We're once again back with our weekly mod Friday event schedule. This week we're back with Breezy Beach. If you haven't played this map before, just be ready for a series of unexpected events.
Breezy Beach
Don’t let this tropical paradise fool you, it’s anything but peaceful here. It is a race against your fellow mercenaries to grab the best guns. It’s a shoot-or-be-shot kind of vacation. You better move fast or you’ll be sleeping with the fishes.
Special Instructions
Friday (Sept 16) event will run from 4pm EST until 5pm EST
Join the server “Devs + Community Jam” to LEAP in!
Everyone is welcome to try this mod out, be sure to HAVE FUN!
Prizes for Joining
A 2x Contract Bonus
If you can't make the event but want to watch the action we'll stream live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/playleap
Join the Discord (click the link below!)
Time to get WILD
Well Mercenaries way to go! LEAP had its first sale that wraps up today; there was a ton of support from our community and content creators that helped share the game’s magic. I really can’t thank you enough, and as we continue to push our development efforts we’re going to get more community events running welcoming new and veteran players!
Now, where were we? Oh that’s it, Wild Warfare Wednesdays is here once again. As our weekly PVP events continued throughout our community events we’ll once again welcome you to participate for some in-game dollar dollar.
clip by Chalmeleon
Special Instructions
Wednesday Sep 14) event will run from 4pm EST until 5pm EST
This game mode will be a rotation of Stomping Grounds, Capture the Core, Control, and Team Annihilation played through our various game matches
Please join the server "Devs + Community Jam"
Everyone is welcome to join!
Prizes for Joining
2500C// sweet sweet credits to buy yourself some luxury guns, decals, and skins in the Black Market
Notice 13.09.2022
TWITCH DROPS Good news content creators, we’ve opened our Twitch Drops up for all streamers on Twitch, so if you’re looking to stream any LEAP content let your viewers know they’re in for some awesome in-game swag. Check the graphic below on what you can earn and be sure to link your LEAP account with your Twitch account.
That’s all for now folks, feel free to ask any questions and if you’d like to be a part of our community please LEAP on into the Discord by clicking the link below.
Friday Fiesta is BACK! Mod Friday Event
Hello Mercenaries,
This is an exciting mod-Friday event! Expect the unexpected with this Fiesta Mod; this one was created by our community member and mod, TH_Mrow. So a big thank you needs to go their way with creating this mod. In that case, let us get ready to LEAP into Fiesta this Friday for our modded Friday Event!
Details
Friday’s event will be at 4pm EST, everyone is welcome to try this mod out, be sure to join the server “Devs + Community Jam” to LEAP in!
Prizes
A 2x Contract Bonus
NOTICE
Be sure to join in our current game events, you can see all the drails in the previous post listed below. https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/906930/view/3326493366172667625 Our tournaments that are still ongoing are as followed:
Server: Be the Best - Tournament
Game Mode Match: Team Annihilation [table] [tr] [th]Date[/th] [th]Time[/th] [/tr] [tr] [td]Friday September 9[/td] [td]11am EST EU and 4pm EST US East[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Monday September 12[/td] [td]11am EST EU and 4pm EST US East[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Tuesday September 13[/td] [td]11am EST EU and 4pm EST US East *two winners in our last match[/td] [/tr] [/table]
If you want to LEAP into the Discord, we have an active community taking part in events and hosting ones similar to these. So if you'd like to join some really cool Mercenaries, head on in by clicking the image above!
LEAPing into the the FUN!
You heard it here folks, we want YOU to LEAP into the action and join us as we enter into our first sale and start some community events. We’re taking part in the Games from Ontario sale, (all Blue Isle Studios titles are involved in this discount) and we are happy to announce that we’re working harder than ever on new things coming your way. Hold onto your shotguns and pull out those plasma cannons, things are about to detonate!
Games from Ontario - Enjoy 30% off LEAP!
We’re running a 30% off sale for LEAP from September 7th - September 14th. Now is your chance to grab a copy of the game at the lowest cost yet.
