Battle Battalions will be off-line at 4pm PST (7pm EST, 10pm GMT) in order to update the game. Battle Battalions will be off-line for approximately 15 to 30 minutes.
What Does ‘RPS’ Mean in Battle Battalions?
Combat between Battalions in Battle Battalions is balanced around the time-honored system of “Rock Paper Scissors” (or ‘RPS’ for short). Check out this article explaining how this works in Battle Battalions!
Battle Battalions Dev Blog #3 – Dave Kondor, Lead Designer
Presenting the third entry in our ongoing Battle Battalions Developers Blog series, which features a Q&A session with a prominent member of the Battle Battalions development team. Here we’ve wrangled Lead Designer Dave Kondor and picked his brain on what it means to be Lead Designer on Battle Battalions. Check it out!
The Petroglyph Pros won 5 out of 8 matches today. Our egos are doing slightly better.
The winning teams were:
Boomhower, WeiWei, Capsure, Ninjazz, and SethipusRex
Boomhower, Capsure, Worhtwhileness, WeiWei, and SethipusRex
VektorVendetta, Javioto, Fairbod, SethipusRex, and liquidcorner
Major Updates Round-Up for Battle Battalions!
Whew! This has been a busy week for optimizing gameplay and enhancing the already-chaotic fun to be had in our newly-released, team-based tactical thriller Battle Battalions!
The major highlights this week include the addition of:
- The fiery new King's Island map -- complete with erupting volcano!
- The limited-time Holiday Bundle chock full of cosmetics, credits, premium account status and the dreaded Turkey Taunt!
- A special holiday increase in PvE rewards (up to 200% through Account Level 4)! Group up with your buddies to smoke them AI bots!
- A massive number of Perk changes, UI enhancements, gameplay rebalances and bug squashes!
It's not every week we get to cram in so many updates, so hopefully you can carve out some time over this holiday season to partake of the addictive team-based bonanza that is Battle Battalions!
Preview Vid of New King’s Island Map Erupts on YouTube!
Check out this hot-off-the-press preview video showing all the ins and outs, nooks and crannies and lava-filled details of King’s Island, the brand new map for Battle Battalions introduced in Update 1.04!
Wait…did we just say lava!?! Oh yes we did. King’s Island features an active volcano that periodically spews blistering fireballs high into the sky! Better stay on your toes or your Battalion risks getting burned to a crisp. Watch the preview vid, fire up the game, and avoid the hot magma if you can on King’s Island!
Gear Up for Throwdown Thursday and Friday “Beat the Pros”
Tomorrow and Friday we will be streaming some very exciting games again!
This week’s #ThrowdownThursday tomorrow beginning at 10am PST will feature Petroglyph’s ever-so-talented audio director Frank Klepacki!
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#BeatThePros will be happening again on Friday at 10am PST! 5v5 Dev vs Community face-offs, winners get gold!
During both streams we will be doing giveaways to the viewers and just having a grand ole time!