Blast Zone! Tournament
Chat Filtering, User Reporting, Cross-Play PS4 & Xbox One
Xbox One and PS4 players will not be able to directly compete until we get Sony's approval (on our end its super easy, we just need Sony's ok).
BZT now has basic chat filtering. If you chat, and swear, you'll notice **** when bad words are typed in. If you have a questionable user name, it will also get filtered. If you're creative, you'll work around these filters. Please be nice to each other. :)
Also, there is now the option to "Report User" for inappropriate or abusive behavior. Just click on the player's bomber, then click "Report User" then confirm the action. We'll likely later add a dialog box so you can type in more specific complaints about troublesome users.
Hope you have a blast!
--BZT Team
Brazilian Tournament
Some of our pro players have set up a tournament: http://blastplayers.com.br/ Pretty cool! Who's playing?
Today's Update
1. Reduced matching time back to prior value ~30 seconds max
2. Fast players will no longer get caught in a bomb explosion when pressing against a soft block that explodes
3. Team-ranked match-maker now ensures teams have the same number of players
4. Can set the "lives mutator" to greater than 1 in online party games and matches will not prematurely end
Thanks #2 Update
Hey everyone,
The most recent update list appears shorter than the last, yet don't let it's length fool you! It's larger than it appears!
Parties - More PvP
- "No AI" option on Exhibition page so its easier to manage a party of real players
Controls - Greatly Improved
- Reduced player collision size so there is more wiggle room
- More robust gamepad support
- Rumble working
- Lights work on DualShock 4 controllers
- Using latest Rewired with IL2CPP support
Audio - Better Tuned
- Reduced cheering events and lengths
- End-of-game win/loss music uses in-game music volume
HUD - Fixed
- Hearts and time remaining properly display on tutorial levels
- Player arrow displays on tutorial levels
Single Player - More Fun
- Jungle 4-2, 4-3, 5-1, 5-2, 12-2, 13-2, 13-3, 16-2, 16-3, 19-3 improved
- Pirate ship 3-3, 13-2 revised
- Racing 7-2, Racing 7-3 iterated on
Video - More Options
- More resolutions to choose from
Bug Fixes
- Assorted minor bug fixes
Go have a blast!
Explosive Update! - Massive THANK YOU!
Thank you again for your feedback! We hear you!
Bomber Controls - Tighter controls
- Bomber moves faster at all speeds
- Bomber rotates faster
- Bomb Buddies speed - mutators page 114% (was 170%)
- PaoPaoTang like speed - mutators page 133% (NEW)
- Super Bomberman R like speed - mutators page 170% (NEW)
Friend Invite System - Revamped
- Click on "Invite Friends" to get a list of your friends, then click on them to send invites
- Works on players that are playing Blast Zone! Tournament and those that are not currently playing BZT [after players update version]
- It is now easy to invite multiple friends while in a network party
- Added button directly on main interface for keyboard & mouse players
Find Match - Far less AIs
- More time is allocated to allow finding real players
- FFA Wildcard - if there are at least 2 real players, then no AIs will be added
- Team Ranked - only requires teams to have the same number of players (minimum 2) to reduce AIs
Party List - Shows more info
- Less aggressive filtering so you can see full rooms
- NOTE: "Friends Only" parties can only be seen by the Host's friends
User Interface - Steamlined
- Scroll bars can be dragged with mouse again
- Easier to select Bombers with Right Stick on gamepads
- Settings and Quit are now directly on the main menu
- Made UI easier to navigate with the left analog stick on gamepads
- In the Play sub-menu, Single Player is listed first
- Single Player, Social, and additional pages are much more responsive
- Tips on loading screens - explain game modes in multiplayer
HUD - Improved
- Battle Royale shows the number of alive players
- In all timed modes, the match timer now vibrates when time is running out
Networking Code - More robust
- More robust retries for less disconnections
- Party matches should always start now
- Players should see "Cannot connect to Blast Zone Servers" much less often now
- Idle timers are much longer so parties will not get disbanded as quickly
Single Player - Tweaks
- Level 9-1 removed one-way tile that went directly into a soft block
- Level 20-1 reduced the number of enemies from 32 to 16
Tutorialization - Got some
- In-game tutorial on first run of game - auto-starts single player 1-1
- Added key press information to level 1-1's tutorial
- New players are reminded to click on the bomber for more options
Audio - Balanced
- Turned down default music volume
- More volume options
There will be more updates! Hope you have a blast!