Once you’ve LEAPed into the game, you’ll have a few options to kick start your journey. We’ve prepared some social events alongside some PVP tournaments for some sweet prizes!
Be the Best - Be Immortalized in LEAP
PVP Event
Mercenaries, this is your time to shine and become a permanent fixture in LEAP! We will host some PVP matches throughout the week of September 7 - 14, please look at the below times for when each match will take place. These events are welcome to all players for a chance to win their name, mercenary skin of choice and a short catch phrase into LEAP (see below image as an example). There will be 7 different winners who we will add into the game on a selected map. You will become immortalized in LEAP.
Server: Be the Best - Tournament
Match: Team Annihilation Times: Wednesday September 7, 4pm EST Thursday September 8, 11am EST and 4pm EST Friday September 9, 11am EST and 4pm ESTS Monday September 12 11am EST and 4pm EST Tuesday September 13 11am EST and 4pm EST *two winners in our last match
How To Participate
Join event time
Get the highest Kill Count on the first match - it’s that simple
Please email: laura@blueislestudios.com your in-game name, and Steam profile so we can set up your rewards.
A person can only win once, you’re still welcome to participate in the event
There will only be 2 qualifying matches per day. Be sure to join at the posted time
Rewards
First place for each match will be awarded an in-game banner that will be displayed on one of our maps. This will include your gamer tag, a small quote (no more than a few words), and the mercenary outfit of our choice.
This will be added to the maps at a later date, and will be a permanent fixture in the game
There will be 7 chances to win, so if you didn’t win the first match, you could win the next!
No repeat winners, but feel free to join the match
Show off your Skills
Show off, win big in our PVE: Special Operations Mode
We’re hosting a PVE event where all you need to do is defeat a hoard of UEDC Mercenaries as fast as you can! What do you do if you go really REALLY fast? Well, you win some pretty sick stuff!
Starts: September 7 at 1pm EST Ends: September 14 at 11pm EST
How it Works
LEAP into Special Operations mode (PVE)
Complete the mission on either Bronze, Silver or Gold
Screenshot your score and post it on either Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #playLEAP
You will be automatically entered to win the grand prize, which will be chosen at random
Each screenshot/Video with the hashtag #playLEAP = 1 entry
You can add as many screenshots/videos you’d like for additional entries
Additional Entries (videos)
Coolest kill
Trick shot
Triple Golden Skulls
Rewards
Grand prize will be: $100* Steam gift card
This prize will be chosen at random and announced after the 14th
Details This is a #hashtag event, all you need to do to participate is play LEAP! Join a match in Special Operations (PVE), screenshot your victory and upload it to Twitter/IG using the hashtag #playLEAP for a chance to win! We have additional entry options by completing different tasks, which will be added to the entry pool.
Play & Win
It’s as simple as that! We’re running a contest for all LEAP players, sign in and play a match throughout September 7 - September 14th for a chance to win a $100* Steam Gift Card
How To Participate
Load up LEAP on Steam and press PLAY
Join a PVP match and play until the match ends and you’ll be entered automatically to win a Steam gift card
You do not need to win the match, so long as you play you’re entered
Reward
First place: $100* Steam Gift Card
All players who sign into LEAP and play a match will also be rewarded with the following:
2 - 2x Contract Bonus
3500C// currency to use in the Black Market
*Steam gift cards are in Canadian dollars, they will convert to your own currency equivalent.
To our Community
To close this off, we want to thank our community for helping to spread awareness about LEAP and the progress we're making because of you. It's still a ways off from LEAP's official launch, and we're still in the early access stages of development.
The entire Blue Isle Studios team is incredibly proud of LEAP and what you have all contributed to its development. Several changes have been made as a result of your feedback and suggestions. Thank you very much for all of your hard work. LEAP is only going to get better and better thanks to all of you!
Thank you.
If you want to more information on this event, or if you're a content creator wanting to promote the game and share it with your community please send me a DM over Discord and I'll get you set up, or email me, laura@blueislestudios.com
Join the Discord (click the link below!)
