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Heavy Metal Machines Changelog

What's new in Heavy Metal Machines 5.00.1349

Aug 23, 2019
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug in the pick screen, while the chat window is open, where the keys W, A, S, D were moving the pilot and model selection when pressed.
  • Fixed a bug on the spectator mode, where the camera was moving to the center of the arena after a bomb score.
  • All texts referring to the Gamepad are now standardized.

New in Heavy Metal Machines 5.00.1346 (Aug 14, 2019)

  • Metal Pass:
  • A “Collect All” button has been added to the collect reward window.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug that may cause some accounts to be unable to reach the pick screen in the Ranked Mode.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the Kill Effect “Tiki Death Punch” to get stuck on the arena for a short period.
  • Fixed a bug that caused several visual effects to get stuck in the arena Temple of Sacrifice: Legacy
  • Fixed a bug on the season 5 thematic bomb, where the spin effect was white.
  • Fixed a bug on the season 5 thematic bomb, that wasn’t showing an internal glow effect while being grabbed.

New in Heavy Metal Machines 5.00.1338 (Aug 7, 2019)

  • General:
  • A Rockaway Beach skin has been added to the Bomb.
  • Ranked Mode:
  • The main menu button “Ranking” was replaced by “Ranked” button, which opens the Ranked Mode menu.
  • A region filter has been added to the Schedule menu, so now everyone can see the times that the Ranked Mode will be available in each region.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Stargazer:
  • While attached to an ally, the damage received wasn’t removing Stargazer’s Special Weapon energy.
  • Fixed a bug where Stargazer’s aim was appearing at the center of the arena and could be seen by the enemy team.
  • Vulture:
  • In some cases, the weapon 3 wasn’t causing damage and consuming the marks.
  • General:
  • Fixed the category of Artificer’s “Arctic Ops” model from Idol to Rockstar.
  • Fixed an issue with the Ranked Mode schedule interface on English language.
  • Fixed an issue with the match pause option that was allowing players from enemy team to unpause before 30s.
  • Fixed an issue that was displaying the wrong Ranked emblem at the end of the matches.
  • Fixed an issue that was improperly applying the queue penalty (unable to join the queue for 3 minutes) in certain situations.

New in Heavy Metal Machines 5.00.1314 (Jul 25, 2019)

