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Ready at Dawn's Deformers to receive a Steam open betaNov 23, 2021 - PCGamesNWhile receiving a short delay on its eventual release, Ready at Dawn have announced that their competitive physics battler Deformers will be receiving a Steam open beta in the near future. First planned for a release on Valentine's Day, this multiplayer game has players rolling around as creatures made of jelly, trying to squash opponents and send them flying out of an arena perched on top of a massive leaning spire. For some (less zany) multiplayer fun, check out these top PC multiplayer games. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Ready at Dawn's Deformers is out now on Steam, but is suffering major server problems Deformers: ReFormed Patch Notes - June 8th, 2017Jun 9, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsPatch Highlights New Feature: Offline Support/Local Play Offline play will allow you to play Deformers with your internet completely disconnected (as long as you have the game installed and the ReFormed Patch already, of course). When playing offline, PS4 players will no longer need a PS Plus subscription and can now invite their splitscreen friends as guests, and XB1 players will no longer need an Xbox Live Gold membership. When offline, the top "Play" button will be greyed out and the "Local Play" option will be available (in addition to the Workshop, Tutorials, and Options). In Local Play, you have access to the three Game Modes, nine Arenas, and target practice Dummies. To use Local Play with splitscreen, make sure to activate splitscreen from the Main Menu and then press the Local Play button. If you've never connected to the internet while playing Deformers, you'll have access to a preset collection of Forms and customization options in the Workshop. If you have booted up Deformers while connected to the internet, it will mimic what you've unlocked in the Workshop already. Please note that Progression and Prestige are both online-only systems to prevent offline exploitation; as such, playing in Local Play or while offline means you will not earn experience, Prestige, Silver, or Strands. New Feature: Cross-Network Play In this update, cross-network play is supported between Steam and PS4 users and Steam and XB1 users. Please note that at this time, PS4 and XB1 users are not able to matchmake with one another. When you matchmake with players that don't share your platform, you'll be able to see a small designation on their nametag in the lobby, on their in-game tag, and on the scoreboard. Due to certain platform restrictions, cross-network players are unable to communicate with one another using VOIP, but can use the Quick Chat tool to get across brief, simple messages. Cross-network play is automatically enabled for all players, but can be disabled through the in-game options under the "gameplay" category. New Feature: Tutorials We added multiple new in-game tutorials, which can be accessed from the "Training" button on the main menu: Navigation Master the basic mechanics of movement, jumping, and aiming. Combat Hone your skills by learning about ramming, charging your ram, shooting, blocking, grabbing, throwing and charging your throws, and escaping from grabs. Powers Practice with each of the Powers so you can familiarize yourself with their unique abilities. Classes Learn the strengths and differences for each Class to find the one that best suits your playstyle. Each Tutorial can also be played when offline. If you're in a party or in splitscreen, the Tutorial button will be disabled. General Updates General Major performance updates that are too numerous and technical to list. Many, many network/service backend improvements, including: Matchmaking requests will no longer enforce a "ping restriction" in order to actually start matchmakin...Deformers: ReFormed Patch Notes - June 8th, 2017Jun 9, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsPatch Highlights New Feature: Offline Support/Local Play Offline play will allow you to play Deformers with your internet completely disconnected (as long as you have the game installed and the ReFormed Patch already, of course). When playing offline, PS4 players will no longer need a PS Plus subscription and can now invite their splitscreen friends as guests, and XB1 players will no longer need an Xbox Live Gold membership. When offline, the top "Play" button will be greyed out and the "Local Play" option will be available (in addition to the Workshop, Tutorials, and Options). In Local Play, you have access to the three Game Modes, nine Arenas, and target practice Dummies. To use Local Play with splitscreen, make sure to activate splitscreen from the Main Menu and then press the Local Play button. If you've never connected to the internet while playing Deformers, you'll have access to a preset collection of Forms and customization options in the Workshop. If