RISK: Global Domination News

Check out the new rewards available now for Battle Points Levels 26 - 100! New troop and dice including some exclusive colour variants of old favourites!



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• Aether Crawler - At least the Minotaur in the middle of the dungeon is not lonely, he plays RISK online.
  
• Risk Caesar - I am not led, I lead.
  
• Dice-O-Nite - That's a dino-mite dice roll, if you lose there will be shell to pay!
  
• Pyramid - I’m a polyhedron.
  
• Chilly Orc Furnace - Cook up some dragon meat while serving some sixes.
  
• Tachi - “One cannot quarrel without an opponent.” - A Japanese proverb
  
• Number One - Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there was Number One. He fought for glory and beat all twos and sixes. The end!
  
• Uniforme Bleu - Fun fact: Napoleon wasn’t short at all. He was average, or even taller, or that’s what his Mum said anyway.
  
• Royal Air Force - This Gladiator saw action in almost all theatres during the Second World War.
  

Can you believe it’s already the end of November?

Earlier this month we pushed out RISK Update v3.8, our biggest update for 2022!



NEW RISK UPDATE
On November 2nd we posted RISK Update v3.8. Here are some highlights:

• Portals: Brand new premium game mode.
  
  
• Ranking Changes 1v1 and FFA Split: We have split Ranked into 1v1 and Free-For-All (FFA), each with their own ELO ranking system and leaderboard.
  
  
• Rank Points Visibility: Your profile now shows your rank skill points for 1v1 and FFA.
  
  
• Rank Decay: Ranks will be “soft reset” and/or “decayed” each season, depending on if the player has played or not.
  
  
• New Home Screen and Settings UI: We have made an overhaul to our Home and Settings screens to make it easier for players to navigate, create and join games.
  
  
• Neutral Territories (AI Inactivity Behavior): Players can now set the behaviour of the AI that will take over when another player is inactive or disconnects from a game.
  

We're also launching additional levels and rewards for Battle Points to wrap up v3.8 as well as a new dice drop so keep an eye out over the next 2 weeks!

As we approach the end of the year we have just one update left for RISK: Global Domination in 2022. Here’s a sneak peek at what’s to come.

[h2]v3.9[/h2]

In light of recent feedback from v3.8 we will be introducing bots to 1v1 Ranked games in our next update v3.9. This will allow players once again to have matches between two humans and up to 4 bots as part of Ranked 1v1 matches.

We are also adding a semi-automatic placement option to game modifiers as requested by our RISK discord community.

We want to thank you all for playing RISK and giving us feedback on how we can improve the game.

We’ll also be running some fun events throughout the holidays so be on the lookout for our Black Friday sale, bonus Battle Points rewards for December and more!

[h2]v3.9 NEW MAP PACK [/h2]

We have a new map pack coming in update v3.9. Can you guess the theme?



[h2]2023…A SNEAK PEAK[/h2]

As we wrap up 2022 we also wanted to give you a sneak peak at what’s coming in 2023.

Our biggest plans for 2023 include a major networking overhaul which will help us improve the stability of RISK, provide better game/move validation and help create faster and more consistent connections for multiplayer games. This major update will unlock our ability to introduce exciting new features later on including spectating, game replays, game history, team battles…and more!

We also have a whole lot of new content planned including a highly requested and Out of this World Map pack… (And yes we included Pluto, take that science! #teamPluto)





Interested in being the first to get access to new releases to help make the game better?

We are opening up beta testing for 2023. Please note - this is for any updates coming to the game next year.

There is no skill requirement to being a beta tester, we highly encourage beginners and novices to sign up if you are interested!

For more information on what the beta testing program is about, please see this doc.

You can find the Beta Testing Application Form here.



The RISK Discord community recently held a Halloween themed dice design competition. Check out the amazing talent from our RISK Generals below!



Dice Design Highlight: Truth Bite & Karonte by @Astrid The Pirate 🌊
1st Place Submission from our Halloween 2022 Dice Design Competition



Dice Design Highlight: Tombstone Die & Die De Los Muertos by @Bart Harley Jarvis
2nd Place Submission from our Halloween 2022 Dice Design Competition



Dice Design Highlight: FrankenDice by @Divine Tempest of Indigo Land
3rd Place Submission from our Halloween 2022 Dice Design Competition



Congratulations to our winners, and well done to everyone who participated! Winners received some awesome prizes including up to 5,000 gems, VIP badges, design competition roles in the community Discord channel and Discord Nitro.

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We received lots of reviews these past few weeks. Here are some of our favourites.





Now where would we be in life without some memes?



