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Steam News4 September 202510mo ago

Steam CO OP + New mode + More

New Features & Improvements Steam Lobbies! Invite your friends and play together (or against each other) in most game modes., New Game Mode: Abyssium!

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Full Rise of a Legend update

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What changed

9 fixes1 addition6 changes1 removal
  • Gameplay
  • Balance
  • Store
  • Fixes
addedNew Features & ImprovementsNew Game Mode: Abyssium! Battle in a 2v2v2v2v2 brawl inside a flooded arena, surrounded by deadly crocodiles.,
changedNew Features & ImprovementsTeam mechanics: Green health bars for teammates and friendly fire with reduced damage.,
removedNew Features & ImprovementsReworked account creation flow: improved name selection, removed avatar and profile frame selection steps.,
changedNew Features & ImprovementsIncreased store refresh rate from every 6 hours to every 2 hours.,
changedNew Features & ImprovementsReduced damage and increased stamina cost for all kick attacks.,
changedNew Features & ImprovementsImproved player collision in the basic arena.,

Rise of a Legend changes

addedNew Game Mode: Abyssium! Battle in a 2v2v2v2v2 brawl inside a flooded arena, surrounded by deadly crocodiles.,
changedTeam mechanics: Green health bars for teammates and friendly fire with reduced damage.,
removedReworked account creation flow: improved name selection, removed avatar and profile frame selection steps.,
changedIncreased store refresh rate from every 6 hours to every 2 hours.,
changedReduced damage and increased stamina cost for all kick attacks.,

New Features & Improvements

  • Steam Lobbies! Invite your friends and play together (or against each other) in most game modes.,

  • New Game Mode: Abyssium! Battle in a 2v2v2v2v2 brawl inside a flooded arena, surrounded by deadly crocodiles.,

  • Team mechanicsGreen health bars for teammates and friendly fire with reduced damage.,
  • Bots are now smarter at avoiding pits and the fire wall in Vulcan.,

  • Animated gates!,

  • The old placeholder Ludus avatar has been replaced with your Steam avatar.,

  • Reworked account creation flowimproved name selection, removed avatar and profile frame selection steps.,
  • Increased store refresh rate from every 6 hours to every 2 hours.,

  • After a match, you now return to the Fight tab instead of the home screen.,

  • Buffed the Rhino’s survivability in general and made him even tankier when teaming up with other players.,

  • Reduced damage and increased stamina cost for all kick attacks.,

  • Improved player collision in the basic arena.,

  • Slightly reduced the intensity of the blur effect at low stamina to help combat motion sickness.,

  • Rebalanced rewards across several game modes.

Bug Fixes

  • Finally fixed some bots spawning without equipment 🥳

  • Fixed not automatically spectating the next gladiator after your current spectating target dies.,

  • Fixed brief camera spinning when colliding with walls during executions.,

  • Fixed camera clipping through gates.,

  • Fixed bots walking at stat-boosted speed during intros.,

  • Fixed players not entering combat stance and having random camera orientation at the end of intros when playing as a client.,

  • Fixed floating pillars in Rhino mode.,

  • Fixed broken background blur in the pause menu.,

  • Fixed an error in XP gain calculation when getting hit.

Source

Steam News / 4 September 2025

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