you have booted up Deformers while connected to the internet, it will mimic what you've unlocked in the Workshop already. Please note that Progression and Prestige are both online-only systems to prevent offline exploitation; as such, playing in Local Play or while offline means you will not earn experience, Prestige, Silver, or Strands. New Feature: Cross-Network Play In this update, cross-network play is supported between Steam and PS4 users and Steam and XB1 users. Please note that at this time, PS4 and XB1 users are not able to matchmake with one another. When you matchmake with players that don't share your platform, you'll be able to see a small designation on their nametag in the lobby, on their in-game tag, and on the scoreboard. Due to certain platform restrictions, cross-network players are unable to communicate with one another using VOIP, but can use the Quick Chat tool to get across brief, simple messages. Cross-network play is automatically enabled for all players, but can be disabled through the in-game options under the "gameplay" category. New Feature: Tutorials We added multiple new in-game tutorials, which can be accessed from the "Training" button on the main menu: Navigation Master the basic mechanics of movement, jumping, and aiming. Combat Hone your skills by learning about ramming, charging your ram, shooting, blocking, grabbing, throwing and charging your throws, and escaping from grabs. Powers Practice with each of the Powers so you can familiarize yourself with their unique abilities. Classes Learn the strengths and differences for each Class to find the one that best suits your playstyle. Each Tutorial can also be played when offline. If you're in a party or in splitscreen, the Tutorial button will be disabled. General Updates General Major performance updates that are too numerous and technical to list. Many, many network/service backend improvements, including: Matchmaking requests will no longer enforce a "ping restriction" in order to actually start matchmakin...Free Weekend - DeformersJun 8, 2017 - Product ReleasePlay Deformers for FREE starting now through Sunday at 1PM Pacific Time. You can also pickup Deformers at 50% off the regular price!* If you already have Steam installed, click here to install or play Deformers. If you don't have Steam, you can download it here. *Offer ends Monday at 10AM Pacific Time Announcing the "Deformers: ReFormed" Game UpdateJun 6, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsHi everyone, On April 21st, we took a big step as a studio and launched Deformers, our first multi-platform multiplayer game. It all started as a passion project for Ready At Dawn, a chance for us to go back to our independent roots. What was at first a couple of developers experimenting with our tech has now turned into a passionate team of 20. Since the early days of making this game, we’ve strived to keep a small team mentality that has remained to this day. We’ve had our fair share of growing pains through development and launch. The team has continued to work tirelessly around the clock and, as you have seen, we’ve already deployed multiple smaller updates to address the challenges we encountered. With your help and the guidance you’ve provided, we were able to stabilize our matchmaking and database services. We’re aware that some players are still experiencing challenges with connectivity. Matchmaking queue times have been impacted as a result, and remedying this has been our focus and number one priority. With many of the launch challenges and growing pains behind us, I am excited to let you all know that we will be releasing our first major update to Deformers, “Deformers: ReFormed”, on June 8th at 10:00AM PT — our chance to do right by you. Beyond a number of optimizations and bug fixes that will address many of the outstanding concerns you’ve raised, this update will also bring some major and exciting additional features to the game: Offline Play – You will be able to enjoy a truly offline couch co-op experience with up to 3 of your friends. Cross-Network Play – To bring the community closer together, players on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will have the option to matchmake against Steam players and vice-versa. Tutorials – We’ll be rolling out new, in-game tutorials to help players get up-to-speed on the basics and core mechanics of Deformers, as well as learn about Powers and Classes. You’ll have a chance to perfect your skills before entering the combat arena. We plan on implementing more advanced tutorials in the future, which will reveal the deeper strategies behind Deformers’ game mechanics. But this update would not be complete without a big thank you to everyone who has played, helped us improve the game experience, and followed our journey since the beginning. So we wanted to announce a few initiatives for both existing and new players: In-Game Currency – Firstly, in appreciation of our