Nutty Nauts has returned with its 6th Awesomenauts Tournament! Hosted by ryan2ms and nopete.

Two NEW maps will make their debut! The original three competitive maps will be integrated with reworked versions of AI Station 205 and Starstorm, made by ryan2ms. It will also use the new four-ban drafting format. Group stage is on August 26th and the Bracket will play on the weekend of September 2nd. Hope to see you all there.

Join the discord here.

Hope everyone has had a good year and enjoying the holiday period! A new Nauts season will begin at around 15:00 CET on Thursday 22nd December.

Expect to be matched with mixed skill levels in the first few days. Newer players who have played fewer than 100 games will automatically get a reduced rating so higher-ranked players are avoided. All other players will be reset to a rating of 10,000.

This reset only influences your leaderboard ranking. Youll keep any character and account progress youve made.

Good luck in your games and happy holidays!

The Awesomenauts Arena League is returning for a 3rd iteration! The tournament will consist of group stage qualifiers taking place on the weekend of November 5th and 6th. Teams that advance to the playoffs will play in a double elimination format on the weekend of November 12th and 13th.

Every participant will receive an Awesomenauts skin or announcer of their choice, with the options pool increasing the deeper your team makes it in the tournament. Players in teams that place 1st, 2nd, and 3rd will be rewarded the appropriate in-game Rumble Medal, while the 1st place team can choose between the Lens Flare Cat Medal or the Gold Rumble Medal.

[h3]To find out more, and to sign-up, check out the Awesomenauts Arena League Discord! [/h3]

In light of recent issues in Nauts that took a week to be fixed, we have decided to make the Bozo Gunk skin free to claim and keep from 10am PT Wednesday 19th October to 10am PT Monday 24th October.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/634016/Awesomenauts__Bozo_Gunk_Skin/



Enjoy the free skin, and best of luck in-game! If you already have it, we really appreciate your support

Hi everyone, the issues in the previous post seem to be fixed! We still don't really know what caused the issues (or what fixed them) so we will keep a close eye on them.

Please do let us know if you are still experiencing these issues. If you would still like a refund on any recently purchased DLC, please create a ticket with Steam Support.

Once again, we are sorry for the inconvenience. We are going to try to do something as an apology for these issues (depending on what we can do and what is allowed by Steam), so keep an eye out on this space!

Hi everyone, we have some unfortunate news. Since Monday 19th September, a host of issues popped up in Nauts and we have very little idea as to what caused them. We have contacted Steam and are also looking into this ourselves. But considering that this seemed to have happened out of the blue, we do not yet know how to approach solving the issues, so do not have an estimate when these issues will be fixed. We will keep you updated if we have any new information.

Problems experienced:

• Free Nauts rotations differ for different players.
  
• Nauts do not unlock using in-game currency. Error message Purchase failed: Could not grant Steam DLC!.
  
• Redeemed Nauts, skins, and other items do not show up in-game for players.
  
• Purchased Nauts, skins, and other items do not show up in-game for players.
  
• Prices of Nauts, skins, bundles, and other items show up as $0,00, even though they are correctly priced in the Steam store.
  
• Players are only able to choose the default skin option for each Naut.

Awesomenauts turns 10-years old on 1st August 2022! We would like to thank everyone who has been a part of this incredible journey with us!


[h3]Anniversary Stream[/h3]
On Thursday 4th August, we will be celebrating with our community on our Twitch channel at 7pm CET, 1pm ET, 10am PT.

6 devs will be playing in an internal tournament live on stream where we will once-and-for-all crown who is the best dev at Awesomenauts! We will play 3 games of Nauts with an individualised scoring system where teams are reshuffled after every game. The winners of each game receive 3 points each, while each player who receives a crown will get an extra point, regardless of being on the winning or losing team. After each game, teams are shuffled so the point totals per team are as equal as possible. Winners of game 3 will get 4 points for the win, and each crown earned in game 3 is worth 1.5 points.
As part of the stream, we will also be assembling a 3D printed Clunk figurine (see below) as well as painting one. A 3D-printable Clunk figurine is our present to this awesome community, for more details, see the Anniversary Present section below.

We will also be raffling out 3 original Clunk figurines during the stream. As usual, shipping is on us!


[h3]Anniversary Tournament[/h3]
The Nutty Nauts tournament series has returned for a 5th iteration! Matches will be of a standard 3v3 format and will take place on the weekends of 13th August and 20th August.

For more details, check out this Steam post, or join the Nutty Nauts Discord.


[h3]Anniversary Present[/h3]
We know the Clunk figurine is a very sought-after collectible and it has not been available since the initial pre-order many years ago. For the 10-year anniversary of Awesomenauts, we decided to make the Clunk figurine 3D printable and accessible to everyone who has a 3D printer, has access to a 3D printer, or wants to use a 3D printing service to acquire a Clunk figurine. You can find all the relevant files, instructions, and recommendations in the #announcement channel in the Ronimo Games Community Discord.

To add a little caveat, there are a few of us at the studio who are 3D printing hobbyists, but by no means do we consider these to be professional quality. To make the Clunk figurine 3D-printable, we separated the figurine into 10 individual parts, slightly tweaked them to optimise them for 3D printing, and also added pegs for easier assembly. We also test printed and assembled the Clunk figurine using a resin (Photon S) 3D printer and a filament (Ultimaker 2 Extended) 3D printer. We will also be assembling and painting 3D printed Clunk figurines on the 10-year anniversary stream on 4th August.



In the picture above, the original Clunk figurine is the one that was available for pre-order years ago. The one on the right was printed using a Photon S resin 3D printer with the same part sizes as in the raw files. The one on the left was printed using a Ultimaker 2 Extended filament 3D printer.

In our Discord, we have provided the raw files of all the parts, a template for resin 3D printers, as well as recommendations and instructions for filament 3D printers.

For resin printers, we have also created a 120mm by 68mm (4.7 by 2.6) template including print supports tips of 0.5mm (0.019) thickness. This template allows all the parts to be printed at once for resin printers. This template can also be scaled larger, if the printer you are using allows it. This is the template that was used for the Clunk figurine in the picture above. This file can be opened and modified with Chitubox Basic, which is the free software we used to create this template. Other softwares are of course available. The Clunk figurine printed with the resin 3D printer is printed at the unaltered size of each part in the raw files. Assembling this Clunk was relatively easy. Once the parts dried and the supports removed, it took no longer than 45 minutes.



For filament printers, we included print orientation recommendations and print instructions for each individual part. The Clunk figurine printed with the filament 3D printer is printed at 150% of the size of each part in the raw 3D files. Theoretically, the raw files can be scalable to be either larger or smaller.



We found the assembling process more finicky with the Clunk printed with the filament printer. The pegs that connect the different parts together are designed to fit perfectly, but there will always be a margin of error in the printing process. So once all the parts are printed, there is a chance that they will not connect perfectly with each other, so we recommend to do some level of sanding and drilling, as well as applying glue to each connection point for extra structural integrity. We will be going through this process on stream on 4th August so there is a good reference point for people who would like to undergo the process of 3D printing and assembling a Clunk figurine of their own.

Please keep in mind that removing supports, assembling figurines, and generally handling 3D printed objects and potentially sharp plastics can be dangerous and cause injury if not done properly and carefully. Ronimo Games is not responsible for any injuries or loss of life that may occur.

If you decide to print off your own Clunk figurine, be sure to share it with us on Discord, Steam, reddit, Twitter, and/or Instagram! We are very excited to see all the different Clunk figurines!

The Nutty Nauts tournament series has returned for a 5th iteration! Matches will be of a standard 3v3 format and will take place on the weekends of 13th August and 20th August.

All participants will receive a skin or announcer of their choice, the better you do in the tournament, the more of a selection you have to choose from! The top 3 teams will receive in-game medals, the winning team will receive the Lens Flare Cat Medal. 1st and 2nd placed teams will also receive cash prizes!

For more information, head to the Nutty Nauts Discord!

Sign-up and prove you are the best Awesomenauts player in the past decade!!!

Rexic is bringing back the Awesomenauts Summer Art Contest!

The contest for this summer's theme will be "Stylish Coco" where Coco is drawn in the styles of other video games. Here are some examples from a previous iteration of this contest.

[h3]Dates[/h3]
The contest has already begun and will run until 23:59 on August 13th, so be sure to send in your submissions before then! For more details about the contest or to submit your entry, go the the #art-contest channel in the Ronimo Community Discord. To submit your art, you can:
- Post it in the #art-contest Discord channel
- Post it on the Awesomenauts subreddit
- Post it on Twitter and tag @RexicTheKing

[h3]Prizes![/h3]
1st place will receive $50 + An exclusive custom Awesomenauts poker deck.
2nd place will receive $30.
3rd place will receive $20.
All entrants will receive a game of their choice from this list.

Good luck and we look forward to seeing your wonderful creations!

Awesomenauts will be turning 10 years old in August! We would like to thank everyone who has been part of this incredible journey!

Leading up to the 10th anniversary of Nauts, we will be taking a stroll down memory lane. Every week leading up to 1st August, we will be taking a look at a tournament match of Awesomenauts from each of the 10 years the game has been out, starting from this Wednesday 18th May, we will be live on the Official Ronimo Twitch Channel at 10am PT 1pm ET 7pm CET where I will be joined by Lead Animator Koen, who has been working at Ronimo since early 2012. We will review and break down a tournament match that took place in March 2013.

[h3]Celebration Plans[/h3]
Every week, we will be watching, reviewing, and breaking down a different match of Nauts from a different year. You may see guest appearances of some new faces, some old faces, and also some community favourites too! We will be talking about how Nauts has changed over the years, reminiscing the highs and lows, our favourite updates, metas, Nauts, maps, as well as our least favourite, of course. You can also expect some development insights and interesting stories we have had since we started Awesomenauts development in late 2008.

[h3]Rewards [/h3]
Although we stopped development for Awesomenauts since 2018 and have no plans to revisit the IP in the foreseeable future, we still plan on giving a "present" back to this amazing community to mark such a momentous occasion for the game. But we are not quite ready to reveal more details on this mystery gift yet.

Since we will be doing weekly reviews on our Twitch channel, you can also redeem rewards with Roni Points by just tuning in to the streams. Check out the latest rewards rotation here.

[h3]Rotation 8[/h3]
It has been a while since the last rotation, but rotation 8 is finally here! You can redeem the skins and announcer below with Roni Points which you earn by simply watching Dev streams every Wednesday on the Official Ronimo Games Twitch Channel!

[h3]How to redeem these rewards?[/h3]
You earn Roni Points just by tuning in, the more engaged you are, the more points you earn. We are live every Wednesday from 7pm CET 1pm ET 10am PT! Once you have sufficient points for the reward you desire, click on the little Ronimo Monkey icon below the chat box and redeem the reward you desire!

All redeemed rewards will be sent out after each stream as they need to be manually sent.

[h3]Common: 5,000 Roni Points[/h3]
Bionic Raelynn


[h3]Medium Rare: 10,000 Roni Points[/h3]
Desperado Penny


Hotrod Derpl



[h3]Thats EPIC: 15,000 Roni Points[/h3]
Loninator


Skreeletor



[h3]Legendary: 20,000 Roni Points[/h3]
Scourge Captain McPain



[h3]RoboScoop: 30,000 Roni Points[/h3]



[h3]Soothing Sounds: 7,500 Roni Points[/h3]
Renegade Command Announcer

Squeeze in a few more games over the weekend to hit that season high since the leaderboards are about to reset! A new season will commence on Monday 4th April 2022.

Expect to be matched with mixed skill levels in the first few days. Newer players who have played fewer than 100 games will automatically get a reduced rating so higher-ranked players are avoided. All other players will be reset to a rating of 10,000.

This reset only influences your leaderboard ranking. Youll keep any character and account progress youve made.

If you are looking for a new challenge this season, sign up to the Awesomenauts Clone Wars Tournament, where you and your teammates all plays the same Naut! Join the Tournament Discord for more information. Sign-up by just clicking on the Naut(s) you would like to play in the #choose-teams channel, and you will automatically be grouped with other players who also chose the same Naut(s). The tournament starts on 16th April, so be sure to sign up before then!

There's a new tournament incoming! The Awesomenauts Clone Wars Tournament will have an interesting twist! Here are a few quick to-knows:

• Everyone on a team will play as the same Naut
  
• Players can choose to play on multiple teams
  
• Matches start on April 16th
  

As part of Ronimo's 15-year celebrations, we decided to make a tier list of all 111 skins in Awesomenauts.

Make yours, share it in the #general-nauts channel on Discord, or let us know why we're right in the comments
Click here to make your own.
Catch the VOD and watch it literally take us almost 4 hours of collective malding to make this.

[h3]Rotation 7[/h3]
New year new rotation of rewards consisting of skins and an announcer. You can acquire these rewards by watching Dev Streams on the Official Ronimo Games Twitch Channel!

[h3]How to redeem these rewards?[/h3]
Automatically earn Roni Points by watching Dev Streams while we are live every Monday and Thursday from 7pm CET 1pm ET 10am PT! The more you engage with the stream and with chat, the more points you can earn. Once you have sufficient points for the reward you desire, click on the little Ronimo Monkey icon below the chat box and redeem the reward you desire!

All redeemed rewards will be sent out after the stream as they need to be manually sent (the system is not automated).

[h3]Commoner: 5,000 Roni Points[/h3]
Officer Lonestar


[h3]Medium Rare: 10,000 Roni Points[/h3]
Pimpy G


Cluck



[h3]Thats EPIC: 15,000 Roni Points[/h3]
Wicked Coco


Clockwork Yoolip



[h3]Legendary: 20,000 Roni Points[/h3]
Jotunn Sklldir



[h3]RoboScoop: 30,000 Roni Points[/h3]



[h3]Soothing Sounds: 7,500 Roni Points[/h3]
Ghosthouse Announcer

It's time for our annual Holiday Streamisho! Filled with Nauts themed food and drinks, holiday cheer, incredibly ugly Christmas sweaters, amazing giveaways, "quality" Nauts gameplay, and much more! Come tune in tomorrow at 8pm CET, 2pm ET, 11am PT on the Official Ronimo Games Twitch Channel!

[h3]Giveaways[/h3]
We'll be giving away 3 unpainted Clunk Figurines, a few All Nauts Packs, and a bunch of droppods, skins, and announcers! So be sure to tune in for a chance to win these awesome prizes! Shipping is on us for physical items, of course

There will also be a new rotation of channel point rewards for the coming period, as well as one-time available channel point rewards during the stream tomorrow, so swing by and check those out too!

Join us tomorrow for a (postponed) Halloween special stream where you will have a chance to win the Clunk Figurine, Awesomenauts T-Shirts, and the Collector's Edition of Awesomenauts! (And a bunch of codes!)

We'll be hosting 2 rounds of quizzes where the participants who finish top 3 will receive the awesome prizes listed above! (We'll cover shipping, of course )

10am PT1pm ET7pm CET on the Official Ronimo Games Twitch Channel

( Might want to brush up on some Nauts lore)

The current season is almost over. The leaderboards will be reset after the weekend. Grab your teammates or solo queue to hit your season high, or even career high, before the new season begins on Monday.

Expect to be matched with mixed skill levels in the first few days. Newer players who have played fewer than 100 games will automatically get a reduced rating so higher-ranked players are avoided. All other players will be reset to a rating of 10,000.

This reset only influences your leaderboard ranking. Youll keep any character and account progress youve made.

If you would like to watch some incredibly mediocre gameplay while earning some in-game rewards, tune in to dev streams every Monday and Thursday at 19:30 CET on the Official Ronimo Games Twitch Channel!

GLHF in the new season!

[h3]Rotation 6 [/h3]
It's autumn and time for a new rotation of rewards, consisting of skins and an announcer! You can get these in-game items for FREE by just watching Streamisho on the Official Ronimo Games Twitch Channel!

[h3]How can you acquire these in-game items?[/h3]

Earn Roni Points by watching Ronimo Dev Streams on Twitch every Monday and Thursday at 7pm CET 1pm ET 10am PT! You automatically earn Roni Points by just tuning in, and you earn more points the more engaged you are with the stream and with chat! Use the Roni Points you earn to redeem the rewards you want through the channel points shop on the Ronimo Games Twitch Page :)


[h3]Commoner: 5,000 Roni Points[/h3]
Grandmaster Splash



[h3]Medium Rare: 10,000 Roni Points[/h3]
Private Mels


Shaolin Ayla



[h3]Thats EPIC: 15,000 Roni Points[/h3]
Pirate Leon


Voltar Bonaparte



[h3]Legendary: 20,000 Roni Points[/h3]
Soulhuntress Raelynn



[h3]RoboScoop: 30,000 Roni Points[/h3]



[h3]Soothing Sounds: 7,500 Roni Points[/h3]
Wildlife Announcer

The Survivornauts Tournament is nearing and sign-ups will end in 1 week on Sunday 29th August! Were mixing it up this tournament and will be introducing a more casual-friendly ruleset where meta Nauts might be banned if they are picked too often

Heres a simple rundown of the rules:
- The tournament will take place over 4 weekends. Weekends 1,2, and 3 will be group stages. Weekend 4 will be playoffs.
- In week 1, all Nauts are available for selection for competition.
- After each week, 8 of the most played Nauts will go through a raffle system and 4 will be banned for the rest of the tournament. So there will be 12 Nauts banned over 3 weeks, and a final 22 Nauts available for selection for the playoffs in week 4.

To find out more about the tournament and to sign up, join the Tournament Discord.

If you dont have a team yet but would like to participate, jump in the Discord and post a message in the #looking-for-team channel.

The winners will be rewarded with in-game medals, but EVERY participant will receive a skin or announcer reward (the better you do, the better the reward)!

The next Awesomenauts tournament is coming up at the end of this month! We would like you to help us decide the tournament format! We have 2 proposals, Randomnauts and Survivornauts. Here are brief summaries of the rulesets of each format.

Randomnauts
- The Nauts played by each team is selected at random.
- The original gamemode Randomnauts will be used with medium ai bots selected (the middle option).

Survivornauts
- The tournament will take place over 4 weekends. Weekends 1,2, and 3 will be group stages. Weekend 4 will be playoffs.
- In week 1, all Nauts are available for selection for competition.
- After each week, 8 of the most played Nauts will go through a raffle system and 4 will be banned for the rest of the tournament. So there will be 12 Nauts banned over 3 weeks, and a final 22 Nauts available for selection for the playoffs in week 4.

All Nauts will be on free rotation for ALL PLAYERS during the duration of the tournament!

For more details, join the Naut Even Trying Discord.

CAST YOUR VOTE HERE!

[h3]Rotation 5 [/h3]

Along with summer, a new rotation of skins and announcer have arrived! You can get these in-game items for FREE by just watching Streamisho on the Official Ronimo Games Twitch Channel!

[h3]How do you get these items?[/h3]

Simply by watching Streamishos on Twitch every Monday and Thursday at 7pm CET 1pm ET 10am PT! You automatically earn Roni Points by watching Streamishos and you can use the Roni Points you earn to redeem the following skins!


[h3]Commoner: 5,000 Roni Points[/h3]
Double-O Yuri



[h3]Medium Rare: 10,000 Roni Points[/h3]
Coco Hawaii


Cheerleader Penny



[h3]Thats EPIC: 15,000 Roni Points[/h3]
Party Boy McPain


Summertime Chucho



[h3]Legendary: 20,000 Roni Points[/h3]
Bullbarian Deadlift



[h3]RoboScoop: 30,000 Roni Points[/h3]



[h3]Soothing Sounds: 7,500 Roni Points[/h3]
The Scrolls of XiPang

[h3]For the coming 2 weeks, every Awesomenaut will be made available to play for everyone, even if you dont own or havent unlocked them! [/h3]

Jump in to the game whether you would like to just try out a new Naut, or youd like to try a new team composition for the upcoming Nutty Nauts Tournament, or its finally time for you to be the flex god you were always meant to be!

If you like to own a Naut you tried, you can purchase them with in-game currency that you earn through playing games, completing tasks, and levelling up. But you can also purchase them from Steam and this is a great chance to score anything Nauts related, whether it's an announcer, a cool skin, or a new Naut, since almost everything is marked 60% off! If you would like all of the Awesomenauts, why not go for the All Nauts Pack, which is also on (a smaller 25%) offer during the Steam Summer Sale. The All Nauts Pack also comes with an exclusive Lonestar skin Goldstar, thats only obtainable through owning the All Nauts Pack.



Like a new character but dont feel like paying for the skins? You can also earn free skins by watching the Ronimo Streamisho on our Twitch Channel. Were live every Monday and Thursday at 7pm CET. You get Roni Points by just watching, but you can earn more by engaging with chat and participating stream events! Once you have earned sufficient Roni Points, select a skin of your choice from the active rotation, open the Channel Points shop located underneath the chat box, and select the reward you would like to redeem. Some rewards, like the Medium Rare reward, have multiple options, so be sure to tell us which option you would like when you redeem the reward!

Nutty Nauts is coming round for a 4th season! Sign-ups are now live, join the Nutty Nauts Discord and follow the instructions provided there! The tournament will take place on July 3rd, 10th, and 11th. All participants will receive a reward and winners will also receive medals!

Questions about the tournament format or schedule? Have a look at the relevant channels in the Nutty Nauts Discord. If you dont have a team or a full team, not to worry, search for players or post a message in the #lfteam channel.

Grab your 3-stacks, stretch your fingers, and dust off your mechanical keyboards. Its time to get nutty and pop off!

If you are reading this, it means the Nauts leaderboards have been reset and a new season has commenced! Grab your 3 stack, turn your feed drive to hyper speed and run it down mid for that sweet sweet invisible orb on Aiguillon. Stealth you way into the hide areas and surprise your opponents as they think they can peacefully clear a wave of droids. Bait your enemies into getting the health pack on Sorona and feed them to the worm!

Expect to be matched with mixed skill levels in the first few days. Newer players who have played fewer than 100 games will automatically get a reduced rating so higher-ranked players are avoided. All other players will be reset to a rating of 10,000.

This reset only influences your leaderboard ranking. Youll keep any character and account progress youve made.

If you want to watch some very below average Nauts gameplay, come tune into Niel playing some space-denying Sentry at 19:30 CET on the Official Ronimo Games Twitch Channel!

Happy climbing!

[h3]Rotation 4 is finally here! [/h3]

Fresh new rotation of skins and announcer coming in hot! Redeem them using Roni Points on our official Twitch Page. Open the Roni Points shop by clicking on the Ronimo Monkey icon below the chat box. Redeemed codes are sent out every Tuesday and Friday

How to earn Roni Points?
Simply by watching Streamishos on Twitch every Monday and Thursday at 7pm CET 1pm ET 10am PT!



[h3]Commoner: 5,000 Roni Points[/h3]
Coco McFly




[h3]Medium Rare: 10,000 Roni Points[/h3]
Disco Voltar


Kage Genji




[h3]Thats EPIC: 15,000 Roni Points[/h3]
Steel Seraph Ix


Pyromancer Smiles




[h3]Legendary: 20,000 Roni Points[/h3]
Malicious Max




[h3]RoboScoop: 30,000 Roni Points[/h3]




[h3]Soothing Sounds: 7,500 Roni Points[/h3]
Rockstar Announcer

[h2]Round 3 is here![/h2]
A new selection of skins and an announcer are now redeemable using Roni points! If you missed out on the skins and announcers in the first two rounds, dont worry, theyll come round again

Earn Roni points by watching Streamishos every Monday and Thursday at 7pm CET 1pm ET 10am PT!


