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Genre: Racing, Strategy, Indie

Rock of Ages

Rock of Ages 1.04 Update Released
The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

- Fixed transition freeze occurring on some systems during loading sequences.
- Removed exploit where building units on top of the adversary preset structures earned you gold.
- Added text chat interface for online matches (default key ‘t’).
- Implemented TNT shockwave combo offensive move. Triggering TNT with a projectile produces a shockwave blast that covers a larger area.
- Added a new achievement for successfully using the TNT shockwave combo.
- Added 3 new achievements for destroying the enemy boulder layers.
- Added the new ‘Bosses’ boulder skin which is unlocked after obtaining the ‘Obliterator’ achievement .
- Increased Ballista projectile speed from 3000 to 4000.

Rock of Ages 1.03 Update Released
The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

- Recompiled shaders to address possible crashes on specific systems.
- Recalibrated Boulder damage to castle gates. Smaller boulder sizes do less damage so that not all matches can be completed in three rolls.
- Won multiplayer matches are now recorded to Steam Cloud.
- Fixed several lines of Russian text that were being cut off from the GUI.
- Balancing applied to specific strategic units & bosses.

Detailed balancing changes:

-Decreased Wind Tower (lvl3 blower) cost from 350 to 320.
-Decreased Ballista floor radius area* from 694 to 500.
-Decreased Dragon Boss fire push force (front attack) from 400000 to 300000.
-Decreased Cherub Boss blow force from 300000 to 250000.

*'Floor radius area' corresponds to the tiles that are rendered useless when a unit is placed on the map.

RoA 1.02 Update Released
The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

- Fixed issue causing players to lose their progress if Steam was in Offline Mode.
- Updated game launch code to prevent players from experiencing crashes on startup.
- Balancing applied to several strategic units.

Detailed balancing changes:

-Increased Mammoth cost from 270 to 300.
-Decreased Mammoth health from 150 to 140.
-Decreased Lvl1 Explosive cost from 100 to 90.
-Decreased Lvl2 Explosive cost from 180 to 150.
-Increased Siege Tower (lvl1 tower) slowdown factor* slightly.
-Increased Tower (lvl2 tower) slowdown factor.
-Decreased High Tower (lvl3 tower) health from 150 to 130.

*Slowdown factor is how much the boulder loses speed when destroying a unit.


Note: A couple of changes that didn't make it in today's patch but should be coming out tomorrow:

-Fixed ping indicators.
-Castle door max damage calibration (so not all matches finish in three runs).

RoA 1.01 Update Released
The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

- Fixed crashes in online game sessions and when creating and joining matches.
- Updated the 'Quick match' option so that it searches for games for 20 seconds before timing out.
- Updated the 'Custom match' option so that it searches for available games in real-time.

*** Unfortunately due to a technical issue we had to re-cook a lot of data (this is an Unreal Engine thing) and the patch is around 500mb... :( ...sorry about that guys - we shouldn't have this problem again in future updates.

Next week we will start working on 1.02... this should include the Steam Cloud saving problem (people losing their progress) and other stuff. Our updates will not necessarily only be bug fixes (they can also include new feature or improvements), so stay tuned!

Rock of Ages PC goes live!
The entire team is very excited to see rocks flying about on split-screens and get wild online multiplayer action through the magic of Steam.

At any rate, if you like fast and fun multiplayer action that does not rely on the same old and busted genres you will find Rock of Ages a refreshing experience you can play with your friends.

Remember all PC purchases get the Original Soundtrack for FREE!!

Rock of Ages Live Demo Stream starts NOW - 5PM PST
You can watch a live demo of ACE Team's (creators of Zeno Clash) upcoming game 'Rock of Ages' in the following address:

http://www.atlus.com/ustream/

(It is starting right now)

Let us show you how "Rock Beats Everything" in a video
The cardinal rule of games is that rock beats everything...and we mean everything.

Check out the newest trailer that also pays special tribute to gaming history. How many of these old gems do you recognize?

Pre-purchase Rock of Ages and save 10%!

From today through August 31st, Rock of Ages is available to pre-purchase with a 10% discount! That's hours of crushing other people's hopes and dreams for only $8.99!


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Watch the "Rolling Through The Ages" trailer
Did you know Rock of Ages is a game and an art history lesson??? Well, you will once you watch our new trailer, "Rolling Through The Ages!" Get an up-close and exciting look at each of the art history periods that you'll enjoy crashing your way through!

See:
  • Greek
  • Medieval
  • Renaissance
  • Rococo
  • Romanticism


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Full website now live
Drop what you're doing and check out the newly released full website for Rock of Ages! In this site is a veritable goldmine of information about the different modes, strategic units, and the five periods of classical art styles featured in the game. You'll get fantastic views of the way the game looks and plays.

You can also check out the fun and informative Rock of Ages developer diaries in the forums for a more in-depth look at the game and ACE Team.

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