LEAPing into new Events!
Hello Mercenaries,
It’s nearly Wednesday so you know we’ll run our weekly devs + community jam, but before we get into that we’re going to be blasting this event off with the beginning of our latest event!
Starting tomorrow we’ll kick off some in-game events for LEAP! We’re starting things off with Be the Best - Be Immortalized in LEAP Event! We will host some PVP matches throughout the week of September 7 - 14, please look at the below times for when each match will take place. These events are welcome to all players for a chance to win their name, mercenary skin of choice, and a short catchphrase into LEAP (see the below image as an example).
Prize
First place for each match will be awarded an in-game banner that will be displayed on one of our maps. This will include your gamer tag, a small quote (no more than a few words), and the mercenary outfit of our choice.
This will be added to the maps at a later date, and will be a permanent fixture in the game
There will be 7 chances to win, so if you didn’t win the first match, you could win the next!
No repeat winners, but feel free to join the match
We will have EU and US East servers to accommodate our two most active playerbase
Server: Be the Best - Tournament
Game Mode Match: Team Annihilation [table] [tr] [th]Date[/th] [th]Time[/th] [/tr] [tr] [td] Wednesday September 7[/td] [td]4pm EST - US East[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Thursday September 8[/td] [td]11am EST EU and 4pm EST US East[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Friday September 9[/td] [td]11am EST EU and 4pm EST US East[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Monday September 12[/td] [td]11am EST EU and 4pm EST US East[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Tuesday September 13[/td] [td]11am EST EU and 4pm EST US East *two winners in our last match[/td] [/tr] [/table]
To make things fair for our most popular servers, we’ll be hosting these events on EU and US East servers. 11am EST events will be hosted on EU servers, whereas our 4pm EST events will be hosted in US East servers.
This is only the tip of the iceberg, we have a lot more in store this week, starting tomorrow with our first major announcement regarding upcoming events. We have PVE and PVP events taking place, including some fun rewards for our content creators to dish out to their community. Be sure to tune into some streams this week to earn some rewards. More details on this will be released tomorrow!
Now onto tomorrow’s Wild Warefare Wednesday!
Special Instructions
Wednesday (Sep 7) event will run from 4pm EST until 5pm EST
We’ll start off first running our first mini tournament - Team Annihilation
Please join the server “Server: Be the Best - Tournament”
Once that wraps up, we’ll continue our normal game modes a rotation of Stomping Grounds, Capture the Core, Control, and Team Annihilation played through our various game matches
Please join the server "Devs + Community Jam"
Everyone is welcome to join!
Prizes for Joining
2500C// sweet sweet credits to buy yourself some luxury guns, decals, and skins in the Black Market
If you want to more information on this event, or if you're a content creator wanting to promote the game and share it with your community please send me a DM over Discord and I'll get you set up, or email me, laura@blueislestudios.com
Join the Discord (click the link below!)
Mod Friday: Gun Game is Ablaze!
Hello Mercenaries,
We're back with Gun Game this week for our Mod Friday event! This time our mod creator, TH_Mrow has made some more adjustments to make the mod even more chaotic (but you know in the most balanced way possible).
How it works
You and your team spawn in with a weapon and after your team accumulates 5 kills, you'll then all change your weapon to something new
There is a kickback though, die from a melee attack and your team points will revert back to zero
Goal of the game is to get to the last weapon to win the game - the golden sword. One swing of that thing and you'll be face down in the dirt.
Note the image above is the swap from the new weapon after an insta kill.
Special Instructions
Friday (Sept 2) event will run from 4pm EST until 5pm EST
Join the server “Devs + Community Jam” to LEAP in!
Everyone is welcome to try this mod out, be sure to HAVE FUN!
