Stampede: Racing Royale News

heyhey racers,

We're rounding off 2024 by rolling out another special Twitch Drops event! Starting now and running until January 4th 2025, our Holidays Twitch Drops are live:



Watch streams of Stampede: Racing Royale on twitch.tv for a total of one hour to grab booth the the headgear item and body item of our penguin friend Brrrton Beaklefluff, and equip them to your character to stay warm and, just as importantly, super cute.

Head to rewards.stampederacing.com to connect your Twitch and Steam accounts, then after you've claimed your items on Twitch, check your in-game Inbox for the rewards. We want a 60-player match filled ENTIRELY with Beklefluffs before December 25th!

Have any questions, or just want to show off your new gear? Huddle up with our community on Discord.

heyhey racers,

With the dust fully settled now on a busy few months in the world of Stampede: Racing Royale, our team wanted to check in with you folks via our latest Dev Log. So, here it is!





Last week’s patch followed some of the most significant updates to Stampede to date. Alongside our official launch on Steam in October, a huge selection of tracks, karts, customisation items, and entirely new ways to play were added. Then came more features and quality of life improvements, and the latest patch to tidy up a few things. All of this came at the end of a busy ol’ year, developing the game through Xbox Insider Program and Xbox Game Preview.

It’s been quite a 2024, and the main news to share in this Dev Log is confirmation that the next significant update for Stampede: Racing Royale will come in 2025. We’re making sure our team have time to rest, relax, and prepare for the new year.





Of course, we’ll continue to monitor the game and community feedback throughout December, just in case something pops up that requires action. Minor optimisations are being worked on and if they are ready to roll out in December, we’ll do so and share details.

Special Events will continue to rotate, our live Twitch Drops event will run until December 6, and a fresh set of Twitch Drops is planned for December, too – so there’s still plenty to get stuck into!

Work is already well underway on that first update of the new year, and we’re excited for the additions and improvements we’re putting into place for you. Expect fresh content, new stuff requested by players, and more general enhancements to the action.

One thing we can reveal is that a new track is expected to drop in that next update. Wanna sneak peak of it? Well, since you asked so nicely…





The entire team here at Sumo Leamington and Secret Mode are mega grateful for all of your support for Stampede in 2024. We’ve loved taking the game from strength to strength whilst building a community with you, and we’re excited to go even bigger and better, together, in 2025.

Chat with our team and fellow players on Discord, and follow those usual channels on Instagram, YouTube, and X to keep up to date. We hope you have an awesome end to 2024, and look forward to sharing more with you in the new year!

heyhey folks,

Celebrate the season of thanks with our new Twitch Drops campaign, available from now until December 6!



We're thanking our Stampede: Racing Royale community with these free Drops, which are not available anywhere else. Make sure to head to rewards.stampederacing.com to connect your Twitch and Steam accounts, then watch or stream Stampede to earn the 'Fowl Fighter' and 'Piece of Pie' headgear items.

Check out the FAQs on rewards.stampederacing.com for full details. Once you've earned your items, you'll receive an in-game Inbox message that includes the items, for you to redeem!

This Twitch Drops event goes live on the same day as our latest patch for Stampede: Racing Royale, which includes more tweaks and improvements based on community feedback. Patch notes can be checked out here.



Good luck grabbing the Twitch Drops, and see you on the track!

Heyhey racers,  

It’s been a total blast welcoming Steam players back to the wild world of Stampede: Racing Royale, as we fully launched the game on Steam in October, joining Xbox Game Preview folks.  

We marked the launch with a major update, including a host of new features and experiences – but we’re not stopping there! Today we’re sharing details on the next Stampede update, going live on all platforms very soon.

Look out for new content, community-requested tweaks, and more improvements. Let’s get into it!  



[h3]NEW ROUND MODIFIER! [/h3]

After adding the unforgiving ‘Hard Mode’ in our last update, another dangerous round modifier is coming. Look out for ‘Fire Walls’! This can be triggered on certain tracks in the third and final round, and causes flaming obstacles to move along the track. Steer clear of the fire, else you’ll be immediately eliminated... 