[h3]Commoner: 5,000 Roni Points[/h3]
Bionic Raelynn



[h3]Medium Rare: 10,000 Roni Points[/h3]
Expendable Clunk


Cynical Vinnie & Total Spike



[h3]Thats EPIC: 15,000 Roni Points[/h3]
Dragon Huntress Ksenia


Kunoichi Dizzy



[h3]Legendary: 20,000 Roni Points[/h3]
8-Bit Yoolip



[h3]And the one and only, the ultimate prize RoboScoop: 30,000 Roni Points[/h3]


[h3]Soothing Sounds: 7,500 Roni Points[/h3]
SUSI Announcer

Hey everyone, we hope you are enjoying 2021 so far! In the week leading up to Lunar New Year, we would like to celebrate with you by unlocking all Nauts this week!

Ever wanted to try a Naut but didnt want to spend real life money?
Ever wanted to recommend Nauts to a friend but the free Nauts on rotation that week were too 5Head?
Ever wanted the feeling of temporarily owning every Naut?

If you answered yes to any of these, then fire up Nauts now and fulfil these very specific desires

(Also tournament announcement soon )

[h2]Round 2. Redeem!

The 2nd round of free skins and announcers are now redeemable using Twitch Channel Points! If you missed out on skins in the first round, don't worry, they'll swing back round [/h2]

[h2]Catch us live on Mondays and Thursdays at 7pm CET 1pm ET 10am PT on[/h2]
[h2]Twitch.tv/ronimogames[/h2]

Commoner: 5,000 Roni Points



Medium Rare: 10,000 Roni Points



That's EPIC: 15,000 Roni Points



LEGENDARY: 20,000 Roni Points



And the one and only, the ultimate prize RoboScoop: 30,000 Roni Points



Soothing Sounds: 7,500 Roni Points

[h3]Nauts leaderboards have been reset! [/h3]

Dig out your headband, wrist support, and shoulder pads and venture into the depths of the Nauts ladder!

[h2]It is the season of giving and all Nauts are unlocked and playable this week![/h2]

[h3]Christmas Streamisho Special is back TOMORROW 23rd December[/h3]

[h3]7pm CET 1pm ET 10am PT[/h3]

[h3]https://www.twitch.tv/ronimogames [/h3]

There are many FREE game codes for you to win, including:

• The All Nauts Pack
  
• Fall Guys (Thanks Devolver )
  
• Blightbound
  
• And many more!
  

[h2]The 1st rotation for the free skins and announcers redeemable by Twitch Channel Points have come into effect! There are 4 tiers of skin rewards, scaling up in rarity and channel points cost.[/h2]


[h3]Commoner: 5,000 Roni Points[/h3]



[h3]Medium Rare: 10,000 Roni Points[/h3]



[h3]Thats EPIC: 15,000 Roni Points[/h3]



[h3]LEGENDARY: 20,000 Roni Points[/h3]



[h3]And the one and only, the ultimate prize RoboScoop: 30,000 Roni Points [/h3]



[h3]Soothing Sounds: 7,500 Roni Points[/h3]

Hey everyone, we have some exciting news to share! Although Awesomenauts is in maintenance mode and there are no updates planned for the foreseeable future, we, Ronimo Games, would like to give back to the most amazing community who has stood by our side and supported us over the past 8.5 years!

[h3]Channel Points (Roni Points)[/h3]

Our Twitch channel has recently achieved Affiliate Status, which means viewers can now earn Roni Points by watching our streams, and use these points to redeem rewards! Heres how you do it:

1. Watch streams on The Official Ronimo Twitch Channel
2. Earn points through watching
3. Redeem points on in-game items and other rewards

Redeemable in-game items will be on a rotation so keep an eye out for the announcement of the first rotation soon (tomorrow)!

Roboscoop (HintHintNudgeNudge)!

[h3]Mystery Item[/h3]

Every stream, there will also be a mystery item that will be VERY cheap for viewers to redeem (but worth a good amount of real life money). However, this reward can only be redeemed once per stream and you MUST be fast to redeem the item since it will be secretly activated some time during the stream. This item will only cost 100 Roni Points which is around 10 minutes of viewing. Dark Masquerade QiTara was the mystery item that was on offer during the stream on December 10th.

Catch our streams on https://www.twitch.tv/ronimogames every Monday and Thursday (unless stated otherwise) at
7pm CET
1pm ET
10am PT

Start earning Roni Points this Thursday December 17th!

You lucky ducks! We've given you something pretty awesome.

What's that? Well, we'd like to introduce you to the Ronimo Collection.



https://store.steampowered.com/app/1263070/Blightbound/

In celebration of our upcoming game Blightbound, we've put together a bundle covering our complete history - from the Viking lands of Swords & Soldiers HD to the Persian deserts of Swords & Soldiers 2 Shawarmageddon and Awesomenauts' Startstorm Station!

If you want to play everything we've ever made, or maybe just complete your collection, you've come to the right place! And... you have impeccable taste!

This bundle contains:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/561527/

The Awesomenauts All Nauts Pack is back, temporarily! This bundle will give you access to all existing characters in Awesomenauts, as well as unlock the exclusive Golden Lonestar skin! If you're looking for the full Awesomenauts experience - this is it!

Never played Awesomenauts? Don't fret! This pack will set you up with absolutely everything you need. It's a side-scrolling MOBA that pits you and two allies up against three opponents, wielding characters like a jetpacking monkey, a robot with anger-management issues, and a sawblade-throwing techno-shaman, and lots lots more. Interested? The game is free to play, so go and give it a spin!

Once this promotion ends, the Awesomenauts All Nauts Pack will be retired once again.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/703880/Swords_and_Soldiers_2_Shawarmageddon/

Swords & Soldiers 2 Shawarmageddon is the sequel that sees our beloved Chief Redbeard travel the globe in search of a mysterious artifact, only to uncover a sinister plot to take over the world! Still, it's a lighthearted strategy affair that throws different challenges and puzzles your way.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/63500/Swords_and_Soldiers_HD/

The game that started it all for us! Swords and Soldiers HD is a sidescrolling strategy game where you take control of the Viking, Chinese, and Aztec armies while they exchange food-based puns and fight over a mind-controlling chili.

In partnership with Devolver Digital, Ronimo Games has been hard at work developing Blightbound, a new co-op action RPG set in a blight cursed land filled with monsters and gribblies.

Players will take the role of adventurers living in the Refuge, one of the few (if maybe the last!) vestige of good and light in the land. From their plateau, they strike out at the evil that has consumed the world around them, earning not just experience, loot, and glory, but finding survivors and fellow playable heroes; many of these heroes also have a great deal of history with each other and the places they inhabit.

It's easily Ronimo's most ambitious project so far!

If you want to keep up to date with Blightbound while it is in development, then we highly suggest taking a look at the store page, adding the game to your wish-list, and following the game:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1263070/Blightbound/

For one, we're excited to announce that Blightbound will be available for Early Access around mid-summer!

Blightedly yours,
-SlowWolf.

A new tournament is on the horizon! Awesomenauts Conquest has a new super SPICY lock-out draft system! Get the gang back together to kick names and take butts!
Sign up here: https://discord.gg/wnkyp28



Awesomenauts Conquest will feature a series of one-off tournaments with a BRAND NEW drafting method unlike any other implemented in previous tournaments.

You and your team must create powerful combinations and prove your might by winning with a variety of different strategies!

Basic overview:
Teams must submit 3 team compositions before each bracket. These 3 compositions will then be used for the remainder of the bracket.
Instead of a standard drafting phase, each team will ban one team composition drawn up by their oppositions. Teams must win with both of the remaining compositions to proceed to the next stage of the competition.

Good luck to all competitors! Time to dominate!

As many of you may know, were quickly approaching the 7-year anniversary of Awesomenauts! This only means 1 thing, its time for our 2nd Awesomenauts Anniversary Trivia Quiz! Better brush up on your Nauts lore (especially upgrades info HINT HINT) because there are many amazing prizes to be won! Mark down Wednesday July 31st 5pm CEST when well be live on The Official Ronimo Twitch Channel and hosting 3 rounds of trivia with 25 questions in each round.

There will be 3 prizes to be won in each round. The 1st placed winner of each round will win the almighty Clunk statue!


The 2nd placed winner will win an Awesomenauts T-Shirt of your choosing!


The 3rd placed winner will win an original boxed version of Awesomenauts! Whether its the real OG boxed version of Awesomenauts or the new more exclusive steel box version of Nauts that came out with the Overdrive expansion.


BE THERE OR BE LEAGUE 9!

Its that time of year again! Steam Summer Sale is upon us and we have decided to put EVERYTHING Nauts related on at least a 60% discount! Nauts? Skins? Announcers? Bundles? Packs? You name it, its on discount! Not sure if you want to splash down on that Naut youve been wanting? Not to worry, weve got your back! All Nauts are unlocked for everyone, yes you read that right, EVERYONE! Dont miss out on the sweet deals and unlocked Nauts as regular rotations will kick in again after the Steam Summer Sale.

Looking for a partner to queue with? Why not introduce a friend to Nauts? Youll be able to freely select the 34 Nauts for the next 2 weeks! Who knows, you might earn enough Awesome Points to unlock your favourite Nauts by the end of the Steam Summer Sale, if not, all Nauts are 60% off anyway! And if you fancy getting ahead, the Starter Pack is also 60% off!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/425541/Awesomenauts__Starter_Pack/

Need a few tips and tricks because you or your friend(s) are just starting off? Hop over to the Official Ronimo Games Twitch Channel every Wednesday at 5pm CEST and learn new Nauts together with Niel in our weekly Noob to League 1 series featuring coaches from the community!

A new season is about to commence in Awesomenauts on Steam! Get your last few matches in because the leaderboards will be reset on Thursday 20th June! Are you satisfied with your rank this season? Happy with your season high? If yes, congratulations! If not, dont worry, youll get another crack in less than a week!

Expect to be matched with mixed skill levels in the first few days. Newer players who have played fewer than 100 games will automatically get a reduced rating so higher-ranked players are avoided. Everyone else will be reset to a rating of 10,000.

This reset only influences your leaderboard ranking. Youll keep any character and account progress youve made.

If you're interested in picking up a few tips and tricks or want to offer your expertise as a coach, tune in to Noob to League 1 every Wednesday! This is a series where different coaches from the community teach Niel how to play different Nauts as Niel attempts to climb the leaderboard.

Tune in to the live streams on the Official Ronimo Games Twitch Channel and watch the VODs on our Official YouTube Channel.
Message Niel to about coaching on stream in the Official Ronimo Discord.

Good hunting in the new season!

Were in our final week of our anniversary sales but celebrations have only just commenced. If you missed out on the sales this time round, not to worry, we have plenty more planned in the coming weeks/months. Stay tuned to our channels for more info!

The deals this week will last until June 17th, so be sure to score 60% off the following skins, characters and announcers! You can find all the skins and announcers on sale below.

And of course, Nauts associated with these skins and announcers are also on-sale, as well as unlocked in-game this week! So be sure to try them out!

Skins
https://store.steampowered.com/app/387984/Awesomenauts__8Bit_Yoolip_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/557003/Awesomenauts__Bullbarian_Deadlift_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/497620/Awesomenauts__Bravely_Scoop_IV_Eternal_Fantasy_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/634012/Awesomenauts__Commander_CookIt_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/256503/Awesomenauts__Skreeletor_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/387982/Awesomenauts__Cosmic_Captain_Ksenia_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/230884/Awesomenauts__Genji_the_Grey_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/230886/Awesomenauts__Cluck_Skin/
Private Mels


Announcers
https://store.steampowered.com/app/351461/Awesomenauts__Wraithlord_Scoop_Announcer/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/399837/Awesomenauts__The_Ringmaster_Announcer/

Hey everyone! Welcome to week 7 of the Awesomenauts Anniversary sale! It's been 7 years since Awesomenauts launched on the original platforms, and we're nearing the end of our biggest sale event yet!

This week, we have the following skins, characters, and announcer available for you at 60% off. All these deals will be available until June 10th, when we'll cycle into the final week of the event!

As always, all characters related the the skins below will be included in the weekly rotation of characters in Awesomenauts!

Skins
https://store.steampowered.com/app/387980/Awesomenauts__Electronic_Supersonic_Cybertronic_Rocco_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/557001/Awesomenauts__Malicious_Max_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/557000/Awesomenauts__Scourge_Captain_McPain_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/497621/Awesomenauts__Pyromancer_Smiles_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/256504/Awesomenauts__Sun_Wukong_Skree_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/376372/Awesomenauts__Shinobi_Rocco_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/327530/Awesomenauts__Wraithlord_Scoop_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/230889/Awesomenauts__Cynical_Vinnie__Total_Spike_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/204312/Awesomenauts__Expendable_Clunk_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/204318/Awesomenauts__Pimpy_G_Skin/

Announcer
Skree Announcer

Characters
Clunk
Vinnie & Spike
Skree
Smiles
Max Focus

Hey everyone! We're in the middle of Spring Cleaning so we've decided to keep the next stage of the Anniversary Sale on the shelf for another week. We'll be back with discounts on Awesomenauts skins, announcers, and characters next week!

Welcome to week 6 of the Anniversary Sale! A new set of skins, 'Nauts, and an announcer at 60% off! These discounts are available until May 27th, so get 'em while they're hot!

Those with a keen eye might have noticed the set of skins is a little more limited than you might be used to. That's because I made a mistake while registering these sales... so you'll have an even bigger set available next week!

For now though, these are the skins, 'Nauts, and announcer available to you! As always, the 'Nauts related to these skins are available for free in the weekly rotation!

Skinshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/256507/Awesomenauts__Digital_G_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/230892/Awesomenauts__Teddy_Ayla_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/204317/Awesomenauts__Capn_Vinnie__Seadog_Spike_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/230887/Awesomenauts__Pirate_Leon_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/251080/Awesomenauts__Abyssal_Swiggins_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/256505/Awesomenauts__Giga_Sentorii_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/634010/Awesomenauts__Kunoichi_Dizzy_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/399831/Awesomenauts__Skull_Chopper_Chucho/
Announcerhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/399834/Awesomenauts__Rockstar_Announcer/
CharactersFroggy G
Leon Chameleon
Admiral Swiggins
Dizzy
Rocco

We're into week 5 of our Awesomenauts Anniversary celebrations, and that means a whole new set of skins and characters are 60% off! Get a great deal on some classic skins and recent fan-favorites until May 20th, when we'll cycle in a new set of discounts!

Check out the full list below!

To celebrate, we have made all characters related to the skins below available in the weekly rotation!

Skins
https://store.steampowered.com/app/204319/Awesomenauts__DoubleO_Yuri_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/230891/Awesomenauts__Shaolin_Ayla_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/204308/Awesomenauts__Hotrod_Derpl_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/333170/Awesomenauts__Loninator_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/306890/Awesomenauts__Grim_Genji_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/256506/Awesomenauts__Specimen_X58_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/425544/Awesomenauts__Sir_Jimmy_Lionheart/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/319821/Awesomenauts__Jotunn_Sklldir_Skin/

Announcers
https://store.steampowered.com/app/399833/Awesomenauts__Ghosthouse_Announcer/

Characters(also available in the weekly rotation)
Yuri
Ayla
Genji the Pollen Prophet
Sentry X-58
Jimmy and the LUX5000

Awesomenauts originally launched in May 2012 on last-generation consoles, and we're into week four of our celebrations!

We have a new set of awesome skins and announcers lined up at a massive discount. Check out the full list below!

This sale will run until Monday May 13th, at which point we'll unveil a new new set of discounted skins, characters, and announcers!

To celebrate, we also have all related characters available in the weekly rotation!

Skins
https://store.steampowered.com/app/204306/Awesomenauts__Officer_Lonestar_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/319820/Awesomenauts__Leon_Legionnaire_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/204304/Awesomenauts__Coco_Hawaii_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/251081/Awesomenauts__Admiral_Swiggins_PHD_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/376371/Awesomenauts__Voltar_Bonaparte_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/425542/Awesomenauts__Steel_Seraph_Ix_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/351460/Awesomenauts__Battle_Nibbs_Skin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/634016/Awesomenauts__Bozo_Gunk_Skin/
Announcers
https://store.steampowered.com/app/333150/Awesomenauts__Wildlife_Announcer/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/399835/Awesomenauts__Renegade_Command_Announcer/
Characters(also available in the weekly rotation)
Sheriff Lonestar
Voltar the Omniscient
Ix the Interloper
Nibbs
Snork Gunk

This week's sweet deals are live! All the skins, Nauts and announcers that are featured are 60% off! That's our biggest discount ever! These Nauts are also unlocked in-game this week for everyone to play, on top of our regular unlock rotation!

Score the sweet deals here: https://store.steampowered.com/search/?term=awesomenauts

Skins:
Coco McFly Ravishing Raelynn Demon Skolldir Cheerleader Penny Ahrpl Party Boy McPain Summertime Chucho Soulhuntress Raelynn





Nauts:
Skolldir Penny Fox Derpl Zork Chucho Krokk Qi'Tara





Announcers:
SUSI Announcer The Mind Collection Announcer

Awesomenauts will soon be celebrating its 7th birthday! To spice up the party, we will be having the biggest and longest sale weve EVER had! Starting from Monday April 22nd, selected characters, skins and announcers will be 60% off, these corresponding characters will also be unlocked and playable for everyone (on top of the random weekly rotation)! Sales and characters are renewed every Monday and this cycle will go on for at least the next 2 months (and most likely longer)! More details of Nauts birthday celebrations will follow in due course

This is a great time to introduce a friend who you think might like Nauts, they'll get to play the complete roster over the coming weeks and also score some sweet deals!

We've recently also started a series on our weekly stream (https://www.twitch.tv/ronimogames) where community members teach Niel how to play their favourite Nauts and try to get him to League 1. If you're interested in becoming Niel's coach and joining us on stream, send Niel a message on discord (https://discordapp.com/invite/ronimo). It's a lot of fun but be prepared to get frustrated

P.S: Also keep an eye out for weeks where we unlock all characters for everyone!

For a taster, get these skins 60% off now! https://store.steampowered.com/search/?term=awesomenauts
Grandmaster Splash Mousquetaire Leon Disco Voltar Kage Genji Gnabot Dragon Huntress Ksenia Unicorn Nibbs Dark Masquerade QiTara

A new season has commenced in Awesomenauts on Steam! If you are reading this, the leaderboards have been reset. Could this be the season you finally get your crack at League 1? Expect being matched with players of mixed skill levels in the first few days.

If you have played fewer than 100 games, you will automatically get a reduced rating so youre not playing against a high-ranked player. Everyone else will be reset to a rating of 10,000.

This reset only influences your leaderboard rating. Youll keep any character and account progress youve made.

Were also planning to reset leaderboards more regularly from this point onward, so stay on your toes!

Good luck in the new season!

Hey guys, we would like to wish a happy Lunar New Year to those who celebrate it and hope everyone else is also having a jolly time!

We would also like to contribute to the festive period by unlocking ALL 34 NAUTS for all players until February 12th 2019! Thats right, all 34 Nauts will be free-to-play for a limited time, even if you dont own them!

If theres ever a time to introduce a friend to Awesomenauts or find a new duo partner, now is the time!

Ever wondered what Nauts would be like as a wildlife documentary? Awesomenauts DLC is also up to 65% off, time to get a new announcer on the bargain during the Steam Lunar New Year Sale?

You can find all the Awesomenauts content on Steam here: https://store.steampowered.com/search/?term=awesomenauts

Hey everyone, we hope you all had a good start to the new year! We would like to announce that Rexic is hosting another art contest! The theme for this contest is Valentines Day celebrations and you can submit any Naut you want, but of course, Coco submissions are encouraged because the radical purple surfer is Rexics favourite. The setting is of your choosing, your Naut(s) could be giving/receiving presents, going on a date or just being generally in love Entries must be submitted before midnight on Valentines Day, so 23:59 on February 14th (Pacific Time). If you happen to be one of the winners, you will receive:
-$75 for first place
-$50 for second place
-$25 for third place

But wait, theres more! Everyone who enters by submitting a piece of art will also receive a free game code from Rexics list of game codes.

All submissions should be labelled Rexic Valentines Day Art Contest and be posted on this forum thread https://www.awesomenauts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=53672 . Feel free to share your works of art on other platforms as well but be sure to submit it in the forum thread for it to be entered into the contest. We look forward to all the amazing art that will be submitted!

In the meantime, check out Luckytimes creation which took first place in the Halloween Art Contest!

Hey guys!

Hope you are all enjoying the festive period! We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support over the past year!

If you would like to start 2019 with a bang, consider signing up to the Awesome Brawl tournament (link below). The tournament will start on January 5th and run for 4 weeks with the finals taking place on the weekend of January 26th. The winners will receive in-game and cash prizes! Interested? Better grab your teammates and start practicing!

If you want to look flashy during the tournament, why not pick up a skin or 2 for your favourite Nauts during the Steam Winter Sale? All Nauts DLC is 50% off!

We will have more news regarding Awesomenauts development in the coming months so join the Official Ronimo Discord (link below) to stay up-to-date with the latest development news or just hangout with the developers and the community.
Happy Holidays!


Awesome Brawl Tournament Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/4YtgNRR

Official Ronimo Games Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/ronimo

Update 4.7 and Snork Gunk are now live! Here is the back story to our conchballing, butt-whooping hero:

Although Snork Gunk is considered one of the better conchballers in Scargi space he never reached first league with his team the Pearl Sluggers. He always criticized that the sport had become too slow and blamed the slugs at management for trying to slow the pace of the game (which was already drawn out over the span of 14 Earth months).

“With an average of only one or two goals a game, you have more fun watching paint dry,” he complained. After many times of being disqualified for scoring too quickly, the team benched him for good.

Fed up with his failed career in sports he decided to join the Scargi military police hoping for some more action by tracking and hunting down enemies of the Empire. After a good run of swift catches, he was assigned on a mission to hunt down the fugitive Rocket Renegades. Realising the Renegades had joined the ranks of the Awesomenauts, a team of 'big league' mercenaries, he applied for the transfer of a lifetime...

For the complete patch notes, click here: https://www.awesomenauts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2440

We hope you enjoy Snork and Update 4.7 as much as we do and hope to see you in-game soon!

Snork is the man, he’s swifter than a fan!
Snork is the slug, he’s whipping every thug!

Snork and the Sluggers have just finished their pre-season tour on Ribbit IV and are pumped for their first game next Tuesday! Update 4.7: Slam Dunk will go live on 17th July! Want to try out Snork? Update your game to the beta build and frag out with the Pearl Slugger legend!

This may be your last chance to give us feedback before the new update goes live next Tuesday so if you have any suggestions, please feel free to post them on the forums! https://www.awesomenauts.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=19

If you’d like to see a bit more of our Conchball MVP in action, check out our stream VOD where we showed off Snork’s premium skin – Bozo Gunk and his movement, skillset, unique animations and special voice lines!
https://youtu.be/xjRgxN8PhMA

It’s time for the UMA Map Festival! Join the UMA Discord, play Awesomenauts on community made maps and be part of the festivities! The event starts on Saturday 7th July at 8pm CEST. Check out the original forum post for more details.
https://www.awesomenauts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=52873

During the Streamisho today, we released an update for the 4.7 Open Beta! This update contains extensive rebalancing to Snork Gunk, as well as some fixes and changes to other characters.

Catch the full patch notes below, and don't forget to check out the Beta if you haven't already! Here's a guide on how to access it: https://www.awesomenauts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=22487. Discuss the Beta on the forums (https://www.awesomenauts.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=19) or join us on the official Ronimo Games Discord over at https://discord.gg/ronimo

Update 4.7 - Beta 2
General

• Fixed that skills could be triggered when getting stunned or silenced by holding down the skill button when the Skill aiming visual option is enabled.