Prizes for Joining
A 2x Contract Bonus
If you can't make the event but want to watch the action we'll stream live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/playleap
Notice 01.09.2022
As some of you know we're looking to run a new event next week, coupled with a sale to start bringing in new players. We're looking for Content Creators who would like to help participate and bring more awareness to LEAP. We have a bunch of things planned that'll be announced next week, however, I'm starting to secure content creators now. Please send me a DM on our Discord (or email me: laura@blueislestudios.com ) if you'd like to participate and I'll give you a special @CCC role that'll give you access to our new Content Creator Corner.
Join the Discord (click the link below!)
It's time for Wild Warfare Wednesdays!
Hello Mercenaries,
Wednesdays are LIT! We're teaming up with some amazing community members to battle it out on the stopping grounds for Wild Warfare Wednesday! Please know that we have something special in store for all of our Mercenaries out there very soon. So stay tuned.
Special Instructions
Wednesday (Aug 31) event will run from 4pm EST until 5pm EST
This game mode will be a rotation of Stomping Grounds, Capture the Core, Control, and Team Annihilation played through our various game matches
Please join the server "Devs + Community Jam"
Everyone is welcome to join!
Prizes for Joining
2500C// sweet sweet credits to buy yourself some luxury guns, decals, and skins in the Black Market
If you want to LEAP into the Discord, we have an active community taking part in events and hosting ones similar to these. So if you'd like to join some really cool Mercenaries, head on in by clicking the image above!
Gun Roulette - Twice the chaos, twice the fun!
Hello Mercenaries!
We are back again with this Friday’s mod event run-down. We will showcase one of our newest mods by our community member, TH_Mrow called ‘Gun Game’. In this mod you’ll rotate different guns after you’ve killed your opposing enemy team twice.
How it works
You spawn in with a weapon and after two kills, you'll then change your weapon to something new
There is a kickback though, die from a melee attack and you’ll revert back to your previous gun
Goal of the game is to get to the last weapon to win the game
After 21 weapons, you'll finally get the elusive golden sword, getting a kill with it will grant you the victory of the match
Special Instructions
Friday (Aug 26) event will run from 4pm EST until 5pm EST
Join the server “Devs + Community Jam” to LEAP in!
Everyone is welcome to try this mod out, be sure to HAVE FUN!
Prizes for Joining
A 2x Contract Bonus
If you can't make the event but want to watch the action we'll stream live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/playleap
If you want to LEAP into the Discord, we have an active community taking part in events and hosting ones similar to these. So if you'd like to join some really cool Mercenaries, head on in by clicking the image above!
LEAP into Wild Warfare Wednesdays!
Good morning Mercenaries,
It’s that time again for our weekly battle! These intense training sessions are keeping us all in tip-top shape as we prepare for what’s soon to come.
Special Instructions
Wednesday (Aug 24) event will run from 4pm EST until 5pm EST
This game mode will be a rotation of Stomping Grounds, Capture the Core, Control, and Team Annihilation played through our various game matches
Please join the server "Devs + Community Jam"
Everyone is welcome to join!
Prizes for Joining
2500C// sweet sweet credits to buy yourself some luxury guns, decals, and skins in the Black Market
Notice 23.08.22
On Friday of last week we held our first ever dev stream, discussing what is in the latest update for LEAP (that update when live yesterday click here for the patch notes). In that discussion, we talked about a lot of the behind-the-scenes milestones we are working to reach and a sneak look at our live ops schedule. If you’d like to take a look at that please click on the link here.
If you want to LEAP into the Discord, we have an active community taking part in events and hosting ones similar to these. So if you'd like to join some really cool Mercenaries, head on in by clicking the image above!
LEAP Update: New, Shiny and Ready for Battle!
Good morning Mercenaries,
As you know, our team has been working endlessly on improvements for LEAP; reading through all your feedback and how you all have been playing the game during your streams and the community events. Based on our weekly gaming sessions, there are a lot of community suggestions that have helped us focus on core elements that can make the game more accessible for a larger audience.
As a result of a lot of feedback and gameplay sessions, this update focuses mostly on improving gameplayability. We are still striving to hit the best performance benchmarks for our players. With that being said we have a lot of updates we would like to implement to create an overall better experience for our community.
