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Steam News5 January 20265mo ago

v0.620 Update – Gladiator Backgrounds, Combat Skills, and Audio Polish

This update focuses on combat clarity, audio feedback, progression depth, and visual polish. Combat & Audio Added new combat sound effects, including crowd reactions, gladiator grunts, skill impacts, and defeat cues.

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What changed

0 fixes3 additions8 changes0 removals
  • UI and audio
  • Balance
  • Gameplay
  • Performance
changedThis update focuses on combat clarity, audio feedback, progression depth, and visual polish.
addedCombat & AudioAdded new combat sound effects , including crowd reactions, gladiator grunts, skill impacts, and defeat cues.
changedCombat & AudioUpdated Raging Bull visual effects to better align with the expanded combat skill set.
changedNew Combat SkillsGhost Lunge (Agility) An agility-based attack that phases through the enemy, deals damage, and drains energy. This skill cannot be blocked or dodged.
changedNew Combat SkillsRoar (Charisma) A non-damaging debuff that disables enemy blocking and dodging for 3 seconds , enabling follow-up attacks.
addedGladiators & ProgressionAdded gladiator backgrounds with ethnicity-based bonuses: Roman: +20% Overall XP Gain Greek: +50% Charisma Training XP Thracian: +15% Protection Gaul: +15% HP Germanic: +15% Damage Numidian: +15% Speed Carthaginian: +15% Energy

Gladiator Command changes

changedThis update focuses on combat clarity, audio feedback, progression depth, and visual polish.
addedAdded new combat sound effects , including crowd reactions, gladiator grunts, skill impacts, and defeat cues.
changedUpdated Raging Bull visual effects to better align with the expanded combat skill set.
changedGhost Lunge (Agility) An agility-based attack that phases through the enemy, deals damage, and drains energy. This skill cannot be blocked or dodged.
changedRoar (Charisma) A non-damaging debuff that disables enemy blocking and dodging for 3 seconds , enabling follow-up attacks.

This update focuses on combat clarity, audio feedback, progression depth, and visual polish.

Combat & Audio

  • Added new combat sound effects, including crowd reactions, gladiator grunts, skill impacts, and defeat cues.

  • Updated Raging Bull visual effects to better align with the expanded combat skill set.

New Combat Skills

  • Ghost Lunge (Agility) An agility-based attack that phases through the enemy, deals damage, and drains energy. This skill cannot be blocked or dodged.

  • Roar (Charisma) A non-damaging debuff that disables enemy blocking and dodging for 3 seconds, enabling follow-up attacks.

Gladiators & Progression

  • Added gladiator backgrounds with ethnicity-based bonuses:

    • Roman: +20% Overall XP Gain

    • Greek: +50% Charisma Training XP

    • Thracian: +15% Protection

    • Gaul: +15% HP

    • Germanic: +15% Damage

    • Numidian: +15% Speed

    • Carthaginian: +15% Energy

  • Added age to gladiators as a foundation for future progression and content.

  • Skill icons are now correctly displayed when skills are unlocked in the level-up scene.

Polish & Stability

  • Minor bug fixes.

  • Performance improvements.

Thank you for continuing to test and provide feedback. More combat depth and progression systems are planned in upcoming updates.

Demo updated and now LIVE

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Steam News / 5 January 2026

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