadmap for the overhaul of Seekers of the Storm. You can find that over here. But if you're looking for the changelog for V1.3.5, you've come to the right place. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33906904/df020718d40cf821555aab53126797dd951a4714.png V1.3.5 Notes: Resolved a player reported issue that resulted in the spawn rate of elites being too high after stage 2. The Mul-T Sentry skin has been tweaked to eliminate a small spike seen and reported by some players {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33906904/ee4a60a75e5e18b77ed79b8c96d17e9431e90c35.gif Resolved a reported issue where the Voidling would not re-appear upon starting the second phase of its fight. False Son would have trouble using his ‘charged’ attack if your attack speed became extremely high. This has been resolved, so resume printing syringes at your leisure. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33906904/fe25d1240929213e1885be229e5a0f327ab15412.gif As a connected client, some players reported that Seeker’s Spirit Punch had a c...

Seekers of the Storm – Minor Update Follow-up

by preston.weiler

Hey Everyone! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33906904/df020718d40cf821555aab53126797dd951a4714.png This follow-up addresses a small handful of issues, including the two known issues we discussed in our previous update. More changes are on the way; we just wanted to resolve these quickly for everyone. V1.3.4 Notes: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33906904/df020718d40cf821555aab53126797dd951a4714.png We have addressed the following reported concerns from players: When the False Son used Club of the Forsaken (Primary – swing attack) while falling, he could become locked in his ‘diving attack’ state despite colliding with the ground. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33906904/57cc28c318b565e4fe1bd09c824a20df53d0ee8c.gif The shader for the Halcyon Beacons in Gilded Coast would now wrap all the way around the beacon as expected. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33906904/eb1868df6bb3b1e74923484c531bf9d89ac9ee8a.png Upon defeating Mithrix and escaping successfully, connected clients sometimes saw the final kill screen for a moment before the cred...

New Risk of Rain 2 patch begins fixing Seekers of the Storm issues

by editor@pcgamesn.com

It's fair to say that the Seekers of the Storm DLC for Risk of Rain 2 hasn't gone quite how developer Gearbox wanted. At launch, the game was beset by negative reviews, with players citing issues with balance, weapons, bugs, and a general feeling that it wasn't the same quality of previous updates. The game's developer, for its part, has promised to turn the ship around and fix what's gone wrong, and the first part of that redemption arc has now launched. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Risk of Rain 2 Artifacts codes - all Artifacts and how to unlock them Risk of Rain 2 devs shut down studio, cancel new game, and join Valve Gearbox promises Risk of Rain 2 PC patch after disastrous DLC launch

Seekers of the Storm - First Patch

by preston.weiler

Hey Everyone,{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33906904/df020718d40cf821555aab53126797dd951a4714.png We want to start off by mentioning how much we appreciate folks jumping in and giving Seekers of the Storm a swing – we’ve never had so many people playing Risk of Rain 2. We also hear you loud and clear—this DLC fell short of your expectations. That feedback is fair. We’d like to take a moment and walk everyone through our plan to make it right. First, to be clear, we're committed to making the DLC everything that you expected and deserve. The team already jumped in and knocked out solutions for a BUNCH of the bugs some users are reporting. The full patch notes can be found below. Here are a few highlights: Resolved a bug with the way builds are compiled that occasionally led to behaviors being erroneously tied to FPS. Addressed an issue that some users reported with items not being picked up when interacted with. Mithrix will no longer become (nearly) invincible upon stealing a player’s Warped Echo....

Risk of Rain 2's creators, along with 'many other' devs from Hopoo, have been snapped up by Valve—which means the end of the studio's unannounced game

by Harvey Randall

Risk of Rain 2—and the series in general—has enjoyed plenty of success over the years. With the first game made by uni students Duncan Drummond and Paul Morse, and being somewhat of an indie smash hit, the second arrived in 2019 and also sold gangbusters, hitting 500,000 players in early access... Read more.

Risk of Rain 2 devs shut down studio, cancel new game, and join Valve

by editor@pcgamesn.com

This is definitely a volatile time for Risk of Rain lovers. The new DLC for Risk of Rain 2, which represents the first launch in the series since it was taken over by Gearbox, has been roundly criticized. Now, the founders of Hopoo, the studio behind the first Risk of Rain and the base game and first DLC for RoR 2, have announced that they are shuttering the studio, canceling what would have been Hopoo's next game, and joining Valve, which has just launched Deadlock and is currently rumored, more strongly than usual, to be working on Half-Life 3. Both of the Hopoo founders confirm they are joining Valve to work in game development, so perhaps something new and exciting is afoot. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Risk of Rain 2 Artifacts codes - all Artifacts and how to unlock them Gearbox promises Risk of Rain 2 PC patch after disastrous DLC launch Original Risk of Rain 2 devs share concerns about new Gearbox DLC

Risk of Rain 2 creators comment on Gearbox's first DLC without them: 'It's great to see new content for the game, but it's hard to see growing pains of the new team in real time'

by Ted Litchfield

It hasn't been a good week to be a Risk of Rain fan. Gearbox released Seekers of the Storm, Risk of Rain 2's first DLC since the publisher bought the series from original developers Hopoo Games, and it's currently sitting at just 21% positive reviews on Steam... Read more.

Gearbox promises Risk of Rain 2 PC patch after disastrous DLC launch

by editor@pcgamesn.com

Risk of Rain 2 Seekers of the Storm DLC developer Gearbox is working on a PC patch for the expansion after players mass reported a plethora of issues with the launch. While RoR2 is one of the most played and beloved roguelikes on Steam, with nearly 200,000 reviews at 93% positive, this new DLC hasn't gone down well. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Original Risk of Rain 2 devs share concerns about new Gearbox DLC New Risk of Rain 2 DLC comes with a big 67% discount Risk of Rain 2 prepares a big free update alongside new DLC