January News & Previews #4

This week we've pushed the first quarterly patch for the games, which is a little bit different from how we used to do things before, so let us explain what that means.

Based on community feedback, it has become clear that generally players would like longer periods of stability between balance patches, so starting this year, we're going to change how the quarterly patches work. Instead of having a balance patch every 3 months between editions, which might require players to re-adjust their armies, we're only going to have 1 balance patch every year, giving players a full 6 months before they might need to re-adjust their armies.

Between each new edition and balance patch, we're going to have a hotfix, which is used to patch up any game-breaking issues we find, as well as provide small quality-of-life updates wherever possible.

• Head to the website to get all the patch notes for this update and how it might have affected your armies.

Alien Hives Unveiled will be launching next month on MyMiniFactory's Frontiers! Not only will you get the brand new Alien Hives Faction Book, but you can also expect to get four new Narrative Heroes for the faction. On our website we've be taking a look at two of them: Trosies and Nisuv. Even better, their stats are live now on Army Forge if you want to check them out, today!

• Meet Troseis & Nisuv and get a more in depth look at these two Alien Hives Heroes as well as their rules in the game on our website.

Painting Contest

The submissions are in, and now it's time to vote for your favorites!

See all entries here:

• Solo - https://photos.app.goo.gl/iqCihou9eJKqHVrK7

• Unit - https://photos.app.goo.gl/fh5Bk2u6bDYDacwB7

• Legend - https://photos.app.goo.gl/AyaF9aPPizuFDNUW9

• Army - https://photos.app.goo.gl/4p7EoxsmwUi5GeYb9

Vote here: https://forms.gle/V3C6qyZAp79snUQQ6

Good luck to all the participants, and may the best ones win.

The Alien Hives and the Saurian Starhost have found themselves on a lush jungle planet, it's prime real-estate for both of them, which means neither side is backing down without a fight. Who will be the ones to stake the claim and set up home among the plants and ruins?

• It's a Rumble in the Jungle, as well as an Assault, Battle, and all out War too! Check our the video on our website or youtube.

At the top of post, you'll see some early previews of the what we are working on for February!

The War Daemons Soul Spawns might be a baby version of the Soul Daemons, but that's an exercise in relatives as they're huge and bulky compared to most everything else on the battlefield. They have Scout and Strider for good movement, bursting through rubble and terrain. Break and Warbound making sure any of your 6's hurt more and any of their 1's also hurt more, which means they can tear through more than just rubble.

Please remember that these are early WIP shots of the models and not the final versions of the models.

That's it for now, happy wargaming!

- OPR Team