• Fixed an issue where players who stuck close to the top of Sentry’s totem while it was close to a turret would distract the turret, but not get hit.

• Rocket Launch, minimum damage increased from 150 to 200, maximum damage increased from 350 to 400.

• Tree Hugger, fixed that the second stage of the upgrade did nothing.

• Demon animal necklace, fixed that the upgrade affects the actual cooldown, and not just in the HUD.
  
• Eternal Flame, fixed that this upgrade created 4 flames instead of the intended 3.
  
• Fire breath, fixed that there were still some occasions where she could be moved during the ability.

• Energy Pulse, fixed that it now correctly does 90 damage, as stated in the previous patch notes.

• Black hole sun, outer/minimum gravity force reduced by 5%.
  
• Ejection seat, fixed that the heal could be triggered when the teleport was still on cooldown due to Sentry taking damage.
  
• Interrogation answering machine, fixed that it gives a 33% attack speed boost as described in the tooltip.
  
• Interrogation answering machine, fixed that it now correctly stacks with Dog tags.
  
• Photon mine launcher, fixed attack speed tooltip.
  
• Photon mine launcher, reduced direct damage from 90 to 85.
  
• Drive-over skulls, now increases explosion range of Photon mines by 60% (as it was in 4.5)

• Base health reduced from 1650 to 1600.
  
• Trapper’s Hook, now checks with obstacles before enemies, making Smiles unable to connect the hook though walls and turrets.

• Shell bombs, fixed that the tooltip would say the skill spawns 4 shells when Cockle multiball was bought.
  
• Shell bombs, explosion damage reduced from 200 to 160.
  
• Shell bombs, now breaks stealth upon activation and makes Snork unable to go into stealth until the skill is over.
  
• Disco clamball, now attaches a single-use heal to every shell bomb which heals allied Awesomenauts upon contact for 50 per stage.
  
• Sticky snail, no longer does damage at base.
  
• Sticky snail, increased the snail forward speed by 100%.
  
• Sticky snail, decreased the retraction speed by 20%, both speeds are now equal.
  
• Sticky snail, Snork is no longer damage immune during the ability.
  
• Sticky snail, range increased by 20%.
  
• Conchball broom, range increase reduced from 50% to 25%.
  
• Nasty sweat band, now adds 100 damage per stage to the impact of sticky snail.
  
• Tear gas, now leaves a gas cloud when using conch dunk every 5 seconds. The gas deals 45 damage per second and hangs around for 3 seconds.
  
• Action gloves, now adds 50% base damage to the next conch dunk when hitting an enemy Awesomenaut with a shell bomb or sticky snail.
  
• Snail slime container, shield now disappears when all shells have hit.
  
• Snail slime container, price increased from 165 to 210.

• Base health reduced from 1400 to 1350.

It's time for another Rexic Art Contest!

If there’s one Naut Rexic loves, it’s a certain purple alien named Coco who joined The Awesomenauts on 23rd July, which also happens to be her birthday! The contest has already commenced and will end on 23rd July at 11:59pm.

Check out Rexic's original forum post here: https://www.awesomenauts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=52843

You can submit art of any Naut for the competition, but the primary focus should be on the rad surfer babe herself! It can be art of whoever you want doing whatever you want, fighting, playing, chillin', or just shootin' some hoops with her new pal Snork. Entries can be posted the day you finish or any time before the end of the contest.

Put 'Art Contest' in the title and post your entries on the Awesomenauts Steam page, Tumblr or Reddit! Forum submissions should go to the official thread (see above)!

Now come the prizes!
- 1st place: $100 gift card for Steam, Amazon or PayPal
- 2nd place: $50 gift card for Steam, Amazon or PayPal
- 3rd place: $25 gift card for Steam, Amazon or PayPal

But wait, there’s more! ALL entries get a prize and the prizes get better as more entries are submitted! Starting with:
- Tier 1: Random game or skin code
- Tier 2: You get to choose a game or skin code
- Tier 3: You get a game code AND a skin code
- Tier 4: $5 gift card for Steam, Amazon or PayPal

But wait, there’s EVEN more! If you use Rexic’s recruitment code (ZUM8-QCVC-VJLH), you get an additional free code! So tell your friends, tell your family, even tell your neighbour! And we hope to see many amazing entries from many talented artists!

Ladies aaaaaannnnnnd gentlemen! Standing at 5’11 and 400 pounds, the (not so) lean, mean scoring machine, 5 time MVP, conchball hall-of-famer, Pearl Slugger legend and Awesomenauts’ latest recruit… Put your hands together for Snoooooorrrk Gunnnnnnnnnnk!

We are very excited to announce that Snork Gunk is now playable in open beta for everyone. Update your game and check him out (more on how to get the Beta is here: https://www.awesomenauts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=22487)! If you have any feedback, we would love to hear it on the Awesomenauts forums! https://www.awesomenauts.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=19

We hope you enjoy playing as Snork Gunk and we would love to see you in-game soon! If you'd like to watch the reveal for Snork Gunk, and catch the conversation between Jasper (designer) and Dawid (animator) about this character, you should check out the latest Streamisho VOD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qT2SEpWdl8

The Streamisho is back, and we had a lot of fun streaming yesterday! Join us every week for a new show.

This week, played some Nauts on Kethkars Court, caught up on community news, teased the new Naut and fired up some Swords & Soldiers II. If you missed the stream, catch the VOD on YouTube or Twitch. Well see you next Wednesday for some more Streamisho-shenanigans

https://youtu.be/f_un8WuZTCc
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/267372577

Hey everyone, as you have probably heard in recent news, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will go into full effect this week. As we process and store some data relating to your Awesomenauts account, we’d like to take a moment to let you know what this means for you and Awesomenauts.

In order to provide you with some of the essential components of the Awesomenauts service, we have to store data relating to your account. This allows us to provide you with matchmaking services, a player profile, progression, in-game unlocks, customer and technical support, and much more. The bottom line is that we don’t store or use any data except as needed to provide you with the full Awesomenauts experience, so we won’t use any of the data we store for these purposes for marketing or anything else.

We have updated the EULA that pops up the first time you launch Awesomenauts to provide a little more information on the data we collect and what we use this data for. As the document has updated you’ll be asked to accept it again, but all the changes are just to further clarify what was already there.

The processing, storage, and use of personal data is a hot topic and we take it very seriously. If you have any questions or concerns about it, please let us know in the comments below or get in touch on robin@ronimo-games.com.

If you’re reading this right now, the leaderboards have been reset! Get the band back together, grab your partner(s), stock up on energy drinks and jump on Awesomenauts to get your new rank! Expect encounters with mixed skill levels for the first few days since everyone will be reset to a rating of 10,000.

If you’re a newer player who has played fewer than 100 games, you will automatically get a reduced rating to avoid being matched against higher level players. It’s also important to note that this reset only influences your leaderboard rating. You’ll keep any character and account progression you’ve made.

Good luck!

A new season is about to commence in Awesomenauts on Steam! Time to see how you’ve (hopefully) leveled up since the last season! A new season means the leaderboards will reset so everyone gets another crack at getting their career high rank. Expect being matched with players of mixed skill levels in the first few days but once the dust settles, we’ll see if you’ve stayed in the kitchen or if you couldn’t handle the heat!

If you have played fewer than 100 games, you will automatically get a reduced rating so you’re not playing against a high-ranked player. Everyone else will be reset to a rating of 10,000.

This reset only influences your leaderboard rating. You’ll keep any character and account progress you’ve made.

Good luck and see you on May 17th!

Have you ever wanted to become an iconic video game duo like Mario and Luigi, Garrus and Shepard, Vinnie and Spike, Atlas and P-Body, Marcus and Dom, Kane and Lynch, and umm, the 2 guys from Army of Two?

Anyway, the point is: the 3rd annual Awesomenauts Doubles tournament is back! Participants will battle through qualifiers starting from May 5th and compete to be in the live finals on May 26th to have a chance to be immortalized in competitive Awesomenauts history. Grab your partner and sign up at https://t.co/lVSxfTyZfu and find more information regarding, dates, participants and rules on the Awesomenauts Rumble website.

The tournament schedule is shown below in EDT:

• May 5th - Qualifier 1 11AM Checkin/1130AM matches start
  
• May 6th - Qualifier 2 11AM Checkin/1130AM matches start
  
• May 19th - Winner's Bracket Playoffs 11AM Checkin/1130AM matches start
  
• May 20th - Loser's Bracket Playoffs 11AM Checkin/1130AM matches start
  
• May 26th - Grand Finals 2PM (casted live)

• May 12th - Qualifiers 3PM
  
• May 19th - Winner's Bracket Playoffs 3PM
  
• May 20th - Loser's Bracket Playoffs 3PM
  
• May 26th - Grand Finals 2PM (casted live)

Awesomenauts 4.6: Tinker Time has launched on Steam, including a wide array of balance tweaks and gameplay improvements! A big thanks to everyone who participated in the open beta for this update and shared their thoughts on some of the planned changes.

Please share your thoughts on the update below or on our official forums. We're already working on a hotfix to address some unintended changes and bugs that crept into the release, so please stay tuned on that! This hotfix is slated to release on Friday 20th April, and we'll have patch notes on that when we get closer to its release.

The full patch notes for Awesomenauts 4.6: Tinker Time are included below.

Update 4.6: Tinker Time

Commander Rocket
Currently too safe and very hard to catch, Rocket needs to be easier to punish

• Rocket Launch, no longer knocks back enemies.
  
• Base Health, reduced from 1150 to 1100

• Laser Trap, time between damage ticks increased from 0.2 to 0.3.
  
• Laser Trap, damage per tick increased from 60 to 90.
  
• Laser Trap, rotation speed increased by 50%.
  
• Laser Trap, laser length reduced by 10%.
  
• Laser Trap, no longer has deployment time.
  
• Laser Trap, duration reduced from 4 to 3 seconds.

• Profanity filters, now increases trap duration by 2 seconds for 160 solar.
  
• Borgo Cigar cutter, CMDR Rocket gets a shield which reduces 30% of the incoming damage as long as he is nearby a deployed laser trap.

Box of Cirean cigars, damage per particle per stage reduced from 20 to 16.
His Rocket Launch no longer deals damage to turrets, but his turret push is still too intense. Adjusting the numbers and making them more consistent.

• Charged Salvo, damage modifier against droids increased from 75% to 80%
  
• Charged Salvo, damage modifier against turrets reduced from 100% to 80%.

This upgrade was a holdover from a time where Rocket’s Laser Trap had a lot more uptime. The intention for this replacement is to enable Rocket to be a bit better at brawling and allowing him to stay a bit closer to the fight

• Head in Jar, now adds 16% damage to Charged Salvo when firing a single rocket, two stages for 175 solar each.

Part of his safety comes from his relatively high ranged base attack.

• Charged Salvo, range reduced by 20%.
  
• Medal Booster Pack, range increase reduced from 25% to 20%.

Combining Rocket Launch and a full Charged Salvo at melee range provides too much damage, too easily. At the same time we want to stimulate him to get more into the thick of the fight.

• Rocket Launch, now deals between 150 and 350 damage, depending on how long the rocket has been flying.
  
• Mother of Bombs, after using Rocket Launch without hitting an enemy, your next Charged Salvo shot will deal 100 more damage for 170 solar.

Derpl
We consider Derpl a bit too strongly affected by map choice and enemy team choices. Our intention is to weaken him a bit on the maps where he does too well, while also strengthening him against his counters.

• Siege mode, Derpl is no longer immune to CC during the transformation out of siege mode.
  
• Siege mode, Derpl's CC immunity now also works against timeslow effects and cocoons.
  
• Combustion lava lamp, size increase reduced from 22% to 18%.
  
• Falling acceleration reduced by 20%.

Traps can be very oppressive, maxing out at full 2.4 seconds of no gameplay for the receiving party. Their long lifetime also stimulates camping gameplay.

• Trap, snare duration reduced from 1.6 to 1.2 seconds
  
• Trap, now also slows for 30% for 2.4 seconds. (extenting 1.2 seconds beyond the snare)
  
• Trap, base lifetime reduced from 11 to 9 seconds.
  
• Empowered Grid, snare increase per stage reduced from 0.4 to 0.3 seconds.
  
• Lead casing, the silence now has a fixed duration of 2 seconds.
  
• Trap, now charges in the middle of Derpl instead of having an arming time when placed.
  
• Trap, deployment time reduced from 0.6 to 0.4 seconds.

Some base attack adjustments to better balance the row and take the above changes into account.

• Fat Cat, cooldown increased from 4 to 5 seconds, price increased from 185 to 195.
  
• Kitty Catsuit, price decreased from 175 to 150 solar per stage.
  
• CAT package, price decreased from 175 to 150 solar per stage.
  
• Bat Catsuit, now deals 100% increased damage against Nauts who are snared or slowed, no longer works with Fat Cat.
  
• Long Cat, now works with Fat Cat.

Dizzy
Dizzy is currently a bit too strong. But she's also very finicky, and has a lot of weak upgrades.

• Multi Dash, time between dashes increased from 0.3 to 0.4 seconds.
  
• Multi Dash, damage per dash increased from 150 to 160.
  
• Walkbot Pro, speed up dash reload time by 30% when you are near to enemies.
  
• Explosive Clone, cooldown increased from 6 to 7 seconds.
  
• Backstage pass, increase the range of your Multi Dash by 50% when you have the maximum amount of dashes charged.
  
• Matching Glittery Dungarees, now reduces the cooldown for the next Explosive Clone by 3 seconds when it hits an enemy Awesomenaut.
  
• "Purple Prince" lipstick, now also slows enemies when they leave the bubble as well as when they are hit by the explosion.
  
• Bubble shot, size increased by 50%.
  
• Graffiti artist, price increased from 165 to 190.
  
• Tipi teal, merged to one stage of 30% range and speed increase for 140 solar.
  

Ix
Ix generally still brings too much to the table overall, great displace move, solid heals, invincibility frames, excellent mobility and strong brawling. In order to nudge him more towards his role his brawling should be reduced.

• Refract, cooldown increased from 9 to 10.
  
• Radiate, damage per Scatter reduced from 15 to 12.
  
• Mammoth hair scarf, ally speed bonus increased from 12% to 15% per stage.
  
• Tree hugger, ally damage boost increased from 12% to 15% per stage.
  
• Personality Crystal, range increase reduced from 35% to 30%.

Lonestar

• Ribbit snail slime, fixed that the healthpack would time out if it fell for too long.

Since these aren’t that much better than regular boots, they also don’t have to cost much more.

• Rocket boots, solar price reduced from 160 to 140.
  
• Base speed, increased by 4%.

Max Focus
This item has its use, but it's too weak and expensive.

• From pond to podium, merged into one stage which adds 30% range and speed for 200 solar.

The homing upgrade looks cool, but doesn't do much. Here is a replacement proposal.

• UFO spotted, now gives +50% speed during Scene Illumination for 160 solar.

This upgrade is just a bit too expensive, especially given the next change.

• Sadak mysteries, price reduced from 195 to 175 solar.

Removing the stacking will reduce the need to combo with Sadak.

• Brutalities of the Kraken, damage increased from 120 to 135 per stage, no longer stacks with Sadak mysteries.

This item is just a bit too expensive.

Rob Bourgogne, price reduced from 180 to 160 per stage.
This item was overnerfed shortly after launch, because the skill was too strong to begin with at the time.

• Hairy King, size increase increased from 10% to 15%, price increased from 175 to 200 solar.

Some overpriced items.

• Don Steward, price per stage reduced from 175 to 140 solar.
  
• Pete Jennirks, price reduced from 240 to 200 solar.
  
• Incriminating dirt, price reduced from 180 to 150 solar.
  
• Flying camera, price reduced from 210 to 150 solar.

Meanwhile, this one's underpriced.

• Hidden microphone, price increased from 170 to 200 solar.

This item is the strongest on the row, it doesn't need to stack further.

• Galactic police scanner, no longer stacks with incriminating dirt, price increased from 180 to 220 solar.

Nibbs

• Firebreath, fixed that after being Cocooned by Genji during Firebreath she wouldn't resume after the Cocoon wears off.

Some price adjustments.

• Skull dunduns, price reduced from 200 to 180.
  
• Eye of Coba, price reduced from from 215 to 190.
  
• Dragon Speaker Idol, now has two stages of +10% attack speed each, at 125 solar per stage.

Professor Yoolip
Some adjustments to improve the item balance for the gaze row.

• Beard Trimming Fork, price reduced from 165 to 130 solar.
  
• Syrup Pouring Robot, maximum lifesteal increased from 120 to 150 per stage.

Some changes to make Dinos more reliable at base.

• Summon Robo Dinos, now jump at enemies at base.
  
• Summon Robo Dinos, damage per bite reduced from 80 to 75.

Now this upgrade has become useless.

• Holo Pet Food, now reduces the damage dealt by Nauts who have been bitten by 15% for 1.5 seconds.

Qi'Tara

• Made Qi'Taras seven star strike visual only in front of Qi'Tara to represent the area where damage was being applied better.
  
• Fixed that she couldn’t use Chakram Shift to teleport while using Seven Star Strike when the Salty Seal upgrade was bought.
  
• Made Qi'Taras seven star strike visual only in front of Qi'Tara to represent the area where damage was being applied better.
  
• Fixed that the Lily of the Isle projectiles would spawn at her feet during Seven Star Strike.

Qi’Tara deals too much damage during Seven Star Strike, and too little outside of it.

• Seven star strike, attack speed increase reduced from 40% to 30%.
  
• Poisonous blade, direct damage increased from 45 to 50.

Her relationship with speed feels disjointed, where attacking slows her down but Seven Star Strike speed her up etc. These changes also tie in with the issue above.

• Poisonous Blade, removed movement penalty when attacking.
  
• Seven Star Strike, removed speed bonus during the ability.

With the changes above, this upgrade has now become useless. This change will make Qi’Tara’s damage output more reliable.

• Chilasi Chakram, now speeds up the damage over time of Poisonous blade by 20% for 160 solar.

Since the bug was fixed where this upgrade doubled your damage, this upgrade has become too weak

• Lily of the Isle, projectile speed and range increased by 30%.

Salty Seal makes Qi’Tara almost unstoppable, this change should make counterplay possible again

• Salty Seal, now activates a shield that blocks 100 damage and provides immunity against slows, stuns, snares, chains, gravity and time warps as long as it’s active.

Other tweaks and adjustments.

• Seven star strike, now also gives a 10% lifesteal effect.
  
• Baby plumbin oil, additional lifesteal reduced from 30% to 15% for 175 solar.
  
• Rakki Comb, merged to one stage which adds 200% damage vs. droids for 155 solar.

Raelynn

• Iron Rifle, fixed that the shield didn’t last long enough to protect the entire charge duration.

Rocco

• Birdseed donuts, cooldown reduction when hit increased from 2 to 4 seconds, duration increase increased from 1 to 2 seconds.

Scoop
His base attack is a bit too weak in general

• Sword Strike, Slash damage increased from 100 to 105, Cleave lifesteal increased from 20% to 30%.
  
• Banner of the Triple Scoop, price per stage reduced from 130 to 100.
  
• Halberd of Justice, bonus damage reduced from 25% to 22%.
  
• Titanium Coneshield, price increased from 130 to 150 solar per stage.

Other tweaks and adjustments

• Brutally Whipped Cream, price reduced from 200 to 180 per stage.

Sentry

• Fixed that Sentry’s Beacon no longer emitted a phone interference sound.
  
• Fixed that Starstorm statue didn't affect Bug detector.

Reducing his efficiency of laying down mines in choke-points which has little to no counter-play.

• Mines, damage while stationary reduced from 80 to 70.

With this change in mind, a counter-buff to help him land reliable damage output in close ranged scenarios.

• Mines, damage on direct hit increased from 80 to 90.
  
• Projectile speed of mines increased by 15%.

Camouflage tent is currently emphasizing passive play. This change will reward aggressive use of his AA by increasing his chase potency and reliability.

• Camouflage tent, now increases projectile speed and range by 18%, one stage for 175 solar.

Drive-over skulls is also providing a lot of easy chip damage and can be replaced with a more active timing based auto-attack.

• Drive-over skulls, now deals +75% direct damage when not firing for 1.5s.

Currently Black Hole Sun feels inconsistent and very hard to avoid, and if avoided it lingers for a whole 1.5s. This is an attempt at making BHS a more reliable ability and feel more fair on both ends. Starting with rewarding precision and aim on Sentry's end while allowing enemies to dodge the skill easier.

• Black Hole Sun, projectile distance increased by 10%.
  
• Black Hole Sun, projectile speed increased by 10%.
  
• Black Hole Sun, size of black hole reduced by 18%.

The next set of changes are both aimed at compensating for the size reduction but also to reduce the duration of BHS.

• Black Hole Sun, minimum gravity increased by 8%.
  
• Black Hole Sun, maximum gravity increased by 5%.
  
• Black Hole Sun, duration of black hole reduced from 1.5s to 1.2s.

With these changes aside, his shield charging up also adds up a lot of time where he's difficult to punish. Reducing his shield duration both allows him for using his black hole quicker, while also being vulnerable faster.

• Shield duration reduced from 2s to 1.5s.

With less up-time of his shields, his base shield scaling could be increased to fulfill his tanky role. This allows him to tank a little extra in fights and reward aggressive play.

• Black Hole Sun, Base shield increased from 20% to 25%.
  
• Microfilm, shielding reduced from 10% to 8%, price reduced to 140 solar per stage.

Some Sentry's just leave their beacon sitting somewhere in order to reveal or permanently put pressure on an area.

• Teleport Beacon, times out after 45 seconds.

Skree

• Made separate spawnpoints for Sawblade and Spare blade, and moved them apart a little.
  
• Sawblade, now deals direct damage instead of damage over time.

Smiles
Smiles has been overnerfed in the last few updates.

• Base health, increased from 1550 to 1650.
  
• Trapper’s hook, cooldown reduced from 10 to 8 seconds.
  
• Bush fire, range increased by 25%.

Swiggins

• Poolboy, price reduced from 240 to 210 solar.

Yuri

• Chrono Rift, cooldown reduction per stage reduced from 2.5 to 2 seconds.
  
• Uranium spikes, price increased from 125 to 150 per stage.

Get ready! Awesomenauts 4.6: Tinker Time will release on Steam this Wednesday!

The upcoming update includes a lot of balance tweaks to Derpl Zork, Qi'Tara, Commander Rocket, Dizzy, Sentry X-58, and others, as well as a number of quality of life changes.

Thanks to everyone who helped out during the Beta and shared feedback. For launch celebrations, a discussion of the changes included in the update, and some games, tune in to the Streamisho this Wednesday at 17:00 EU / 16:00 UK / 11AM ET / 8AM PT over at Twitch.TV/RonimoGames!

Hey everyone, we just released an update for the Awesomenauts 4.6: Tinker Time beta! Catch the full patch notes for this Beta compared to the current live version below.

Some of the important changes in this Beta compared to the previous Beta is that Commander Rocket no longer resets the charges on his Salvo when using Rocket Launch, some additional tweaks to Derpl and Sentry, and further changes to Professor M. Yoolip!

Please share your feedback on our forums!


Commander Rocket
Currently too safe and very hard to catch, Rocket needs to be easier to punish

• Rocket Launch, no longer knocks back enemies.
  
• Base Health, reduced from 1150 to 1100

• Laser Trap, time between damage ticks increased from 0.2 to 0.3.
  
• Laser Trap, damage per tick increased from 60 to 90.
  
• Laser Trap, rotation speed increased by 50%.
  
• Laser Trap, laser length reduced by 10%.
  
• Laser Trap, no longer has deployment time.
  
