Starblast news & patch notes

We have just released Nautic Series 3.0. All the credit goes to Goldman, one of our best modders, kudos to him! The mod will be featured throughout the weekend. Some more details on the release will be posted on the subreddit soon https://www.reddit.com/r/Starblastio . https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30712488/39f5647b9c8ee5fdd0fbf5db1f9040a4f91b2c3c.png

For one month survival mode will be played with U-Series ships. Let's add some U-Series craziness to survival!

Alpha Centauri Wars is coming back this weekend with a special event. This edition will use the Nautic Series ship tree! Gem transfers are enabled, use or gamepad LB to transfer gems. Meet dangerous yet generous aliens in the center of the map. As in all ACW events, the seats in all regions are limited (especially in Europe and America). If you want to secure a seat, make sure to join in the first few minutes of the game. * Asia: SATURDAY - July 20th, 2019 (9:00am CEST / GMT+2) * Europe: SATURDAY - July 20th, 2019 (3:00pm CEST / GMT+2) * America: SUNDAY - July 21st, 2019 (9:00pm CEST / GMT+2) Good luck Commanders! ACW is a special event with 3 huge teams all competing in battle to be the final team standing. Three teams with more than 60 players in each team. More than two hundred players all at once. You do not want to miss these epic events! A link to enter the event for your time zone will show up on the main Starblast game menu at the time of the event. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30712488/134020d0b0b3e28fe83006e54303514eb8ff86dc.jpg

Alpha Centauri Wars is coming back this weekend with the Battle for Sector Phi. This edition will use the regular ship tree, which has been recently welcoming the new ship Marauder. Gem transfers are enabled, use or gamepad LB to transfer gems. Meet dangerous yet generous aliens in the center of the map. As in all ACW events, the seats in all regions are limited (especially in Europe and America). If you want to secure a seat, make sure to join in the first few minutes of the game. * Asia: SATURDAY - June 22nd, 2019 (9:00am CEST / GMT+2) * Europe: SATURDAY - June 22nd, 2019 (3:00pm CEST / GMT+2) * America: SUNDAY - June 23rd, 2019 (9:00pm CEST / GMT+2) Good luck Commanders! ACW is a special event with 3 huge teams all competing in battle to be the final team standing. Three teams with more than 60 players in each team. More than two hundred players all at once. You do not want to miss these epic events! A link to enter the event for your time zone will show up on the main Starblast game menu at the time of the event. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30712488/134020d0b0b3e28fe83006e54303514eb8ff86dc.jpg

The event will be held on June 15-16. It will be an ACW-style battle using the U-Series ship tree, to celebrate the first anniversary of modding and U-Series! * Asia: SATURDAY - June 15th, 2019 (9:00am CEST / GMT+2) * Europe: SATURDAY - June 15th, 2019 (3:00pm CEST / GMT+2) * America: SUNDAY - June 16th, 2019 (9:00pm CEST / GMT+2) Good luck Commanders! This event will be followed by a classic ACW event on June 22-23. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30712488/bad477ecda743e338b028ff14427ba5c90a70a39.jpg

We have introduced a new ship, replacing the H-Mercury in the ship tree. This new beast is thus a T6, it has been crafted and balanced by Finalizer & Dimed with the help of the community. Enjoy! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30712488/7368a7763a6066551053daf41a2c8272b34ec131.png

Alpha Centauri Wars is coming back this weekend with the Battle for Sector Y. This edition will use the KEST ship tree (Kleinem's Enhanced Ship Tree see https://www.reddit.com/r/Starblastio/comments/8v4o6z/kest_v120/ ). Gem transfers are enabled, use or gamepad LB to transfer gems. If you don't feel like mining, there will be aliens at the center of the map (and even more interesting, enemy ships full of gems and weakened by aliens). * Asia: SATURDAY - May 18th, 2019 (9:00am CEST / GMT+2) * Europe: SATURDAY - May 18th, 2019 (3:00pm CEST / GMT+2) * America: SUNDAY - May 19th, 2019 (9:00pm CEST / GMT+2) Good luck Commanders! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30712488/eda9ae5c2f31be393855ae623dad33148bb542d8.jpg

