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Steam News18 May 20261mo ago

Update News - Developer Letter #3

Hello Rumblers,​ Thank you all so much for your ongoing support in Sonic Rumble Party!​ The team is very grateful for the feedback we have been receiving daily, even half a year into launch.

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changedSelect Movement Skills' speed increased!​・Adjustments have been made to some character and non-character specific Movement Skills for an increase in movement speed​​ ・With Skill movement speeds increased, we hope users can enjoy rewarding Skill usage allowing for a faster sense of speed​​ ・Please view the separate image for a list of adjusted Skills​]
changedSpecial Rumble "Hyper Boost Battle" returns!​・Hyper Boost Battles which sees an increase in movement speed will be returning to Rumble​​ ・The first round of battles upon return is 5/25 10:00 ~ 5/29 10:00 (UTC)​​ - Going forwards, Hyper Boost Battle is to be available every week during weekdays​
addedAdjustments to the amount of available Skin Fragments per season!​The intention is to make enough seasonal fragments obtainable to allow for Fragment Skin completion through daily play, resulting in an increase in amount and opportunities of fragments throughout content​​ ・An increase to the amount of Fragments obtained for certain Skins in Daily Claw Machines​​ ・Fragments added to weekly missions pertaining to the returning Special Rumble Hyper Boost Battle mode​​ ・Additional purchases of Skin Fragments available in the Ring Shop daily​
changedNew Seasonal Reward! Through completion!​By obtaining every Seasonal Fragment Skin, players will be able to unlock the "AI Racer" Skin of the season​​ ・The AI Racer Skin will be swapped out every season​
addedParty Rumbles available for Custom Rooms!​The mode added in version 1.5.0, Party Rumble can now be selected when making a Custom Room.​
changedParty Rumbles available for Custom Rooms!​All the feedback surrouding matchmaking and the Squad mode have also beed noted.​​ Regarding this, the team has also been considering the kind of adjustments we could make.​​ We will continue to discuss this and will let our players know once we have more concrete information.​

Sonic Rumble Party changes

changed・Adjustments have been made to some character and non-character specific Movement Skills for an increase in movement speed​​ ・With Skill movement speeds increased, we hope users can enjoy rewarding Skill usage allowing for a faster sense of speed​​ ・Please view the separate image for a list of adjusted Skills​]
changed・Hyper Boost Battles which sees an increase in movement speed will be returning to Rumble​​ ・The first round of battles upon return is 5/25 10:00 ~ 5/29 10:00 (UTC)​​ - Going forwards, Hyper Boost Battle is to be available every week during weekdays​
addedThe intention is to make enough seasonal fragments obtainable to allow for Fragment Skin completion through daily play, resulting in an increase in amount and opportunities of fragments throughout content​​ ・An increase to the amount of Fragments obtained for certain Skins in Daily Claw Machines​​ ・Fragments added to weekly missions pertaining to the returning Special Rumble Hyper Boost Battle mode​​ ・Additional purchases of Skin Fragments available in the Ring Shop daily​
changedBy obtaining every Seasonal Fragment Skin, players will be able to unlock the "AI Racer" Skin of the season​​ ・The AI Racer Skin will be swapped out every season​
addedThe mode added in version 1.5.0, Party Rumble can now be selected when making a Custom Room.​

Hello Rumblers,​

Thank you all so much for your ongoing support in Sonic Rumble Party!​

The team is very grateful for the feedback we have been receiving daily, even half a year into launch.​ With all this feedback in mind, we will be putting out an update that will allow Rumblers to enjoy and stick with the game in the future.​​

Here is a preview of what you can expect from the update.​​

Select Movement Skills' speed increased!​

・Adjustments have been made to some character and non-character specific Movement Skills for an increase in movement speed​​ ・With Skill movement speeds increased, we hope users can enjoy rewarding Skill usage allowing for a faster sense of speed​​ ・Please view the separate image for a list of adjusted Skills​]

Special Rumble "Hyper Boost Battle" returns!​

・Hyper Boost Battles which sees an increase in movement speed will be returning to Rumble​​ ・The first round of battles upon return is 5/25 10:00 ~ 5/29 10:00 (UTC)​​ - Going forwards, Hyper Boost Battle is to be available every week during weekdays​

Adjustments to the amount of available Skin Fragments per season!​

The intention is to make enough seasonal fragments obtainable to allow for Fragment Skin completion through daily play, resulting in an increase in amount and opportunities of fragments throughout content​​ ・An increase to the amount of Fragments obtained for certain Skins in Daily Claw Machines​​ ・Fragments added to weekly missions pertaining to the returning Special Rumble Hyper Boost Battle mode​​ ・Additional purchases of Skin Fragments available in the Ring Shop daily​

New Seasonal Reward! Through completion!​

By obtaining every Seasonal Fragment Skin, players will be able to unlock the "AI Racer" Skin of the season​​ ・The AI Racer Skin will be swapped out every season​

Party Rumbles available for Custom Rooms!​

The mode added in version 1.5.0, Party Rumble can now be selected when making a Custom Room.​

All the feedback surrouding matchmaking and the Squad mode have also beed noted.​​ Regarding this, the team has also been considering the kind of adjustments we could make.​​ We will continue to discuss this and will let our players know once we have more concrete information.​

We hope you look forward to the v1.6.0 update happening very very soon.​​​ The team will continue to take into account player feedback as we work further.

Thank you for your ongoing support of Sonic Rumble Party.​ The Sonic Rumble Party Team

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Steam News / 18 May 2026

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