Blaston Championship 2022 - We're halfway through Phase 1!
With the Glow Up update, we announced the 2022 edition of the Blaston Championship. In it players can participate in the ranked queue, weekly challenges and community events to qualify for a finals event with a total prize pool of $10,000!
Phase 1 is where players can collect points to ensure their slot into Phase 3, the regional finals (divided between Europe & North America). With Phase 1 taking place throughout August & September, we're now more than halfway through. In just over a month, we've seen a ton of action from players participating in the ranked mode, challenges and also community tournaments such as the VRML Season 1 Playoffs, Cuper Cup #2 by Ember Studios, VR League Italia Summer Blast,
It's not ever yet though, this week the 2nd Fab Cup, hosted by Faboulous Esports is kicking off this weekend, which also has a community crowdfunded prize pool!
The current standings for Phase 1 of the Blaston Championship is available on the tournament page on our website, but you can find the latest rankings for North America & Europe here below!
Phase 2, which is set for October, will feature the Last Chance Qualifiers, where players can take the last chance to sign up and compete in a bracket for the final spots in the Blaston Championship Finals. More information will be available later this month.
Blaston included in the SXSW PanelPicker voting!
Blaston has been included in the PanelPicker voting for SXSW 2023 with the topic: "Mixed Reality - Moving Beyond Hype & Getting Real"! Here's the description for the talk:
To many, mixed reality has been a nebulous concept promising life-changing experiences it’s yet to deliver. That’s changing now with better technology, new players entering the space, and lower barriers for consumers to get involved. Learn more about the real, demonstrable ways AR and VR are having an impact on everyday life – and why they might not be what you’d expect.
This means that if we get enough votes, we'll be up on stage to talk more about MR and Blaston to a bunch of people! If you'd like to see it happen, we'd appriciate if you vote for us!
And in case you missed it when we initially shared it, here's an in-depth look at how Mixed Reality works in Blaston.
The Blaston: Glow Up Update is now LIVE!
We’re BACK! And we have a bunch of content added to the game for you. In the Glow Up update, we’ve included several new skins, avatars, a new arena - along with new attachments and weapon balancing - and the launch of the Blaston Championship!
New Legendary Skin: Lyxx
Lyxx has always been the face of Blaston, and today we’re switching it up by giving her a new look with a legendary demonic skin. With a more aggressive look, we see this as an alter ego to the main character that you know and love!
New Avatars: Clamos & Argentia
A little over a year ago we launched the singleplayer campaign for the game, and we know you want to be able to become the characters that you face. So we polished the models and made them av ailable to be played. Get them in the store now.
New Arena: Greatstone Valley
Similarly to the campaign characters, a lot of people expressed how they missed playing Quick Draw when it fell out of the seasonal mode. Well, now you’ll at least be able to go halfway there with a classic version of Greatstone Valley.
New Attachments: Ellipse Weapons, Vector, Nova Helix, Nova Hurricane, & Lance Nade
Last update, we brought a new element into the meta with several attachments including bouncing projectiles. This time we’re shifting our focus to the original ellipse weapons, along with weapons we felt like needed some love with the Vector, Nova Helix, Nova Hurricane & Lance Nade. You can now track and complete the attachment missions for these to find new ways to play with them!
New Tournament Circuit: Blaston Championship 2022
Alongside the Glow Up update, we’re launching our first ever competitive circuit for Blaston! If you’ve ever wanted to try competition in the game, now’s your chance. The circuit is divided into 3 phases, with the first starting this August. Players can join by playing the ranked mode, joining the weekly Blastzone Challenges, or participating in community tournaments to fight for their lion share of a total of $11,000 prize pool! Read more on the official webpage at: resolutiongames.com/blaston/championship
With the launch of the Blaston Championship, we’re adding a few more cosmetics to the game so that you can fully get into the competitive spirit. You’ll now see the Blaston Championship logo in the arenas, and you can also represent your region with the European or North American banners available in the store. Exclusive finalist and winner banners will also be given out to the participants who qualify and win the regional finals. Oh, and we’ve also added Universal Weapon Skin that you can get in the store as well!