No two rounds in Stampede will ever be the same, with a wide range of tracks and four different round modifiers to potentially take on. We'll also be adding another new map following the release of this update. Watch this space!



[h3]REWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS [/h3]

By popular demand, Achievements have been added to Steam, giving you new ways to flex your Stampede skills. In-game, there are more ways you can boost your rewards, too. Get a bump in post-match moolah by playing in a Party – the more Party members you have, the higher the rewards boost you’ll get! Each Kart in your Garage will also give you a limited-time boost in rewards every day – so mix up your machine of choice to make use of their XP and currency multipliers.  



Still racing hard to add new Karts to your collection? New in-game guidance will show you how to unlock them – and once you’ve grabbed all six of the new Karts, a unique customisation reward is waiting for you.  

[h3]TECH TWEAKS AND MORE MUSIC! [/h3]

A selection of gameplay tweaks have been made, driven by player feedback, to further improve the Stampede experience, including minor changes to Kart performance, power-ups, on-track hazards, and Boost. Listen out for brand new music, and for the music to dynamically change as a race unfolds. Further optimisation for Steam Deck is included, along with more fixes. Our patch notes archive will include a full breakdown of this update’s contents before it goes live.  



Join us on Discord to chat about the new update with our team and fellow players, and follow us on X, Instagram, and YouTube to stay in the loop as we get things ready. In the meantime, time for some practice matches...

heyhey racers,

The title says it all – Stampede: Racing Royale is coming back to Steam! Let’s go!



First things first, a HUMONGOUS thank you to Steam players for your patience and support, since the most recent Steam Playtest for Stampede earlier this year. After building a community with you and making improvements to the game with your support through multiple playtests, we’re hyped to now fully launch the game on Steam.

This will indeed be a full, free-to-play launch for Stampede: Racing Royale – not a playtest, or Early Access period. This move has been made to ensure as many folks as possible have the chance to experience and enjoy the game on Steam at an important time.

We don’t currently have a set roadmap, or update schedule, for the game beyond this launch. We’ll be continuing to chat with you, both here and on Discord, to help us shape where Stampede goes from here, so your participation and feedback remains vital.



There’s so much fun new stuff to dive into once we launch on Steam, but before we get into that, here are a couple of key things we’d like you to know:



[h2]IMPORTANT CHANGES FOR STEAM LAUNCH [/h2]

To help all players experience Stampede to its fullest, in-game purchases using real currency will be unavailable on all platforms. However, you can still use in-game currency (Coins, XP, Star Chips) to purchase and unlock items across the game. To ensure that all players can still access all content in the game, such as the premium Season Pass, every player will receive an additional 3,000 Star Chips to their game account, to use however you wish.



Finally, we’re extending the window for Season 0 into early 2025, allowing Steam players the time to progress through the current Season Pass and other features.



[h2]BIGGER, BETTER, FASTER! [/h2]

If you played Stampede: Racing Royale during our Steam Playtests, prepare for more fun and chaotic 60-player karting action, with a whole host of new stuff to check out!



Alongside faster gameplay and new modifiers (including a ‘Hard Mode’ where players can be instantly eliminated in the final round…), look out for six new maps, seven new karts, and over 250 customisation items. Progress through the new Daily Calendar, find more perks and rewards in Kart Mastery, use the new Jelly Block power-up, and so much more.

Finally, we’re over the moon to be collaborating with Mintrocket for the Dave the Diver collaboration – a completely free batch of content inspired by the fantastic game, including an additional kart and customisation items, bringing Dave and Bancho into the world of Stampede!



A full breakdown of what’s new can be found on our website here. Follow us on X, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Twitch to stay in the loop on exactly when we’re going live on Steam. We can’t wait to see you on the track. From the entire Stampede team, thank you