We ran a dev stream on Friday that gave a sneak peak at a few of these updates, alongside our team’s progression in LEAP. If you missed out and would like to watch the video going over today’s update please click here
Expect the Unexpected
Our PVE mode has received a nice update that will allow for randomized maps and objectives to spawn when you load into the server. Originally you would be faced with the same starting map Red Rock, but now you’re entered into the unexpected with randomly generated maps/objectives. Have fun not knowing what’s next to come Mercenaries!
Spin me Right Round
We’ve added a nice little rotation to our Armory weapons, now you’re able to get the full 360 low down on each weapon, take a spin and whirl these weapons around to see them in their full glory!
It’s New and Sparkly Captin’
Our UI has been updated to make instructions crystal clear when running daily tasks and complete missions. Be sure to keep an eye out for the flashing star by challenges - you’ll have something shiny to pick up!
Weapons and Abilities
Fixed issue with burst AR skin rarities
FOV and weapon/player mesh clipping improvements
Most weapon maximum magnetism strengths reduced from 1.0 to 0.75
Most weapon maximum magnetism maximum ranges increased roughly 33%
Most weapon horizontal recoils matched to vertical recoils (approximately 25% increases)
Maps
Fix for satcom tower collision
Fixes for some AI spawning inside meshes
Tweaked environmental effect colours in Cataclysm, to conflict less with the enemy outline colours
Shooting range match duration lasts up to a week
Fixed Cataclysm stairs and removed textureless cable on Cataclysm main tower
Programming
Several fixes to the party system (Joining friends in games, party reconnection when in the main menu, parties breaking when you want to click on other players’ avatars, parties becoming out of sync due to various different reasons)
Added ADS as a toggle option in the gameplay settings
Largely reduced memory footprint of several assets
Cleaned up log outputting and optimized away code that could cause hitches on low-end devices
Optimization passes have been done on several different areas that should impact overall players’ experiences
Added a better weapon visualization flow in the armory
Added the ability to mute players in-game from the scoreboard, to both text and voice
Fixed a few issues when claiming and displaying rewards, such as the daily bonuses and challenge rewards
Added more gamepad support to the UI
Fixed a re-join issue where players could be kicked once if they joined a server they were previously in
Fixed some in-game UI elements not properly adjusting to the current game state when players join an ongoing match, such as the VIP identifiers on enemies not being colored correctly or objectives showing on top of the lobby screen on Special Operations
Map rotation can now be randomized, which allows Special Operation servers to offer different map progressions for PvE players
Fixed some issues with some PV’s skins being overridden with a team-colored skin variant
Fixed a camera movement issue when hopping onto your personal vehicle
Changed how weapon placement reacts to field of view changes so they don’t show clipping
Fixed one issue regarding ability configuration that could make it so abilities ran out of ammo when they shouldn’t
Melee and Grenade animations are now easier to configure, which should help modders designing new weapons
Fixed one issue where Special Operations could stall if the last alive player was kicked
Fixed issues with server-wide bans and unbans not being properly addressed
Fixed issues where the AI from Special Operations wouldn’t reliable target players in their personal vehicles
Misc
Improved grenade materials
Implemented language support for Italian, Spanish, and German
New streamer graffiti
Fixed some sounds not responding properly to volume levels
Improved headshot registration accuracy on cowboy player skins
Setup important flags for announcer data, for better audio clarity
Fixed several UI issues such as navigation, state tracking of buttons and other elements not properly reacting to player input
Improved UI update for contract rewards
For anyone who would like to join our Discord, I've added a link below for you to join. We're encouraging people who would like to interact with fellow Mercenaries to jump in, the dev team is also in the Discord and can help provide feedback and support. Anyone looking to seed servers or would like to find people to jump into matches with we have a section on the Discord for that. It's not a permanent solution, but as we work to grow the game and push towards bigger and better updates these are ways we can help LEAP grow!