Next Update - here's some of what's coming
Here's the TOP 10 in next update:
1. Revamped in-game friend invites so people in parties can invite friends
2. Tighter Bomber controls
3. Fixing "Starting match... (0)" soft hang
4. "Cannot connect to Blast Zone Servers" will show up less often
5. Longer idle timers
6. AI reduction - a lot less AIs in multiplayer
7. Fixing some music volume issues
8. Can drag scroll bars instead of only using mouse wheel
9. Battle Royale - # of players remaining will be displayed
10. Less filtering on the party lists so you can see full parties
And a whole lot more...
Also, single player 20-1 has already been made a lot easier. 9-1 no longer has a one-way straight into a soft block.
THANK YOU! We are 100% committed to making BZT great!
After making the game free, we have had a rapid influx of negative reviews and also some very positive ones. All feedback is being used to help make the game better and better.
Our goal is to provide you the best game this genre has ever had; we are listening to you and are working every day to make this game great.
We highly appreciate your feedback and continued support!
Hope you have a blast!
--Blast Zone! Tournament Team
High load server went down @ 5AM PST - 8 AM PST (Tokyo 10 PM - 1 AM) - WORKING ON FIX
We are working on a fix. We temporarily resolved the issue by increasing some timeout timers and also rebooting the servers. A real solution is being worked on. In the meantime, if you cannot get into a match - let us know IMMEDIATELY.
We understand that outages are frustrating and thank you for your continued support.
FREE for limited time! Get it while you can!
DETROIT – Jan. 10, 2019 – Blast Zone! Tournament, a modern take on competitive bomb-throwing arena games, explodes out of Early Access on Feb. 28 and rockets onto PlayStation 4 and Xbox One alongside the full Steam release.
To celebrate the upcoming launch Valve Corporation in cooperation with Victory Lap Games, a team of AAA veterans who held leadership positions on Ratchet & Clank, Resistance: Fall of Man, Descent and Red Faction, is offering Blast Zone! Tournament free on Steam from today until Jan. 16.
Blast Zone! Tournament expands on the frantic fun of Blast Zone!, which has been enjoyed by more than 1,000,000 players, with 32-player multiplayer enhanced by PlayStation 4 to PC and Xbox One to PC cross play, 283 multiplayer maps, a story-driven single player campaign with 240 challenges, more than 10 billion cosmetic combinations and social features, all delivered in 4K HD at 60 FPS on PlayStation 4 Pro and Xbox One X.
Hop quickly into online matchmaking for 32-player battle royale, team knockout, or free-for-all matches in a fast-paced, desperate scurry to blow each other into oblivion. Create custom games and compete solo or on teams to collect coins, protect your king, survive a zombie apocalypse or score the most kills. Work your way up the leaderboards each season in a gameplay experience that’s classic at its core but refined for a modern era.
Thrilling arena battles are fueled by thumping EDM tunes and presented in an exaggerated cartoony style developed by John Wu, a former concept artist at Sony Computer Entertainment of America who worked on Ratchet & Clank, God of War III, and PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale and Twisted Metal.
“Bomberman was ripe for esports before the term was coined,” said Chris Pfeiffer, co-founder, Victory Lap Games. “Matches crescendo to completion in just a few minutes and the gameplay is easy to learn but incredibly hard to master. With Blast Zone! Tournament, we’re applying the best parts of popular esports franchises to push the genre forward into the future.”
Blast Zone! Tournament is currently available in Steam Early Access and will be available at full launch on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Steam for $19.99 USD. It will support English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (European and Brazilian), Russian, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) and Turkish.
Feature Complete for Launch!
Key Launch Features
- Story-driven single-player campaign provides 240 unique challenges
- 32- player cross-platform multiplayer either local, online, or combined
- 10 solo and team-based multiplayer modes including Free-For-All, Team Deathmatch, Bomb Blast, Treasure Mode, King Mode, Zombie Mode and more!
- 283 multiplayer levels, with tweakable options including handicaps, lives, starting items, bomber stats, overall match settings, and more
- Create individual characters with over 10 billion unlockable cosmetic and gear item combinations
- Robust set of social features from friends lists to partying, news, mail, and more to help foster a healthy community and lay the foundations for esports tournaments
Thank you for your continued support!