  • General:
  • The time to be flagged as AFK during a match was reduced from 5 minutes to 2 minutes.
  • Any customized commands will be restored to default configuration after today’s update. Please make sure to check your controls before joining a match.
  • Stargazer
  • Stargazer has received a cursor aim, developed to improve her gameplay with gamepads. This cursor will also be available when playing with keyboard/mouse.
  • Ranked Mode:
  • Overview:
  • Competition has reached the next level. The new mode adds a new matchmaking, in which the matches played are accounted for an individual player score. This score is used to rank each player under a Division. The divisions are:
  • Bronze Division
  • Silver Division
  • Gold Division
  • Heavy Metal Division
  • Bronze, Silver and Gold divisions have 5 subdivisions, from V (five) to I (one). For example, after the 10 placement matches, an account may start at Bronze III (bronze three), and then progress to Bronze II, Bronze I, and then is promoted to Silver V, where it shall keep progressing until reaching Gold I.
  • The Bronze, Silver and Gold Divisions encompasses 1.000 ranking points, and each sub-division encompasses 200 points. The Heavy Metal Division is a special tier for the top 10 players from Gold I division.
  • At the end of each season, players will receive exclusive rewards according to the highest Division reached within the season. The higher the Division, the better are the rewards.
  • How does it work?:
  • The Ranked mode is located under the Play button on the main menu. Click on it and then choose “Ranked Mode”.
  • The ranked matches have some unique properties:
  • Only accounts with more than 5 matches (custom matches doesn’t count) played can join the ranked queue;
  • There can be only 4x4 matches;
  • It will be available on a specific time in each region: Europe, North America, and South America;
  • Only solo players or duo groups can join the Ranked queue;
  • The Ranked matches will be played on Metal God Arena or Temple of Sacrifice.
  • The ranking points are global, which means that a player from European servers (or from any other region) can play matches during the periods in which the Ranked queue is available in other regions. However, keep in mind that communicating with players from other regions can be difficult, and the ping in different regions may vary, and this can affect the match result.
  • Upon taking part in a ranked match for the first time, the first 10 matches will be “placement matches”. This means each player will play 10 matches until being effectively placed in a division.
  • During the placement matches, the player will be labeled as “Not ranked”.
  • Ranked Mode Schedule:
  • The Ranked mode will be available during specific periods, on each region, as follows:
  • North America Region
  • Monday~Friday: from 00h to 03h UTC-0
  • Saturday~Sunday: from 20h to 02h UTC-0
  • South America Region
  • Monday~Friday: from 22h to 01h UTC-0
  • Saturday~Sunday: from 18h to 00h UTC-0
  • Europe Region
  • Monday~Friday: from 16h to 19h UTC-0
  • Saturday~Sunday: from 12h to 18h UTC-0
  • Players can check the schedule for each day by clicking on the Schedule button on the Ranked mode menu.
  • Ranked Mode Seasons:
  • The Ranked Mode is held on seasons, and each season will last for a few months. Here’s the schedule for season 1:
  • Season 1: From July 24th to December 10th
  • Rewards:
  • There are two different rules used to deliver the rewards on each season:
  • The first rule applies to players who will receive rewards of the Bronze, Silver, and Gold divisions. These players receive the reward based on the highest division reached within the season. In other words, a player that reached Gold Division, but ended the season under Silver Division, will receive the Gold Division rewards.
  • The second rule applies to players in the Heavy Metal Division. They will only receive the reward of that division in case they end the season in it, otherwise, they receive the Gold Division reward.
  • Bronze Division Rewards:
  • Spray: Bronze Badge
  • Emote: Bronze Badge
  • Silver Division Rewards:
  • Spray: Silver Badge
  • Emote: Silver Badge
  • Wildfire’s Special Model 1
  • Gold Division Rewards:
  • Spray: Gold Badge
  • Emote: Gold Badge
  • Wildfire’s Special Model 1
  • Heavy Metal Division Rewards:
  • Spray: Heavy Metal Badge
  • Emote: Heavy Metal Badge
  • Wildfire’s Special Model 2
  • Gamepad:
  • The gamepad support has returned, much more polished and improved for the game. Play the way you want!
  • Overview:
  • Usually, gamepads counts with two directional sticks. The left stick is used to accelerate and move your machine to a direction. The right stick is used to command your cursor and aim certain weapons, such as Peacemaker’s weapon 1 and Stargazer’s weapons.
  • The left and right bumpers and triggers are the default buttons for the weapons. Right bumper and trigger are weapon 1 and 2, respectively. Left bumper and triggers are weapon 3 and 4, respectively.
  • The button B (for Xbox) or O (PS4) are used to activate the grabber to grab/release the bomb, and also launch the bomb.
  • The button X (for Xbox) or ⬜ (PS4) are used to activate the reverse.
  • Gamepad Options
  • On the commands menu, the key binds for each button can be customized for both keyboard/mouse and gamepad.
  • It is possible to customize the right stick behavior, such as sensitivity and maximum distance for camera movement. It’s also possible to set the cursor always to move back to the center of the machine when you release it, or to be static in a direction.
  • Supported controllers:
  • Any gamepad will run normally on HMM, however, some specific models have official support, which means that the game interface icons will adjust according to the model used. Currently, the controllers for Xbox 360, Xbox One and PS4 have this feature.
  • Other models will display the interface icons from Xbox 360.
  • Partial support on the menus:
  • Currently, the gamepad has only partial support on the game menus. You can join the Casual mode queue by pressing A (Xbox) or X (PS4) on the main menu until you get into the queue.
  • The navigation on the Shop and Metal Pass are not yet supported.
  • Balance:
  • Icebringer:
  • The machine can’t be pushed by enemies when using its weapon 3.
  • Vulture:
  • The Special Weapon has been updated: The blades are no longer shot at once, now they are shot sequentially.
  • Known Issues:
  • General:
  • Sometimes the screen may flash/freeze for a few seconds while joining the queue on Casual Mode, Ranked Mode or Custom Matches.
  • Commands:
  • The “Restore Default” button is restoring commands for both Keyboard/Mouse and Gamepad at the same time.
  • Gamepad:
  • Players are unable to use Gamepad on Spectator Mode.
  • Stargazer:
  • Mouse cursor aim appears during replays.
  • Players should not be able to use Emotes while attached to another player in a match. Currently, the Emote is not displayed, but its sound is activated, and it may enter on cooldown.

