Sker Ritual News

Sker Islanders, here is the teaser trailer you've all been waiting for! Prepare yourselves for Sker Ritual Episode Three: Sewers of the Dead...launching March 8th!

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What do you think? Are you ready to wade through the grim, gruesome darkness of the Sewers of the Dead? The Stranger is waiting for you...


Wales Interactive Team

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Sker Islanders, thank you all for your continued love and support for Sker Ritual!

Our entire team have been working hard to ensure that Episode Three: Sewers of the Dead will be a fantastic experience for everyone! The official launch date of this brand new map and episode will be March 8th.

NEW SPECIAL WEAPON - The Plague

We've teased what you can expect in the map of Sewers of the Dead, the monsterous elites and the mysterious Stranger but now we can reveal a FIRST LOOK at the brand new Special Weapon - The Plague! This explosive, multi-shot grenade launcher will not only burst through enemies but also areas of the map!




THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP
We also wanted to thank you Sker Squad for your name suggestions for our updated weapons. This week, we selected the top four in each category and have been running polls over on our socials and Sker Ritual Discord to choose the ultimate winners! There are still a few more to decide so be sure to check them out to have your voice heard.


WE NEED YOUR VOTES
Did you hear that Sker Ritual has been nominated for the Game Connection America Development Awards 2023 in San Francisco?



It's nominated for Best Hardcore Game, the Grand Award and we're also up for the People's Choice award. We'd love it if you could vote for us!

Wales Interactive Team

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Sker Islanders, we love getting our amazing community involved as you often provide us with quality feedback and ideas to improve Sker Ritual. That's why we would like for YOU to help us name the upgraded versions of the following weapons.



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• Pavlov Avtomat
  
• Double-Barreled Shotgun
  
• Hunting Rifle
  
• Sie Rogotti
  
• MX1910
  
• MP18A
  
• RS10
  
• Revolver
  

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For example, our Double-Barreled Shotgun could be upgraded to...Boomstick 8000. Head over to our Twitter or Discord where we've created a post to collect suggestions, or comment below!

Click here for the Twitter post!
Click here to head to our Sker Ritual Discord. You'll find our post in the feedback thread.

We can't wait to see all of your suggestions!

It's February already!

Now that Episode Three: Sewers of the Dead is not that far away we thought we'd give you another sneak peek at the map and a first look at the brand new elites!



What challenges await you as you wade through the waste of the dark, dingy sewers? Among them will be these gruesome and grotesque elites. Who will you look forward to facing?




WE WANT YOUR FEEDBACK
Sker Islanders, with our latest 0.2.4 patch, we want to hear from you. How are our new batch of optimisations treating you? An improvement? Please let us know in the comments or over on the Sker Ritual Discord.


WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT
Want to support the game? Steam reviews are easily the biggest way you can contribute to supporting the game right now. We appreciate any and all Steam reviews!

Wales Interactive Team

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Sker Islanders, we have an upcoming patch filled to the brim with updates and optimisations that you can expect early next week! Not only that, we have stolen a first look at the brand new boss from Episode Three from our dev team!


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Patch v.0.2.4 - COMING SOON [/h3]

Newly Added
- Graphics
- Added Dynamic Resolution Support with the following Upscale Options:
- AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 1.0 (FSR)
- AMD FidelityFX Contrast Adaptive Sharpen (CAS)
- NVIDIA Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS)
- Temporal Anti-Aliasing (TAA)
- Catmull-Rom

- Added Experimental HDR Support targetting 1000/2000/3000 Nits Displays (Note: Temporarily, Enabling HDR will disable Dynamic Resolution, Film Grain, Blur, FXAA, Full Screen Window Mode)
- Added toggles for the following graphic options: Shadows, Texture Streaming, Texture Streaming Reduction Level, Bloom, Subsurface Scattering, Micro Shadows, Contact Shadows, Volumetric Fog, Distortion, Vignetting, Blur
- Added quality options for the following graphic options: Ambient Occlusion, Motion Blur, Chromatic Aberration
- Added Experimental Support for DirectX 12 & Vulkan (It can be tested by adding the following launch options -force-d3d12 or -force-vulkan)

New Changes
- Howler
- Changed the position of the weapon when aiming down the sights

- UI
- Renamed Gameplay Options to Interface Options
- Added the following diagnostic options: CPU Time, GPU Time
- Redesigned the option menu buttons to be able to fit more options on the screen at once
- Fixed an issue causing the Diagnostics to Overlap


Bug and Performance Fixes
- Fixed a bug causing item pick ups not to disappear when playing solo & when you're not the host online
- Texture Streaming Budget default is now based on the how much VRAM the GPU it's running on has
- Various Performance improvements

[h3]INTRODUCING THE STRANGER[/h3]

As promised, here is also your first look at The Stranger, a mysterious and menacing force who has a few furry friends with him too... What challenges will you face in the dark and dangerous Sewers of the Dead? Find out in Sker Ritual's Episode Three, coming next month!



Please do also see our list of known issues here.

Once again, we'd like to invite everyone over to our Discord channel to chat with the devs and the community, and also please do leave the game a review over on the Steam page which supports our Early Access Beta journey!

Wales Interactive Team

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