RISK: Global Domination News

Did you know in the northern hemisphere, January is the coldest month in many places, but in the southern hemisphere, it is by far the hottest?

The team at SMG Studio is back from their holiday break and we are excited about what’s to come in 2023.




2022 was an excellent year for RISK. To sum it up:

• We reached 100,000 members on Discord
  
• The community hosted many tournaments
  
• We added dice, troops, game modes, and new map packs
  
• We added Battle Points to the game
  
• RISK got a new look and feel on the home and game setup screens
  
• Suggestions from the community including an update to bonuses on the Japan map and a new semi-automatic troop placement option
  
• And we made ranked 1v1 and FFA changes
  

Thank you for the feedback and support for RISK in 2022. We have no doubt that this year will be even better!



In our last bulletin, we showed what the RISK Roadmap looks like for 2023.



It’s a new year which means new content! To kick off the year, we will focus on:

• New dice
  
• New Troops
  
• Brand new tutorials and training for new players
  
• A new ‘Out Of This World Map Pack’
  
• Optimisation for better performance on devices
  
• Community suggestions from the Discord
  

The second half of the year will be all about updating our networking solution to improve the multiplayer experience and enable new and exciting multiplayer features in the future. This will be a big deal and should fix the #1 issue, such as crashes and drop outs.

Do you have any more suggestions? Let us know 😀!



If you’re on the Discord server you’ve most likely heard of our RISK tournaments! The community organises these tournaments for the Discord server. Last month we held our 5th official RISK 1v1 tournament.

Huge congrats to our winners!


1st - OliveXC
2nd - Frail Waif
3rd - UnderTheGun


OliveXC, who placed first in the RISK 1v1 tournament, streamed the championship finals which can be watched here.

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

Thank you to everyone who participated. If you want to participate in future tournaments to win awesome prizes, join the community Discord here for updates: https://discord.gg/risk



Welcome To RISK FFA World Championship Season 1 2023! This is another tournament being run by the RISK Discord Community.


Credit: Slackabro#1678 from the community Discord for this amazing logo!

Round 1 began on the 16th and was great to see so many new players wielding their shiny dice and troops.

The Tournament officially has the highest entries for any RISK tournament with 1,060 signups! We would like to thank the Discord and the community for making this happen.

Thank you everyone and best of luck to you all!



To kick off the general showcase, these are some of our favourite streams of the month.

Kylted

Mallorielynne

The Kill Pete Strategy

The Real Pugzilla

We’d like to thank the RISK community for streaming their games. It not only provides entertainment for us but helps new players learn the game.

If you’re new to RISK, just remember Australia is the best continent 😎.

Also loving the fanmade Minas Tirith map designed by Inglorion. Looks like we’ll need to talk to legal about licensing for this but may need Dwarf gold to pay for it!





As a game studio, one of the greatest feelings is seeing the RISK community playing the game around the world.

Here are some cool RISK around the world posts in the Reddit channel:

Joren - Dutch championship today, this is the table for the finals!!!: https://www.reddit.com/r/Risk/comments/10bjsqr/dutch_championship_today_this_is_the_table_for/

What a cool setup! May the best RISK general win. 🎲

Megagrandminus - The view I had while playing my game to promote to grandmaster yesterday. Thought I’ll share it here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Risk/comments/10a85co/the_view_i_had_while_playing_my_game_to_promote/

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

Luxembourg Palace wouldn’t be the first place to come to mind when thinking of playing RISK but wow that view is magnifique!

What country are you playing RISK from? Let us know down below or share some pictures in the Reddit/Discord servers! We might feature your picture next time!



Now, what would a Community Bulletin be without some memes created by our creative Discord community?







And let’s not forget some of our favourite RISK reviews of the month:

Can you believe it’s December already?

Did you know December originally had just 30 days according to the ancient Roman calendar? When the calendar was changed to the Julian calendar, December gained a day, making it the seventh and last month in the year with 31 days.



On December 8th we posted RISK Update v3.9. Here are some highlights:

• Bots were added to Ranked 1v1 matches as requested by the community
  
• The Shikoku bonus on the Japan map was revised
  
• A new troop placement option was added: semi-automatic
  

[h3]Resistor is Futile Map Pack[/h3]

We released a new map pack inspired by our formative technological childhoods. Let us know in the comments if you spotted the Easter eggs in the maps themselves.



And the Map Pack box art by Australian Artist Veronica O’Neill.



Here is a link to her other amazing artworks: https://zookie.artstation.com/

[h2]ANNOUNCEMENTS![/h2]

Free Gems!



As a small thank you to our RISK community we've added bonus gems to Battle Points levels that don't currently have a reward! Each time you level up this month, you will receive a reward or gems*. Players who've already levelled up will receive bonus gems for these levels when they login (if you don't see the gems in your total a quick app restart should do the trick!)