• Laser Trap, duration reduced from 4 to 3 seconds.

• Profanity filters, now increases trap duration by 2 seconds for 160 solar.

Borgo Cigar cutter, CMDR Rocket gets a shield which reduces 30% of the incoming damage as long as he is nearby a deployed laser trap.
This upgrade is still too strong and mandatory

• Box of Cirean cigars, damage per particle per stage reduced from 20 to 16.

His Rocket Launch no longer deals damage to turrets, but his turret push is still too intense. Adjusting the numbers and making them more consistent.

• Charged Salvo, damage modifier against droids increased from 75% to 80%
  
• Charged Salvo, damage modifier against turrets reduced from 100% to 80%.

This upgrade was a holdover from a time where Rocket’s Laser Trap had a lot more uptime. The intention for this replacement is to enable Rocket to be a bit better at brawling and allowing him to stay a bit closer to the fight

• Head in Jar, now adds 16% damage to Charged Salvo when firing a single rocket, two stages for 175 solar each.

Part of his safety comes from his relatively high ranged base attack.

• Charged Salvo, range reduced by 20%.
  
• Medal Booster Pack, range increase reduced from 25% to 20%.

Combining Rocket Launch and a full Charged Salvo at melee range provides too much damage, too easily. At the same time we want to stimulate him to get more into the thick of the fight.

• Rocket Launch, now deals between 150 and 350 damage, depending on how long the rocket has been flying.
  
• Mother of Bombs, after using Rocket Launch without hitting an enemy, your next Charged Salvo shot will deal 100 more damage for 170 solar.

Derpl
Considered too strong specifically on Ribbit and Starstorm, these tweaks attempt to adjust him without affecting his general performance.

• Siege mode, Derpl is no longer immune to CC during the transformation out of siege mode.
  
• Combustion lava lamp, size increase reduced from 22% to 18%.
  
• Falling acceleration reduced by 20%.

Traps can be very oppressive, maxing out at full 2.4 seconds of no gameplay for the receiving party. Their long lifetime also stimulates camping gameplay.

• Trap, snare duration reduced from 1.6 to 1.2 seconds
  
• Trap, now also slows for 25% for 2.4 seconds. (extenting 1.2 seconds beyond the snare)
  
• Trap, base lifetime reduced from 11 to 9 seconds.
  
• Empowered Grid, snare increase per stage reduced from 0.4 to 0.3 seconds.
  
• Lead casing, the silence now has a fixed duration of 2.4 seconds.
  
• Trap, now charges in the middle of Derpl instead of having an arming time when placed.

Some base attack adjustments to better balance the row and take the above changes into account.

• Fat Cat, cooldown increased from 4 to 5 seconds, price increased from 185 to 195.
  
• Kitty Catsuit, price decreased from 175 to 150 solar per stage.
  
• CAT package, price decreased from 175 to 150 solar per stage.
  
• Bat Catsuit, now deals 100% increased damage against Nauts who are snared or slowed, no longer works with Fat Cat.
  
• Long Cat, now works with Fat Cat.

Dizzy
Dizzy is currently a bit too strong. But she's also very finicky, and has a lot of weak upgrades.

• Multi Dash, time between dashes increased from 0.3 to 0.4 seconds.
  
• Multi Dash, damage per dash increased from 150 to 160.
  
• Walkbot Pro, speed up dash reload time by 30% when you are near to enemies.
  
• Explosive Clone, cooldown increased from 6 to 7 seconds.
  
• Backstage pass, increase the range of your Multi Dash by 25% when you have the maximum amount of dashes charged.
  
• Matching Glittery Dungarees, now reduces the cooldown for the next Explosive Clone by 3 seconds when it hits an enemy Awesomenaut.
  
• "Purple Prince" lipstick, now also slows enemies when they leave the bubble as well as when they are hit by the explosion.
  
• Bubble shot, size increased by 50%.
  
• Graffiti artist, price increased from 165 to 190.
  
• Tipi teal, merged to one stage of 30% range and speed increase for 140 solar.

Ix
Ix generally still brings too much to the table overall, great displace move, solid heals, invincibility frames, excellent mobility and strong brawling. In order to nudge him more towards his role his brawling should be reduced.

• Refract, cooldown increased from 9 to 10.
  
• Radiate, damage per Scatter reduced from 15 to 12.
  
• Mammoth hair scarf, ally speed bonus increased from 12% to 15% per stage.
  
• Tree hugger, ally damage boost increased from 12% to 15% per stage.
  
• Personality Crystal, range increase reduced from 35% to 30%.

Lonestar

• Ribbit snail slime, fixed that the healthpack would time out if it fell for too long.

Since these aren’t that much better than regular boots, they also don’t have to cost much more.

• Rocket boots, solar price reduced from 160 to 140.
  
• Base speed, increased by 4%.

Max Focus
This item has its use, but it's too weak and expensive.

• From pond to podium, merged into one stage which adds 30% range and speed for 200 solar.

The homing upgrade looks cool, but doesn't do much. Here is a replacement proposal.

• UFO spotted, now gives +50% speed during Scene Illumination for 160 solar.

This upgrade is just a bit too expensive, especially given the next change.

• Sadak mysteries, price reduced from 195 to 175 solar.

Removing the stacking will reduce the need to combo with Sadak.

• Brutalities of the Kraken, damage increased from 120 to 135 per stage, no longer stacks with Sadak mysteries.

This item is just a bit too expensive.

• Rob Bourgogne, price reduced from 180 to 160 per stage.

This item was overnerfed shortly after launch, because the skill was too strong to begin with at the time.

• Hairy King, size increase increased from 10% to 15%, price increased from 175 to 200 solar.

Some overpriced items.

• Don Steward, price per stage reduced from 175 to 140 solar.
  
• Pete Jennirks, price reduced from 240 to 200 solar.
  
• Incriminating dirt, price reduced from 180 to 150 solar.
  
• Flying camera, price reduced from 210 to 150 solar.

Meanwhile, this one's underpriced.

• Hidden microphone, price increased from 170 to 200 solar.

This item is the strongest on the row, it doesn't need to stack further.

• Galactic police scanner, no longer stacks with incriminating dirt, price increased from 180 to 220 solar.

Nibbs

• Firebreath, fixed that after being Cocooned by Genji during Firebreath she wouldn't resume after the Cocoon wears off.

Some price adjustments.

• Skull dunduns, price reduced from 200 to 180.
  
• Eye of Coba, price reduced from from 215 to 190.
  
• Dragon Speaker Idol, now has two stages of +10% attack speed each, at 150 solar per stage.

Professor Milton Yoolip
Some adjustments to improve the item balance for the gaze row.

• Beard Trimming Fork, price reduced from 165 to 130 solar.
  
• Syrup Pouring Robot, maximum lifesteal increased from 120 to 150 per stage.

Some changes to make Dinos more reliable at base.

• Summon Robo Dinos, now jump at enemies at base.
  
• Summon Robo Dinos, damage per bite reduced from 80 to 75.

Now this upgrade has become useless.

• Holo Pet Food, now reduces the damage dealt by Nauts who have been bitten by 15% for 1.5 seconds.

Qi’Tara

• Made Qi'Taras seven star strike visual only in front of Qi'Tara to represent the area where damage was being applied better.
  
• Fixed that she couldn’t use Chakram Shift to teleport while using Seven Star Strike when the Salty Seal upgrade was bought.
  
• Made Qi'Taras seven star strike visual only in front of Qi'Tara to represent the area where damage was being applied better.
  
• Fixed that the Lily of the Isle projectiles would spawn at her feet during Seven Star Strike.

Qi’Tara deals too much damage during Seven Star Strike, and too little outside of it.

• Seven star strike, attack speed increase reduced from 40% to 30%.
  
• Poisonous blade, direct damage increased from 45 to 50.

Her relationship with speed feels disjointed, where attacking slows her down but Seven Star Strike speed her up etc. These changes also tie in with the issue above.

• Poisonous Blade, removed movement penalty when attacking.
  
• Seven Star Strike, removed speed bonus during the ability.

With the changes above, this upgrade has now become useless. This change will make Qi’Tara’s damage output more reliable.

• Chilasi Chakram, now speeds up the damage over time of Poisonous blade by 20% for 160 solar.

Since the bug was fixed where this upgrade doubled your damage, this upgrade has become too weak

• Lily of the Isle, projectile speed and range increased by 30%.

Salty Seal makes Qi’Tara almost unstoppable, this change should make counterplay possible again

• Salty Seal, now cleanses all slows, snares and chains at the start of Seven Star Strike.
  
• Salty Seal, now activates a shield that blocks 100 damage and provides immunity against slows, stuns, snares, chains, gravity and time warps as long as it’s active.

Other tweaks and adjustments.

• Seven star strike, now also gives a 10% lifesteal effect.
  
• Baby plumbin oil, additional lifesteal reduced from 30% to 15% for 175 solar.
  
• Rakki Comb, merged to one stage which adds 200% damage vs. droids for 155 solar.

Raelynn

• Iron Rifle, fixed that the shield didn’t last long enough to protect the entire charge duration.

This weak upgrade has some heavy competition on the row.

• Monkey hand, range increase increased from 25% to 40%.

Rocco

• Birdseed donuts, cooldown reduction when hit increased from 2 to 4 seconds, duration increase increased from 1 to 2 seconds.

Scoop
His base attack is a bit too weak in general

• Sword Strike, Slash damage increased from 100 to 105, Cleave lifesteal increased from 20% to 30%.
  
• Banner of the Triple Scoop, price per stage reduced from 130 to 100.
  
• Halberd of Justice, bonus damage reduced from 25% to 22%.
  
• Titanium Coneshield, price increased from 130 to 150 solar per stage.

Other tweaks and adjustments

• Brutally Whipped Cream, price reduced from 200 to 180 per stage.

Sentry

• Fixed that Sentry’s Beacon no longer emitted a phone interference sound.
  
• Fixed that Starstorm statue didn't affect Bug detector.

Reducing his efficiency of laying down mines in choke-points which has little to no counter-play.

• Mines, damage while stationary reduced from 80 to 70.

With this change in mind, a counter-buff to help him land reliable damage output in close ranged scenarios.

• Mines, damage on direct hit increased from 80 to 90.
  
• Projectile speed of mines increased by 15%.

Camouflage tent is currently emphasizing passive play. This change will reward aggressive use of his AA by increasing his chase potency and reliability.

• Camouflage tent, now increases projectile speed and range by 15%, one stage for 175 solar.

Drive-over skulls is also providing a lot of easy chip damage and can be replaced with a more active timing based auto-attack.

• Drive-over skulls, now deals +75% direct damage when not firing for 1.5s.

Currently Black Hole Sun feels inconsistent and very hard to avoid, and if avoided it lingers for a whole 1.5s. This is an attempt at making BHS a more reliable ability and feel more fair on both ends. Starting with rewarding precision and aim on Sentry's end while allowing enemies to dodge the skill easier.

• Black Hole Sun, projectile distance increased by 10%.
  
• Black Hole Sun, projectile speed increased by 10%.
  
• Black Hole Sun, size of black hole reduced by 15%.

The next set of changes are both aimed at compensating for the size reduction but also to reduce the duration of BHS.

• Black Hole Sun, minimum gravity increased by 8%.
  
• Black Hole Sun, maximum gravity increased by 5%.
  
• Black Hole Sun, duration of black hole reduced from 1.5s to 1.2s.

With these changes aside, his shield charging up also adds up a lot of time where he's difficult to punish. Reducing his shield duration both allows him for using his black hole quicker, while also being vulnerable faster.

• Shield duration reduced from 2s to 1.5s.

With less up-time of his shields, his base shield scaling could be increased to fulfill his tanky role. This allows him to tank a little extra in fights and reward aggressive play.

• Black Hole Sun, Base shield increased from 20% to 25%.
  
• Microfilm, shielding reduced from 10% to 8%, price reduced to 140 solar per stage.

Some Sentry's just leave their beacon sitting somewhere in order to reveal or permanently put pressure on an area.

• Teleport Beacon, times out after 45 seconds.

Skree

• Made separate spawnpoints for Sawblade and Spare blade, and moved them apart a little.
  
• Sawblade, now deals direct damage instead of damage over time.

Smiles
Smiles has been overnerfed in the last few updates.

• Base health, increased from 1550 to 1650.
  
• Trapper’s hook, cooldown reduced from 10 to 8 seconds.
  
• Bush fire, range increased by 25%.

Swiggins

• Poolboy, price reduced from 240 to 210 solar.

Yuri

• Uranium spikes, price increased from 125 to 150 per stage.

The votes are in, and the winners of the UMA Map Contest have been announced! The United Mapmakers of Awesomenauts community hosted this contest to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Map Editor, and their submissions have been stunning! Many thanks to everybody involved in hosting the event, and to all those who submitted their creations!

The winners will receive an in-game UMA Medal as well as a bunch of skins of their choosing!

And now, the winners! Download the mods and try them in in-game with your friends - they're definitely worth a look!

Best looking map
Vikri with Omicron City V2
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1304034975 Best innovative map
Vmar with Pokernauts
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1302357687 User choice award
Linn with Jungle
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1138263664 Most enjoyable map
Giginss with Bouncy Castle
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1232408026 Best map design
Sty with Escort the Payload
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1283939987

The field has been whittled down and only the eight best teams in the world remain! The time has come: the Awesomenauts Rumble Season 2 Championship Cup finals are starting soon!

This weekend, the Awesomenauts Rumble Team will be hosting a livestream to highlight the playoffs stage, and every weekend until mid-April will see anynother stage of the finals casted live. Tune in to twitch.tv/RumbleTournaments to catch the shows with Pyrocheese and Seltzy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8_FwUCJiFQ Show schedule:
March 18th, 1PM EST - Stream of playoffs bracket
March 24th, 1PM EST- Winner's Finals, livecasted
March 31st, 1PM EST - Loser's Semi's, livecasted
April 7th, 1PM EST - Loser's Finals, Livecasted
April 14th, 1PM EST - Grand Finals, Livecasted

Good luck to the contenders: Boys R Us, please LOVE (EASY POINTS), Idiots, Full Monty, YOUDODAMATH, Team Rocket, Akio, and K.O.

Last wednesday during the Streamisho, Jasper and Koen unveiled all the changes coming to Awesomenauts in Update 4.6: Tinker Time! Missed the show? Catch the VOD on YouTube!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDAfDfXYOC0 This upcoming update focusses on balance improvements, and features extensive changes to Derpl Zork, Professor Milton Yoolip, Commander Rocket, Qi'Tara, and others. Catch the full patch notes for this first Beta here: https://www.awesomenauts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=52159

All players can try out the Beta, and we appreciate all feedback on these changes. Share your thoughts on the offical Beta forums: https://www.awesomenauts.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=19. Want to know how to access the Beta? Check out this guide: https://www.awesomenauts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=22487

Hey everyone, as we continue to take community input for the upcoming balance & bug fixing update, our designer Jasper has published a document containing tentative balance changes we're planning to introduce in the upcoming Beta. The document is open to comments, and we'd love to get a little more input on these intended changes before we fully implement them.

You can find the document here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ntn7YLoROFB11CTb2tBgI9efuWgvaE2p7ZSmC9vKaZQ/

Please use the comment feature in Google Docs to share your thoughts and provide additional input to the suggestions of other players, but keep it civilized!

Some of the more exciting changes currently lined up include the transformation of Professor M. Yoolip's Wrench Smack to a ranged Wrench Fling attack, multiple tweaks to upgrades for Qi'Tara and Commander Rocket, and changes to the way Turret Mode and Trap placement work for Derpl.

Furthermore, you can share thoughts on some proposed changes to different upgrades in a different sheet, over here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1x_v6Ba9DR--XlP4kXZXEyaFdx-T74vJjiHxWOAczwao/. These changes are currently under consideration but have not yet made it into the list for 'planned' changes, so share your input there as well!

Hey everyone! We're currently working on Awesomenauts 4.6, an update that will bring balance tweaks and a bunch of bug fixes!

We're currently taking community input on what characters should receive some love and care in this update, and you can share your thoughts on that on our official forums: https://www.awesomenauts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=52068. We've already received a bunch of suggestions about Derpl, so if you want to dive into the conversation about your favorite mech-riding tank, head over here: https://www.awesomenauts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=52077

Additionally, we'll be hosting a new Streamisho this Wednesday over at Twitch.tv/RonimoGames to celebrate the launch of the long-awaited console update, and discuss some of our plans for 4.6 and beyond as well! Tune in at 17:00 EU / 16:00 UK / 11AM ET / 8AM PT!

We just released a second hotfix for Awesomenauts 4.5: Revenge of the Renegades., with some additional improvements for Qi'Tara and small fixes for several other characters.

Catch the patch notes below:

Hotfix 4.5.2
18-12-2017


Genji

• Storm drum, fixed that second stage was still priced at 160 solar.

• Fixed an issue where Psionic Bond could be shot twice before cooldown.
  
• Fixed Psionic Bond skill aiming visuals didn’t line up with the actual skill.

• Brutalities of the Kraken unveiled!, fixed that if this upgrade was bought in combination with Intergalactic Police's Dirty secret!, one of the two stronger bullets at the end of the skill would be delayed.

• Fixed an issue where Gripping Gaze could be shot twice before cooldown.

• Qi’Tara now has a set of recommended items.
  
• Chakram shift, fixed that it was possible to desync the cooldowns of different aspects of the skill, breaking it in a variety of ways.
  
• Chakram shift, the cooldown which locks Qi’Tara out of shifting now only affects the shift backwards.
  
• Portuguese Warblade, extra stage added, direct backstab damage increased from 16% to 40% per stage, improved tooltip to better communicate its usage.

Log in to Awesomenauts this weekend to try out a brand-new Brawl: Hyper Speed! This latest addition to the Brawl rotation doubles movement speed and damage dealt... ending up with four times as much fun!

The Hyper Speed Brawl will be available this entire weekend, and as always: your first few games will give you quadruple XP and Awesomepoints.

Let us know what you think of this latest gametype in the comments or on the forums: http://www.awesomenauts.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=6

We regularly send out a newsletter to update players on new content that's available in Awesomenauts, and this week we packed in a little extra surprise for you! 'Tis the season of giving, after all, so we're starting things off by giving all of our Newsletter subscribers a Steam key for Deadlift!

The powerful Bovinian may seem brutal but he’s actually very caring guy, leaping to his friends’ defense and protecting them with a strong shield.

Didn't receive a key? Some friendly community members who already owned the character are giving their keys away on the forums: http://steamcommunity.com/app/204300/discussions/0/1500126447407920427/

If you want to receive the Newsletter, and occassionally get free bonus content, you can sign up here: http://www.awesomenauts.com/newsletter/. If you've already subscribed but didn't see your message come in, make sure to check your Spam folder as it might have ended up there inadvertently.

Support great charities, receive five characters for use in Awesomenauts, and gain access to a massive pack of other cool games in the Yogscast Jingle Jam 2017 pack! All proceeds from the bundle are donated to charity.

The bundle, which is available at $35, will have new content added every single day! It is available here: https://www.humblebundle.com/yogscast-jingle-jam-2017

The Awesomenauts included in this bundle are:

• Skølldir
• Max Focus
• Ted McPain
• Coco Nebulon
• Rocco

We just released Awesomenauts 4.5.1 with fixes for some Qi'Tara issues that have been reported since she released on Wednesday, as well as some fixes for problems related to the new bundles. Full patch notes are included below.

While this update fixes a significant number of issues that have been reported so far, we have additional improvements currently in development and will be releasing them in an additional update next week.

Please continue to report issues you encounter on our forums, so that we can investigate and address them as soon as possible.

That said, have a great weekend, and enjoy the latest update and Randomnauts Brawl!

Hotfix 4.5.1
General

• Added a profile portrait for the Dark Masquerade Qi’Tara skin, and made it available to players that own the skin.

• The skin bundle button in the armory now correctly links to the appropriate skin bundle Steam store page.
  
• Added a skin bundle button to Chucho Krok’s Armory page.
  
• Fixed that the button tooltip for bundle buttons listed the incorrect announcer in some languages.
  
• Fixed that the Starter Pack price did not show correctly in the Armory, and in the Starter Pack popup that displays when you unlock a Starter Pack naut.
  
• Removed unintended display of the Ksenia skin bundle button in the Announcer Armory.
  
• Fixed that some menu tiles had unintentional scrolling functionality.
  
• Fixed that some announcer names would not fit inside their button in the Armory Announcer browser.

• Chakram shift, fixed an issue where the icon for the skill disappeared and the skill became unusable until Qi’Tara died.
  
• Chakram shift, fixed that when an enemy Naut would die while carrying a chakram Qi’Tara would still see the arrow as she could shift to that position.
  
• Lily of the Isle, fixed that if you activated Lily’s effect by hitting an enemy Naut with a Chakram, and then activated Seven star strike, you’d get both a melee and ranged attack. This effectively allowed you to double your damage output.
  
• Lily of the Isle, fixed an issue where Qi'Tara wouldn't show an attack animation during Seven star strike once the Lily of the Ilse upgrade effect wore off.
  
• Seven Star Strike, fixed an issue where Qi’Tara would die instantly from chain effects like Swiggin’s Anchor Drop or Smiles Trapper’s Hook while Seven Star Strike was active and after buying the Salty Seal upgrade.
  
• Qi’Tara’s standard melee attack now prefers nauts and droids over turrets. Because Qi’Tara’s melee attack is single target this should help her clear enemies inside a turret while pushing.

• Grey man group badge, fixed that the full bar sound would play on every hit once the bar was filled.

• Weapon switch, fixed an issue where if skill aiming graphics were enabled, stimpack was active, the airstrike button was held, and Ted switches from machine gun to shotgun that the switching time was doubled.

Awesomenauts 4.5: Revenge of the Renegades is now available on Steam, and that means Qi'Tara is now available! The update also adds five new profile portraits to the mix, a number of additional features and tools for the in-game level editor, and much more.

Qi'Tara, the thirty-third playable Awesomenaut, is a cloaked assassin that applies a stacking poison effect to her enemies every time she hits them. Her individual hits don’t deal too much damage, but the poison effect can quickly overwhelm her opponents because of her high attack speed.

Owners of the Awesomenauts All Nauts Pack should have Qi'Tara unlocked right away, while everyone else can unlock her with 10.000 Awesomepoints, or by purchasing her from the Steam store. http://store.steampowered.com/app/561561
Alongside Qi'Tara, we're releasing an awesome premium skin called Dark Masquerade Qi'Tara as well as a brand-new announcer called Renegade Command. http://store.steampowered.com/app/634014 http://store.steampowered.com/app/399835 Furthermore, we're introducing a new Starter Pack in this update. The Starter Pack contains eight accessible characters that highlight various roles and playstyles, and is sure to contain a great line-up for players looking dive deeper into everything Awesomenauts has to offer.

For full patch notes, check the bottom of this post.

Already own some of the 'Nauts contained in the Starter Pack? Don't worry, as the game will automatically refund you the Awesomepoint-value of any duplicate characters you already possess prior to pruchasing the pack. The pack is available at $7.99 and to celebrate the release of Update 4.5 it's temporarily discounted by 20%.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/425541 Last but not least, we're introducing a number of new 'Complete-the-set' bundles on Steam to allow players to obtain all available content for their favorite characters at a 20% discount. Check out the in-game armory for more information.

Update 4.5: Revenge of the Renegades
15-11-2017

NEW character: Qi’Tara
Being a Chilasi princess, it surprised everyone when Qi’Tara joined the Scargi military. After all, the Chilasi of Gromdom and the snail-like Scargi had been at war for decades in an attempt to settle an ancient dispute: whether the Splumbs that grow in the many gardens on their planet are a fruit, or whether they’re in fact a vegetable, as the Scargi maintained. Despite all that, she quickly rose through the ranks to become a royal guard in the Order of the Scargi Emperor and attained the title of Femme Fatale Haricot Beurre. Some say she seduced the Scargi emperor to provoke her father, the king, while others say she just did it to access the Scargi Shplumb reserves.

