MERRY CHRISTMASS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR 2023! ❄

Hello to the Blockade game community!

2022 is coming to the end, which means it's time for a big and fun holiday update! Before you enter the game, on behalf of the Project Administration and the Developers team, we hasten to congratulate you on the upcoming New Year 2023! We wish you that many good things happen in your life in the new year! May your plans come true and your dreams come true! We wish you all good health and happiness! Let the coming year be bright, bringing a lot of positive emotions and smiles! Let's leave all the bad for the outgoing year. Have a great mood for the next 365 days!

Let's go to the list of changes:

Innovations:

• A festive New Year's update has been added to the game. The update will be in the game until January 15, 2023 23 :59 :59 Moscow time (applies to all special offers, items and events);
  
• All players have been given gifts that can be found in the OTHER section of your BACKPACK. Gift contents: 50 coins, 23 M61 grenades, 2 days of premium, 23 MK3 grenades, 23 M202, 23 L medkits, 23 mortars, 23 mines;
  
• The "Christmas Tree 2023" event has been launched, where each player is given the opportunity to receive for free skins DUNNO, PINOCCHIO, THE WHITE RABBIT, hats MILL, CUCKOO-CLOCK, LOBSTER, CRAB, weapons of the "CHRISTMAS" edition: P99 CHRISTMAS, FN2000 CHRISTMAS, SKS CHRISTMAS, MGV 176 CHRISTMAS, HK21 CHRISTMAS. A unique badge awaits you. The event works on the principle of seasons. Every day you can complete 6 missions, for each of them 250 progress points are given. Of course, you can get points just by playing on the servers;
  
• The "SNOW" edition (USP, P90, AK47, SAIGA, SR25) from previous New Year updates has gone on sale. All weapons in this edition are fully upgraded;
  
• Extended edition "CHRISTMAS": P99, FN2000, SKS, MGV 176, HK21. All weapons in this edition are fully upgraded;
  
• Extended edition "SNOW": GONCZ GA9, KRISS, SIG MPX, TAR21, G36C, KRYTAC, VSK94, SVU-AS, HONCHO TRIPLE, M870. All weapons in this edition are fully upgraded;
  
• Launched SNOWBALLS and INVASION modes;
  
• On sale for donations editions "CHRISTMAS" (DEAGLE, UZI, FAMAS, L96A1, NOVA), "NEW YEAR" (SIG P226, DAEWOO K7, AK47, M4A1, NEGEV, HK-SL8, BENELLI M2). All weapons of these editions are fully upgraded;
  
• On sale for donations: LOLLIPOP, CARAMEL;
  
• New weapons have been added to the shop: HECATE II, GALIL;
  
• New weapons have been added to the game: HK21, MGV176. They will be possible to buy after some time;
  
• Old themed skins from previous Christmas updates are on sale;
  
• New skins have been added to the game: DUNNO, PINOCCHIO, THE WHITE RABBIT (it will be possible to buy these skins in 1 year);
  
• Added special offers for the purchase of game coins. Special offers will last until January 15, 23 :59 :59 Moscow time;
  
• Added Animals Easter eggs. 15% spawn chance. Once every 20 minutes (every hour at 10, 30 and 50 minutes when there are 5 or more players on the server), one of the players randomly turns into an Easter egg, and the rest start hunting for it! The task of the transformed is to survive in order to receive a reward of 250 coins. If you fail to survive, then the reward will be divided among the hunters in proportion to the damage done. You have 5 minutes to hunt. If the map changes during the event, then no one receives the reward. Easter eggs spawn in all modes, except for Snowballs, Zombies. Easter eggs will be in the game from December 25 to January 8 (23 :59 :59 Moscow time). It is useless to look for Easter eggs on private servers!;
  
• Large and Small Easter eggs added. The chance of Large Easter eggs appearing is 10%, and Small ones - 50% (the chance of appearing every hour at 20, 40 and 00 minutes when there are 5 or more players on the server). From 5 to 15 coins can be knocked out from Small Easter eggs, and after the appearance they disappear after 30 seconds. Large Easter eggs do not disappear after the appearance, and the reward of 500 coins is divided between players in proportion to the damage dealt. The one who killed the Easter egg will receive an additional bonus: 20 grenades, 20 shmels, 20 mk3, 20 m202! Easter eggs spawn in all modes except Snowballs. Easter eggs will be in the game from December 25 to January 8 (23 :59 :59 Moscow time). It is useless to look for Easter eggs on private servers!
  

Changes:

• Music, background, loading screen for the duration of the event were replaced with thematic ones;
  
• Winter came to the game servers for the duration of the event. Snow fell on almost all maps of the game;
  
• M61 grenades have been replaced with Christmas decorations;
  
• Command blocks will be replaced with themed ones from December 25 to January 7;
  
• For the duration of the New Year's event, the standard player skins have been replaced with themed skins. Those who wish to keep these skins for themselves forever can do this in the Special Offer section;
  
• Server block replaced with Grid for all tiles;
  
• The spawn system for Easter eggs has been reworked. Now they spawn on any maps (even closed ones). Easter eggs can spawn in rooms with a roof, and no longer spawn outside the map;
  
• Improved player respawn system in Survival mode. Players no longer spawn at a single point in the center of the map;
  
• Improved zombie respawn system in Survival mode. Zombies now only spawn on one side (almost all maps)
  
• Removed a significant part of the maps in almost all modes;
  
• Made balance changes on some maps of the game.
  

Corrections:

• Fixed display of the name of purchased items in the payment history;
  
• Fixed physics of trees flying into the sky;
  
• Other minor fixes.
  

Good game everyone, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!