It is with a heavy heart that I have to officially announce the Ultimate Arena big update cancelled. I regret to inform you that due to a lack of commitment from two of the developers it is no longer possible to continue developing content for the game. A very difficult decision was made by me to completely halt development, since the key people who were supposed to be working on the project aren't able to do so anymore. The process of working on the big update was rocky and inconsistent and I was looking at a drawn out process which in the best case scenario would have ended with a bare-bones build consisting of only one level. Simply put, there was a lot of work to be done and precious little time to be spared. On a personal note, I am extremely disappointed in this turn of events and did everything in my power to keep the project alive despite the drawbacks. Sadly it wasn't meant to be, and I don't have the means to work on the project alone. I would like to offer my most sincere apologies to everyone who, like me, was waiting for the update to arrive. The current version of Ultimate Arena will remain of Steam and can still be played via "Host Game", so nothing has changed in that regard. Project lead Kenneth 'Zeb89' Caselli

Hello ultimarines, While we may have been somewhat quiet during the past months, we've been tirelessly working under the hood to bring you the largest update to Ultimate Arena yet. Here is a list of some of the things you can expect:

• Graphical rework of game levels (initially only Hall will be included)
• New character animations
• New character models
• Reworked weapon models and textures
• User Interface overhaul
• Reworked particle effects
• New HUD
• New lobby system
• Additional sound effects

Here are some screenshots of the new Work In Progress weapons. Pistol:
Shotgun:

- Improved weapon balancement - Improved Spectator netcode - Improved netcode of Double Shotgun and Shotgun shooting - Fixed a bug where during a ranked match the spectators score is registered

- Fixed a movement system bug on dedicated servers when the next map is loaded after the end of the match - When you press U to Taunt, the movement is now disabled both on the server and on the client - Now the custom input system in the settings menu works again - The ranked database has been fixed, so the ranked matches now work again - Increased the Ground Friction, so that the ground is less slippery - Increased the Air Acceleration, so that it balances the increased Ground Friction - Improved listen servers network performance

Fixed a bug regarding the barrel component rotation of the Grenade Launcher

- Rework of the character movement system that improves the network performance - The Laser now locks the target within a certain angle

- Updated Unreal Engine version. - Added Steam rich presence. - Fixed occasional crashes happening at the end/start of a match. - Fixed pause menu bug if opened at the end of a match.

Ultimate Arena Demo now available! https://store.steampowered.com/app/436260/Ultimate_Arena/

- Fixed rare crash when joining a session. - Fixed players getting penalized for leaving ranked matches after having initially joined as a spectator. - Fixed taunt sound not stopping when tauntinng player is killed. - Added material fade effect for frozen body parts.

- Updated game engine. - Added DEMO version. - Added new map: TDM - Factory. - Added new character - Pietro Smusi (exclusive) - Added underwater combat with oxygen system. - Added performance awards (Multi-kills, Accuracy and Perfects). - Added color picker in the settings for Ultimarine characters. - Added playable warmup mode. You can now explore maps before other players join the session. - Added player taunt action (default is "U" key). - Added notification for players who join/leave the current session. - Added fading material to spent projectiles, gibs and player respawns. - Added third person animation for Gas Rifle secondary fire. - Added max spectators setting to "Host Game" menu. - Added more animations to HUD. - Added working "Join as spectator" checkbox in "Join Game" menu. - Added ability to view player HUD as spectator. - Added tooltips while hovering over scoreboard icons. - Added audio cues for flag scoring and win/lose announcer events. - Armor now absorbs damage, protecting health. - Slightly increased player acceleration. - Fixed an issue which caused player positions to desync when connecting to a match in progress. - Fixed a player movement bug which allowed sliding around the map at high speed. - Fixed FPS counter resetting when opening the scoreboard. - Fixed Plasma Cannon projectile collision issue which caused plasma balls to collide as soon as fired. - Fixed Gas Rifle primary fire sometimes causing harm to player when not intended. - Fixed spectator not being able to move as Host on personal sessions. - Fixed next map not loading when a Host Game session has ended. - Fixed specator mode sometimes causing game to crash. - Fixed an inssue with player corpses physics. - Fixed various crashes. - Adjusted post processing to reduce excessive light glare effects. - Remade Gauntlet weapon model. - Remade kill/death messages system in HUD. - Changed Grenade Launcher alt-fire to use a delay before detonating projectiles. - Changed Ultimate Damage powerup effect on player weapons. - Changed Crossbow alt-fire particle. - Changed Portals system on Hall map. - Minor changes and improvements to UI, particles and gameplay. Balance changes (slight increase in damage to nearly all weapons) - Adjusted Gauntlet weapon area of effect. - Increased Gauntlet primay fire damage. - Increased Pistol primary fire damage. - Reduced pistol rate of fire. - Increased Pistol secondary fire ammo capacity. - Increased Pistol secondary fire pickup ammo amount. - Increased Gas Rifle primary fire damage. - Increased Rocket Launcher damage. - Increased Grenade Launcher damage. - Increased Grenade Launcher rate of fire. - Increased Shotguns damage. - Increased Single Shotgun bullet spread. - Increased Laser Prism damage. - Increased Assault Rifle damage.