current players for the support you have given us, we’ll be adding 30,000 Silver to every player account that was created prior to the time of this posting (June 6th at 9:00AM PT); Silver can be used to unlock Styles, Tags, Taunts, and Emotes in the Workshop. Free Weekend – Secondly, we will start a Free Weekend event on all platforms that will go live June 8th at 10:00AM PT on Steam, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Stay tuned for further details we’ll be posting here in the next few hours. Free Weekend 50% Off Promotion – And lastly, starting during ...Announcing the "Deformers: ReFormed" Game UpdateJun 6, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsHi everyone, On April 21st, we took a big step as a studio and launched Deformers, our first multi-platform multiplayer game. It all started as a passion project for Ready At Dawn, a chance for us to go back to our independent roots. What was at first a couple of developers experimenting with our tech has now turned into a passionate team of 20. Since the early days of making this game, we’ve strived to keep a small team mentality that has remained to this day. We’ve had our fair share of growing pains through development and launch. The team has continued to work tirelessly around the clock and, as you have seen, we’ve already deployed multiple smaller updates to address the challenges we encountered. With your help and the guidance you’ve provided, we were able to stabilize our matchmaking and database services. We’re aware that some players are still experiencing challenges with connectivity. Matchmaking queue times have been impacted as a result, and remedying this has been our focus and number one priority. With many of the launch challenges and growing pains behind us, I am excited to let you all know that we will be releasing our first major update to Deformers, “Deformers: ReFormed”, on June 8th at 10:00AM PT — our chance to do right by you. Beyond a number of optimizations and bug fixes that will address many of the outstanding concerns you’ve raised, this update will also bring some major and exciting additional features to the game: Offline Play – You will be able to enjoy a truly offline couch co-op experience with up to 3 of your friends. Cross-Network Play – To bring the community closer together, players on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will have the option to matchmake against Steam players and vice-versa. Tutorials – We’ll be rolling out new, in-game tutorials to help players get up-to-speed on the basics and core mechanics of Deformers, as well as learn about Powers and Classes. You’ll have a chance to perfect your skills before entering the combat arena. We plan on implementing more advanced tutorials in the future, which will reveal the deeper strategies behind Deformers’ game mechanics. But this update would not be complete without a big thank you to everyone who has played, helped us improve the game experience, and followed our journey since the beginning. So we wanted to announce a few initiatives for both existing and new players: In-Game Currency – Firstly, in appreciation of our current players for the support you have given us, we’ll be adding 30,000 Silver to every player account that was created prior to the time of this posting (June 6th at 9:00AM PT); Silver can be used to unlock Styles, Tags, Taunts, and Emotes in the Workshop. Free Weekend – Secondly, we will start a Free Weekend event on all platforms that will go live June 8th at 10:00AM PT on Steam, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Stay tuned for further details we’ll be posting here in the next few hours. Free Weekend 50% Off Promotion – And lastly, starting during ...Join the Deformers Discord Server!Apr 28, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsHi, everyone! The Deformers Official Discord Server is live, and you can use this link to join and meet other Deformers players: https://discord.gg/TBcqbrP Once you're in, please make sure to read over the #rules then you can jump into the #set-your-role channel to tell our handy Discord bot, Tweedledee, which platform and region role to give you. What is Discord? Discord is a communication program that supports both text chat and voice chat channels (and it's adding more features every day), and is a great tool that we can use to further facilitate player-to-player matchmaking. It also has a "server members" list that shows players who are online/away/offline, and if the member has it enabled, it'll show you what game they're playing. How Do I Join? If you have the Discord stand-alone client (which I recommend), you'll want to click the "( + )" at the bottom of your server panel, select "Join" then paste in that invite URL up top. Otherwise, simply clicking on the invite link above will open up a browser window where you'll be prompted to join/log in and will immediately add you to the server. Hope to see you