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Gameplay Update - 04-30-2026
GENERAL Base health per boon reduced by 7 Vitality Investment bonus increased from 8/10/13/17/34/39/44/48/52/56% to 9/12/15/20/38/42/46/50/56/62% Weapon Investments bonus rescaled from 7/9/13/20/49/60/80/95/115/135% to…
Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026
GENERAL Can now jump during slide Dash jump grants a very brief period with increased air control (30% for 0.25s) Shrine is now easier to kill for the first one and harder for the second. HP from 8100 to 5000/10000 (HP…
Apollo - A Cut Above
Apollo After weeks of waiting, Apollo finally graces us with his presence. With Flawless Advance the fencer begins his approach, timing his strikes perfectly to inflict more damage. Counter-attacks aren't a concern for…
Introducing The Dazzling Celeste
Come one, come all! Today, we're introducing... Celeste It's not every day that Coney Island's biggest star, The Dazzling Celeste, performs on the streets of Manhattan. Her show begins with Light Eater, where a deep bre…
Some Are Merciful, The Venator Is Not
Evil stirs in New York, and the Venator is here to answer. Venator Venator doesn't walk the righteous path, he blazes the trail so that others may do so safely. His biggest challenge is knowing which weapon to use first…
The Curse Beckons for Silver
The votes are in and today's addition to the Cursed Apple is... Silver Silver makes her living tracking down lowlifes, but today New York’s misanthrope lycanthrope plans on summoning a god. Fortunately, her career as a…
Graves Prefers The Dead
Today's bone-chilling addition to the Cursed Apple is none other than... Graves The dead have been making a whole lot of demands lately, and only Graves has the courage to oblige. That severed lich hand she found in the…
Rem Enters The City That Never Sleeps
The people have spoken, and the first new addition from the Old Gods, New Blood update is... Rem An accidental stowaway from the world of dreams, Rem has found himself stranded in the city that never sleeps. Pillow figh…
Old Gods, New Blood
Steam post image The ritual takes form... Overhauled Patrons and bases, six new heroes, a fast-paced game mode 'Street Brawl', HUD updates, many quality-of-life additions, revamped postgame with an MVP screen and more.…
11-21-2025 Update
GENERAL Trooper bounty mechanics have been reworked. The first half of the souls still fly out as deniable orb, however rather than the other half being instantly given to nearby players it will fall to the ground as an…
You Can't Kill Victor
Hero Spotlight: Victor A man who walks the line between life and death. Victor has learned to harness pain into power, shocking himself with Jumpstart to get his adrenaline rushing and his faulty heart pumping. He welco…
Drifter Emerges from the Shadows
Hero Spotlight: Drifter Something ancient has arrived in New York... a nameless horror known only as the Drifter. Relentless as time, as certain as death, once Drifter sets his eyes on a victim there's nothing they can…
Paige Writes Her Own Story
It's Monday, and today we're excited to announce the next hero joining us in the Cursed Apple is... Hero Spotlight: Paige Citizens of Manhattan will learn to appreciate the power of the written word when Paige joins the…
The Doorman, at your Service
Hero Spotlight: The Doorman He's proper, he's polite, but the humble Doorman of The Baroness Hotel is more than meets the eye. A brisk ring of his Call Bell leaves nearby enemies disoriented, and his high-speed Luggage…
Billy Comes in Swinging
The votes are in! Today we are excited to announce that the next hero joining us in the Cursed Apple is... Billy! Hero Spotlight: Billy A white hot ball of rage, furious at the very notion of... something. Billy is a ch…
Six New Heroes
Six new heroes have been spotted on the streets of the Cursed Apple: Mina the vampire, Billy the demonic goat, Paige who can bring books to life, The Doorman who's always at your service, Victor the monster who can't be…
Shop Rework Update
[ Shop Redesign ] Full shop rework, including many new items. - Item slots are now all universal, rather than tree specific. - Total slot count reduced from 16 to 12. - Item costs are now discounted when you own the com…
Map Rework Update
Today's update introduces a reworked map layout, alongside a variety of improvements and bug fixes. [ Map Rework ] - The map has been redesigned around being 3 lanes rather than 4. This has a large range of accompanying…
Holliday, Vyper, Calico, and The Magnificent Sinclair
Today's update adds four new heroes to matchmaking: Holliday, Vyper, Calico, and The Magnificent Sinclair. Expanding our roster is one of our major goals in 2025. While some of these characters have a much higher degree…
Winter Visual Update
Season's Greetings! Today's winter-themed visual update will be our last patch for the year, but we'll continue to ship bug fixes and any urgent balance adjustments as needed throughout the break. Thanks to everyone for…
11-07-2024 Update
[ General Changes ] - Added Trapper to Hero Labs. - Added support for Hero Labs in Private Lobbies, Private Bot Games and Sandbox that can be used at any time. - Various adjustments to Experimental Heroes are listed in…
10-24-2024 Update
Today's update adds Hero Labs (a new experimental hero matchmaking mode that adds six new in-progress heroes), player commends, as well as updates to character shaders and environment lighting, among the usual assortmen…