Ultimate Arena is receiving an update! We have just launched our first PTB in order to find and fix potential issues before releasing the patch. If you'd like to try out this build, just select "public test" from the drop down menu in the Ultimate Arena game properties on Steam. After having done this, launch the game and select "Play debug version". You can host a session from the "Host Game" menu and other players using the PTB will be able to join. We'll be running a few dedicated servers of our own shortly after releasing 1.8. Here's the changelog so far: - Updated game engine. - Added new map: TDM - Factory. - Added underwater combat. - Added performance awards (Multi-kills, Accuracy and Perfects). - Added color picker in the settings for Ultimarine characters. - Added playable warmup mode. You can now explore maps before other players join the session. - Added player taunt action (default is "U" key). - Added notification for players who join/leave the current session. - Added third person animation for Gas Rifle secondary fire. - Added max spectators setting to "Host Game" menu. - Added working "Join as spectator" checkbox in "Join Game" menu. - Added tooltips while hovering over scoreboard icons. - Armor now absorbs damage, protecting health. - Slightly increased player acceleration. - Fixed an issue which caused player positions to desync when connecting to a match in progress. - Fixed FPS counter resetting when opening the scoreboard. - Fixed Plasma Cannon projectile collision issue which caused plasma balls to collide as soon as fired. - Fixed Gas Rifle primary fire sometimes causing harm to player when not intended. - Fixed spectator not being able to move as Host on personal sessions. - Fixed specator mode sometimes causing game to crash. - Adjusted post processing to reduce excessive light glare effects. - Changed Ultimate Damage powerup effect on player weapons. - Minor changes and improvements to UI, particles and gameplay.

- Added "Call Vote" to pause menu. You can now vote to change the map, restart the match or kick a player. - Fixed a cursor bug when opening the scoreboard while respawning - Fixed a cursor bug when changing character during a match. - Fixed chat message being automatically sent when respawning. - Fixed gibs never spawning when using shotguns. - Fixed Ultimate Damage not working properly. - Increased Ultimate Adrenaline duration to 60 seconds.

- Added "Call Vote" to pause menu. You can now vote to change the map, restart the match or kick a player. - Fixed a cursor bug when opening the scoreboard while respawning - Fixed a cursor bug when changing character during a match. - Fixed chat message being automatically sent when respawning. - Fixed gibs never spawning when using shotguns. - Fixed Ultimate Damage not working properly. - Increased Ultimate Adrenaline duration to 60 seconds.

- Added player profiles which currently display total ranked matches played, overall weapon kill percentage and total ranked points earned. - Improved player ranking system.

- Added player profiles which currently display total ranked matches played, overall weapon kill percentage and total ranked points earned. - Improved player ranking system.

