Heavy Metal Machines News

Hello, Metal Gladiators

An update has been released today with improvements in the Spectator interface and the removal of the Metallophobia theme.

• Victory poses have been added to Dirt Devil’s “Too Stubborn to Die (Shaman)” and Artificer’s “The Elvish Wreathcrafter” models. Both can be obtained in the current Metal Pass season.
  
• The order of each Training Mode have been updated.
  
• The match found notification have been updated.
  
• The Portrait icon has been updated in the inventory.
  

• A new help menu can be activated by pressing F1 key. This menu shows all the possible commands while spectating a match.

• The Metallophobia event has ended, and the background images have been updated to the current Metal Pass season theme, currently on its 3rd act.
  
• The Metallophobia items (models, effects and emotes) have been removed from the Store. They’ll be back next year.

• The statistics (Durability, Damage, Repair, Crowd Control, Mobility) of all machines have been updated to better represent the current state of the game.

• Fixed a bug that caused players to spend a "pause charge" if their team is under a "pause cooldown" in Metal League and Ranked matches.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused Windrider not to appear in the arena while spectating a match.

To share your feedback, please post in the General Discussion forum.

Heavy Metal Machines Team

The arenas of Heavy Metal Machines are haunted by Vampires, Devils, Monsters, Mummies, Witchcraft, and Arachnids! But that’s a good thing, and you can bring all of it to your account!

The new DLC Halloween Pack 2019 is available for a limited time, and it offers a fantastic advantage for you: All Halloween items 50% OFF!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1167980/Heavy_Metal_Machines__Halloween_Pack_2019/
That’s right, you can get all of them at once, for your convenience, with a discounted price if compared with buying them one by one in the game store.

A Heavy Metal Model is a model in the highest tier available. It has special visual for all the weapons.

Here’s what you get with this DLC:

• Dirt Devil - Dirt Demon
  
  
• Photon - Vampire Countess
  
  
• Black Lotus - Curse of Nefertem
  
  
• Rampage - Arachnophobia
  
  
• Artificer - 71st Witchcraft
  
  
• Little Monster - It's Alive

• Spooky Dash

• Smashing Pumpkin

• Pumpkin Harvest

• Guano with the Wind
• Pumpkill

• Mischievous Laughter
• Rage-o'-lantern
• Kiss Kiss Goodbye
• MUAHAHAHA

This offer is available until November 5th only. Buy yours now!

The Halloween season is on, and with it, the Metallophobia is back again to Heavy Metal Machines.

This time, in addition to the new items available in the store - for a limited time - you'll also get an exclusive Avatar Portrait when purchasing any of these items. Buy yours now!

Check out the exclusive avatar Portrait:


Share the event trailer with your friends!
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This offer is valid from October 23rd (00:00 UTC-0) to November 5th (23:59 UTC-0).

Important: The Portrait isn't given automatically after purchasing one of the items. It will be delivered to all participant players on November 6th.

Heavy Metal Machines Team ːhmmlogoː

Hello, Metal Gladiators

An update has been released today, bringing the 2019 edition of Metallophobia - the Halloween event of Heavy Metal Machines. Additionally, we have also some spooky bug fixes and UI improvements on the pick screen.


New items will be available in the Store for a limited time. You have until November 5th to purchase them. Check out the spooky trailer and don’t miss it!
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

Models

• Dirt Devil - Dirt Demon
  
  
  
• Photon - Vampire Countess
  
  
  
• Black Lotus - Curse of Nefertem
  
  
  
• Rampage - Arachnophobia
  
  
  
• Artificer - 71st Witchcraft
  
  
  
• Little Monster - It's Alive
  

Start Line Effect

• Spooky Dash
  

Rebuilding Effect

• Smashing Pumpkin
  

Score Effect

• Pumpkin Harvest
  

Kill Effects

• Guano with the Wind
  
• Pumpkill
  

Emotes

• Mischievous Laughter
  
• Rage-o'-lantern
  
• Kiss Kiss Goodbye
  
• MUAHAHAHA
  

This interface went through a full overhauling session. The functions from the previous version did not change, but as you can see, all information are clearer.

