Gladio Mori news & patch notes

Gladio Mori is participating in the Secret Sauce fest, hosted by Offbrand Games! We found a nice seat in the arena to watch the showcase today at 10am PT/1pm ET and support our fellow indie games studios! The event itself featuring 130+ awesome indie games runs from July 16-23, 2026!

We're extremely grateful for the players that have joined our server to share their feedback, clips and screenshots, and helping eachother get the most out of the game, teaching new players how to navigate the arena!

It has become a great stomping grounds to welcome in new fighters now that the demo has dropped on PlayStation 5 and XBOX Series S/X as well, and if you want to lead them (or show them how it's done), join the Discord now at discord.gg/gladiomori !

Looking forward to meet you and face you as we grind further towards full release :)

-Team Bonus Stage & Plebeian Studio

Give your opponents a taste of the arena's sands.

Do you have what it takes to survive the arena? Face the gladiators in the free demo for Gladio Mori, available now on Steam!

Wishlist now and prepare for the fight across platforms with complete crossplay between the Early Access build and the demo on Steam, PlayStation 5 and XBOX Series S/X.Find your teachers and opponents on the official Discord server.

The Early Access client has been updated to be compatible with the demo build; the patch notes are as follows:

Patch Notes

0.21.9.5

• New Arena: Castle

• Added materials to character skins view

• Option "Character model": allows for swapping between low poly and high poly character

• Option "Use character materials": allows users to disable the new materials 

• Option for UI volume

• Slightly improved the way blood spatters blend with ground (does not impact blue blood)

• New background images for campaign portraits

• New sound effects for equipping and unequipping equipment

• Removed abandon run button from game menu (available in the fight preview screen)

• Stamina bars are hidden when game menu is visible

• Added sound effects for winning and losing a round

• Removed highlight colour from save button in options

• Fixed an issue where start button was not the default selected button in campaign preview screen when using a controller

• A confirm dialog is displayed to the user if they try to navigate away from options without saving

• Fixed dropdown lists not scrolling automatically when item is selected

• Replay, texture and moveset names are now validated for illegal characters the moment user inputs them

• Fixed an issue that caused the time indicator in moveset editor to show wrong time

• When a client disconnects in multiplayer their character dies

• Added player report type "Inappropriate player behaviour"

• Changed the highlight on Discord button to be more noticeable

• Fixed an issue where clicking cancel button on controller while editing input field did not correctly stop edit mode

• Added player names to multiplayer lobby above the player characters

• Added background texture to multiplayer lobby, campaign moveset select and moveset editor moveset select

• Included back and ready/select buttons in top row menu navigation (Q/E or LB/RB)

• Backgrounds in multiplayer lobbys player list now change color based on player status (not ready, ready, spectator)

• Spectators are now treated as "ready" players when checking if the game should start in lobby

• One non-spectator is needed in lobby to start the game

• Keybinds in tutorial task list are highlighted (bold and black)

• Fixed wrong font being used for input fields and in tutorial

• Fixed some game settings not being disabled for clients in multiplayer

• Fixed an issue that caused preview characters in multiplayer lobby to sometimes occupy the same spot

• Moved ui elements around in Multiplayer lobby list view

• Edit mode for ui sliders

• Free camera (replay and multiplayer spectator) is prevented from moving more than 200 meters away from the center of the arena (base game arenas only)

• Fixed replay tool tip text not updating after binding changed

• Updated options keybind ui

• Limited keybinds to 4 per action

• Added a compatibility tooltip item to multiplayer lobby that lists settings needed to play with demo version

• Fixed mod.io mods local metadata not updating

• Fixed placeholder platform icon showing when player joined mid round

• Cleaned up unnecessary memory allocations in crossplay netcode

• Updated moveset "Community fighter"

GLADIATORS! Gladio Mori has a full UI overhaul creating a more atmospheric Gladiator theme with mosaic, and inspired by the Roman ages. The UI has been implemented in full of the game and makes the main menus more organized next to giving the game its identity.

Additionally, a new weapon and armor are added in this update along with some extra changes under the hood to make it all run even smoother.