New in Heavy Metal Machines 5.00.1288 (Jul 12, 2019)

  • Soundtrack:
  • Players who already own the game soundtrack received four new songs of the Rockaway Beach season.
  • Main menu: Scuba Diving Magma
  • Season theme 1: Shark Attack
  • Season theme 2: Summer Salty Trouble
  • Vulture's theme
  • Store:
  • Several items that were missing since the maintenance on July 10 were re-added to the store.
  • Metal Herald:
  • Fixed a bug that made Herald's wheels not touch the ground.
  • Dirt Devil:
  • Fixed a bug on three skin models that weren't responding to weapon 3 cooldown effect.

New in Heavy Metal Machines 4.00.1283 (Jul 11, 2019)

  • Hello, Metal Gladiators:
  • A new patch has been released today with all new contents from season 5.
  • General:
  • New theme song on the main menu and matches, to get on the season’s mood.
  • Two new thematic songs were added to the matches during this season.
  • The skin models category is now displayed on the Metal Pass interface.
  • The game engine moved to a new version, Unity 2017. With this version, the game is now compatible only with DirectX 11, which enhances general performance greatly and also allows us to develop contents with newer technologies, such as the weapons from Vulture.
  • Metal Pass:
  • Season 5 has begun, and a batch of fresh items is available. Check this out:
  • Season 5 highlights:
  • New Pilot: Vulture:
  • New item category: Emotes
  • Metal God Arena will feature Rockaway Beach theme during the season.
  • Total of 60 levels with rewards
  • New missions:
  • New Heavy Metal skin models for Stingray and Stargazer
  • New Metal Legend skin model for Wildfire
  • New Rockstar skin models for Peacemaker and Artificer
  • Lots of new Sprays
  • New thematic Visual Effects for the matches
  • New Avatar Portraits
  • New DLCs
  • The Season 5 brings an exclusive DLC that includes the new Heavy Metal skin model for Clunker.
  • Metal Pass Premium + 20 Levels + Special Skin Model
  • Metal Pass Premium + 20 Levels
  • New Pilot - Vulture
  • Vulture is an Interceptor, and he is a master hunter with mechanics that allow him to achieve great numbers of damage dealt.
  • General information:
  • Function: Interceptor
  • Health Points: 550
  • Weapons information
  • Weapon 1 - Mark of the Hunt:
  • Launches a blade that attaches to enemies or to locations it drops on. Deals 75 damage on enemies reached. Blades that drop in the arena work as traps and attach themselves to enemies who touch them. Each blade has 7 seconds life-time.
  • Has up to 3 charges without a cooldown. The blades return to Vulture when "Blade Rip" is activated. This weapon has no cooldown.
  • Weapon 2 - Blade Rip:
  • All the blades launched are activated to return to Vulture. On enemies that have blades attached to them, deals 25 damage per blade.
  • Blades returning to Vulture that pass through enemies deals 50 damage.
  • Weapon 3 - Soul Ravage:
  • Jumps forward, allowing Vulture to pass through enemies. Consumes the marks on enemies marked by the "Mark of the Hunt". Each mark deals 35 base damage and an additional 15 for each mark.
  • This weapon has 6 seconds cooldown. If you damage enemies with marks, weapon 3 cooldown is reduced by 50%, and if you kill any marked enemies with it, the cooldown is reduced by 100%.
  • Special Weapon - Thrill of the Hunt:
  • After 1 second, launches 5 blades around him, dealing 75 damage per blade on each enemy hit. Launches 1 additional blade for each kill made by Vulture, up to 30 blades.
  • New item category: Emotes:
  • A new item category has been added to the game. Up to 5 different emotes can be equipped on the inventory.
  • By pressing the D key, the radial menu will appear - move the mouse cursor over the emote you want to activate.