Alpha Centauri Wars is coming back this weekend with the Battle for Sector TAU. This edition will use the vanilla ship tree. * Asia: SATURDAY - April 20th, 2019 ( 9:00am GMT+2 ) * Europe: SATURDAY - April 20th, 2019 ( 3:00pm GMT+2 ) * America: SATURDAY - April 20th, 2019 ( 9:00pm GMT+2 ) Good luck Commanders! ACW is a special event with 3 huge teams all competing in battle to be the final team standing. Three teams with more than 60 players in each team. More than two hundred players all at once. You do not want to miss these epic events! A link to enter the event for your time zone will show up on the main Starblast game menu at the time of the event. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30712488/134020d0b0b3e28fe83006e54303514eb8ff86dc.jpg

Alpha Centauri Wars is coming back this weekend with the Battle for Sector SIGMA. This edition will use the vanilla ship tree. * Asia: SATURDAY - March 16th, 2019 ( 9:00am GMT+1 ) * Europe: SATURDAY - March 16th, 2019 ( 3:00pm GMT+1 ) * America: SUNDAY - March 17th, 2019 ( 9:00pm GMT+1 ) Good luck Commanders! ACW is a special event with 3 huge teams all competing in battle to be the final team standing. Three teams with more than 60 players in each team. More than two hundred players all at once. You do not want to miss these epic events! A link to enter the event for your time zone will show up on the main Starblast game menu at the time of the event. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30712488/134020d0b0b3e28fe83006e54303514eb8ff86dc.jpg

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30712488/39f5647b9c8ee5fdd0fbf5db1f9040a4f91b2c3c.png Available today! (select Modding Space from the main menu)

Alpha Centauri Wars is coming back this weekend with the Battle for Sector π. This edition will use the vanilla ship tree. * Asia: SATURDAY - January 19th, 2019 ( 9:00am GMT+1 / 3:00am US-EST / 2:00am US-CST ) * Europe: SATURDAY - January 19th, 2019 ( 3:00pm GMT+1 / 9:00am US-EST / 8:00am US-CST ) * America: SUNDAY - January 20th, 2019 ( 9:00pm GMT+1 / 3:00pm US-EST / 2:00pm US-CST ) Good luck Commanders! ACW is a special event with 3 huge teams all competing in battle to be the final team standing. Three teams with more than 60 players in each team. More than two hundred players all at once. You do not want to miss these epic events! A link to enter the event for your time zone will appear on the main Starblast game page at the time of the event. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30712488/134020d0b0b3e28fe83006e54303514eb8ff86dc.jpg

Alpha Centauri Wars is coming back this weekend with the Battle for sector Ξ ("Ksi"). This edition will be very special as we will use the U-Series ship tree! Be prepared. * Asia: SATURDAY - November 17th, 2018 ( 9:00am GMT+1 / 3:00am US-EST / 2:00am US-CST ) * Europe: SATURDAY - November 17th, 2018 ( 3:00pm GMT+1 / 9:00am US-EST / 8:00am US-CST ) * America: SUNDAY - November 18st, 2018 ( 9:00pm GMT+1 / 3:00pm US-EST / 2:00pm US-CST ) Good luck Commanders! Disclaimer: let's wish good luck to our servers too. U-Series is bold. Hazard may happen, please accept it! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30712488/51bf2d1c1e01aedb7448075a0a66435f580b5920.jpg

Alpha Centauri Wars is coming back this weekend with the Battle for sector N! * Asia: SATURDAY - October 20th, 2018 ( 9:00am GMT+2 / 3:00am US-EDT / 2:00am US-CDT ) * Europe: SATURDAY - October 20th, 2018 ( 3:00pm GMT+2 / 9:00am US-EDT / 8:00am US-CDT ) * America: SUNDAY - October 21st, 2018 ( 9:00pm GMT+2 / 3:00pm US-EDT / 2:00pm US-CDT ) Good luck Commanders!