Patch Notes: 0.20.4

• Weapon: Lucerne hammer

• Armour: Full cuirass (front and back protection)

• UI overhaul

• Support for modded network messages

• Legacy mode renamed to Limitless

• Host gets informed when a client fails to join due to mod version conflicts

• Mods get loaded to use after player navigates away from mod.io browser (fixes stutter in browser when enabling/disabling mods)

• New pinging system for crossplay lobbies

• Fixed an issue that caused the bottom part of the pollaxes shaft to deal diminished blunt damage

• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused joining a modded server to fail

• New keybinds for the replay tool and defaults changed

• New keybinds list:

  • Set replay speed: Previous

  • Set replay speed: Next

  • Camera mode: Previous

  • Camera mode: Next

  • Timeline: Jump backward

  • Timeline: Jump forward

• Report button is no longer displayed in moveset select view when in a multiplayer match. (The button is already available in the game menu)

• Added max character length to lobby name

Tell us what you think in our Discord server!

We have now added modding tool mod.io in-game, accessible from the main menu. This makes adding mods for Gladio Mori easier for our dedicated modders and easier for players both on PC and consoles (when the game comes to consoles) to download mods made by their fellow gladiators. Modders have already populated some weapon packs for players to try out and over the upcoming month more will be added!

Patch Notes | 0.19.3

• Mod.io implemented with support for:

  • Arenas

  • Weapons

  • Armour

  • Movesets

  • Skins

  • Dlls

• Automatic mod loading when client joins a server

• Armour: Bracers

• Weapon: Pollaxe (No separate moveset. Works well with Daneaxe moveset)

• Improved lighting and materials in Arena Of Blades

• Improved lighting in The Specialists Dojo

• Fixed an issue where disconnection was not always handled correctly on clients when using Steam P2P

• Added commandline arguments for starting the game without mods

"-nomodio" will skip mod.io initialization entirely

"-nomods" will not load mods into use

Join our Discord to discuss moves, tactics, and find the next challengers to duel against!

Plebeian Studio & Bonus Stage Publishing have announced the full release of version 1.0 to be set for release window Q3 2026. Before the full release, a lot more content will be added, a demo will become available for Steam again, and next to that, the game will be ported to the Xbox Series X|S and PS5. A big update is also coming later this month before Christmas, so keep your eyes open!

We are immensely proud to announce that Gladio Mori has been nominated in the Labor of Love category for the Steam Awards 2025! This nomination is a powerful acknowledgment of the passion and commitment poured into the game.

What makes this nomination so special is the dedication to continuous improvement: we've been delivering regular updates since launch, bringing new content, features, and refinements based on your feedback.

If you have appreciated the ongoing support and our unwavering commitment to making Gladio Mori the best experience possible, we would be deeply grateful if you cast your vote for us!

We have switched our network hosting to Epic Online Services (no epic login required) to support future cross-play of the game between PC and Consoles, with more additional tools that can be found in the patch notes below.

We have also added:

-BattleAxe

- Roman Soldier's Helmet

0.18.3

-Weapon: Battle axe

-Armour: Roman soldiers helmet

-New multiplayer system that supports crossplay

-Player behaviour report system

-Global ban system

-Ban list also works as a block list

-Blocked players:

    -Lobbies owned by blocked players are not displayed on lobby list

    -Blocked players custom textures are not displayed

    -Blocked players voice chat is always muted

    -Blocked players chat messages are not displayed

    -Blocked players name is changed to "Hatchling"

-Players receive a notification when attempting to join a lobby they have been banned from

-Fixed a problem where the "Rules" button was not visible in the game menu during the first round when a player joined a game

-Fixed an issue that caused images to be rendered without transparency

-Fixed an issue where cancelling rebinding action in options could leave the rebinding dialog visible

-Fixed an issue that caused player name to sometimes remain blank in multiplayer

-Improved UI navigation with a controller

-Updated to Unity 6000.0.59f2 in order to fix a security vulnerability found in older unity versions

-Added more checks to single edged weapons to prevent the blunt side from activating a cut

-Added extra variations to the Generic_Guy community texture by Absolutely_Plasmadic

-New community moveset "Zombie saber" by iqquin

See you in the arena!

As you know, Gladio Mori has been in early access for a while, meaning that the full release is coming closer! Yes, it'll still take some time, as we are still doing tons of updates to the game and porting it to the PS5 and Xbox Series, but we're making great progress. To maintain progress and review your feedback, we have planned a workshop where Legatus and the publishing team will brainstorm and review current feedback, tweaks, and plans for 2026, but we need your help! We have made a questionnaire on these 4 topics that we'd like your opinion on:

• Physics

• Damage

• Unarmed/Blunt

• Stamina

You can fill in your thoughts on these topics over at https://forms.gle/yjeE2kmvc4nWDpZf9

Next to that, if you have any feedback that you think can't wait for after the full release of Gladio Mori, please leave your suggestions in the Community Forums or over at our Discord here: https://discord.gg/nSypQKkVhx

Thank you for taking the time. (There'll be a separate JP and CH version available) P.S. The game is now currently 30% off in the Steam Autumn Sale!