- Added player ranks for Deathmatch mode. (still being tested) - Enabled ranked matches on dedicated servers. - Added global leaderboard on main menu. - Added a new CTF map: Sky Fortress. - Improved player movement system to avoid stuttering while strafe jumping. - Fixed collision on stairs in Chaos Castle map. - Fixed flag not showing for clients connecting to server when the flag is picked up. - Crossbow secondary fire now deals 80 damage. - Slightly increased Gas Rifle primary fire projectile speed. - Slightly increased Gas Tank damage radius. - Changed Gas Rifle secondary fire projectile physics for increased accuracy.

- Added player ranks for Deathmatch mode. (still being tested) - Enabled ranked matches on dedicated servers. - Added global leaderboard on main menu. - Added a new CTF map: Sky Fortress. - Improved player movement system to avoid stuttering while strafe jumping. - Fixed collision on stairs in Chaos Castle map. - Fixed flag not showing for clients connecting to server when the flag is picked up. - Crossbow secondary fire now deals 80 damage. - Slightly increased Gas Rifle primary fire projectile speed. - Slightly increased Gas Tank damage radius. - Changed Gas Rifle secondary fire projectile physics for increased accuracy.

- Changed player name appearance aiming time to 0.1 seconds. - Fixed Ultimate Regeneration not being dropped from fragged players. - Fixed a crash caused by Gas Rifle. - Fixed game session host being able to gib dead players.

- Changed player name appearance aiming time to 0.1 seconds. - Fixed Ultimate Regeneration not being dropped from fragged players. - Fixed a crash caused by Gas Rifle. - Fixed game session host being able to gib dead players.

- Added a new deathmatch map: Chaos Castle - Added name tags when aiming at players - Added Ultimate Regeneration powerup - Added Laser Prism fire effect - Added a particle effect to improve visibility of pickups - Added blood decal to player explosion - Fixed jumper air control not working on client game sessions - Fixed player arms not always displaying team colors in first person - Fixed gibs not spawning for hosts - Ultimate Adrenaline added to Lost Station map Please restart your Steam client to install the update.

- Added a new deathmatch map: Chaos Castle - Added name tags when aiming at players - Added Ultimate Regeneration powerup - Added Laser Prism fire effect - Added a particle effect to improve visibility of pickups - Added blood decal to player explosion - Fixed jumper air control not working on client game sessions - Fixed player arms not always displaying team colors in first person - Fixed gibs not spawning for hosts - Ultimate Adrenaline added to Lost Station map Please restart your Steam client to install the update.

- Fixed a bug which causes the particle of the secondary fire of the Crossbow to not spawn sometimes

- Fixed a problem which was causing the elevator sounds on Lab to not play on dedicated servers

- Fixed a crash on dedicated server. - Added italian localization. - It is now possible to host multiple server one a single machine, using -port and -queryport parameters. - Fixed a bug which caused movies not to play. - Fixed torch particles not working - Fixed a bug which disregarded max players settings on user hosted sessions. - Fixed a bug which incorrectly displayed 1st person arms during match ending.

- Added Host Game function in order to host Peer to Peer matches through Steam matchmaking. - Added support for 32-bit CPU's. - Fixed a bug which prevented team switching in Capture The Flag.

- Fixed a bug with weapons on the end of the match

Hello, Ultimate Arena players. We're sorry to have to bring some bad news: We'd like to let everyone know that we are currently unable to issue frequent updates for Ultimate Arena as we intended. This unfortunate set of circumstances has come about due to the fact that we no longer have the proper resources to finance work on the game. However, the game is certainly NOT dead and isn't going to shut down. The current build of Ultimate Arena will remain available for everyone to play and anyone will be able to start their own game server. Should the situation change in the future, we'll be the first to let you know. As it stands, we have no other option but to put the project on hold for now. --- On a personal note, I appreciate the positive feedback Ultimate Arena has received from the small but loud FPS Arena community. We love FPS Arena as much as you do, which is the main reason we decided to make this game in the first place, instead of pursuing some other more profitable game genre. In spite of all our efforts we reached a point where working on the game would put in jeopardy our day jobs, thus focing us into this decision. With only 2 people working on Ultimate Arena, we really don't have a choice. Furthermore, we're sorry to see that most FPS game have taken the same turn. Wickland, Nexuiz and Painkiller H&D just to name a few. It is apparent to us that the FPS Arena genre is no longer as popular as it once was. The game however will get updates if we ever get the chance in the future. This is the best we can promise at this point. We hope you understand the situation and we share your dissapointment.