Abilities:

• Poisonous Blades: Slash and inflict a stacking poison onto your enemies.
  
• Seven Star Strike: Temporarily gain the ability to slash rapidly around you.
  
• Chakram Shift: Throw out a Chakram that sticks to your enemies and warp to it with a second press.

• Step right up!
  
• Look at that!
  
• Dobl Dicey
  
• Time-lost Slipper
  
• Rocket toaster

• While modding a map you can now open the animation editor with F3.
  
• Just like normal animations, modded animations can be used in maps and can be triggered by AI.
  
• The animation editor features a timeline, parenting and keyframes to create more complex animations. -Through the animation editor you can also put sounds, text and rumble in your levels.
  
• At the moment you can’t add custom sounds so you need to use the sounds that are already in the game.
  
• At the moment you can only add newlines and special characters to Text objects by pasting them from Notepad, since the text field won’t accept them directly.
  
• Due to memory constraints voices are only played if the character/skin/announcer is actually in the match, so for example you can’t use Lonestar’s voice in a mod if there’s no Lonestar in the match. This only goes for voices: sound effects can always be played.

• When reloading ai’s it will also respawn the selected character. This makes testing of behaviour changes easier.
  
• New behaviour option: isTargetInRangeOfSKill. This will check if the behaviour target is in range of a specific skill.
  
• A number of game variables are now directly available inside the behaviour editor. The list is mentioned in the help popup of the behaviour editor. The current variables are: character.width, character.height, character.maxHealth, character.position.x, character.position.y
  
• Area search blocks have two extra parameters to align the search area against the character. These settings are: ‘horizontal alignment to character’ and ‘vertical alignment to character’.

• Skill aiming visuals are now correct when aiming behind you.
  
• Added a team-switch area to the Test Map.
  
• Commander Rocket is now available at 7500 Awesomepoints.

• Further lowered the platform in the hiding area in front of the turret in order to make jumping onto more consistently possible.

• Rocket Launch, fixed that the ability could be used to move while snared.
  
• Mother of Bombs, fixed that the nuke bug reduction to the long-distance rocket was still 33% instead of 30%.
  
• Nuke Bug, fixed that it wouldn't activate until 0.2 seconds after Rocket was alive.

• Fake band aid, fixed that it sometimes didn't give a dash.

• Fixed that there was one item missing to his recommended build.

• Displace, fixed that displacing a bot before the doors open would lock the bot in place for the rest of the match.

• Firebreath, fixed that after being cocooned by Genji during firebreath she wouldn't resume after the cocoon wore off.

• Brutalities of the Kraken Unveiled!, fixed that the bullet would still come out even when Max is stunned during Scene Illumination.
  
• Brutalities of the Kraken Unveiled!, fixed that the bullet would always face the direction at which the Scene Illumination was started.
  
• Walm Krunkbite, fixed that the upgrade didn’t do anything.

• Fixed an issue where the charge meter didn’t display the correct values.

• Airstrike, fixed that the airstrike wouldn't trigger when holding it down while switching to shotgun.
  
• Airstrike, fixed that airstrike showed visual pre aim even when the option is disabled.

• Spare blade, fixed that the spare blade would deal 1 damage after Starstorm Statue was bought.
  
• Steeldrum, fixed that the damage upgrade was applied separate from the base damage, resulting in two separate damage numbers.

• Dead seahorse head, fixed an issue where it was no longer possible to dash through glass platforms when using this upgrade.

As we previously announced, the Awesomenauts All Nauts Pack is being retired when Awesomenauts 4.5: Revenge of the Renegades launches. In this update, it will be replaced with a brand-new Starter Pack.

We're currently in final stages of testing the update, and if all goes according to plan the update will hit tomorrow, on December 6th. That means this will be your final chance to obtain the Awesomenauts All Nauts Pack, which grants you immediate access to all characters as well as access to new characters as they are released.

The All Nauts Pack is currently available at 40% off as a 'going-away sale':
http://store.steampowered.com/app/561527/Awesomenauts_All_Nauts_pack/
The Starter Pack, which will launch alongside Update 4.5, contains eight accessible characters that each highlight a different playstyle. This allows newer players to get a headstart as they dive into all the content that Awesomenauts has to offer, and grants them an Awesomepoint-refund for any characters they already own.

The eight characters included in the Starter Pack are:

• Rocco - the arrow-slinging assassin
  
• Coco Nebulon - the waveboard-riding harasser
  
• Sheriff Lonestar - the gunslinger that excels at pushing lanes
  
• Professor M. Yoolip - the wrench-wielding, dinosaur-summoning support
  
• Leon Chameleon - the backstabbing assassin
  
• Max Focus - the flying Awesomenaut that harasses enemies from a distance
  
• Genji the Pollen Prophet - the shielding support 'Naut that can cocoon his enemies
  
• The Scoop of Justice - the versatile warrior with incredible sustain

Get ready for the weekend and the launch of Awesomenauts 4.5: Revenge of the Renegades with the Qi'Tara theme! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQY_qZABmFc
We're currently putting finishing touches on the update and aim to release it on December 6th. Get hype, and stay tuned for more secrets to be revealed early next week!

Get ready for Dark Masquerade Qi'Tara! She'll dance the Dance of Death and Wailing Waltz when Awesomenauts 4.5: Revenge of the Renegades releases! This awesome skin will come equiped with unique voicelines and a whole bunch of unique special effects.

We're aiming to release Awesomenauts 4.5: Revenge of the Renegades on December 6th, so stay tuned for more reveals over the coming week as we approach launch of this new update!

Team Boys 'R' Us recently won the Super Awesomenauts Dojo tournament, topping Serious Decisions in the Grand Finals. Congratulations to Niki, Ubi, DaveW, and Eddster on their victory, and many thanks to the team that helped make this tournament happen.

If you missed the recent livestream, which featured the best game from the tournament, you can now catch the VODs on YouTube. Thanks to Uberransy, Fawx, SlowWolf, Pyrocheese, and MrPillow for casting!

We just released the first Beta update for Awesomenauts 4.5: Revenge of the Renegades! Log into the beta to test out the brand new character, Qi'Tara, and some of the other changes we're working on for Update 4.5. The Beta update is currently only available to Windows and Mac users. A Linux version of the update will be released tomorrow.

For info on how to access the Open Beta, please head over to our official forums.

At this time, Awesomenauts 4.5: Revenge of the Renegades is scheduled for a release on December 6th.

The patch notes for Beta Update 1 are included below.

Update 4.5 Beta 2

Aiguillon

• Further lowered the platform in the hiding area in front of the turret in order to make jumping onto more consistently possible.

• Rocket Launch, fixed that the ability could be used to move while snared.

• Fake band aid, fixed that it sometimes didn't give a dash.

• Fixed that there was one item missing to his recommended build.

• Displace, fixed that displacing a bot before the doors open would lock the bot in place for the rest of the match.

• Firebreath, fixed that after being Cocoon by Genji during Firebreath she wouldn't resume after the Cocoon wears off.

• Chakram shift, fixed that it was possible to teleport behind enemy turrets.
  
• Chakram shift, now also leaves a chakram upon shifting, which can be used to shift back.
  
• Chakram shift, chakram lifetime reduced from 5 to 3.5 seconds.
  
• Chakram shift, impact and shift damage reduced from 200 to 180.
  
• Chakram shift, shift damage area increased by 30%.
  
• Chakram shift, cooldown increased from 8 to 9.
  
• Gunpowder box, damage amplification reduced from 9% to 7% per stage, duration reduced from 3.5 to 2 seconds.
  
• Peel off face mask, now reduces the damage dealt by enemies who have been hit by a shift by 15% for 2 seconds.
  
• Rakki comb, now also increases damage against droids when shifting.
  
• Seven Star Strike, fixed tooltip to display the correct attack speed increase.
  
• Seven Star Strike, actual attack speed increase increased from 33% to 40%.
  
• Seven Star Strike, no longer deals damage behind Qi’Tara.
  
• Hairdresser fries, fixed tooltip to display the correct damage increase.
  
• Salty Seal, fixed an issue where sometimes the cooldown wouldn’t reset upon picking up a healthpack.
  
• Salty Seal, fixed that the cooldown for Seven star strike would also reset when picking healthpacks spawned by other 'Nauts.
  
• Salty Seal, fixed that it also healed while the Seven star strike is active.
  
• Baby plumbin oil, replaced by lifesteal effect which heals for 30% of the damage dealt.
  
• Poisonous Blade, damage over time increased from 65 to 85, duration from 6 to 6.5 seconds.
  
• Poisonous Blade, when hitting multiple enemies it will now switch between non-Naut targets if their healthbar is filled with damage-over-time.
  
• Poisonous Blade, direct damage against turrets increased by 100%.
  
• Portugese warblade, fixed that no attack animation would show when attacking enemies from behind.
  
• Coba Serpent, fixed that the effect would last the entire duration of Seven Star Strike.
  
• Silent killer, now works on enemies who are stunned, slowed, silenced, blinded and/or snared.
  
• Silent killer, damage increase reduced from 50% to 40%.
  
• Lily of the Isle, updated the description to clarify its use.
  
• Lily of the Isle, fixed that it didn't work during Seven Star Strike.

• Fixed that airstrike showed visual pre aim even when the option is disabled.

• Dead seahorse head, fixed an issue where it was no longer possible to dash through glass platforms when using this upgrade.

• Fixed that it was possible to use the animation editor to mirror animations from the core game.
  
• Fixed that the “secondaryTexture” property of Text objects didn’t open the texture browser.
  
• Fixed that the button to show link visualisers (for parenting) didn’t have a proper icon and tooltip.

Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy the extra-long weekend! To celebrate, we're offering a whole bunch of awesome discounts on Awesomenauts skins, droppods, announcers, characters and, for the first time ever: the All Nauts Pack!

The following discounts are available until November 28th, 10AM PT:

• 40% off all skins
  
• 30% off 'Nauts from the Steam Store
  
• 50% off all announcers
  
• 50% off all droppods
  
• 40% off the All Nauts Pack

Qi'Tara has been preparing her blades for a little while now, and is now one step closer to joining the Awesomenauts! Try her out in the open beta right now and share your feedback on the official Awesomenauts forums!

In Update 4.5: Revenge of the Renegades we'll finally have all the members of Rocket's Renegades reunited as members of the Awesomenauts. Qi'Tara complements the team as an incredibly agile assassin that excels at chasing down her victims.

This update also brings a cool new feature to the Level Editor: the animation editor! This new tools gives players the ability to create elaborate animations, and it's the same tool the developers use for many of the in-game effects.

For a complete list of what's new, please check out the patch notes for this first beta. For a guide on how to access the open beta, please visit our official forums.

In addition to bringing a new character and this upgrade for the level editor, Update 4.5 will also bring a couple of changes to the different types of content-bundles we have available right now.

Based on a lot of data and user feedback we will be replacing the All Nauts Pack when Update 4.5 launches! In it's place will be a new Starter Pack that's cheaper and more player-friendly, while also keeping the sense of progression intact.

Of course, players who already own the All Nauts Pack will continue to receive new characters as they release - so this change won't impact existing owners in any way.

Furthermore, we'll also be replacing the Costume Parties with a new type of bundle when the update launches. Since the game has gone free to play, not all players have access to the same characters anymore and having a fixed pack of skins for various characters no longer makes as much sense. In the weeks ahead, we'll detail the new Starter Pack and the new skin bundles.

We'll let you know at least two weeks in advance before the All Nauts Pack and Costume Party packs actually retired, so stay tuned for more news. If you've been holding out on the All Nauts Pack you'll probably want to pick it up in the coming weeks before it's too late!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/561527/Awesomenauts_All_Nauts_pack/

Unlimited Power is back! Play this awesome game mode in the Weekly Brawl and experience true power with your favorite 'Nauts!

In Unlimited Power, there are no restrictions on how many upgrades you can own and all upgrades are a lot cheaper than they usually are. As with all other Weekly Brawls, you'll receive a massive Awesomepoint and XP bonus for your first couple of games.

Log in, play some games, blow stuff up, have a blast... have a great weekend!

The weekend is coming up, and that means a new Brawl of the Week is now live! This week, you'll be facing off against other players in Randomnauts - which means you're assigned a random character every time you die, and receive randomized upgrades every time you've earned a fixed amount of Solar! Log in and play a couple of games before the weekend is out!

Get ready for hectic battles and ever-shifting team compositions, have a great time, and earn a massive Awesomepoint and XP boost for your first couple of games.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79p9dm9oS3A On the latest Streamisho, Joost and Olivier showed off the first gameplay footage of Qi'Tara! Catch the VOD above for a full rundown of her skills and her current pre-beta upgrades. We've still got some work to do on Qi'Tara and will be doing tests at Ronimo HQ over the next few weeks, so please note that many of these items are still subject to changes.

We expect to be able to make the open beta for Update 4.5, containing Qi'Tara, available in two weeks time, so make sure to tune in to the the next Streamisho on November 15th!

Hey everyone, Qi'Tara is slated to become the next character to join the Awesomenauts and we'll be showing off gameplay later today on the Streamisho! Tune in to twitch.tv/RonimoGames at 17:00 EU time, noon ET, 9AM PT.

On top of a whole lot of info about Qi'Tara and our raffles, we'll also be showcasing some new stuff that will be added in Update 4.5, so make sure to tune in!

Halloween is coming up soon, and that means it's time to don a costume and scare some people! Luckily, the Steam Halloween Sale is here, and that means we're discounting lots of spooky Awesomenauts costumes by 40%. Lots of items are discounted, so make sure to browse the Armory in-game to see what's on offer!

Some highlights are linked below - click on the images to go to the

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eak3OKRoCk8 We've teamed up with Slow Wolf to bring new players a video-introduction to Awesomenauts! This video helps new players learn everything they need to know about the game, and should help them prepare for their first matches.

Over the coming weeks, we'll be releasing a couple of additional videos in which Slow Wolf covers the basics of Froggy G, Sheriff Lonestar, and the Scoop of Justice!

With Awesomenauts 4.4: Cirque du Brawlee live for two weeks, we're slowly turning our attention to the next update for Awesomenauts. We're hard at work to finish Qi'Tara, the fourth Renegade to join the Awesomenauts, and will be giving you all a gameplay demo during the next Streamisho on November 2nd.

For now, we do have a couple of teaser images that highlight some of the new skills for this mysterious 'Naut!



Qi'Tara is shaping up to a great new addition to the cast, and we can't wait to show you more. Stay tuned for more teases over the coming weeks, and a full reveal on November 2nd!


In the meantime, don't forget to log in this weekend for a new Brawl! This week we're playing Team Deathmatch, which pits your team against three players on a small map with very few opportunities to escape or heal!

Hey everyone, we just released Update 4.4.2, which addresses several of the remaining bugs from our last update and makes improvements to the stability of Brawls. As always, please let us know about issues by reporting them in the Support section of our forums: http://www.awesomenauts.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=13

Thanks for helping us iron out the last couple of issues over the last week, and we hope you have a blast with the latest update :)

Update 4.4.2
17-10-2017

General

• Fixed that 2 missions would be granted after a day rather than 1
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when quitting the game
  
• Fixed incorrect display of ‘M_PartySlot_DownloadingMods’ when locked out of matchmaking
  
• Unlocked Raelynn for recruits who didn’t unlock her when they were first recruited
  
• Added some UI elements and effects to Daily Mission UI to better clarify that only 1 Daily Mission will appear per day.
  
• Fixed that the brawl timer tooltip that appears when hovering over the Brawl button in the Play menu sometimes showed incorrect brawl ETA.
  
• Fixed that quitting the game sometimes took very long
  
• Fixed that it was possible to play with other nauts than Rocco in the Tip Top Brawl, and prevented the same from happening in similar Brawls.
  
• Fixed that players could make custom changes to Brawls

• Box of cirean cigars, fixed that the second stage did nothing.

• Derpl should no longer fire his Nuke from his feet.
  
• Nuke, fixed an issue where it was possible to desync the charging and firing of the Nuke.
  
• Tweaked Derpl’s visual indicator to show the area in which Derpl’s nuke deals damage.
  
• Deployment Pads, fixed that the knockback pulse sometimes wouldn't trigger.

• Gettin’ Out of Da Hood, no longer applies to allied droids.
  
• Spiritual Cooking, no longer applies to allied droids.
  
• The last pieridae transformae, fixed that it didn’t kill enemy droids when playing as team blue.
  
• The last pieridae transformae, fixed that the gold from the killed droid wouldn’t fly to Genji.
  
• The last pieridae transformae, fixed that a droid would spawn and despawn whenever a floor or ceiling was hit by cocoon.

• Overexposed nature photo, fixed that the upgrade would still extend the duration bar shown during bond.

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• Micey the Mech-pilot, fixed that the knockback pulse wouldn't trigger correctly when the skill isn't cancelled.

• -Galactic police scanner, fixed that it didn’t stack correctly with Incriminating dirt and Addresses of the Stars!

• Orb of Omicron, fixed that the orb sometimes wouldn't spawn.

• Tweaked Penny Fox’s visual indicator to show the area and trajectory in which Pulse deals damage.

• Badly washed lab coat, fixed that the cooldown effect was also triggered by hitting turrets.
  
• Laboratory Centrifuge, affected droids now drop healthpacks again.

• Fixed that Soulhuntress’ Raelynn’s trail would show up when invisible.

• Circuits of Time, fixed that the upgrade wouldn't create a clone.

• Steeldrum, fixed tooltip stat.

• Bash with Fistbump upgrade can now deflect projectiles again.

• Shotgun, fixed that it was possible to shoot at the same time as activating stimpack. This resulted in a shotgun blast from Ted’s feet.
  
• Angel wing toilet paper, fixed that activating stimpack and teleporting at the same time while in possession of this upgrade would keep your shotgun filled up during the stimpack’s effect.

• Tweaked Vinnie & Spike’s visual indicator to show the area in which Spike Dive deals damage.

• Purchasing Dead Seahorse Head causes the skill visualization of Spike Dive to remain fixed in the level until cast again or casting Smoke Screen.
  
• Not all skill visualizations accurately predict the range of an ability when targetting behind you.

It's time for the beakening! The new Brawl of the Week is now available and it's time to get your bow out with Rocco. Tip-Top is here, and you should be playing it right now!

This brawl pits both teams, with every player as Rocco, against each other in a Team Deathmatch-style encounter... with damage boosted up to 300%! You'll have to dodge, duck, dip, dive, and dodge as many arrows as you can to survive while taking out the opposition.

Log in to Awesomenauts and play a couple of Tip-Top matches to earn a massive XP and Awesomepoint bonus!

A new week, a new set of 'Nauts available for free in our weekly rotation. This week, sneak around and get the jump on your enemies with Leon Chameleon, or spike-dive into battle with Vinnie & Spike. Use Sentry X-58, one of the original Starstorm 'Nauts, to dominate the battlefield with his versatile teleport ability and Black Hole Sun attack.

The final character available in this rotation, Rocco, also has a special role to play in the next Weekly Brawl... so if you're not familiar with him yet you might want to play a couple practice games with him to get ready for the weekend!

All these characters are available to all players with account level 6 or higher, and can be played in all game modes until the end of the week. Enjoy, and let us know whether any of these are your new favorites!

Hotfix 1 for Awesomenauts 4.4: Cirque du Brawlee is now available! The patch notes for this update are included below.

Click here to get a quick overview of all that is new in Cirque du Brawlee!

Update 4.4.1
6-10-2017

General
-Fixed that the ‘Gain 4 naut levels’ mission didn’t track properly
-Fixed droppod tiles playing continuous sound.
-Fixed that it was possible to trigger skills twice in the ‘try’ map.
-Added the proper Ringmaster announcer icon in the in-game pause menu.


Coco
-Ball lightning, fixed that Coco couldn't autoattack while aiming.


Commander Rocket
-Laser Trap, the trap does now fly through glass platforms from above.


Froggy G
-Tornado, fixed that the skill could be triggered without effect during Splash Dash.
-Bio Fuel Cells, fixed that Twister Tweeters damage wasn’t applied when canceling Tornado.


Genji
-The last pieridae transformae, hitting neutral creeps with cocoon now also produces flying droids.
-The last pieridae transformae, resulting flying droids rewards such as Solar now go to Genji.
-Auto attack, removed delay caused by skills.


Gnaw
-Acid spit, fixed that Gnaw couldn't autoattack while aiming.


Jimmy and the LUX5000
-Missile Barrage, fixed that the skill fired 3 rockets, instead of 4.


Leon
-Suprise party mask, fixed description which implied a second stage.


Max Focus
-Scene Illumination, fixed that it shows the right cooldown in the tooltip.


Professor Yoolip
-Gripping Gaze, fixed that Yoolip couldn't autoattack while aiming.
-Remote controlled whisk, fixed that the effect would only briefly show up at the end of Gripping Gaze.


Raelynn
Fixing a holdover bug from the beta.
-Receding Ponytail, solar cost increased from 220 to 270.


Sentry
-Circuits of time, fixed that no clone was produced upon teleporting.


Skree
-Sawblade, fixed that Skree couldn't autoattack while aiming.


Swiggins
-Drop Anchor, fixed that turning off the skill aiming visual had no effect.
-Drop Anchor, fixed that the Admiral couldn't autoattack while aiming.


Ted McPain
-Added a visual indicator for airstrike showing the width of the airstrike ability.


Voltar
-Increased jump height by 2.5% to make Voltar more reliably reach the platforms in front of the lower turrets in Aiguillon.

Known issues
-Yoolip’s Laboratory centrifuge upgrade doesn’t work currently.

Awesomenauts 4.4: Cirque du Brawlee is now available! The patch notes for this update are included below, but we've posted a more reader-friendly summary of what's included in this update in another announcement.

Thanks for playing, and we hope you enjoy the latest Awesomenauts update!

Update 4.4
Released on 5-10-2017

NEW: Brawls
Patch 4.4 introduces a brand new matchmaking game mode: Brawls!

Brawls will present limited time opportunities to play with and against other players in special matchmade bouts with unique rulesets. From regular Awesomenauts matches on weird new maps to triple damage team deathmatch with only Rocco’s, Brawl is set up to spice up and diversify your Awesomenauts experience.

We’ve seen a lot of players enjoying many wacky and weird game modes in custom games. There’s even been some very fun to watch tournaments (King of the Frogs comes to mind). Brawl will make that experience accessible by adding matchmaking, and rewards. Brawl will be a highly accessible purefun™ gamemode. Some characters might be grossly overpowered in some of these game modes, but in brawls that’s part of the fun!

Brawls will award Awesomepoints and experience, just like regular matches. The first 3 brawl matches, though, will award 4 times as much!

Daily Missions will appear in the main menu and will have various different types of objectives and reward amounts. Some missions might require you to play a random character, while others will ask you to deal a specified amount of damage to enemy turrets. You will be able to complete these objectives in both the Co-op versus Bots and Online Match game modes.

To keep overall Awesomepoints gain the same now that Daily Missions are introduced, Awesomepoints gain for matches has been reduced.

• Penny dash distance prediction not accurate
  
• Clunk bite aim shown on wrong side of character when aiming backwards
  
• Froggy dash icon is not shown as disabled while tornado is active

Whoever said 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend' sure never met Soulhuntress Raelynn. Though she spends her days hunting demons, cultists, and other evil scum (which lots of folk appreciate), she's not particularly nice company at parties and friendly get-togethers. One time she attended a feast some villagers organized in her honor and she used her laser rifle to 'cleanse' the demon-shaped chocolate cake the villagers had spent days to prepare for her in secret. In the end, she's just not a people person, and most people have learned to leave her alone and not invite her to their parties.