  • This is a very good way to show your feelings to your team - and taunt your enemies (why not?).
  • Dirt Devil's Special Weapon visual effect update
  • Dirt Devil’s special weapon had its visual effects updated, and now the sand worm will rise from the depths to crush all enemies. The art team had been working on this for a while and we’re very happy to finally add it to the game on its best form.
  • The damage and other specifications of this weapon didn’t change.
  • Pilot prices updated on the shop:
  • The price of two characters have been reduced. It’s time to complete your collection!
  • Icebringer - from 10.000 Fame/620 Cash to 8.000 Fame/585 Cash
  • Stargazer - from 10.000 Fame/620 Cash to 8.000 Fame/585 Cash
  • New Items on the Shop:
  • Pilot
  • Vulture
  • Price: 10.000 Fame or 620 Cash
  • Heavy Metal Model:
  • Clunker - Life Buoys
  • Price: 1.450 Cash
  • Emotes:
  • Angry Fire
  • Price: 200 Cash
  • Curse Word:
  • Price: 200 Cash
  • Start Line Effect:
  • Eat Dirt
  • Price: 300 Cash
  • Sprays:
  • Vulture
  • Vulture Hands
  • Vulture Guitar
  • Vulture Blade
  • Price: 60 Cash each
  • Vulture Skin Models:
  • Playing with Knives - Progression Level 3
  • Edge of the Night - Progression Level 5
  • Blade Master - Progression Level 10
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fixed a bug where some pilots didn’t activate their speeches when pushed back by enemy weapons.
  • Fixed a bug that made bots release the bomb when a player press and hold space key, regardless of the player's position on the map.
  • Fixed a bug on the Kill Effect “Winged Spirit”, that was appearing inverted on the enemy team.
  • Fixed an animation bug on some Full Metal Judge models’ suspension.
  • Fixed a bug on Killer J.’s weapon 1 effect that was way too similar to its special weapon.
  • Fixed the description text from Killer J. “Little Pope J.” model.
  • Fixed a bug on Killer J. “Little Pope J.” model purchase screen, that was displaying another model.
  • Known Issues:
  • Vulture:
  • Weapon 3 description is referring to the character as “him” and not “Vulture”.
  • When using the Special Weapon while standing/passing over Rampage, the blade damage will be applied, but Rampage won’t receive the marks accordingly.
  • Weapon 1 animation does not appear when using it for the first time in a round.
  • Sometimes Vulture can get through Windrider’s weapon 2 effect.
  • When Vulture is moving on its own axis, the engine sound is the same used when the machine is not moving at all.
  • Using weapon 1 on a wall and using weapon 2 right after may cause - in rare occasions - the next blade used to stay on the ground in front of Vulture.
  • Using weapon 2 to retrieve applied blades reset the mark timer even if the enemy is immune (i.e. Little Monster’s weapon 2 and Windrider’s special weapon).
  • Using special weapon very close to barriers (such as Icebringer’s rear ice) will cause damage on that enemy.
  • In some rare occasions, when there are two Vultures on the same match, enemies may respawn with blade marks. This is a visual bug.
  • In some rare occasions, Vulture’s marks get stuck on enemies until the next hit they take.
  • Photon:
  • The emotes are not working when using it with Photon. This issue will be fixed on July 11th with a hotfix.

New in Heavy Metal Machines 4.00.1247 (Jun 17, 2019)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fixed a bug where players weren’t receiving Fame in the Metal League matches, regardless if they won or lost.
  • Screen Adjustments:
  • Main Menu: reorganized the buttons, changing their order, and removed the Tutorial button
  • Game Modes: added the Tutorial button.
  • Arenas Visuals:
  • Adjusted arenas visuals in the Casual matches, improving the contrast between arena and vehicles.