Want us to feature your memes in the next Community Bulletin? All you have to do is join the Risk: Global Domination Discord Server and share your memes in the Risk-memes channel!

[h2]THANK YOU![/h2]

All of your memes, event participations and Discord conversations make our day.

Do you think you’ve got what it takes to compete against our very best? Bite the bullet and join the 100k+ member RISK Community server https://discord.gg/risk



Over and out,

Team RISK @ SMG Studio

[h2]Welcome to RISK v3.8![/h2]
What a HUGE update we have for you with a whole new game mode, ranking updates, some big updates to our UI, as well as some quality of life improvements.


[h2]PORTALS[/h2]
Jump across the board, portals are here!



Portals is a brand new game mode that can be turned on/off like Blizzards and Fog of War.

Portal locations are randomised each game, creating new links between non-adjacent territories. There are two ways to play: Stable and Unstable portals.

Stable portals: portals will remain in the same location for the duration of the game.
Unstable portals: portals will change locations throughout the game and be unusable for one turn while they re-spawn.

Portals are premium exclusive for hosting players, however any player can join a game with portals enabled.

The following game modes modifiers will now be premium-exclusive for hosting players.

• Portals
  
• Zombies
  
• Blizzards
  
• Fog of War
  

Non-premium players are still able to join any games in these modes and with these modifiers, however you will need Premium to be able to create games in these modes and with these modifiers. Blizzards, Fog of War and Zombie Apocalypse are still able to be played solo in scenarios only by all players





[h2]RANKING CHANGES[/h2]
We want to thank you for playing our game and giving us feedback on how we can improve it.
The RISK player base and community have provided some great feedback around the current ranking system, so we’ve made some changes to address the feedback we’ve received.




[h3]1v1 and FFA Split[/h3]
We have split Ranked into 1v1 and Free-For-All (FFA), each with their own ELO ranking system and leaderboard. Your current rank will be refected in the FFA rank system. All players will start fresh in their 1v1 rank.



[h3]Rank Points Visibility[/h3]
Your profile now shows your rank skill points for 1v1 and FFA.*

*skill points displayed are now divided by 100 to make them easier to read for example a Grandmaster with 2.6 million skill points is now 2,600,000 / 100 = 26,000)

[h3]Rank Decay[/h3]
Ranks will be “soft reset” and/or “decayed” each season, depending on if the player has played or not.

• If you have completed a qualifying game in the previous season, your ranking class will be dropped to the bottom of the rank class you are currently in.
  
• For each season that you do not play a ranked game, your ranking points will be dropped to the bottom of the previous rank class. Note that this will stack - meaning if you do not play any qualifying games for three seasons in a row, your rank will decay by three rank classes.
  
• This will apply individually to both the 1v1 system and FFA ranking system. This means if you play a 1v1 ranked game but no FFA, then your 1v1 ranking points will be reset to the bottom of your current rank and FFA rank class will go back to the previous rank class,
  
• You will still need to complete a ranked game to be shown on the leaderboard each season.
  

[h2]NEW HOME SCREEN AND SETTINGS UI[/h2]
We have made an overhaul to our Home and Setting screens to make it easier for players to navigate, create and join games (and show off your shiny new troop and dice)!



[h2]OTHER[/h2]

[h3]Neutral Territories (AI Inactivity Behavior) [/h3]
Players can now set the behaviour of the AI that will take over when another player is inactive or disconnects from a game.

Automated: Player is taken over by a standard bot.
Neutral: Player is taken over by a neutral bot that will not attack. After 10 minutes they will forfeit.

[h3]Bug fixes[/h3]

• Dice mode will now automatically reset to Blitz after every turn
  
• Message displayed when you hit the daily Battle Points cap
  
• Fixed visual bugs with territory UI in game
  
• Fixed iOS Facebook login issues
  
• Fixed arrow keys now able to change draft numbers
  
• Yellow popups now accept the enter key as input
  
• Fixed Battle Points level up animations
  

…and more!

Keep an eye on the in game news posts for helpful tips, updates and FAQ's on the new features in v3.8

This has been a really big update for us and we are really excited for you to play it! We have another smaller update with more Battle Points levels and rewards as well as some new dice planned for later this month as well as a shiny new map pack to finish of 2022.

Our next major gameplay update will be in 2023.


Signing off,
The RISK Team @ SMG

[h3]Spooky season is here! [/h3]

To celebrate, we'll be treating players with the Fistbump Zombie emote. Make sure you jump on RISK on October 31st to start using this emote in your multiplayer games! (No tricks, we promise!)*

*The Fistbump Zombie emote will be added to your in game emotes automatically.