• Several texts and their positions on the interface have been adjusted in most of the languages.
  
• The Metal League description has been updated with the current season information.
  
• The Ranked Mode Icon has been updated to its new version on the Game Mode selection screen.
  
• Vulture’s image in the Store has been updated to its correct version.
  
• Fixed some interface bugs on the Metal Pass menu (texts and icons).
  
• Fixed a text bug on the social menu status when a friend is spectating a match.
  
• Fixed a bug on the pick screen that caused machines under the disabled effect to appear in a different color when hovering it with the mouse.
  
• Fixed a bug on the Store that allowed interaction with the menus behind the window that appears when purchasing an item.
  
• Fixed a bug on the match ending screen that caused the icons that indicate how many points were scored appear overlapping the portrait.

To share your feedback, please post in the General Discussion forum.

Heavy Metal Machines Team

Hello Metal Gladiators!



The next Metal League starts on October 26th with changes in the duration of each Qualifier.

The next Metal League starts on October 26th with changes in the duration of each Qualifier.



Metal League’s an in game event that creates a tournament based on the team’s score ranking, this time with the prize pool of 5 thousand Euros. Hurry and team-up, the first round of the qualifiers will be on October 26th at 4 pm GMT 0.



👉 All levels can join anytime during the qualifiers, from anywhere.



👉 No entry fees. It’s a free to play league - in a free to play game!



👉 Every Saturday - A REAL change to go to the finals!



👉 It’s an online tournament, play from anywhere!



Well, and how does Metal League work?



The Metal League follows the Metal Pass’ season and also a rotation rule. In this season, the matches will occur on the European server. This system works side by side with the Teams feature that’s already in the game. Only registered teams will be able to take part, just in case, if you don’t have a squad yet, invite your friends to play or get in Our Discord (discord.gg/heavymetalmachines) and create yours, our Community Managers are totally open to helping you.



The tournament will be disputed in two phases: Qualifiers and playoffs. There’s an exclusive queue that will be available only on Saturdays to join Metal League, From 4 PM to 8 PM GMT 0. In other words, free up space on your schedule to play on Saturdays, okay?



And how will the Qualifiers Phase work?



We have news for this one! There will only be 6 classificatory steps, and the duration was reduced from 6 to 4 hours of battles! This phase happens on Saturdays, from 4 PM to 8 PM

starting, and the first Saturday is: on October 26th. The 8 teams that achieve the highest score will automatically be in the Playoffs’ phase of the tournament.




Wanna know how the points are earned on each stage? Check this Post: http://bit.ly/2WkdIj0




And what about the Playoffs?



This is the final phase of the Metal League, where the 8 best teams from the qualifiers will fight for the prize money, 5 thousand Euros. This phase happens on December 7th, and the semi-finals, the grand final and the fight for the third place will have a special broadcast in the Heavy metal Machines Channels (Youtube, VK and Twitch).



Guess what? ESL Play will be with us again in this Finals!



If you’ve seen the Playoffs from the first and second seasons of the Metal league, the format will be similar to them. Here, the winners will be decided in best of three matches, with single eliminations.



But what about the prize?



The total prize is 5 thousand Euros, shared between the 4 best teams from the brackets, like this:





1st place - 2000 Euros
2nd place - 1500 Euros
3rd place - 1000 Euros
4th place - 500  Euros




Just a reminder, the prize value is split between team members, ok?



So, if you don’t have a team yet, get together with your friends, invite everyone, and create groups to play. Get to our Discord Channel. There’s always people looking for teams there, I guarantee that with this new feature there’ll be a lot of players looking for teams to play some matches to train and to play together!



And as any tournament, there are rules to follow. Pay attention to ensure your path to Victory.



See you in the arena!