Alpha Centauri Report Over this weekend the battle will be raging in Sector Mu. We have heard rumours of the theft of new warfare technologies in this sector. We are calling on volunteer pilots to join us. * Asia: SATURDAY - September 15th, 2018 ( 9:00am GMT+2 / 3:00am US-EDT / 2:00am US-CDT ) * Europe: SATURDAY - September 15th, 2018 ( 3:00pm GMT+2 / 9:00am US-EDT / 8:00am US-CDT ) * America: SUNDAY - September 16th, 2018 ( 9:00pm GMT+2 / 3:00pm US-EDT / 2:00pm US-CDT ) Asia event just started! Still time to join as the battle may last a few hours. Good luck Commanders. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30712488/d8954b3d0e9de899a6cd7d76268536d132a88ce9.jpg

Here is a new mod for this Modding Friday: Goldman Aerospace - Alien Intrusion ; team mode, using Goldman's ship tree, with an alien city in the center of the map, where you will have to fight the aliens for gems... and compete with the other team doing that. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30712488/33b8811484e0694469132d72b94ba7fba3513671.jpg Available now in your Modding Space!

Modding Space is out! So you can now play anytime Finalizer's U-Series (version 1.7, more on this below), Starblast Racing or Battle Royale (which is now considered as a mod, making it permanent). https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30712488/e9349ed73dac8707bce45f75b5af2c775308ff8a.jpg https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30712488/8bdb784f5a5802f3ea240c09f929a580400c4ce7.jpg https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30712488/d8d2138ad076007c1d367c0d7b0d27f060072524.jpg Finalizer reworked his mod for better balance. The USS-Vengeance was replaced by the (awesome) U-Fusion (which I would call BFG if someone asked me). The bug in Racing mod, which caused laps to be miscounted, is fixed (was a problem in the modding system itself). Battle Royale now has a warm up phase (since the last BR event) allowing to have some fun while waiting for more players to join. There are many more amazing mods already being worked on by the community and many of them should become available in the Modding Space soon. All this with a still limited set of modding features, you can expect much more for the future! This is just the beginning. Thanks a lot to all the modding community, mod creators and ship designers, and let the fun begin!

Starblast Modding Space opens tomorrow! Play the best mods created by the community. We will start with 3 mods, expect many more to be added in the coming weeks and months! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30712488/e9349ed73dac8707bce45f75b5af2c775308ff8a.jpg https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30712488/d8d2138ad076007c1d367c0d7b0d27f060072524.jpg https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30712488/8bdb784f5a5802f3ea240c09f929a580400c4ce7.jpg More information on Starblast Modding platform here: https://redd.it/8u7l8q

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30712488/25a6e1ca955d20f31c105c15bc8c3c941bc71ae2.jpg (and probably for all the weekend) Pick a racing ship, score the best qualifying time, race and win!

This new episode of the Alpha Centauri Wars series takes you to the Kappa* sector. Three factions will be taking part in the battle: NWAC, Halo Corsairs and UNGE. Note that the Asia event is now moved to Saturday. * Asia: SATURDAY - June 16th, 2018 ( 9:00am GMT+2 / 3:00am US-EDT / 2:00am US-CDT ) * Europe: SATURDAY - June 16th, 2018 ( 3:00pm GMT+2 / 9:00am US-EDT / 8:00am US-CDT ) * America: SUNDAY - June 17th, 2018 ( 9:00pm GMT+2 / 3:00pm US-EDT / 2:00pm US-CDT ) How to join: be ready a the time given and click Alpha Centauri Wars from the main menu. Good luck Commanders! *Note: Kappa is a letter of the Greek alphabet, following Iota. One more note: exceptionally there will be no poster for this episode. Next poster... next episode.

Today you can play team mode with awesome ships from Finalizer's U-Series! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30712488/5df63681c99983cb501be7b41f4bc295ceee0b00.jpg