- Added Capture The Flag game mode - New CTF map: Lockdown - Added Ultimate Adrenaline powerup. - Changed camera mode at end of match. Please restart your Steam client in order to download this update.

You can now purchase Ultimate Arena characters at our Steam item shop: http://store.steampowered.com/itemstore/436260/browse/?filter=all Characters feature a unique player model and first person view arms. We plan to add many, many more characters in the near future.

- Optimization for all current maps. Considerable frame rate improvement on DX10 cards. - Fixed lighting too dark for GPU's which do not support DX11. - Changed performance settings (please reset for changes to take effect). - Improved character selection. - Improved lighting for blood effect. - Improved lighting for Laser Prism beam. - Fixed being able to exit maps in spectator mode. Weapon balance changes: - Increased rocket and grenade projectile speed.

- Added sound effects occlusion. - Added surface type footstep sounds. - Fixed jump sound playing when match has ended. - Fixed an issue with arrow ammo pickups on Palace Of Sand map.

- Added Team Deathmatch game mode - Added TDM map: Palace Of Sand - Fixed Gas Rifle secondary fire not inflicting self damage. Weapon balance changes: - Increased rocket projectile speed. - Increased rocket and grenade explosion radius. - Increased Grenade Launcher rate of fire.

- Added text on HUD when picking up items.

- Fixed Rocket and Grenade launcher weapons doing no damage at point blank rage. - Fixed wrong map names on server list. - Fixed portal sounds. Balancement changes: - Shredder weapon damage is now 30 per blade. - Rocket Launcher weapon damage is now 80 (maximum) per rocket. - Grenade Launcher weapon damage is now 80 (maximum) per grenade.

- Fixed weapon pickups dropped by dead players sometimes not working properly.

- Added Gauntlet secondary fire mode. Damage is set to 40 primary and 100 secondary.

- Fixed jump pads not working properly. - Added more player animations. - Fixed an issue with first person arms during player death. - Added trees to Chapel map. Balancement changes: - Ultimate Damage duration increased to 60 seconds. - Grenade launcher time between shots is now 1 second. - Maximum ice ammo is now 5. Please restart your Steam client in order to download the patch immediately.

[EDIT] Due to a bug in this update we've temporarily rolled-back to v1.1.3 until our programmer is back in office. We apologize for the inconvenience and will reinstate this patch within a few days. --- - Added additional player animations. - Ultimate Damage effect time is now 60 seconds.

- Fixed kill/death messages overlapping.

- Fixed an issue preventing the 200 health pickup from being taken on Chapel.

- Added new map (Chapel). - Added Steam Cloud support. - Fixed jump sound playing while crouching.

- Added "Ultimate Damage" powerup. - Added delay timer for certain pickups. - Pre-loaded the new WIP map Chapel

- Match warmup (join in progress) can now be disabled/enabled by the server. - Chat can now be properly viewed and used at any time during the match. - Fixed pickups not replicating properly when joining a match in progress. - Fixed an issue with first person arms camera movement. - Fixed multiple players spawning at the same spawn point. - Improved score replication.

- Match warmup (join in progress) can now be disabled/enabled by the server. - Chat can now be properly viewed and used at any time during the match. - Fixed pickups not replicating properly when joining a match in progress. - Fixed an issue with first person arms camera movement. - Fixed multiple players spawning at the same spawn point. - Improved score replication.

- Added map rotation. Dedicated servers can now be configured to run all available maps in succession.