These bonus gems are only available until January 13th.

*Battle Points daily cap still applies.

We will also be running Winter sales throughout the holiday period on map packs, bundles and premium. Plus we've added a few new colour variants on some of our favourite dice.

Check out the shop and grab yourself a festive gift!



Coming Soon...



Plus our developers bug out bag...





As we reach the end of 2022 we wanted to show you what is in store for 2023.



Our biggest plans for the year include new content and a major networking overhaul.

This update will be huge for us and is geared towards, improving and creating opportunities for new and better multiplayer experiences in RISK.

This will include improvements across:

• stability
  
• connections and reconnections in multiplayer games
  
• greater ability to identify and remove cheating
  

It also gives us the ability to explore new options for how multiplayer games are played and saved in RISK. Once we make this update we are able to explore:

• game slots
  
• longer games that can be played over multiple sessions
  
• team battles
  
• ...and more.
  

In the previous bulletin, we previewed one of our map packs for 2023. Here is a second glimpse into one of the space-themed maps:



Honestly, you could say RISK: Global Domination in 2023 will be out of this world.



Our 5th official RISK 1v1 World Tournament finals are just around the corner!

This event began on October 24 and finishes on December 17, 2pm (EST)! After 7 rounds we have narrowed it down to the final 4 players who will compete for 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes.

UnderTheGun vs Frail Waif

And

Olive vs General Bail

Who will win? And who could be the first ever player to earn the 3x 1v1 Tournament Winner Title?

Tune in to see how the pros play

https://www.twitch.tv/riskgmolivexc


If you’d like to take part in future RISK tournaments to win prizes, join our 100k+ Discord community.



As always, it is such a good feeling seeing our players designing their own maps in RISK.


Credit: Phantom Pickle.

Also check out this awesome looking dice concept designed by Kali in our Discord server!



We also would like to thank the community for posting and streaming their games of RISK. Check them out here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIO_8lv5usM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc5vFGlFJ4Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38qub74t5dk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vlMpJVJWEg



Let’s not forget our community bulletin dose of RISK memes, created by our Discord Community.







And some of our favourite reviews:






Do you think you’ve got what it takes to compete against our very best?
Our discord community runs back-to-back tournaments with big prize pools.
We also have dedicated channels in our discord designed for players
looking for a game.



Bite the bullet and join the 100k+ member RISK Community server https://discord.gg/risk

Note: We’ll have limited customer support over the Xmas break but there still will be Luci and others checking and responding to support tickets. See you all in 2023!

Over and out,

Team RISK @ SMG Studio

[h2]Welcome to RISK v3.9![/h2]
This is our final update for 2022!
It's been a big year for RISK. We're excited to send it off with a brand new map pack and some community requested updates before the holidays!

[h2]Ranked 1v1 Changes[/h2]
We heard your feedback on the v3.8 update and the new 1v1 Ranked mode!

Following the feedback we have received, we have updated Ranked 1v1 mode to now allow players to have matches between two humans and up to 4 bots.



[h2]Resistor is Futile Map Pack[/h2]
Our latest map pack includes 4 new maps inspired by our formative technological childhoods (can you guess what each map was based off?) and some amazing original box art by Australian Artist Veronica O’Neill.



[h3]Emergency Calls Only[/h3]
Not a smart phone. Just another brick in the war

Continents: 9
Territories: 52

[h3]Command and Controller [/h3]
Why do I always get the broken controller?

Continents: 7
Territories: 47

[h3]General Processing Unit[/h3]
It’s always about the graphics. This card comes with no bundled game or fancy box art.

Continents: 11
Territories: 50

[h3]Mother of All Boards[/h3]
It’s not always about the graphics.

Continents: 8
Territories: 31

Grab this new map pack now!

[h2]Semi-Automatic Placement[/h2]
We have added an additional option for troop placement at the start of your games. Now, players have the option of Semi-Automatic placement.

With this setting, territories will be distributed randomly and automatically at the start of the game as they are in automatic placement, but players can manually place their troop numbers on whichever territory they like.



[h2]OTHER EXTRAS[/h2]
We have taken a look at our fantastic suggestions from the community and added a few improvements:

• Reduced the Shikoku continent bonus on the Japan map to +4 (previously +6)
  
• Improved map zoom to allow players to view the whole map
  
• Added a sound for when game lobbies are full and when a game starts
  

[h3]Bug fixes[/h3]

• Fixed sale banner on the home screen showing the wrong percentage
  
• Fixed friends cards at the end of a game showing the user’s FFA class instead of their 1v1 rank
  
• …and more!
  

Our next big update will be in early 2023. We'll share an updated roadmap in the new year.

Signing off,
The RISK Team @ SMG