Events scheduled for June: June 1st: Battle Royale Friday June 6th: Modding Live: learn how to code mods June 8th: Modding Friday: a new awesome custom mod featured all day June 15-17: Alpha Centauri Wars: Kappa Sector June 20th: Modding Live: perfect your mode coding skills June 22th: Modding Friday: a new awesome custom mod featured all day June 29th: Battle Royale Friday Keep informed through the official subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Starblastio/ https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30712488/b68f2098e5d3d724464c61d5eae4c77b234e634e.jpg Get ready and good luck Commander!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30712488/e907adb6f2fd0a896f031762e44c45c06c87d08e.jpg This month ACW is a special edition, Halo Corsairs vs NWAC (Red vs Blue). Only two teams, with 100+ players per team! The event will use the week test ship tree. There is also a new rule, killed ships will only drop half of their pods (on average, this is random). The other half is lost. This intends to slow down the race for pods. Also note that the (quite new) gem bounty for kills will be there to help. Asia: FRIDAY - May 18th, 2018 ( 9:00am GMT+2 / 3:00am US-EDT / 2:00am US-CDT ) Europe: SATURDAY - May 19th, 2018 ( 3:00pm GMT+2 / 9:00am US-EDT / 8:00am US-CDT ) America: SUNDAY - May 20th, 2018 ( 9:00pm GMT+2 / 3:00pm US-EDT / 2:00pm US-CDT ) Good luck Commander!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30712488/b68f2098e5d3d724464c61d5eae4c77b234e634e.jpg Battle Royale weekend has just started! In order to join a battle, from the main menu, click "Battle Royale". Collect weapons and refills, kill other players and be the last player standing! Good luck Commander.

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30712488/ff9a145e45fcd2886455e113ac8b6750432426e4.jpg ACW is a special event with five huge teams all competing in battle to be the final team standing. Five teams with approximately fifty players in each team. More than two hundred players all at once. You do not want to miss these epic events. Scheduled times will be shown below. A link to enter the event for your time zone will appear on the main Starblast game page at the time of the event. The ACW event will be held over three separate days to allow people to play in every event if desired: Asia: FRIDAY - April 13th, 2018 ( 9:00am GMT+2 / 3:00am US-EDT / 2:00am US-CDT ) Europe: SATURDAY - April 14th, 2018 ( 3:00pm GMT+2 / 9:00am US-EDT / 8:00am US-CDT ) America: SUNDAY - April 15th, 2018 ( 9:00pm GMT+2 / 3:00pm US-EDT / 2:00pm US-CDT ) Good luck to all that play in the event, see you there... Join the community for more information: Discord Subreddit

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30712488/b68f2098e5d3d724464c61d5eae4c77b234e634e.jpg Battle Royale returns this weekend, with 3 new ships by our best designers, random asteroid maps, smaller map sizes! The event will be running all the weekend, starting tomorrow (Friday 30th).

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30712488/b68f2098e5d3d724464c61d5eae4c77b234e634e.jpg Battle Royale returns this weekend, with 3 new ships by our best designers, random asteroid maps, smaller map sizes! The event will be running all the weekend, starting tomorrow (Friday 30th).

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30712488/72a756d665882edcf24948c11122ae24263aed3a.jpg Alpha Centauri Wars - new episode - battle for H-Sector - Do not miss the event! This time we will spread the event over 3 days, one day per region. Read event dates and times carefully below: * Asia Event on Friday at: 4:00 PM CST (UTC+8) * Europe Event on Saturday at: 3:00 PM CET (UTC+1) * America Event on Sunday at: 3:00 PM EST (UTC-5) Obviously the first ACW featuring the new Vanguard ship. As always, we are evaluating a few specific ingredients for this one, that are not fully validated yet. Also you can count on a solid server for the America event this time, with 200+ players capacity. Good luck Commanders!

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30712488/72a756d665882edcf24948c11122ae24263aed3a.jpg Alpha Centauri Wars - new episode - battle for H-Sector - Do not miss the event! This time we will spread the event over 3 days, one day per region. Read event dates and times carefully below: * Asia Event on Friday at: 4:00 PM CST (UTC+8) * Europe Event on Saturday at: 3:00 PM CET (UTC+1) * America Event on Sunday at: 3:00 PM EST (UTC-5) Obviously the first ACW featuring the new Vanguard ship. As always, we are evaluating a few specific ingredients for this one, that are not fully validated yet. Also you can count on a solid server for the America event this time, with 200+ players capacity. Good luck Commanders!

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/30712488/c84dced786bf440673530b3659f4b2bca81cfe6d.jpg The Vanguard is a new tier 4 attack ship. It has a rather low speed, but shoots deadly bullets with significant recoil, making it the little brother of the U-Sniper. Preceding ship in the ship tree: Side-Fighter. Now available throughout the galaxy. Designed by Kleinem