there! ːsteamhappyːJoin the Deformers Discord Server!Apr 28, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsHi, everyone! The Deformers Official Discord Server is live, and you can use this link to join and meet other Deformers players: https://discord.gg/TBcqbrP Once you're in, please make sure to read over the #rules then you can jump into the #set-your-role channel to tell our handy Discord bot, Tweedledee, which platform and region role to give you. What is Discord? Discord is a communication program that supports both text chat and voice chat channels (and it's adding more features every day), and is a great tool that we can use to further facilitate player-to-player matchmaking. It also has a "server members" list that shows players who are online/away/offline, and if the member has it enabled, it'll show you what game they're playing. How Do I Join? If you have the Discord stand-alone client (which I recommend), you'll want to click the "( + )" at the bottom of your server panel, select "Join" then paste in that invite URL up top. Otherwise, simply clicking on the invite link above will open up a browser window where you'll be prompted to join/log in and will immediately add you to the server. Hope to see you there! ːsteamhappyːLetter to the Community from the Deformers Dev Team: Thank You!Apr 28, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsHi everyone, We wanted to pause for a moment in between all the design discussions and bug-fixing since launch to say a heartfelt Thank You. We’ve been reading every word, both the praise and feedback, watching livestreams, and anonymously playing in game lobbies to get your honest take on Deformers and we are very grateful for the thoughts and ideas that you’ve provided. Every bit is helping to forge the path ahead with the launch of our first live product, and we’ve been very humbled by your support. To everyone who has played Deformers, mentioned it on social media, commented on our YouTube videos, discussed it on your podcasts, or covered it in your reviews, we truly appreciate the time you have taken to join in this journey with us. Know that we are hard at work on addressing many adjustments to the game experience on a regular basis, including a server-side update to resolve the connectivity challenges some players have reported. We are also extending the time to claim the Founders Pack Forms. Thank you again; we’ll be sharing more about the updates – and a few other surprises – very soon! ♥, The Deformers Team Link to Original PostLetter to the Community from the Deformers Dev Team: Thank You!Apr 28, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsHi everyone, We wanted to pause for a moment in between all the design discussions and bug-fixing since launch to say a heartfelt Thank You. We’ve been reading every word, both the praise and feedback, watching livestreams, and anonymously playing in game lobbies to get your honest take on Deformers and we are very grateful for the thoughts and ideas that you’ve provided. Every bit is helping to forge the path ahead with the launch of our first live product, and we’ve been very humbled by your support. To everyone who has played Deformers, mentioned it on social media, commented on our YouTube videos, discussed it on your podcasts, or covered it in your reviews, we truly appreciate the time you have taken to join in this journey with us. Know that we are hard at work on addressing many adjustments to the game experience on a regular basis, including a server-side update to resolve the connectivity challenges some players have reported. We are also extending the time to claim the Founders Pack Forms. Thank you again; we’ll be sharing more about the updates – and a few other surprises – very soon! ♥, The Deformers Team Link to Original PostNow Available on Steam - DeformersApr 21, 2017 - Product ReleaseDeformers is Now Available on Steam! Prepare for an epic battle! Deformers is a physics-based arena brawler where the goal is to out-battle, out-eat, and out-score your opponent. Smash up your friends in splitscreen co-op, or team up and fight against others online! [RESOLVED] Service Alert: Cannot Connect to Service/Find or Create LobbyApr 20, 2017 - Community Announcements11:45PM PDT - Service Alert Link We're currently investigating an issue when attempting to join a match or create a custom lobby. The error received may appear as "Could not find or create a lobby" or as "Cannot connect to Deformers service". Thanks for the reports everyone, and apologies for the troubles! 