She is GREAT friends with Cuddles though. Together they've cleansed more demons and other evildoers from this world than you'd feel comfortable knowing. And a chocolate cake.

Ladies and Gentlenauts, welcome to Cirque du Brawlee! It's a brand new show in the greatest big top of the galaxy. Step right up, step right up!

The Zork family is proud to present you tonight's entertainment: a feast of slaughter, daring adventures, and violence! We'll keep you on the edge of your seat as the intrepid heroes perform for you in our Circus. Witness the marvel of twenty Nauts plunging through the air - sans safety net! Gasp when you see our throng of clowns plummet to their seeming deaths, all to make you laugh, dear paying audience! But don't worry, all of it is completely safe... for you!

• Borble Birk
  
• Little Johny
  
• Hawk bomb
  
• Katy Kork
  
• Rob Bourgogne
  
• Don Steward

• Reduced startup time in case of certain rather rare router settings
  
• Fixed a rare crash in replays if the chatlog was corrupted.
  
• Baby Kuri Mammoth, now also affects the duration of chains.

• Lowered the glass platform in front of the front bottom turrets to make sure all ‘Nauts can jump up into that hide area.

• Rage, base shielding values changed from 7%>14%>21%>28%>35% to 10%>16%>22%>28%>34%.
  
• Jail Food, damage over time reduced from 120 to 105 per stage.

• Base speed reduced by 7%.
  
• Rocket launch, projectile collision vs. obstacles reduced by 25%.
  
• Rocket Launch, no longer knocks back enemies.
  
• Mad Bomb, now increases self-knockback by 30%.
  
• Scorched cigar pouch, slow reduction from 12.5% to 10% per stage.
  
• Nuke bug, now reduces the self-knockback as well as the damage of Rocket launch by 30%.
  
• Liquid MRE, loading speed increase reduced from +50% to +30%, price reduced from 280 to 220.
  
• Liquid MRE, no longer framerate dependent.
  
• Box of Cirean Cigars, split into two stages, adding 20 damage each for 145 per stage.

• Triple Cowbells of Honor, now reduces the cooldown of Protective Pose by 30% if the shield is cancelled manually.

• Cowboy Boogeyman Storybook, Movement speed increase buffed from 20% to 25%, duration increased from 2 to 3 seconds.

• Bubble Shot, damage increased from 65 to 70.
  
• Blowfish Nozzle, static bubble duration increased from 1.5s to 2s, price increased to 175.
  
• Slimy Markers, price reduced from 155 to 125 per stage.

• Bio Fuel cells, now also allows for cancelling the tornado after 1.6 second into the ability.

• The last Pieridae Transformae, now always produces a flying droid. Also makes Cocoon kill all types of droids.

• Blessing, base duration reverted from 2.5s to 3s.
  
• The Cat Pillar, healing reduced to 100 per stage, price reduced to 175 per stage.
  
• Spiritual Cooking, now increases damage of affected allies by +8%.
  
• Kremzon Calendar, cooldown reduction increased from 1.5 to 2 seconds per stage.
  
• Gettin’ Out of Da Hood, speed-up reduced to 20%.
  
• Hidden Leaves, price reduced to 175 solar per stage.

• Storm Drum, price reduced from 160 to 130 per stage.

• Corrosive spores, price reduced from 180 to 150 per stage.
  
• Flex neck, price reduced from 150 to 120 per stage.

• Bite, damage duration reduced from 5s to 4s.
  
• Rotten teeth, damage duration decrease removed, price reduced from 225 to 195 solar.

• Psionic Bond, maximum enemy tether length reduced by 20%.
  
• Displace, swap time reduced from 0.4 to 0.3 seconds.

• Time Travelled diamond, damage increased from +12% to +15% per stage.
  
• Root tea, effect duration increased to 3 seconds.
  
• Overexposed nature photo, now also gives Ix 50% of the healing done to allies when bonded.

• Micey and the Missile factory, base missile is no longer reduced in damage by this upgrade.

• Surprise Party Mask, merged to one stage of +110 damage for 200 Solar.

• Dynamite throw, collision size vs. characters increased by 15%.
  
• Missile, projectile collision vs. obstacles reduced by 15%.
  
• Another missile, projectile collision vs. obstacles reduced by 15%.
  
• Height per jump increased by 8%.

• Birdseed Donuts, now reduces the cooldown of vengeance by 2s for hitting a precision shot, and extends vengeance by 1s if it is active.

• The Holy Cup, ally healing reduced from 75% to 65% of self healing.

• Chain mail Tunic, attack speed increase increased from +8% to 10% per stage.

• Titanium Coneshield, reduced health Scoop needs to be below from 80% to 75%.

• Teleport Beacon, explosion radius increased by 25%.

• Circuits of Time, decoy arming time reduced from 2 to 1 second, fixed collision detection.

• Bash 3rd punch, replaced ceiling detection hack with actual smaller collision vs. obstacles.
  
• Stolen couch, range reduced from +5 to +4, price reduced from 190 to 170 solar
  
• Small Volcano, price reduced from 225 to 205 solar.
  
• Electric hammer, snare duration reduced from 0.5s to 0.35s, price reduced from 220 to 200 solar.
  
• Bash, base damage increased by 10%
  
• Chunk of salted meat, damage reduced from +13% to +10% per stage, price reduced from 215 to 195 per stage.
  
• Pale Mead, now increases damage of third punch, +70 damage for 280 solar.

• Magic Sunballs, price reduced from 220 to 195 solar.
  
• Sawblade, damage is now dealt through a fast 0.1 second DoT to prevent it from stacking with Spare Blade damage.
  
• Fixed that on the minimap Totem showed a glass platform above it.

• Fixed Pyromancer Smiles’ splash art not being large enough in the end of game screen.
  
• Fixed that flamethrower sound kept playing if Smiles started teleporting while shooting.
  
• Pocket Dog, damage over time per stage reduced from 100 to 90.
  
• Bush Fire, damage per flame reduced from 31 to 28.
  
• Tail Whip, damage reduced from 300 to 280.
  
• Tail Whip, stun duration reduced from 0.2 to 0.1 seconds.
  
• Unicornian Butt, stun duration increase reduced from 0.3 to 0.2 seconds, price increased from 200 to 240.
  
• Trapper's Hook, duration is now affected by Baby Kuri Mammoth.
  
• Base health, reduced from 1650 to 1550.

• Titanium spikes damage increase increased from +10% to +12% per stage.
  
• Chrono rift, cooldown reduction increased from 2 to 2.5 seconds, for 165 solar per stage.
  
• Flash forward, no longer decreases bubble duration.
  
• Giant Monocle, range increase decreased from 27% to 22%.
  
• Instant charge battery, price reduced from 210 to 150 solar per stage.
  
• Flyswatter, now adds a non-stacking DoT to laser which deals 80 damage over 4 seconds.
  
• Base Health, increased from 1350 to 1400.
  
• Wraith Stone, replaced by Barrier Magazine.

• Particles can now be modded. You can edit them in the Particle Editor and include them in your mods. To access the Particle Editor you must be in a map editing session on a map that is part of a mod. Press F2 to open it. Press “New” to create a new particle template. Modded particles can be used in levels through the Particle object.
  
• Can now override default turret health through the new setting healthOverride.
  
• Can now override turret shoot cooldown through the new setting shootCooldownOverride. Note that turret shooting speed is limited to 10 bullets per second for stability reasons.
  
• Can now add additional damage to turret bullets through the new setting additionalDamage. By setting negative numbers here you can even create healing turrets now.
  
• Can now override what bullets a turret shoots through the new setting overrideBulletSettings. Note that not all bullet types actually work with turrets, but most do. (Holy cow, turrets shooting Derpl Nukes are scary!)
  
• Can now override at what distance a turrets starts aiming and shooting at characters through the new setting targetingRangeOverride.
  
• Can now swap the default orientation of turrets through the new setting swapDefaultOrientation.
  
• Can now hide turrets from the minimap through the new setting showOnMiniMap.
  
• Can now let Buttons turn Turrets on/off through the new setting activationInfluencedBy.
  
• Buttons can now turn Particle objects on/off.
  
• Tutorial textures and animations can now be used in modded maps.

• Fixed that the hideByButton option in Texture objects didn’t work if anything in the Texture was animated, and didn’t combine correctly with setting a colour on the Texture.
  
• Fixed that if opacity and colour were both set on an Animation object, then particles inside the animation would not update their colour correctly anymore.
  
• Fixed that automatically reloading textures while editing a modded map didn’t work. (Works both in DirectX and OpenGL, but not on Linux and Mac.)
  
• Fixed that when browsing Animations or Particles they were positioned too high, half over the button above.
  
• Fixed mod preset not being selected by default when editing a map.

Step right up, step right up! Cirque du Brawlee has rolled into town!

It’s a true festival of carnage with the addition of a weekly Brawl that provides bonus XP and Awesomepoints rewards to participants, and every weekend players will be able to enjoy a new gameplay mode with different rules, powers, and modifiers. For instance, this week we’re starting with the Unlimited Power Brawl - a game mode where all upgrades have a fixed price and there are no restrictions on how many upgrades you can have. Which ‘Naut will reign supreme when all there’s nothing to hold them back?
This latest update also introduces Daily Missions. These missions challenge players to complete matches with a specific type of character, to claim victory in a certain number of matches, or to fulfill another objective. The reward for completing these missions? Sweet, sweet Awesomepoints that players can use to purchase additional characters or unlock other cosmetic upgrades.
In addition to these new gameplay features, we’ve also further refined the experience for players who are new to Awesomenauts. To welcome these new players into our community, we’re providing them with new features that help them predict the effective range of their abilities, and are providing them with a set of daily missions that help them explore the various features Awesomenauts has to offer. We're sure many of these changes will also benefit veteran players who are experimenting with newer characters or returning to the community.

On top of all these new features, we're also adding a batch of new profile portraits to the mix, and releasing the Soulhuntress Raelynn skin, as well as the Ringmaster announcer! http://store.steampowered.com/app/399837/Awesomenauts__The_Ringmaster_Announcer/ http://store.steampowered.com/app/605940/Awesomenauts__Soulhuntress_Raelynn_Skin/ We’ve got more content lined up for the last couple of months in 2017. Qi’Tara, the character lined up to become the 33rd Awesomenaut, will be revealed in full soon. She is expected to make her public debut in an open beta within the next couple of weeks.

Update: We have resolved the issue on our end and will publish the update tomorrow, October 5th.

Hey everyone! While doing the final preparations for the update, we encountered a pretty nasty gameplay bug. We're currently doing what we can to address the issue, but it does mean the update will not be launching at the time we originally intended.

We'll do what we can to keep you updated on our social channels, so follow us at twitter.com/RonimoGames to get the latest news on this. Join us on Twitch.tv/RonimoGames in a few minutes for a full reveal of what's included in the update, and a showcase of the new Soulhuntress Raelynn and Ringmaster announcer skins.

Apologies about the delays, but thank you for bearing with us!

Ronimo Robin

Get ready for the launch of Awesomenauts 4.4: Cirque du Brawlee! Not only will you be able to enjoy a new Brawl every weekend, you're also able to bring the Ringmaster announcer into every game you want with a brand-new announcer.

The Ringmaster announcer turns every match you play into a Carnival of Violence, a Circus of Murder, and a Spectacle of Slaughter! Step right up, step right up!

Awesomenauts 4.4: Cirque du Brawlee launches tomorrow, on October 4th.

On top of all the cool features we've already got lined up for Awesomenauts 4.4, we're adding a brand-new skin for Raelynn! Soulhuntress Raelynn is here, and she's ready to hunt down all the demons, cultists, and other evil-doers you can throw at her!

Whoever said 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend' sure never met Soulhuntress Raelynn. Though she spends her days hunting demons, cultists, and other evil scum (which lots of folk appreciate), she's not particularly nice company at parties and friendly get-togethers. One time she attended a feast some villagers organized in her honor and she used her laser rifle to 'cleanse' the demon-shaped chocolate cake the villagers had spent days to prepare for her in secret. In the end, she's just not a people person, and most people have learned to leave her alone and not invite her to their parties.

She is GREAT friends with Cuddles though. Together they've cleansed more demons and other evildoers from this world than you'd feel comfortable knowing. And a chocolate cake.

Get ready! Awesomenauts 4.4: Cirque du Brawlee is launching on October 4th!

One week from now, we're launching a massive update with plenty of cool stuff to look forward to. Get hype for the addition of Daily Missions, the arrival of a weekly Brawl that grants you lots of bonus XP and Awesomepoints, and an overhauled menu. And that's not all! We still have some announcements lined up for the rest of the week. So stay tuned.

If you want to know more about what's currently in the Open Beta for Awesomenauts 4.4: Cirque du Brawlee, read up on our recent blogpost about that. If you're interested in the list of tentative balance changes that will be included in this update, you can catch the full patch notes of the current Beta version on our official forums. Want to know how to gain access to the Open Beta? You can learn more about that on our official forums as well.
We've been testing various Brawls in the Open Beta over the last week, and have been listening to your feedback on that. We're likely making some changes to some of these when the update goes live, but we'll detail those changes at a later point.

Once Awesomenauts 4.4 goes live, a new Brawl will be available every weekend. Some of the Brawls that we've been testing in the Beta so far include:

• Girl Power - A regular Awesomenauts game, but only female 'Nauts are allowed!
• Unlimited Power - All upgrades cost 75 Solar and you can buy all 6 items in a row. Nothing can hold you back!
• Team Deathmatch - The Classic. Kill more 'Nauts than the enemy team.
• Randomnauts - A regular game of Awesomenauts, but every time you die you respawn as a different character, with random upgrades.
• Tip top - Everyone plays as Rocco. Damage is cranked up to 300%. First team to 50 Kills wins.

A new week, a new Free Rotation! This week you're able to enjoy Froggy G, one of the classic 'Nauts, for free alongside Admiral Swiggins, Gnaw, and the arrow-slinging Rocco.

These four 'Nauts are available for free to all players with account level 6 and higher for the entire week.

Welcome to Cirque du Brawlee! Awesomenauts 4.4 brings a massive batch of cool new features, and the Open Beta is available to all players right now for to try them out.

On the Streamisho today, we unveiled the biggest feature coming in Update 4.4: Weekly Brawls! Every week we'll have a new event for you to play, and during the Open Beta we'll be testing a whole bunch of them. Once Update 4.4: Cirque du Brawlee launches, these Weekly Brawls will be live from every Thursday until late Sunday... and you're getting a new Brawl every weekend.

To kick things off, the Beta currently has the Girl Power Brawl active. This boils down to a regular match of 'Nauts, but you only have access to female 'Nauts. That means your selection is limited to Coco, Raelynn, Penny, Nibbs, Dizzy, Ayla, and Ksenia!

The Brawl available in the Beta will change in a few days, allowing you to try out some of the other Brawls we've got lined up for you. We'll keep them a surprise for now... but how does an All-Rocco Deathmatch sound, for starters?

On top of these Brawls, the Open Beta also includes the features we revealed last week. Try out some of the new Daily Missions and the new Livetiles in the main menu, and give us your feedback on the extensive balance changes that are included in this update.
To access the Open Beta, all you have to do is follow these steps:

Select "Play Awesomenauts Beta" and hit "PLAY".
If you want to discuss these balance tweaks or want to share your thoughts on other features in the Beta, please head over to the Official Awesomenauts forum. While we try to gather feedback from all our different channels, it's easier for us to keep track of the different opinions and arguments if the discussions are centralized!

Awesomenauts 4.4 is right around the corner! This action-packed update will go into Beta next week, on September 20th, and we've already revealed the first couple of features that are included on the Streamisho!

• Daily Missions - Starting in Update 4.4, you'll receive a new mission every day. These missions challenge you to play or win a certain number of games, play certain game modes, try out different characters from a specific roster, and more. Completing a mission will earn you a sweet Awesomepoint bonus. For new players, these missions will be aimed at helping them understand and explore what Awesomenauts has to offer, while more experienced players will receive missions that focus on winning matches!
  
• Overhauled main menu - We're giving the main menu a new lick of paint! Once you log in after Awesomenauts 4.4 has gone live, you'll notice that the main menu not only lists your currently active missions, but a bunch of additional tiles also highlight your recent accomplishments, milestones you're close to completing, and various other aspects of the game worth highlighting!
  
• New modding features! - The modding community continues to create awesome new mods (like this awesome Ghostbusters mod by EgyptFalcon) and we want to provide them with the tools to make their mods even better! In Update 4.4, we're adding the ability to add custom particles to your mods, as well as change turret settings. Want to create a turret that shoots Derpl nukes? Now you can! Want to create a cool mod where a turret shoots at players to heal them? Say no more! We've got you covered!

A new season has started! Enjoy!

This means everyone gets a fresh start at climbing the leaderboards. Since a new season is essentially a leaderboard reset it also means that the matchmaker won't know player skills for a while, so expect matchups to be all over the place for a few days.

Everyone has been reset to the default ranking of 10,000. Note that new players will still have a lower rating because anyone with less than 100 matches automatically gets reduced rating. So new players won't notice the reset as much as more experienced players.

This reset only influences your leaderboard rating. You'll keep any character and account progress you've made.

The final celebration weekend gives the last free skin, and it's another sweet one! Log in to Awesomenauts on Steam this weekend and you'll automatically receive the Shinobi Rocco skin for free!

On top of that, the quadruple 'First Win of the Day' bonus is active yet again! So be sure to play to win this weekend!

See you online!

Another weekend in the month of August means that we've got another free skin lined up for you! Log in to Awesomenauts on Steam this weekend and automatically receive the Leon Legionnaire skin for free!

On top of that, you're also able to grab a quadruple 'First Win of the Day' bonus from today until Monday morning! Get in there and start racking up those points!

See you online!

As we continue to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Awesomenauts on Steam this month, this week is probably the most awesome of them all! All players are able to try out every single 'Naut in the game, including the recently released Commander Rocket, this entire week!

Awesomenauts has a roster of 32 diverse characters and this is your chance to take all of them for a spin. Try out a new character in online matches or try out cool character-specific mods that you were never able to try before!

We hope to see you online!

If you're attending Gamescom this week, make sure to visit the Awesomenauts booth in Hall 10.1, booth A41, register for a free Roboscoop key, meet the devs, and win cool prizes. See you there!

Step up your game with a Digital G skin, which you'll get for free just for logging in to Awesomenauts this weekend! That's right - log in and receive a free skin. Yours to keep. Forever.

On top of that, you're able to enjoy a quadruple XP and Awesomepoint bonus for your first win of the day all weekend, so get in some games between now and Sunday and gain some additional levels!

The free Digital G skin and quadruple First win of the Day bonus are available until Sunday night!

Awesomenauts 4.3: Ready to Rock it! is now live on Steam, so log in and try out the latest Awesomenaut to join the cast: Commander Rocket!

What this character lacks in burst damage and size, he more than makes up in the ability to relentlessly harass his opponents in a lane. His auto attack stores up several missiles over time that you all fire at once, allowing Rocket to deal tremendous damage when harassing enemies in a lane with hit & run tactics. His first ability, Rocket Launcher, fires off a huge rocket that travels a fair distance and deals significant damage, while also knocking away enemies. Rocket himself will also be launched backwards by recoil, which experienced players will be able to use to deftly move themselves around the map with!

His final ability, Laser Trap, launches a small device that (after a little charge-up time) starts spinning around and blast enemies within range with lasers. It deals a lot of damage to enemies unable to escape, and is therefore especially powerful when deployed in chokepoints on the map or when teammates help CC enemies!

Want to know more? SlowWolf has released a great character showcase video that covers everything you need to know! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW--cFM8vHw
Commander Rocket is now available to every player who owns the All Nauts Pack and can be unlocked with Awesomepoints in-game for everyone else! If you don't have enough Awesomepoints available you can purchase the new character directly from the store. http://store.steampowered.com/app/561567
Commander Rocket launches alongside an awesome Commander Cook-It skin that transforms the grizzled veteran into a chef loaded to the brim with food-puns and vegetables in his launcher! Check him out in-game! http://store.steampowered.com/app/634012
We've got more awesome stuff lined up for you throughout the month, and you'll want to return tomorrow to redeem a free Digital G skin (which you get just for logging in) and start enjoying a quadruple XP and Awesomepoint bonus for your first win of the day! This all ties in to the events we've got lined up to celebrate the five year Anniversary of Awesomenauts on Steam, and we hope you'll join us!

If you're visiting Gamescom next week, make sure to drop by our booth in Hall 10.1 - booth A41, and play some games with us, say hi, and win cool prizes!

It's Monday, so a brand new weekly rotation has started! Try out Gnaw, Coco Nebulon, Skree, and Admiral Swiggins for free all week!

Dominate the battlefield with Weedlings and poison your enemies as Gnaw, or use Lightning Ball to ambush and push around your opponents with Coco. Admiral Swiggins, a character designed by the community in the original Design A Naut contest, allows you to lunge at opponents with your anchor and them lock them down. Doing so means you temporarily trade your powerful melee attack for a tricky ranged attack though, so make sure to adjust your playstyle accordingly after initiating.

Finally, rounding out the weekly roster is Skree - a technoshaman that made his home on the Starstorm Station. His chain lightning is especially dangerous against bunched-up enemies, and his sawblades give him a powerful zoning ability. His second ability, which summons a totem, doesn't deal any damage but allows Skree to block off escapes or lines of fire... so don't underestimate it!

The weekly rotation is available to all players with account level 6 or higher!

As we celebrate the fifth anniversary of Awesomenauts on Steam this month, we've got another great weekend event lined up for you!

Log in to Awesomenauts this weekend and you'll immediately get the Officer Lonestar skin for free - yours to keep forever! On top of that, you're getting a quadruple XP bonus for your first win of the day thoughout the weekend.

So log in, play some games, and lay down the law with your new Lonestar skin!

As we announced last week, we'll be celebrating the fifth anniversary of Awesomenauts on Steam throughout the month of August. We launched the first weekend event last Thursday, but that was just first step! Every weekend throughout the month you'll be able to enjoy a quadruple First win of the Day bonus!

Additionally, log in during the remaining weekends this month and you'll get a different free skin every week. It's yours to keep, forever!

Finally, as we head to Cologne ourselves to participate in Gamescom with our biggest booth ever, you'll be able to access every 'Naut in the game for a full week to experience the full Awesomenauts cast for free! This event will start on Augusts 21st, and last all the way through August 27th!

Thanks again for all your support over the last couple of years, and we hope you'll join us for these celebrations throughout the month!

Need reminders about these events? Keep an eye on our social channels to stay up to date!

August 1st, 2017

• Fifth anniversary of Awesomenauts on Steam

• Quadruple XP bonus for first win of the day

• Quadruple XP bonus for first win of the day
  
• Log in to during this time to receive the Officer Lonestar skin for free!

• Awesomenauts 4.3: Ready to Rock it! will launch on Steam, including Cmdr. Rocket!

• Quadruple XP bonus for first win of the day
  
• Log in to during this time to receive the Digital G skin for free!

• ALL Nauts are accessible for free for players above account level 6!

• Visit us at booth A41 in Hall 10.1 at Gamescom to meet us in person,
  play some games, win cool prizes, and get a free Roboscoop skin!

• Quadruple XP bonus for first win of the day
  
• Log in to during this time to receive the Legionnaire Leon skin for free!

• Quadruple XP bonus for first win of the day
  
• Log in to during this time to receive the Shinobi Rocco skin for free!