It's whack-a-gladiator time in the new update with two new weapons, a lot of QOL patches, and the Unity 6 upgrade! 

⚔️ Take on your opponents with 2 new weapons:

• Goedendag

• Mallet

In addition to those, we have implemented some quality of life (QOL) patches, which can be found in our patch notes, and upgraded the game to Unity 6. We have contacted modders, but it might be so that some mods would appear broken due to the upgrade requested by the modders. So if it doesn't work, give it some time to get fixed. Version 0.17.2 - Updated to Unity 6 - Added color picker tool for texture editor - Added color select dialog for rgb values and hex code to texture editor - Added help dialog to texture editor - Added tooltips to replay toolbar - Leaving replay now returns back to replay list and highlights the previously watched replay - "Back to Start" button in replay now cleans up blood from the scene and players - Fixed confirm dialog text for deleting replay - New community moveset "Wukong" by Duckly  - New community texture "Gladio_Boxer" by M4GMaR

⚔️ Take on your opponents with 2 new weapons:

• Short Staff

• Quarterstaff (Bo)

We have made several QOL updates that buff the blunt damage as many gave feedback on and you are now able to fully use your arms, legs and even your head for blunt damage, happy fighting! Patch Notes Version 0.16.3

• Texture editor

• WEAPONS: Short staff quarterstaff

• Hands, lower arms, elbows, lower legs, knees and head deal blunt damage

• Overhauled blunt damage values so that all weapons have similar blunt damage "potential"

• Introduced blunt damage resistance and resistance ignore values to bodyparts and weapons This is so that arms and legs can be used to block punches and they take less damage than other bodyparts

• Removed the old custom texture setting from options

• Option for overriding textures in replay mode

• Option for changing blood colour to blue

• New community movesets

Point Cost Changes

Armour

• Great Helm 14->13

• Cuirass 8->7

• Plackart 7->6

• Codpiece 6->4

• Cuisse 5->4

• Rerebrace 5->4

Weapons

• Sica 6->4

• Falx 16->13

• Katana 14->13

• Halberd 26->30

• Mace 9->7

Shields

• Gou-Rang 9->7

• Parma 11->8

• Round Shield 20->15

• Scutum 24->19

New Community Movesets

• Mostly Basic Pugilist by the developer

• Community Fighter by M4GMar

• Bojutsu by madda

Games Roadmap:

• Workshop (We're looking into a cross platform modding system right now for when console comes),

• Steam Achievements,

• Editor for Custom Textures,

• More Maps,

• More Weapons and Armor,

• Console Versions,

And of course, we are still working on hotfixes, QOL such as UI improvements and performance of the game. More info on the next update to follow upcoming month!

Get the game here if you haven't already:

⚔️ Take on your opponents with 2 new weapons:

• Mace & Shield

• Kanabo

Blunt Damage also works with certain heavy weapons such as the Dane Axe, however punches and kicks are 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗬𝗘𝗧 in this update! Patch Notes Version 0.15.4

• Custom movesets are now always available in the campaign

• Custom textures are saved to the replay file

• Multiplayer lobby list can be navigated with direction buttons and controller

• All cuts that cause a piece of the head to be cut off are considered lethal

• Fixed an issue where a negative move duration in move editor could cause the game to crash

Gladios, We're partaking in the Steam Summer Sale with a 30% discount! To be blunt, we are still working on a new update, which is planned for the beginning of July so no update alongside this sale this time... ☹️ However here is some things you can do: ⚔️ Choose from 21 weapons available! ⚙️ Check out the Moveset Editor, where you can make your own custom moves and see what others are making. 🤵🏻 Make or get skins from the community that you can use to look even better in game. See you in the arena!

• Backup System: A backup system is now in place to handle error situations when saving a moveset.
• Moveset Name Validations: Added checks to ensure moveset names meet proper standards.
• Move Editor Fixes: Resolved an issue where the Move Editor UI could break.
• Action Slot Fix: Fixed an issue where "Passive" and "Play At Start" moves could take up an action slot and block other moves.
• Invalid Moveset Handling: Prevented the game from hanging when encountering an invalid moveset file.
• Voice Chat Issue: Fixed voice chat activating while typing in text fields.
• Moveset Selection Fix: Corrected the moveset selection process after deleting another moveset.