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Update 4.7: Slam Dunk is LIVE!

Update 4.7 and Snork Gunk are now live! Here is the back story to our conchballing, butt-whooping hero:

Although Snork Gunk is considered one of the better conchballers in Scargi space he never reached first league with his team the Pearl Sluggers. He always criticized that the sport had become too slow and blamed the slugs at management for trying to slow the pace of the game (which was already drawn out over the span of 14 Earth months).

“With an average of only one or two goals a game, you have more fun watching paint dry,” he complained. After many times of being disqualified for scoring too quickly, the team benched him for good.

Fed up with his failed career in sports he decided to join the Scargi military police hoping for some more action by tracking and hunting down enemies of the Empire. After a good run of swift catches, he was assigned on a mission to hunt down the fugitive Rocket Renegades. Realising the Renegades had joined the ranks of the Awesomenauts, a team of 'big league' mercenaries, he applied for the transfer of a lifetime...

For the complete patch notes, click here: https://www.awesomenauts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2440

We hope you enjoy Snork and Update 4.7 as much as we do and hope to see you in-game soon!

Slam Dunk launching on July 17th

Snork is the man, he’s swifter than a fan!
Snork is the slug, he’s whipping every thug!

Snork and the Sluggers have just finished their pre-season tour on Ribbit IV and are pumped for their first game next Tuesday! Update 4.7: Slam Dunk will go live on 17th July! Want to try out Snork? Update your game to the beta build and frag out with the Pearl Slugger legend!

This may be your last chance to give us feedback before the new update goes live next Tuesday so if you have any suggestions, please feel free to post them on the forums! https://www.awesomenauts.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=19

If you’d like to see a bit more of our Conchball MVP in action, check out our stream VOD where we showed off Snork’s premium skin – Bozo Gunk and his movement, skillset, unique animations and special voice lines!
https://youtu.be/xjRgxN8PhMA

UMA Map Festival!

It’s time for the UMA Map Festival! Join the UMA Discord, play Awesomenauts on community made maps and be part of the festivities! The event starts on Saturday 7th July at 8pm CEST. Check out the original forum post for more details.
https://www.awesomenauts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=52873