To celebrate the fifth anniversary of Awesomenauts on Steam, all players will get quadruple XP and Awesomepoints for their first win of the day this weekend!

Log in and play some matches to claim your bonus!

Hey everyone! Today marks the fifth anniversary of Awesomenauts on Steam! A lot has happened since we launched back in 2012, but we'd like that thank all of you for your support, feedback, and inspiration since then!

We'll be celebrating this milestone throughout August, with great bonus events in several weekends, the launch of Commander Rocket, raffles on our social channels, as well as a bunch of giveaways and additional surprises! We'll also be at Gamescom in Cologne from August 22nd until August 26th with our biggest booth ever, so make sure to high-five us at booth A41 in Hall 10.1 if you're attending!

There's lots of cool stuff to look forward to, and we'll detail that with a full schedule soon. For now, you can look forward to a special Streamisho tomorrow (Wednesday August 2nd, twitch.tv/RonimoGames, 17:00 EU Time) as well as the first Weekend Event starting this Thursday (August 3rd).

Over the last five years Awesomenauts has grown from a small indie MOBA to a free-to-play title with an incredible community! We couldn't have done that without your support, so thank YOU for being part of the Awesomenauts!

The United Mapmakers of Awesomenauts are hosting a new Map Festival, where community members come together to play awesome custom games and great Awesomenauts mods from the Steam Workshop!

Join the event this Saturday at 20:00 EU / 19:00 UK / 2PM ET / 11AM PT by heading over to the United Mapmakers Discord over at https://discord.gg/GsE29w7. For additional information about the event, please visit the official Awesomenauts forums: http://www.awesomenauts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=50794

We just released Awesomenauts 4.2.1, a hotfix for the recently-released 4.2 update! This update adresses some bugs related character skills, upgrades, and other issues!

Thanks to everyone who reported issues and provided feedback on the recent changes. Please continue to let us know what you think of Smiles Catch the patch notes below:

Update 4.2.1 hotfix

General

• Using a controller no longer results in selecting five different buttons in the dropdown from the main menu screen.
  
• Fixed that you couldn’t select the announcer dropdown in the in-game pause screen with a controller.

• Fixed that 3rd punch was unable to damage structures.

• Fixed the levelling unlock order for Piggybank and Barrier magazine upgrades.
  
• Trapper’s Hook, range reduced by 20%.
  
• Hook, reel in time increased from 0.7s to 2s, now scales with Bush Telly.
  
• Trapper’s Hook, projectile speed reduced by 20%.
  
• Trapper’s Hook, minimum rope length increased by 25%.
  
• Trapper’s Hook, will no longer pull a Nibbs performing fire breath.
  
• -Electric Magnetic Winch upgrade, range increase reduced from 25% to 20%.
  
• -Sandworm Tail upgrade, bonus damage reduced from 50% to 40%.

• Fixed that Stormdrum would always show a healing effect, even without buying Caterpillar King statue.
  
• Fixed that the butterfly shot would not return after buying the Wool Shawl and Glow Bracelets upgrades.
  
• Fixed that the cocoon would immediately kill an enemy droid when The last pieridae transformae upgrade was bought

Awesomenauts 4.2: Fired Up! is available NOW on Steam! A new character, new portraits, and a huge amount of improvements! Play now and take out Smiles for a spin! If you already own the All Nauts Pack, Smiles will be automatically unlocked for you!

Don't have the All Nauts pack yet? No worries! You can also unlock him with Awesomepoints if you've been saving up!

The latest update is the second one we're releasing this summer and there's a lot more coming up! Stay tuned for more news about awesome content launching beyond Update 4.2!

In addition to Smiles joining the Awesomenauts, we're also releasing a pretty awesome skin for him. Check out Pyromancer Smiles! http://store.steampowered.com/app/497621
Catch the full patch notes below!

Update 4.2
12-7-2017

NEW Naut: Smiles
Skills:

• Trappers Hook: Throw out a hook that will drag enemy Awesomenauts towards you for a short duration.
  
• Tail Whip: Smack your enemies with your steel stail, knocking them away.
  
• Bush Fire: Use your flamethrower to burn everyone in a line.

• Fire commander
  
• Ice commander
  
• Love commander
  
• Team power
  
• The collection
  
• Hairy King

• The scoreboard now tracks damage done to the base together with the damage done to turrets.
  
• Opening the shop while having the scoreboard open will now open the shop and close the scoreboard, just as it was before 4.0.
  
• Fixed that sometimes after closing the Steam overlay and pressing enter to chat, it would register as a shift+enter instead, opening all chat instead of team chat.
  
• Fixed that if you moved the mouse very close to the centre of Coco and used her AA, her arms would extend in a different direction than her attack.
  
• There is a new, more streamlined tutorial flow for new players.
  
• Fixed that running on 1280x1024 or using the Screen Adjustment feature would cut off parts of the in-game HUD.
  
• Steam IDs are no longer logged while in character select, fixing that players could figure out who they were going to play against before the match actually started.
  
• Fixed that practice games could be joined via chat, for a short period.
  
• Fixed that banned players wouldn’t get a ‘cancelled’ notification when trying to queue

• Fixed that (some) counters for achievements would not update for some players.
  
• Fixed that the Slowwolf announcer would not be granted to a player that got the “Welcome back!” achievement in a beta.

• Fixed that League 1 didn't exist for some older seasons in the leaderboad history.
  
• Depth issue fix for character icons in menus on Mac.
  
• Fixed that it was possible to get stuck in a state where all buttons in the Play menu are locked after trying to join a custom game of which the last slot was just taken by another player.
  
• Fixed an issue where clicking multiple times on a character profile picture in a lobby would result in an endless growing tooltip.
  
• The tooltip about the items that you can buy now correctly states level 3 instead of level 4 at which you have unlocked all items.

• Optimised all sounds to use less space on disk and in memory and to load a bit quicker.
  
• The “test voice” button in the Armory now correctly plays voice lines of premium skins.
  
• Announcer voices and player-triggered character voices are now better audible.

• Updated Veanko’s Leon, Lonestar, Raelynn, Gnaw, Skree, Clunk and Ayla bots

• Added a new option to AffectAreas to change a player’s team. This can for example be used to make mods where six players are in a single team or where you need to switch team during the mod. It is also possible to play local versus this way if only one of the local players switches team. This is an experimental feature that probably has a lot of issues, use at your own risk. For example, the deathtimers are disabled once this is used and switching to a team that doesn’t have graphics for the current class produces broken graphics (like a neutral team Lonestar). This feature might even be removed in the final release of 4.2 if we deem it too risky for final release.
  
• Added an option to Button to only react to a specific character class.
  
• Added automatic backup to the map editor (once every two minutes and when exiting the editing session).
  
• Added an option to the AIDebugger (the F4 editor) to view detailed events about character gameplay. There is also an option to filter these events and to show them only for the selected character.
  
• Fixed a crash when using the WriteToTextbox AI block in combination with zero respawn time or switchClass/switchTeam.
  
• Fixed that actions and conditions weren’t sorted alphabetically in the BehaviourCreator tool.
  
• Fixed that AffectAreas, JumpPads and Shops didn’t become invisible in the editor when the “Gameplay objects” group was hidden.

• Rage, base shielding values changed from 15%>15%>20%>25%>30% to 7%>14%>21%>28%>35%
  
• Rage, self damage increased from 33 to 40.
  
• Base Health, increased from 1350 to 1400.
  
• Rip-Apart Bear upgrade, self damage reduction increased from 18% to 25%per stage.

• Jail Food upgrade, reduced damage over time from 135 to 120 per stage.

• Rage, base DPS increased from 252 to 276.
  
• Angry Drawings upgrade, damage increase reduced from 17% to 11%.

• One Armed Chameleon upgrade, bonus damage reduced from 90 to 85.
  
• Nitro Muffler upgrade, damage over time reduced from 180 to 170 per stage.

• Iron Slam, the hud icon now indicates which punch will be next.
  
• Tweaked Bullbarian shield sounds.

• Cat shot, base damage increased from 85 to 90.
  
• Fatcat upgrade, no longer affected by Longcat.
  
• Gave Derpl’s cats a moving tail for a better visual effect and feel.

• Explosive Clone, arming time reduced from 1s to 0.9s.
  
• Torn D-Shirt upgrade, now only affects Awesomenauts.
  
• Golden G Necklace upgrade, after arming the Explosive Clone it stays in place for 1s until an enemy touches it.
  
• Removed a voiceline in which Dizzy said Froggy is her nephew, while he is her cousin.

• Base health increased from 1150 to 1200.
  
• Dash, base damage increased from 250 to 280.
  
• Ice Cubes upgrade, slow per stage reduced from 15% to 12%, price reduced from 150 to 140.
  
• Clock Necklace upgrade, heal over time reduced from 140 to 120.
  
• Boombox upgrade, damage increase reduced from 16% to 13% per stage.

• Baby Kuri Mammoth now affects cocoon.
  
• Butterfly shot, fixed that returning projectile now also does 65 at base.
  
• Wool Shawl upgrade, range increase reduced from 40% to 30%.

• Caterpillar King statue upgrade, now adds ally heal to all Butterfly Shot damage output, 20% per stage.
  
• The Cat Pillar upgrade, heal amount reduced from 125 to 115 per stage.

• Feather Ball upgrade, now adds a 3rd spit projectile.
  
• Fertilizer upgrade, now increases Weedling health by 20% and health regeneration by 50%.

• Salt Miner upgrade, damage per tick reduced from 18 to 16 per stage.

• Micey the Mech Pilot upgrade, price increased from 125 to 150 solar.
  
• Micey and the Missile Factory upgrade, price reduced from 215 to 200 solar.
  
• Flip Arm Add-on, damage reduced from 13% to 11% per stage.

• Steel False Teeth upgrade, now gives Leon a shield that reduces 20% of incoming damage for 2 seconds when successfully landing tongue.

• Galactic Police Scanner upgrade, damage increase reduced from 30% to 27%, price increased from 155 to 180.
  
• Brutalities of the Kraken unveiled! upgrade, fixed the issue where the last bullet would sometimes not spawn.
  
• Brutalities of the Kraken unveiled! upgrade, damage decreased from 150 to 120.
  
• Hairy King upgrade, size increased reduced from +15% to +10%

• Eternal Flame upgrade, fixed issue that Starstorm Statue had no effect upon the fireballs.
  
• Red Sneakers upgrade, price reduced from 155 to 140, speed increase increased from 5% to 8%.
  
• Sunscreen Mouthwash upgrade, speed increase reduced from 100% to 75%.

• Sentient Rock upgrade, silence duration reduced from 0.3s to 0.25s per charge.
  
• Chicken in a Lunch Box upgrade, amplified damage increase reduced from 15% to 12%.

• Base attack, speed penalty for shooting reduced by 25%.

• Vengeance, cooldown reduced from 20 to 16 seconds.
  
• Cockfight Spurs upgrade, price reduced from 200 to 180 solar per stage.
  
• Chicken Grill upgrade, price reduced from 185 to 175 solar.

• Base movement, speed and acceleration increase by 5%.
  
• Black Hole Sun, cooldown increased from 10s to 11s.
  
• Bug Detector upgrade, now deals 200 damage over 4s when the shield hits an enemy.
  
• Night Vision Spywatch upgrade, movement speed increase reduced from 50% to 30%.
  
• Circuits of time upgrade, now requires 2s arming time before the clone explodes.
  
• Circuits of time upgrade, damage increased from 125 to 150.
  
• Circuits of time upgrade, clone health increased from 100 to 250.
  
• Not-So-Serious Tank upgrade, damage increase increased from 12% to 14%.
  
• Hacking Satellite upgrade, merged into single stage upgrade, reduces cooldown by 3s for 200 solar.
  
• Cyanide Cigarettes upgrade, price reduced from 185 to 170 solar per stage.
  
• Yellow King Pages upgrade, price reduced from 205 to 190 solar per stage.

• Homeless Gnome upgrade, fixed an issue where the Gnome would just dissipate if thrown too far.

• Fixed the issue where the second stage of Voodoo Doll unintentionally added another second of slow.
  
• Magic Sunballs upgrade, extra targets reduced from 3 to 2, price reduced from 250 to 220.

• Ancient Octants upgrade, stun no longer applies to the whole area.
  
• Pneumatic Spoon upgrade, break damage increase reduced from 100 to 90 per stage.
  
• Bovinian Skimmed Milk upgrade, damage amplification reduced from 15% to 12%.

• Commando Ted Figurine upgrade, damage increase reduced from 17 to 15% per stage for Machine gun, 13% to 11% for shotgun.

• Antique Machinegun upgrade, silence duration reduced from 1.5s to 1s.
  
• Yakoiza upgrade, extra damage reduced from 71% to 62%.

• Bombshell upgrade, damage reduced from 300 to 280, price increased from 130 to 150 per stage.
  
• Warpgate Overdrive upgrade, cooldown reduction increased from -1.5s to -1s.

• Air acceleration increased by 10%.
  
• Ground acceleration increased by 25%.
  
• Flight, initial jump increased by 15%.
  
• Falling, allow Yuri to keep falling through glass platforms when Jetpack is off, by pressing down.

With Awesomenauts 4.2: Fired Up! launching on July 12th, we're all just a few days off from setting the battlefield aflame with Smiles!

To help you get to push you hype all the way into overdrive: here's the killing spree theme for Smiles! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNOXYPOtyZY

If you didn't catch the Streamisho yesterday, you might have missed the news that Awesomenauts 4.2: Fired Up! will launch on July 12th! Rejoice!

The new update will contain Smiles, the flamethrower-wielding Renegade, an awesome Pyromancer Smiles skin, and some sweet new portraits! If you want to catch all the details, you can rewatch the full Streamisho on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82GSJHJUXqIPYROMANCER SMILES
Some crocodiles just want to watch the world burn. Pyromancer Smiles won't settle for that. He won't stop until all of creation is set ablaze! He's dark, he's angry, and he's armed with a flamethrower. Don't cross Pyromancer Smiles as he'll burn you to a crisp!

The Pyromancer Smiles skin will come with unique voicelines and gives an ever darker twist to the angriest Renegade of the bunch! The skin will be available when Awesomenauts 4.2: Fired Up! launches next week!
NEW MEDALS

With so many community events recently, we're adding in-game medals for accomplishments in these events in Update 4.2! How you earn them is up to the tournament hosts (with some limitations), so keep your eyes peeled for new community events in the coming weeks to learn more about how to earn these!

Are you hosting an event and want to give these away to particants? Get in touch with us through robin@ronimo-games.com!
NEW PROFILE PORTRAITS
We're also adding a couple of sweet new portraits to the game with this update. We'll be revealing them in the week ahead, but you can already get a sneak peak at a new Giga Sentorii portrait above!
ROOKIE ROYALE
The Rookie Royale came to a close last weekend, and it's been a great event overall. Thanks to all players who participated, were involved in coaching new players, made the event happen, and helped out with the on the shows! You guys are the best!

The Rookie Royale was an accessible tournament for players with little to no experience in the competitive community, where experienced players could coach them. We've seen a lot of new players compete, as well as many familiar faces from the community, and it's a blast overall!

Specifically, thanks to Alexeus, Slevens, Erabosu, Devmon, Uberransy, Body_Hunter, Skner, Pixelhat, Pasha, all the coaches, and everyone else who helped out behind the scenes!

Stay tuned for more events from the Awesomenauts League Project in the coming weeks.
KING OF THE FROGS
Bets hosted a drop-in/drop-out King of the Frogs event right after the Streamisho, as a follow-up to the previous round of KotF two weeks back. Rather than go head-to-head as Froggy G, players faced off as Dizzy this week.

ART CONTEST BY REXIC
Community member Rexic hosted an art contest on the forums this week, challenging community artists to make summer-themed artwork based on Awesomenauts, with cash money as the prize! Thanks to Rexic for hosting this, because the submissions are AWESOME!

Lowgrasswhite won with an adorable piece of artwork featuring Coco and Nibbs, and it's just fantastic. Catch it below!
If you want to check out all submissions, head over to the official Awesomenauts forums: http://www.awesomenauts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=50518

It's time to prove your worth in a new edition of King of the Frogs! Head over to ALWB.ca/Discord to join the tournament.

King of the Frogs is an accessible 1v1 tournament with drop-in/drop-out rules, with a new round taking place about once every twenty minutes. Face off on the special King of the Frogs map, made specifically for this event, with Dizzy and prove you're the best frog of the week!

Earn points by competing and climb the leaderboards with every edition of the event, with each competition alternating between showdowns of Froggy G and Dizzy.

For more information on the event, head over to ALWB.ca!

The Rookie Royale has entered its final week, and there's still time to sign up for the final round! The Rookie Royale is a tournament designed specifically to help new players get their feet wet in the competitive community, and features experienced players coaching new players to help them step up their game!

Head over to the Awesomenauts forums for more information on the tournament and how to sign up for it.

If you just want to catach the livestream for this event, tune in on Sunday around 18:00 EU / 17:00 UK / noon ET / 9AM PT to http://www.twitch.tv/awesomenautsleagueproject

The second update for the Open Beta of Awesomenauts 4.2 went live yesterday, and there was a lot to discuss about the changes on the Streamisho. We’ll run you through all the news below but if you prefer, you can watch it on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OsUyiLLGSM
Summer sale

The Summer Sale has arrived! This year, the All Nauts Pack Summer Bundle is available on Steam. It contains the All Nauts Pack and all the three costume party DLCs. There are also discounts for skins, announcers, and costume parties. Be sure to check it out in the Armory!

4.2 Beta news
New changes were made to Awesomenauts and there were fixes for the level editor. Some balance changes are not final and might be reverted. The patch notes can be found here: http://steamcommunity.com/games/204300/announcements/detail/2533687504397152680
Smiles theme
Smiles, the newest addition to the Awesomenauts could be played in the Beta and his character theme had been unveiled in the Streamisho. Missed it? Listen to it on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIqpTWyJw-k&t=0s
Rookie Royale
The third qualifier of the Rookie Royale starts on the 1st of July. It’s an accessible tournament for new players. Sign-ups are still open until the 30th of June! More info here: http://www.awesomenauts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=50264

ALWB: King of the Frog
The King of the Frog is a casual drop-in/drop-out tournament that’s held over a longer time span. It is a custom 1v1 tournament with either Froggy G or Dizzy. Last week, it was possible to show your Froggy G skills and Dizzy battles can be fought out next week! Check out their discord more info: ALWB.ca/discord

Community highlight
Are you up for a challenge with Nibbs? This custom map is designed to parkour around certain areas and complete the challenge!
Check out the Magic Dragon (Nibbs Parkour) by EgyptFalcon on the Steam workshop: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=948499054

We just updated the Open Beta for Awesomenauts 4.2: Fired Up! on Steam! Jump into the open beta to try out a whole bunch of tweaks to the new character, Smiles, as well as further experimental changes to Derpl, Yuri, and Ted McPain!

Full patch notes are below!
As always, please be aware that all changes in this open beta are subject to change, and your feedback plays an important role in helping to decide what makes it into the game and what needs further tuning.

Specifically the changes to Yuri, Derpl, and Ted McPain are currently subject to change and will likely return for further tweaks in betas for later updates.

For info on how to access the open beta, please visit our official forums.

Update 4.2 Beta 2
28-6-2017

General

• Fixed that (some) counters for achievements would not update for some players.
  
• Fixed that the Slowwolf announcer would not be granted to a player that got the “Welcome back!” achievement in a beta.
  
• Fixed that the “Dinosaurs don’t like brain boxes” achievement would be granted if a player makes a kill after rejoining.
  
• Made the sound ducking on announcer voices and player-triggered character voices more subtle.
  
• Fixed that if you moved the mouse very close to the centre of Coco and used her AA, her arms would extend in a different direction than her attack.
  
• Optimised all sounds to use less space on disk and in memory and to load a bit quicker.

• Added an option to Button objects to only react to a specific character class.
  
• Added an option to the AIDebugger (the F4 editor) to view detailed events about character gameplay. There is also an option to filter these events and to show them only for the selected character.
  
• Fixed a crash when using the WriteToTextbox AI block in combination with zero respawn time or switchClass/switchTeam.
  
• Fixed that actions and conditions weren’t sorted alphabetically in the BehaviourCreator tool.
  
• Fixed that AffectAreas, JumpPads and Shops didn’t become invisible in the editor when the “Gameplay objects” group was hidden.

• Rip-Apart Bear upgrade, self damage reduction increased from 18% to 25%.
  
• Base Health, increased from 1350 to 1400.

• Gave Derpl’s cats a moving tail for a better visual effect and feel.

• Prismatic Moonstone Dust upgrade, damage over time reduced from 110 to 90 per stage.

• Bush Fire, damage against turrets reduced from 32 to 25 per flame.
  
• Bush Fire, damage against droids increased from 21 to 25 per flame.
  
• Trapper’s Hook, duration increased from 0.8s to 1.1s.
  
• Trapper’s Hook, reeling in now takes 0.5s instead of 0.1s.
  
• Tail Whip, added 0.2s of stun.
  
• Unicornian Butt upgrade, stun increase reduced from 0.5s to 0.3s.
  
• Warbot Heart upgrade, now also heals for 90.
  
• Snapper Trap upgrade, price reduced from 215 to 175.
  
• Snapper Trap upgrade, now heals for 250 upon landing Trapper’s Hook.
  
• Candy Rope upgrade, now weakens affected enemies during the Hook for 20% for 160 solar.
  
• My First Machete upgrade, slow increased from 10% to 12% per stage, duration increased from 1s to 2s, price increased from 145 to 160 per stage.
  
• Inscribed Lighter upgrade, lifetime of flames increased from 1.3s to 2s, time between damage reduced to 0.4s.
  
• Renegade walky talky upgrade, now shortens teleport to 1.5s when allies are near.

• Grid Trap, if the skill isn’t fully charged, the Trap will be place at Derpl’s position.
  
• Grid Trap, reduced the distance covered by fully charged Trap by 50%.
  
• Fatcat upgrade, no longer affected by Longcat.

• Shotgun attack speed decreased from last beta by 20%.
  
• Shotgun damage reduced by 20%.

• Stim pack attack speed increase replaced with a damage boost of 40%.
  
• Ammo weekly attack speed increase replaced with a damage boost of 12% per stage.
  
• Ted McPain Unicorn Dance Karting upgrade, damage per stage increased from 47 to 67.
  
• Ted’s Power Briefs upgrade, shotgun knockback increase increased from 240% to 340%.

• Flight, initial jump increased by 30%.
  
• Falling, allow Yuri to keep falling through glass platforms when Jetpack is off, by pressing down.
  
• Ground acceleration and speed increased by 30%.
  
• Laser, time between damage stages reduced from 1.2 to 0.7 seconds.
  
• Laser, 3rd stage added to base, each stage adds 8 damage per tick.
  
• Mine deploying, now limited to 2 mines. Creating a 3rd make the oldest explode.
  
• Mine deploying, lifetime increased from 8 to 12 seconds.
  
• Mine deploying, a hit indicator lets the Yuri player know if someone was hit by a mine.
  
• Giant Monocle upgrade, range increase now starts at 10%, every damage stage adds 10%.
  
• Resonance Amplifier upgrade, now adds 1 charge level, adding 8 damage.
  
• Hubble’s Lens upgrade, now locks Yuri in place while firing and reduces time between charges from 0.7s to 0.3s.

Yeaaaah! The Summer Sale is here! It's time for awesome deals on optional content for Awesomenauts, including discounts on skins, announcers, skin bundles... and :



The All Nauts Pack - Summer Pack includes the currently available characters and will unlock all future ones as soon as they release, and on top of that it also includes 27 awesome skins for various characters. The list of skins includes awesome costumes like
The is a great deal if you've been looking to unlock all available characters, get access to new characters as soon as they become available, and sport some shiny new skins to boot! The offer will only be available during the Steam Summer Sale, so don't wait too long!