2:00AM PDT - Update Just wanted to pop in and let everyone know that we're continuing to dig into this; we've made some minor backend adjustments that we hope will help here and there, however we're still investigating the root cause of these service errors. We can confirm that this does occur across all platforms, however, so it's not restricted to a particular one. It's also possible that this service error can manifets in different ways, such as disconnecting you from a lobby or displaying "Cannot connect to Deformers service". The issue seems to occur in waves, so if you find that you're able to get into multiple matches successfully, please keep an eye on this thread for the official thumbs up on when we resolve this issue. Thanks to everyone again for hanging in there with us as we work as quickly as we can to get you back into Deformers; we really appreciate your patience! 4:45AM PDT - Update (Sorry, posting a bit late) A little earlier we rolled out a few more updates; one was to resolve a certain type of service crash and the other was to make it less common that when a service failed, players would be kicked out of their game (this doesn't guarantee it'll never happen, but hopefully it's less common now). We also put in some changes in hopes to get better data back from errors and crashes to help us narrow down the source of issues that could lead to some of these bigger service interruptions. We're still expecting some ups and downs right now across all regions, but will keep working on getting those services back up as soon as we're able and keep you updated along the way. 6:50AM PDT - Monitoring Status At this point we aren't seeing any more frequent errors show up in the logs, though we're continuing to monitor it. If you're still getting any of the "Cannot connect/lost connection to Deformers Service" or "Cannot create/find a lobby" errors when selecting a game mode, please post in this thread so we can keep this information from players across all platforms in one place. If you post, make sure to include the following information: Error message Region you play from Platform you play on Game mode you selected Whether you were partied or not Thanks again for your patience, everyone! 1:20PM PDT - Brief Outage for All Players (Resolved) While we snuck out to grab lunch it looks like the services threw a tantrum. We knew the cause and were able to quickly resolve this issue and are now back to work on the remaining "Could not find or create a lobby" issues that some players are still experiencing. Looks like this particular outage may also have impacted our login service as well, which we've addressed and are monitoring for further i...[RESOLVED] Service Alert: Cannot Connect to Service/Find or Create LobbyApr 20, 2017 - Community Announcements11:45PM PDT - Service Alert Link We're currently investigating an issue when attempting to join a match or create a custom lobby. The error received may appear as "Could not find or create a lobby" or as "Cannot connect to Deformers service". Thanks for the reports everyone, and apologies for the troubles! 2:00AM PDT - Update Just wanted to pop in and let everyone know that we're continuing to dig into this; we've made some minor backend adjustments that we hope will help here and there, however we're still investigating the root cause of these service errors. We can confirm that this does occur across all platforms, however, so it's not restricted to a particular one. It's also possible that this service error can manifets in different ways, such as disconnecting you from a lobby or displaying "Cannot connect to Deformers service". The issue seems to occur in waves, so if you find that you're able to get into multiple matches successfully, please keep an eye on this thread for the official thumbs up on when we resolve this issue. Thanks to everyone again for hanging in there with us as we work as quickly as we can to get you back into Deformers; we really appreciate your patience! 4:45AM PDT - Update (Sorry, posting a bit late) A little earlier we rolled out a few more updates; one was to resolve a certain type of service crash and the other was to make it less common that when a service failed, players would be kicked out of their game (this doesn't guarantee it'll never happen, but hopefully it's less common now). We also put in some changes in hopes to get better data back from errors and crashes to help us narrow down the source of issues that could lead to some of these bigger service interruptions. We're still expecting some ups and downs right now across all regions, but will keep working on getting those services back up as soon as we're able and keep you updated along the way. 6:50AM PDT - Monitoring Status At this point we aren't seeing any more frequent errors show up in the logs, though we're continuing to monitor it. If you're still getting any of the "Cannot connect/lost connection to Deformers Service" or "Cannot create/find a lobby" errors when selecting a game mode, please post in this thread so we can keep this information from players across all platforms in one place. If you post, make sure to include the following information: Error message Region you play from Platform you play on Game mode you selected Whether you were partied or not Thanks again for your patience, everyone! 