Poker Club
Cross play with friends on Epic Games
Introducing Cross-play with Epic Games
Poker Club players on Steam will now be able to play seamlessly with friends on Epic Games. For multiplayer matchmaking, you’ll find a larger pool of players to connect with across both Steam and Epic Games.
This update also includes performance and optimisation improvements.
Please note: as a result of the update, there may be some downtime for Poker Club until around 9 PM GMT today.
We hope you enjoy it, and thanks as always for your support!
Coming Tomorrow: Cross-play with Epic Games
The update will also include performance and optimisation improvements, as well as fixes for some recently reported issues.
The update will take place on Thursday 27/04/23 between 1 PM - 9 PM GMT.
Please note: As a result of the update, there may be some downtime for Poker Club during this time.
We hope you enjoy it, and thanks as always for your support!
The Ripstone Team
Tournaments Update - Available Now!
The Tournaments update is now available to download for Poker Club on PC and Xbox platforms. The Tournaments update includes:
Competitive Monthly Tournaments
- Come together each month in a highly contested, winner-takes-all competition.
- Each tournament features a unique theme, with decorated environments and soundscapes.
- Three brand new cosmetic items to earn in every tournament, including standout table items and clothing.
- Winners will be immortalised in the “Hall of Fame” a leaderboard specifically tracking tournament victors.
Blackjack’s Treasure Hoard
The first of our monthly tournaments, Blackjack’s Treasure Hoard is a pirate-themed event taking place in the Casino D’Oro. We’ve packed out the venue with what’s left of his crew who’ll get you into the spirit with their selection of sea shanties. Can you be the first to get your hands on the hoard and earn your place in the Hall of Fame?
Chip Store
- Pick up your free bundle and show everyone at the table that with 100k extra chips in your bag and your new hat, you don’t give a cluck.
- Boost your balance with a selection of chip packs with the brand new chip store.
- Browse a range of heavily discounted bundles for a burst of additional chips as well as some glorious shining gold cosmetics.
Price Drop
It’s really important to us that our players have the best possible experience when playing Poker Club. Listening to all of your feedback, we understand that one of the biggest factors in this is having as many players as possible at the table.
To help with this we are dropping the price of Poker Club to £15.99/$19.99 So if you have friends who were thinking about picking it up, now is the perfect chance to get them involved!
Loyalty / Founders Bundle
As part of this update, everyone who already has a Poker Club account will receive a special Founders Bundle sent directly to their account. This contains a unique, never to be seen again item marking you as a “Legend” and founder of the game, as well as another hefty boost to your chip balance.
Additional changes
- Improved spectator mode allowing the spectator host to easily see all cards in the game and cycle between players perspectives.
- In-game messaging improvements via splash screens.
- Improvements to tournament UI.
- Improvements to rewards screens.
- Bug fixes and stability improvements.
hotfix
Update 1.123 - "The River"
Improved Showdown UI/UX
- We’re making sure that every showdown is exciting, keeping you immersed as the tension builds up and the winning cards are revealed!
More Players At the Table
- Improved matchmaking across all events, including PCC Tour.
- AI will now give up a seat at a cash table whenever a new player joins.
- Invite codes for every table, meaning that you can easily fill the extra seats
- New custom game features giving you the tools to create your own events, with or without bots.
- We’ll also be trialling new events with no AI at the table, so make sure to get involved and let us know what you think!
Friends list invites for Steam
- Invite players directly from your friends list on Steam and Xbox platforms. We’re also aiming to add Playstation in the near future.
Host Controls For Private Games
- Choose to spectate or join the table yourself.
- Access to more spectator options, including the ability to see all hole cards at any time.
- Complete control over when the tournament starts for hosts.
Community Prize Program
- We will now be registering interest for our Community Prize Program. This will aim to support players who are hosting events, rewarding both the winning players and those who are putting in the time to help build on our amazing Poker Club community.
Brand New Venue
- Head down to our newest Poker venue, the Manor House. A sophisticated setting, dressed in the ornately detailed mahogany furnishings of a princely estate and surrounded by beautiful views of the grounds. You’ll be able to find this in custom games, the PCC Tour and our upcoming Golden Decade Tournament.
Additional changes and bug fixes
- Camera improvements ensuring that the focus is more on players during gameplay.
- Improved transition effects from pot to player stack.
- Improvements for hi-vis cards in player bar/list.
- Reduction in the wait time before a tournament game starts from 5 minutes to 1 minute.
- Reintroduction of the intro video.
- Improvements to the speed of presentation of leaderboard information.
- Improvements to timings across the game, with the aim of optimising game speed.
- Improvements to messages in relation to network issues.
- Fix for an issue that caused an overheat message to show on XB.