Game Updates
New Arena added: Greatstone Valley
New Avatars added: Clamos & Argentia
New Legendary Skin added: Lyxx
Added skins for: Krysox, Cetox, Scrofax, Dracx
Added attachment missions and 3 attachments (each) to: Viper Ellipse, Raptor Ellipse, Hammer Ellipse, Vector, Nova Helix, Nova Hurricane and Lance Nade.
Weapon attachment missions have been rebalanced and the more difficult ones removed.
Weapon Updates & Balancing
Hammer Nade: Attachment 1: Reduced the projectile spread, increased the speed of launching the projectiles.
Hammer Nade: Attachment 3: Projectiles reduced from 20 to 15, reduced the projectile spread.
Lance Rapide: Weapon health increased from 15 to 25.
Luma: Attachment 3: Lowered collision damage from 30 to 5.
Vector 2: Decreased projectile speed and decreased damage.
Vector 3: Increased projectile speed and less damage.
Viper Ellipse 1: Increases the projectile curve force.
Viper Ellipse 2: Slower projectile and damage, fires 3 projectiles in a burst.
Viper Ellipse 3: Slower projectile and higher damage.
Ranked Changes
Increased the range of players being able to match up in all levels of LP.
Other Updates
Added the Blaston Championship logotype to the arena rinks.
Added Blaston Championship banners to the store, get them and represent your region!
Added Blaston Championship universal weapon skin pack to the store.
Made the out of bounds warning texture more clear and it now appears earlier before you hit the edge.
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where the SFX from the Vandal would be louder than intended.
Fixed some scenarios where you were unable to grab the Luma when switching it between hands after it had been picked up.
Fixed an issue where Hurricane Attachment 1 would show the wrong damage output numbers.
Fixed an issue where Hurricane Attachment 3 would have incorrect projectile hitboxes before splitting off into smaller projectiles.
Scrappers Street now has the correct image when equipped in the store.
The next Blaston update arrives on July 28th!
We're happy to finally let you know that the next Blaston update is a lot closer than you anticipated, because it's releasing on Thursday July 28th, which is next week! This one is called the Blaston: Glow Up Update ✨ and it features the following points!
💀 New Avatars & Skins
🔫 New Attachments
🏜️ New Arena
🛠️ Weapon Balancing
🏆 Championship Tournament
🐞 Bug Fixes & Improvements
We'll be posting some sneak peeks of the update before the release on our social channels, so be sure to follow us on Twitter & Facebook - and don't forget to join in on the discussion on the Blaston Discord!
Get ready for more content & to have your own glow-up in Blaston!
Blaston Developer Roadmap - June 2022
We’re back with another roadmap post for Blaston!
Now that Reloaded has been out for a while and we’ve managed to smash most bugs in the subsequent patches, let’s take a look forward at what’s coming in the next Blaston update.
Currently Planned Content & Events:
🔨 General Bug Fixes
🤖 New Avatars
😼 Legendary Avatar Skin
🎨 More Skins
🔫 More Weapon Attachments
🏆 Championship Tournament
Starting off you may notice that we’re not pointing out new core game features, and that’s because in this update we’ll focus more on content for the game. We’ve heard you loud and clear and we know that you want more customization options for your in-game avatars. So you’ll see some new ones, along with some that you may have run into in the past as well…
We’re also going to continue the rollout of attachments in the next update, as well as further weapons balancing. We appreciate the feedback that has been given, and thanks to your play, we have the information we need to make the game’s balancing even better.
We’ve also noted a few crucial bugs that we haven’t been able to get to yet that we’ll be looking to address in the next update. We want to remind everyone that if you run into a bug, it helps us a ton if you follow the instructions in the discord and report them properly. If we get a bug report without visuals, reporting ID, or any reproduction steps, it significantly lowers the chance of us finding the problem and fixing it for you. So help us help you if you find any!
Finally, for those with keen eyes, you may remember that we had a very specific picture chosen for this update back in January when we did our 2022 roadmap video. Just know that we’re working on something big. It will be the first Blaston tournament of its kind, and we hope to see as many of you participating in it as possible! So stay tuned for that as the details will roll out alongside the update.
So with that said, what are you looking forward to the most? 👀 If you haven't already, join the Blaston Discord to talk to other players about it!