1:20PM PDT - Brief Outage for All Players (Resolved) While we snuck out to grab lunch it looks like the services threw a tantrum. We knew the cause and were able to quickly resolve this issue and are now back to work on the remaining "Could not find or create a lobby" issues that some players are still experiencing. Looks like this particular outage may also have impacted our login service as well, which we've addressed and are monitoring for further i...Resetting Deformers Matchmaking Service (Please Retry in 5 Minutes)Apr 20, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsWe're resetting our matchmaking service which can result in disconnecting from a game or receiving an error when attempting to create or join a lobby. It usually only takes a few minutes to come back up, so please try again in about five minutes (or check back here for when we've given the all-clear). Thanks and apologies for the inconvenience!Resetting Deformers Matchmaking Service (Please Retry in 5 Minutes)Apr 20, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsWe're resetting our matchmaking service which can result in disconnecting from a game or receiving an error when attempting to create or join a lobby. It usually only takes a few minutes to come back up, so please try again in about five minutes (or check back here for when we've given the all-clear). Thanks and apologies for the inconvenience![RESOLVED] Service Alert: Unable to Enter Deathmatch GameApr 20, 2017 - Community Announcements10:20PM PDT - Service Alert Link We are currently investigating an issue when joining Deathmatch lobbies where players will not be able to fully ready up, and therefore the game never starts. In the meantime, please select either "Team Deathmatch", "Form Ball" or either of these two modes in a Custom game as they don't appear to be affected by this same issue. Thanks for your patience as we get this resolved! 8:55PM PDT - Service Alert Status: RESOLVED This issue also appears to resolved now that we've made updates to our services for greater stability. Thank you for your patience! [RESOLVED] Service Alert: Unable to Enter Deathmatch GameApr 20, 2017 - Community Announcements10:20PM PDT - Service Alert Link We are currently investigating an issue when joining Deathmatch lobbies where players will not be able to fully ready up, and therefore the game never starts. In the meantime, please select either "Team Deathmatch", "Form Ball" or either of these two modes in a Custom game as they don't appear to be affected by this same issue. Thanks for your patience as we get this resolved! 8:55PM PDT - Service Alert Status: RESOLVED This issue also appears to resolved now that we've made updates to our services for greater stability. Thank you for your patience! Deformers is Rolling in April 21, 2017!Apr 11, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsDeformers Launch Date We’re very excited to announce that Deformers is launching April 21, 2017 on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One! The servers will be officially online at midnight EST on April 21st (9:00pm PDT, April 20th). Founders Pack Forms Today, we are also sharing the full set of Founders Pack Forms! The design of the Founders Pack Forms were a collaborative effort between Ready At Dawn developers and the winners from recent community tournaments, such as the FORMulation Showdown and the GameStop Manager’s Expo. The Founders Pack Forms are: Armando Finius Hampton Stax The Founders Pack is granted for free to all players who log in to Deformers during the first week of launch, and also to those who have preordered Deformers online via GameStop, Steam, through the PlayStation Store, on the Xbox Marketplace, or through participating GameStop retail stores. See these Forms in action in the Founders Pack trailer! Thanks for reading!Deformers is Rolling in April 21, 2017!Apr 11, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsDeformers Launch Date We’re very excited to announce that Deformers is launching April 21, 2017 on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One! The servers will be officially online at midnight EST on April 21st (9:00pm PDT, April 20th). Founders Pack Forms Today, we are also sharing the full set of Founders Pack Forms! The design of the Founders Pack Forms were a collaborative effort between Ready At Dawn developers and the winners from recent community tournaments, such as the FORMulation Showdown and the GameStop Manager’s Expo. The Founders Pack Forms are: Armando Finius Hampton Stax The Founders Pack is granted for free to all players who log in to Deformers during the first week of launch, and also to those who have preordered Deformers online via GameStop, Steam, through the PlayStation Store, on the Xbox Marketplace, or through participating GameStop retail stores. See these Forms in action in the Founders Pack trailer! Thanks for reading!
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