Rivals of Aether News

A new buddy is available today in Rivals of Aether: introducing Mawson from Cross Blitz!

Mawson is the beloved chief of the Mawpaws – a cat-like race of creatures that live deep within their island’s mana mines. He’s one of the few Mawpaws who are brave enough to communicate with outsiders, and looks to be adventurous enough to have made it all the way to Aether to be your next battle buddy.

You can unlock Mawson by owning both Rivals and Cross Blitz on Steam.



Cross Blitz is an RPG deckbuilder by our good friends at Tako Boy Studios featuring fast-paced tactical combat with loads of cards to collect and synergies to wield. Make sure to check it out if you're a fan of Creatures of Aether or other deckbuilders, especially while it's on sale for the Deckbuilders Fest.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1619520/Cross_Blitz/

Join Dan and Trevor over on our twitch this Thursday at 2pm ET / 1pm CT / 11am PT as they play contest entries and chat about the process behind the scenes for adding a character to the Rivals universe. As always, questions are welcome in the chat.

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At the start of this year, we closed submissions for our Workshop Character Creation Contest, a contest where we asked the community to make their own characters with the winner eventually being officially added to Rivals 2!

Since then, we've been hard at work behind the scenes and posted an update earlier today about when people can expect for a winner to be chosen and more.

Hello to our beautiful Rivals Workshop enjoyers today! We’ve got a small update to announce when we plan to reveal a winner as well as a few other events related to our Workshop Character Contest.

Contest judging is well underway and we’ve combed through almost one hundred characters to make sure the winner and four runner-ups are chosen with care. We plan to choose the winner and get them signed and ready for an announcement on the one year anniversary of the contest – which is July 3rd, 2024. Don’t forget that this character isn’t planned to join the Rivals 2 roster for some time.

On the way to that announcement we’ll keep everyone up to date with a few streams – starting with one this Thursday on March 28th at 2pm ET / 1pm CT / 11am PT. Join Dan and Trevor as they play contest entries and chat about how the process is going behind the scenes so far. As always, questions are welcome in the chat. The stream will take place on the official Rivals twitch.



We’ll also be highlighting a few characters per month again like we did when submissions were running to showcase entries. There’s so many good submissions that deserve a spotlight, and anyone can play them right now. Make sure to check them out by using the “Rivals 2 Contest” filter on Steam.

Rivals of Aether and all of our cosmetic DLC is on sale for just one more day at 50% off! Don't miss out on the end of the Steam Spring Sale. It's the perfect time to get your friends in for Rivals Workshop, or just pick up the game at a discount if it's something you've had your eye on.

Get an exclusive Rivals of Aether skin when you back the Rivals 2 Kickstarter HERE. We have some Early Bird Specials, so be sure to back before it’s too late!