Blaston Shop Patch - May 30th
We recently updated the game to fix a small but critical bug that was present in the game.
Fixed an issue where players were unable to purchase certain items in the shop.
We hope you continue to enjoy Blaston and look forward to future news on updates of the game and from its community!
If you haven't done so yet, you can follow Blaston VRML on Twitch, where you can see broadcasted matches where you can learn from the best!
Blaston VRML Season 1 starts next week! Sign up now!
Yes, VRML is finally here for Blaston and sign-ups are now open! But hang on, if you don't know what VRML is, let us tell you!
VRML is an esports organization that hosts tournaments and competitions for competitive VR games. Together with the community of the game, they put on great events and shows for the players to take part of either by competing or watching the broadcasts!
They have a great reputation and have worked with other competitive VR titles such as Echo Arena & Onward, and now Blaston! For Season 1 of Blaston at VRML, a prize pool of $1000, HyperX peripherals valued at $300 and in-game items are up for grabs for players who sign up!
Format & Registration
So how does it work? Players sign up for free on VRML and once the Season starts, players are then matched up in a tournament ladder starting May 16th. Once the season starts, players play their matches, and VRML hosts weekly broadcasts for both viewers and players to enjoy and learn from! At the end of the season, the top players qualify for the Season Playoffs, all of the players who qualify will receive an exclusive VRML Finalist Banner and the VRML Platform. The winner will also get their very own Season 1 Champion Banner, which they can equip to show off their accomplishment!
To keep up to date with the league, make sure to join the Blaston Discord and keep tabs on the VRML Category, which is also where you can write to the organizers! Make sure to follow VRML on social media as well to stay informed:
Hello everyone, it seems like we didn’t manage to stamp out all issues with the last patch - so we’re releasing another one! Make sure to restart and update the game to get the latest fixes that we added to Blaston.
Bug Fixes
Fixed several instances where the game would log projectiles unnecessarily causing frame drops in the game during matches.
Adjusted the grab range for Luma to avoid instances where you couldn’t grab it again after picking it up.
Weapon Updates
Majestic: Speed decreased from 1.3 to 0.8
Quicksilver: 5 - 20% boost added for weapons individually when used with the Quicksilver.
Blaston Patch 1.17 - Bug Fixes & Balancing
Hello everyone, it seems like we didn’t manage to stamp out all issues with the last patch - so we’re releasing another one! Make sure to restart and update the game to get the latest fixes that we added to Blaston.
Bug Fixes: Fixed several instances where the game would log projectiles unnecessarily causing frame drops in the game during matches. Adjusted the grab range for Luma to avoid instances where you couldn’t grab it again after picking it up.
Weapon Updates: Majestic: Speed decreased from 1.3 to 0.8 Quicksilver: 5 - 20% boost added for weapons individually when used with the Quicksilver.
The Blaston Spectator is now available!
Starting today you can now use the Blaston Spectator for free on Steam to watch Blaston matches on your PC!Find and download it here!
With the Blaston Spectator you can watch Friendly Lobbies and Knockout Tournaments in the game by using the codes created within the game. We've had this application in closed testing and for competitions and tournaments, but now everyone will be able to use this to view and showcase the game!
If you've watched Blaston tournaments or streams in the past, you have most likely seen a previous itteration of this spectator, but with the release we've done some significant improvements to it.
Changelog from Closed Test to Release:
Added a Main Menu <*> Added Resolution Settings <*> Added Audio Settings: You can now adjust the volume of the game, sound effects as well as enable voice chat for the matches.
Knockout Tournament tournament queue now has a new view with animations for when match is starting!
The gameplay screen now has a complete new match UI where we've added the names of the weapons along with any equipped attachments
Ping indicators are now visible for the ones spectating matches.
Adjusted camera angles for regular duels.
Adjusted camera angles for Quick Draw & Street Brawl matches.
New countdown graphics.
Several bugs have been fixed.
While anyone can use it the main purpose of the Blaston Spectator is for content creators and tournament organizers to be able to view matches in a much easier way. Besides watching the public queue that is sometimes live on the Official Blaston Twitch Channel, you will also be able to see this being used in the upcoming Season 1 of the VR Master League.
