RISK: Global Domination News

Coming to Countries and Continents 2 pack it's Japan!

Another popular request and quite unique in it's sea connections. It's actually tough to make this all fit in the space we needed so had to get creative with the inset Ryukyu Islands.

Coming soon to Countries & Continents 2 Map Pack is Turkey!

Thanks to all our Turkish players who were VERY VOCAL about this :)



Here's some facts about Turkey that I found to drop into dinner conversation and feel much more cultured.

1: The tongue-twisting, 70-letter Muvaffakiyetsizleştiricileştiriveremeyebileceklerimizdenmişsinizcesine, or “as if you are from those we may not be able to easily make a maker of unsuccessful ones,” is thought to be the longest word in Turkish. (But seriously it's thought to be? Can't someone just look this up and confirm?)

2: Santa is from Turkey: Saint Nicholas was born far from the North Pole, in Patara.

3: Istanbul is the only city in the world which straddles two continents: Europe and Asia.

Know anything about Turkey you'd like to share with the world? Drop a comment below!

Update 28/07
We have updated the map to reflect Australia's and the rest of the world's foreign policy on Cyprus. We did not intend any offence with this inclusion. Sorry for the stress caused.



When looking at Cyprus from a Turkish angle
The official position of the Turkish government regards the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) as an own, independent state, recognised by Ankara. Therefore it should not be part of the Turkey map.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Cyprus

[h2]So let's all enjoy the map![/h2]

We were close to getting this out in June but slipped a few days to allow for extra QA.



[h2]NEW MAP![/h2]
- Spain, added to the Countries & Continents Pack. (Big thanks to IbaiLlanos!)

[h2]EASIER FRIENDS PLAY![/h2]
- Streamlined friend and game invites (YASSSS!!!! Thanks for patience everyone while we fixed this)
- See who is online and check out their profiles

[h2]NEW EMOTES[/h2]
- New Emotes collection UI in-game
- Crying, laughing and rage General emotes (The three basic emotions all RISK players need)

[h3]OTHER [/h3]
- Different in-game text messages each week nominated by our Discord community. (we're closing in on 40k members now!)
- Your stats button settings remembered between games (Can't think of anything funny to add to this one)
- Set your preferred avatar colour in your profile (So we can finally tell the people who ask all the time to shut up about it :)
- Exit button added to home screen (Steam exclusive feature!! Woooo)
- Bug fixes, memory optimizations and map improvements! (We posted about them before but we really did massage and tweak every map to make them better)

This update was a combination of some quality of life, some major fixes and new stuff. The 2.7 update is already underway and we'll have more info and an ETA on that when we're closer.

If you're enjoying RISK then drop us a review, or a follow on Twitter or Facebook (ewww 😂)

Cheers
RISK Team @ SMG

We're just about to upload the next big update to the game (going live this week!) and we thought we'd join in on the Steam Summer Sale and throw a discount across everything.

[h2]Get Premium for 25% off and map packs for 33% off. [/h2]
15 clicks could save you 25% or more!

If you have a wedding anniversary or someones birthday coming up why not surprise them with the gift of RISK?

[h2]Update! We have a winner, it's Northern Europe![/h2]

Update for JULY!

OK looks like the instructions were a little unclear, sorry. Turkey was already a LOCK! We wanted to know the 4th

But we have narrowed down the 4th option to the following.

[h2]Please cast final vote here on Discord[/h2]

1. South America, focused on Argentina and the Falklands
   
2. Scandinavia with Denmark + Balticum
   
3. India
   
4. Indonesia + Philippines
   
5. 
   

Original post below.
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We want to know what YOU think should be turned into an official RISK map for an upcoming pack.



We have already planned;

• Turkey (because it's one of the top countries on Steam for RISK)
  
• Japan (because Japan is awesome)
  
• New Zealand and Australia (because that's where we live)
  
• and ???
  

We want your help with the ???

Spain map is coming in the next update (ETA First week of July now) as a free update to the Countries and Continents pack so we've got that covered already.

[h2]Comment with your suggestions! [/h2]
If the period in time is important add that too. Add as little or as much reasoning as you like. Mmmm delicious reasoning.

We already have a small poll going on Discord with Ireland beating out Mexico by a fair margin. But wanted to open up the suggestions a little wider before we lock in a decision.

[h2]🤩 Think of the fame and the glory of seeing your favorite place become part of the official RISK canon🤩 [/h2]

You can tell your grand kids: "Yes your mother's right, it was me on the Steam forums back in 2020 during the great lock-down. I remember it like it was yesterday... I suggested a country, still can't believe no one thought of it before me, I just typed it out on a noisy mechanical key board, clickety-clack!, the universe applauded the suggestion, SMG listened (i mean how could they ignore it) and it was made.

If only it was on Reddit because I would have gotten so much Karma...

That's actually how I met your grandmother. She saw my suggestion and fell in love instantly. 43 years we've been together. We still play RISK together daily, I really got my money's worth by going premium back in 2019.

Greatest day of my life kids. Greatest day."

That could be you!!