For a full list off what's on sale, check out the in-game armory! Enjoy the summer!

The open beta for Awesomenauts 4.2: Fired Up! launched yesterday and Smiles joins the heat of the battle! We covered the beta on the Streamisho and discussed many of the new changes there. You can watch the VOD on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upwcsI3tPmQ&t=0s
Smiles
The poaching crocodile ran a successful business, but he felt it was time for revenge. Smiles is equipped with a steel tail, trappers hook, and a flamethrower for when things get heated!

If you want to read more about Smiles and the new features in the Beta, check out the Beta launch announcement here: http://steamcommunity.com/games/204300/announcements/detail/1349240635820392726

Awesomenauts 4.2: Fired up! is now live in the Open Beta for Awesomenauts! This update contains a lot of character updates, a new feature for the level editor, and a brand new playable character!

Meet Smiles, a crocodile with his trapping hook and a tail to run away from! Are you ready for something extra crispy? Then you definitely want to try out his flamethrower!To access the Beta for Update 4.2: Fired up! follow the steps below:

• Right-click Awesomenauts in your Steam Library and select "Properties"
  
• Select the "DLC" tab and make sure "Awesomenauts - Beta access DLC" is checked.
  
• Select the "Beta" tab and switch to "beta - public channel".
  
• Wait until the beta is downloaded (this can take a while).
  
• Start the game
  
• Select "Play Awesomenauts Beta" and hit "PLAY"

• The scoreboard now tracks damage done to the base together with the damage done to turrets.
  
• Opening the shop while having the scoreboard open will now open the shop and close the scoreboard, just as it was before 4.0.
  
• Fixed that sometimes when you had the steam overlay open and pressing enter, it would register as a shift+enter instead.

• Updated Veanko’s Leon, Lonestar, Raelynn, Gnaw, Skree, Clunk and Ayla bots.

• Added a new option to AffectAreas to change a player’s team. This can for example be used to make mods where six players are in a single team or where you need to switch team during the mod. It is also possible to play local versus this way if only one of the local players switches team. This is an experimental feature that probably has a lot of issues, use at your own risk. For example, the deathtimers are disabled once this is used and switching to a team that doesn’t have graphics for the current class produces broken graphics (like a neutral team Lonestar). This feature might even be removed in the final release of 4.2 if we deem it too risky for final release.

• Rage, base shielding values changed from 15%>20%>25%>30% to 9%>18%>27%>36%
  
• Rage, self damage increased from 33 to 40.
  
• Base Health, increased from 1350 to 1400.

• Rage, base DPS increased from 252 to 276.
  
• Angry Drawings upgrade, damage increase reduced from 17% to 11%.

• One Armed Chameleon upgrade, bonus damage reduced from 90 to 85.
  
• Nitro Muffler upgrade, damage over time reduced from 180 to 170 per stage.

• Iron Slam, the hud icon now indicates which punch will be next.

• Torn D-Shirt upgrade, now only affects Awesomenauts.
  
• Golden G Necklace upgrade, targets hit by Explosive Clone take 15% increased damage for 3 seconds.

Changes to make Frog a bit more safe while also reducing all or nothing potency with landing his whirlwind.

• Base health increased from 1150 to 1200.
  
• Dash, base damage increased from 250 to 280.
  
• Ice Cubes upgrade, slow per stage reduced from 15% to 12%, price reduced from 150 to 140.
  
• Clock Necklace upgrade, heal over time reduced from 140 to 120.
  
• Boombox upgrade, damage increase reduced from 16% to 13% per stage.

• Baby Kuri Mammoth now affects cocoon.
  
• Butterfly shot, fixed that returning projectile now also does 65 at base.
  
• Wool Shawl upgrade, range increase reduced from 40% to 30%.
  
• Caterpillar King statue upgrade, heal reduced from 20 to 18.

• Baby Kuri Mammoth now affects cocoon.
  
• Butterfly shot, fixed that returning projectile now also does 65 at base.
  
• Wool Shawl upgrade, range increase reduced from 40% to 30%.
  
• Caterpillar King statue upgrade, heal reduced from 20 to 18.

• Feather Ball upgrade, now adds a 3rd spit projectile.
  
• Fertilizer upgrade, now increases Weedling health by 20% and health regeneration by 50%.

• Salt Miner upgrade, damage per tick reduced from 18 to 16 per stage.

• Micey the Mech Pilot upgrade, price increased from 125 to 150 solar.
  
• Micey and the Missile Factory upgrade, price reduced from 215 to 200 solar.
  
• Flip Arm Add-on, damage reduced from 13% to 11% per stage.

• Steel False Teeth upgrade, now gives Leon a shield that reduces 20% of incoming damage for 2 seconds when successfully landing tongue.

• Galactic Police Scanner upgrade, damage increase reduced from 30% to 27%, price increased from 155 to 180.
  
• Brutalities of the Kraken unveiled! Upgrade, damage decreased from 150 to 120.
  
• Hairy King upgrade, size increased reduced from +15% to +10%.

• Red Sneakers upgrade, price reduced from 155 to 140, speed increase increased from 5% to 8%.
  
• Sunscreen Mouthwash upgrade, speed increase reduced from 100% to 75%.

• Sentient Rock upgrade, silence duration reduced from 0.3s to 0.25s per charge.
  
• Chicken in a Lunch Box upgrade, amplified damage increase reduced from 15% to 12%.

• Base attack, speed penalty for shooting reduced by 25%.

• Cockfight Spurs upgrade, price reduced from 200 to 180 solar per stage.
  
• Chicken Grill upgrade, price reduced from 185 to 175 solar.

• Magic Sunballs upgrade, extra targets reduced from 3 to 2, price reduced from 250 to 220.

• Ancient Octants upgrade, stun no longer applies to the whole area.
  
• Pneumatic Spoon upgrade, break damage increase reduced from 100 to 90 per stage.
  
• Bovinian Skimmed Milk upgrade, damage amplification reduced from 15% to 12%.

• Shotgun attack speed increased by 42%.
  
• Shotgun damage reduced by 42%.
  
• Removed the slowdown penalty on shooting with shotgun.
  
• Stim pack attack speed increase replaced with a damage boost of 40%.
  
• Ammo weekly attack speed increase replaced with a damage boost of 12% per stage.
  
• Commando Ted Figurine upgrade, damage increase reduced from 17 to 13% per stage for Machine gun, 13% to 11% for shotgun.
  
• Ted McPain Unicorn Dance Karting upgrade, damage per stage reduced from 80 to 47.
  
• Ted’s Power Briefs upgrade, shotgun knockback increase reduced from 400% to 240%.

• Antique Machinegun upgrade, silence duration reduced from 1.5s to 1s.
  
• Yakoiza upgrade, extra damage reduced from 71% to 62%.

• Bombshell upgrade, damage reduced from 300 to 280, price increased from 130 to 150 per stage.
  
• Warpgate Overdrive upgrade, cooldown reduction increased from -1.5s to -1s.

• Flight, acceleration increased by 33%.
  
• Flight, maximum vertical speed increased by 10%.
  
• Laser, time between damage stages increased from 0.5 to 1.2 seconds.
  
• Laser, firing it now reduces movement speed by 60%, instead of locking Yuri in place.
  
• Mine deploying, lifetime reduced from 10 to 8 seconds.
  
• Baby Yeti upgrade, slow now starts at 10%, every damage stage adds 5%.
  
• Resonance Amplifier upgrade, now adds 1 charge level per stage, each adding +10 damage.
  
• Hubble’s Lens upgrade, now locks Yuri in place while firing and reduces time between charges from 1.5s to 0.3s.
  
• Toaster Timer upgrade, now makes Mines detonate on second press, also increases explosion size by 25%.
  
• Aerial Spring upgrade, now lets Yuri throw his mines instead of dropping them.
  
• Chrono Rift, price reduced from 190 to 140 solar.

While everyone at E3 is focused on games shipping later this year or even in 2018, we're bringing you great new content TODAY! Awesomenauts 4.1: Dawn of the Renegades is available on Steam now! The best part is: everyone can enjoy Awesomenauts completely for free! This patch introduces a new character, brings additional gameplay improvements, adds additional level editor functionality, and much more!

Rocket’s Renegades are a group of mercenaries on the run from injustice, but they’re out for revenge! Dizzy is the first of them to join the Awesomenauts in this update. Commander Rocket, Smiles, and Qi’Tara will be joining in updates later this summer! Here is the trailer introducing all four of the Renegades: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5p5DFP40Fw
Dizzy is a swift character that has the ability to dash multiple times. She can also leave a water-clone that explodes and hits all foes in the vicinity! Dizzy can be bought with Awesomepoints or will be available instantly for All Nauts Pack-owners.

Two new skins!

Bullbarian Deadlift
The long awaited skin for this Bovinion is now here! Meet the brutal Bullbarian Deadlift! Show off your greatsword when playing on the red team and an astonishing axe when playing on the blue team!
http://store.steampowered.com/app/557003Kunoichi Dizzy
After three gruelling years in the Waxxon Spiral, Dizzy completed her Aqua-Fu training. She had become Kunoichi Dizzy, Master of the Aqua-Fu!
http://store.steampowered.com/app/634010/Awesomenauts__Kunoichi_Dizzy_Skin/
Switching classes
Mod creators are now able to use mechanics that switch you to other‘Nauts and skins in custom maps. It is even possible to play as a creep or droid, if you want! This gives new options for creative game modes, and we can’t wait to see what crazy stuff our community members will make! Check out this small video about the feature. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xigvHbNIy7M
New medals
We’re also adding a new series of in-game medals for players who manage to attain over 250 wins with a character! These are meant to show off the accomplishments of some our most dedicated players, who have been part of our community for years.

Looking ahead
Awesomenauts 4.1: Dawn of the Renegades is just the first update that we’ve got lined up for the summer, and players can look forward to more characters, more unlockables, and more improvements over the coming months! In fact, the next character to join the Awesomenauts will be made available in Open Beta next week already!

Get ready to take Smiles to the battlefield soon!

Patch notes
For the full patch notes on Awesomenauts 4.1, head over to our official forums: http://www.awesomenauts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2440

The release for Awesomenauts 4.1: Dawn of the Renegades is just one day away! Tune in to the Streamisho tomorrow at twitch.tv/RonimoGames around 17:00 CET, 16:00 GMT, 11AM Eastern, and 8AM Pacific, for an extended look at the new update, more reveals, and announcements!

Get ready to tear up the stage when Dizzy becomes available tomorrow by listening to Dizzy's Killing Spree! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJlP4V6WU0o

We revealed Dizzy’s character theme on the Streamisho and you can now groove to it on Youtube!

Dizzy will join Awesomenauts when Awesomenauts 4.1: Dawn of the Renegades hits Steam on the 14th of June! Dizzy will be available instantly for owners of the Awesomenauts All Nauts Pack and available to buy with Awesomepoints for other players!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdbCNr_mL3c Are you excited about the theme and want to know what the killing spree sounds like? We'll be unveiling that one early next week, so stay tuned!

We revealed the new Deadlift skin, the launch date of Update 4.1, and announced the honorable mentions for the guide contest on the Streamisho yesterday. You can read all the news below, or check it out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6DOKvgZpi4
Awesomenauts 4.1: Dawn of the Renegades launch date
After we launched the Beta version for Update 4.1 and Dizzy last week, we 'll be ready to launch Awesomenauts 4.1: Dawn of the Renegades one week from now - on the 14th of June! Be sure to tune in to the Streamisho at 17:00 EU, 16:00 UK, 11 AM Easter, 8 AM Pacific over at www.twitch.tv/RonimoGames

Dazzling Dizzy character theme!
We listened to the great rapping skills of Dizzy on her character theme reveal. Did you miss it? Check it out here and let us know what you think! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdbCNr_mL3c
Brutal Bullbarian!
The Bullbarian Deadlift skin was revealed during the Streamisho. Show off your mighty sword when playing on the Red team and an astonishing axe when playing on the Blue team!

Guide contest winners
A lot of great guides were written for the guide contest and we want to thank all participants for their efforts! The winners were announced live, and you can find all the guides in the announcement below.
http://steamcommunity.com/games/204300/announcements/detail/1271551821052096819
Community news

Awesomenauts Rumble: June Gathers
The signups for the June Gathers tournament will close on the 8th of June, 8PM Eastern. The accesible tournament for all players will kick-off on the weekend of the 10th and 11th of June with livestreams starting at 12PM EST on www.twitch.tv/awesomenautsrumble

ALP: Rookie Royale
The Rookie Royale invites new players to join an Awesomenauts tournament. The team will be under supervision of a veteran, who will coach the players during the tournament. Sign-ups are still open. Still on the fence about signing up? Check out their forum topic to help you further: https://www.awesomenauts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=50264

Community highlight
Elimination Deathmatch by Firr
When a team member dies they spawn in a room that requires 2 other members to open the door to the arena. This makes each fight a 3v3 battle with 3-stack respawns at a time! Check out this custom map in the Steam workshop: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=937266024

The guide contest ran for over a month and a lot of great guides were written during that time. Thank you all for participating and helping the community by writing these helpful guides for both existing and new players!

The 1st prize winner was already announced and we want to congratulate Diz Hydron with the "Welcome to Awesomenauts! Everything you need to know to get started!" guide!
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=918204085
Honorable mentions
It’s now time to announce the honorable mention winners! There were 101 entries in total and 16 honorable mention winners. Thank you all for participating in this contest and congratulations to the winners!

Find all the honorable mentions below:

niki's in-depth guide to Awesomenauts
I'm new and I like to be Awesome by M4dMuff1n
The complete guide to Awesomenauts by Holy Joost
Jurassic Gaming ft. Professor Yoolip by Sam!
Derpl Zork Guide - Snare Regen Tank by Jellyfish Slums
Raelynn 101 by Topzeos
Sentry X-58: In-depth Mechanics by Marukyu
Ayla: In-Depth Guide by mimiroru92
MrPillow's guide to Jimmy mechanics, builds, and hidden techniques
Quick view of all Nauts by Canardma
Awesomenauts - Flanking, Minimap Awareness, and How to React to it by Blue - The Queen
A guide to help new and old players get into competitive! by Slevens
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work by Luckytime!
Awesomenauts all free skins by Bubby0304
Coming from League/DOTA 2 - Hero Comparisons by Chotgor "Chogi" Unen
A guide on dealing with Frustration, Toxicity and Ranked Anxiety by alanklm

Today we've released another quick hotfix! It addresses some rare but serious issues.

Catch the patch notes below for the full details on the issues that have been addressed. Please continue to let us know if you happen to run into problems over on the official tech support forums: http://www.awesomenauts.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=13

Update 4.0.7
3-6-2017

General

• Fixed a crash in the main menu.
  
• Fixed a crash on startup if the game isn’t connected to Steam (or takes too long connecting to Steam).
  
• Temporarily reverted the change that invite suggestions would only show players who are also in global chat, since this caused the crash. This will come back in update 4.1 once the crash has been properly fixed.
  
  

We just released a hotfix for Awesomenauts that addresses a couple of issues players have encountered over the last week. This includes fixes for the issue where players would be stuck in the queue at 0:00, the SlowWolf announcer not unlocking as intended, and other connectivity issues.

Catch the patch notes below for the full details on the issues that have been addressed. Please continue to let us know if you happen to run into problems over on the official tech support forums: http://www.awesomenauts.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=13

Update 4.0.6
1-6-2017

General

• Fixed a bug that caused players to get stuck in the matchmaker queue at time 0:00
  
• Fixed a bug that caused players get stuck in a party that didn’t allow them to play at all.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the matchmaker to go down altogether in very rare cases.
  
• Fixed that sometimes the Slowwolf announcer would not unlock.
  
• Fixed that for some people, not all prestige medals would be unlocked.
  
• Fixed that sometimes random announcer would result in no announcer at all.
  
• Invite suggestions will only show players who are in global chat.
  
• Fixed that the "Attack of the botanic Army!" achievement often didn't count the Weedlings you placed, and sometimes counted Weedlings you didn't place.
  
• Fixed that the game would reset last selected skins on startup.
  
• On first startup, the game language will now be determined by the language used in steam, instead of always defaulting to English for new users.
  
• To fix the massive recruitment code spam in global chat users can no longer post their recruitment code in global chat. Recruitment codes can still be shared via party or team chat or outside of the game.
  
• Global chat will block users from sending the same message within a short time period.
  
• Fixed the win streak statistic on the stats screen.

• Fixed Penny bullets not bouncing off the ceiling

4.0 has been out for just over a week and we already announced Update 4.1: Dawn of the Renegades on the Streamisho! You can read all the news covered below, or check it out on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zXrubPH8MQ
Update 4.1: Dawn of the Renegades went live in the Beta version of the game. Meet Commander Rocket, Qi’Tara, Dizzy, and Smiles! You can check the Beta out now and rock with the brand new character: Dizzy!

Check out the full announcement and the patch notes here:
http://steamcommunity.com/games/204300/announcements/detail/1271551639292937239
Community news

Guide contest
We announced the winner of the Guide Contest on the Streamisho, and it's Diz Hydron with the "Welcome to Awesomenauts! Everything you need to know to get started!" guide!

Find the guide here and read about all the useful tips and everything you need to know when you are trying out Awesomenauts for the first time. It might also have a lot of useful tips for players who've already got a bunch of matches under their belt though, so it's basically a great read for everyone! http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=918204085
The honorable mentions will be announced later this week or during next week's Streamisho. Thank you all for participating! Having this information available on Steam helps new and existing players enormously!

New Level editor features
The level editor comes with new features in Update 4.1! You can now switch classes and skins in custom maps. It is even possible to play as a creep or droid, if you want! Check out the short video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xigvHbNIy7M
Awesomenauts Rumble: June Gathers
The June Gathers tournament is now open for sign-ups. This casual tournament encourages players of every kind to join and get familiar with the competitive scene of Awesomenauts. More info on their website!

ALP: Rookie Royale
The Rookie Royale invites new players to join an Awesomenauts tournament. The team will be under supervision of a veteran, who will coach the players during the tournament. The sign-ups will start on the 3rd of June!

ALP: Awesomenauts Console Clash 3
The tournament will start this weekend on the 3rd of June and continue on the 4th of June with the finals. There is still time to sign up and join the clash here

Community highlight
Wabtfan made a new custom map called Galactron Construct 127. Team iris doors shut when enemies are near; no droids nor Awesomenauts may pass through during this. The iris door remains open at all times after destruction of corresponding turret.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=932299677&utm_content=bufferf07a6&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Meet: Rocket's Renegades! Commander Rocket, Qi'Tara, Smiles, and Dizzy have been on the run for years and are finally ready to face the ghosts that haunt their past... and they're doing that by joining the Awesomenauts!

Learn more about this crew in the trailer below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5p5DFP40Fw Dizzy is the first Renegade to enlist with the Awesomenauts, and she is now available in the open beta for Awesomenauts 4.1: Rise of the Renegades! Her fellow Renegades will join the Awesomenauts in future updates, so stay tuned for more news on that!

To access the Beta for Update 4.1: Rise of the Renegades, follow the steps below:

• Right-click Awesomenauts in your Steam Library and select "Properties"
  
• Select the "DLC" tab and make sure "Awesomenauts - Beta dual-load" is checked.
  
• Wait until the beta is downloaded (this can take a while).
  
• Start the game
  
• Select "Play Awesomenauts Beta" and hit "PLAY"

• Multi Dash: Save up to 3 dashes to unleash unto your enemies.
  
• Explosive Clone: Leave a water clone at your location that explodes and deals damage in an area.
  
• Bubble Shot: Fire a fast-moving bubble that deals damage.

• Using her mastery in Aqua-fu, Dizzy fooled the Scarg prison guards with her water clones and escaped along with her team. After being separated, she went back to her home planet to revitalize her singing career. There she formed a girl band called “the Dizzies” together with her water clones and conquered the Universal Music Charts in no time. A popularity poll showed that one of her clones was more popular than her, causing her to go on a graffiti spraying rampage. After being calmed by her old friends, she joins them into joining the Awesomenauts!

• You can now try out skins in the armory
  
• Added sound to the Solar shower in the testmap (the map where you can try out Nauts).
  
• Tweaked when announcers will count down. For instance, it won’t count down in the test level in the armory anymore.

• Added two new options to AffectAreas: switchToClass and switchToSkinIndex. These allow you to swap which character and skin the player uses. This can even be used to switch to characters that are normally not playable, like droids and creeps. Note that a player can only be switched to a class or skin he or she owns. When switching to a class you don’t own, nothing happens. When switching to a skin you don’t own while you do own the class, you instead switch to the default looks of that Naut.

• Evil eye can now be shot when using rage. Rage will automatically turn off when using evil eye.
  
• Angry Drawings, reduced price from 250 to 220 solar per stage.
  
• Jail Food, increased damage over time from 105 to 135 per stage.
  
• Jail Food, reduced price from 215 to 200 solar per stage.
  
• Rubberband Ball, changed to a damage over time on the blood trail for 140 damage over 2 seconds.
  
• Rubberband Ball, increased price from 150 to 200 solar.

• Base movement speed increased by 8%.

• Superconductor, increased damage per homing particle from 13 to 15 damage per stage.

• Power Lunge, removed self knockback on the impact.
  
• Power Lunge, increased consistency by increasing the collision size by 10% while flying.
  
• Power Lunge, now only ends on collision instead of stopping mid-way when flying for a long time.

• Grid trap, can now be thrown for a short distance. They deploy in place after flying for 0.75 seconds.
  
• Grid trap, lifetime reduced from 11 to 6 seconds.
  
• Strengthened Trap, lifetime increase reduced from 8 to 4 seconds.
  
• Empowered Grid, now speeds up Grid trap flight and deployment time by 50% for 180 Solar.
  
• Deployment Pads, knockback size reduced by 25%.
  
• Deployment Pads, made the knockback visual faster.
  
• Long Cat, now also increases the speed of Cat shot.
  
• Long Cat, reduced range and speed increase from 33% to 28% per stage.

• Butterfly Shot, base damage reduced from 70 to 65 damage.
  
• Monarch Blessing, base duration reduced from 3 to 2.5 seconds.
  
• Spiritual Cooking, changed to a 1 second duration increase.
  
• Spiritual Cooking, price reduced from 195 to 155 solar.

• Overcharged Metabolism, amplified damage duration reduced from 4 to 3 seconds.

• Crystal Crunch, reduced healing per target from 8 to 6 health per stage.

• Missile barrage can no longer be canceled
  
• Movement during Missile Barrage is no longer blocked, but reduced by 40% instead.
  
• Charge, tick rate increased by 50%, knockback and damage reduced by 50%.
  
• Charge, movement speed reduced by 10%.

• Missile, increased damage from 100 to 125.
  
• Another Missile, increased damage from 100 to 125.

• Brutalities of the Kraken unveiled!, the last projectile now deals 50% less damage VS droids like the rest of Scene Illumination.

• Eternal Flame, price reduced from 200 to 180 solar per stage.
  
• Autographed picture of Voran, price reduced from 180 to 160 solar per stage.
  
• Misery Tarot Cards, price reduced from 170 to 160 solar per stage.
  
• Blue&Orange Berries, price reduced from 185 to 165 solar.

• Penny will now automatically generate one charge every 10s.
  
• Cookie Monster Badge, the increased damage now only applies against nauts.

• Timerift, increased cooldown from 9 to 11 seconds.
  
• Laserpointer, now only applies blind on hit.