New in Heavy Metal Machines 4.00.1219 (Jun 3, 2019)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fixed a bug where players could have an advantage by holding the Grabber upon rebuilding, canceling the slow effect debuff.
  • Adjustments:
  • Clunker :
  • Weapon 3 description
  • Last weeks update changed the behavior of this weapon, and now the descriptions have been adjusted to the new version.
  • Spectator:
  • Changed the behavior of the feature, so that now, when matches are still in the Pick stage, they can’t be watched until the players are inside of the arena.
  • Known issues:
  • We are aiming to fix other major gameplay issues during the next weeks. Here are some fixes we are working on:
  • Peacemaker’s Metal League portrait description needs to be adjusted, as it currently worded as if it was the 4th season of the Metal League, instead of the Metal Pass.
  • Spectator message does not warn users that it’s not possible to watch matches while they are on the Pick stage.

New in Heavy Metal Machines 4.00.1202 (May 23, 2019)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fixed a bug where Black Lotus incorrectly accelerated forward when combining reflected damage from weapon 2 and using weapon 3 (also known as Super Dash for some community members).
  • Fixed a bug where Black Lotus’ weapon 2 reflected the damage from enemies but canceled its own out of combat self-repair.
  • Fixed a bug where Black Lotus’ weapon 2 did not cancel the self-repair from enemies.
  • Fixed a bug where Black Lotus' weapon 2 made enemies start their out of combat self-repair earlier than expected.
  • Fixed a bug where Wildfire’s passive was activated even when hitting a barrier (i.e., Rampage’s passive).
  • Fixed a bug where Wildfire’s weapon 1 was triggering its impact and area damage at different times.
  • Fixed a bug where Wildfire’s weapon 2 explosion wasn’t being blocked by barriers (i.e., Rampage’s passive and Icebringer’s weapon 2).
  • Fixed a bug where Wildfire’s weapon 3 didn’t activate the trail animation.
  • Fixed a bug where Icebringer could not be pushed while using the weapon 3.
  • Fixed a rare bug where Clunker’s weapon 2 dealt damage but didn’t pull the enemy.
  • Fixed a bug where Clunker’s weapon 2 sometimes crossed walls, improperly dealing damage and/or grabbing enemies on its way back.
  • Fixed a bug where VFX from different characters were improperly activated during matches, getting stuck at the arena or even on the machines.
  • Fixed a bug where it was possible to rebuild the machine inside the stones at the center of Metal God Arena.
  • Fixed a bug on the Temple of Sacrifice arena, where a collider at the delivery point was improperly positioned.
  • Fixed a bug where exiting a match on the last point, while the victory/defeat animation is running caused the client to crash.
  • Balance:
  • Clunker:
  • The machine size has been increased by 20%.
  • The machine weight has been increased proportionally to its new size.
  • Wildfire:
  • When Wildfire hits an enemy when rebuilding, the passive ability is activated.
  • Gameplay Improvement:
  • The camera is now more stable when rebuilding your machine.
  • Known issues:
  • We are aiming to fix other major gameplay issues during the next weeks. The community also reported some of the issues on the list below:
  • Rampage’s weapon 3 behavior is inconsistent in some situations.
  • Dirt Devil’s weapon 3 randomly getting stuck during the match, forcing the machine to get back to where the harpoon is attached.
  • Bomb Fights not triggering in some situations.
  • Bomb getting through blockers in some situations.

New in Heavy Metal Machines 4.00.1135 (Apr 30, 2019)

  • Fixed a bug where, in some cases, Peacemaker’s weapon 1 sound FX was played for a 30s loop.
  • Fixed a bug where Stargazer’s weapon 2 and Special weapon weren’t working properly after using them against Icebringer’s ice barriers.

New in Heavy Metal Machines 4.00.1132 (Apr 25, 2019)

  • Hello, Metal Gladiators!:
  • The Season 4 of the Metal Pass is here!
  • On this season, Zoomorphs from the Imperial City of Manfall will be on the spotlights of Metal City. Peacemaker, the new character in the arenas is coming in a war tank, and also a lot of military references took over the competition in Heavy Metal Machines.
  • New Character - PEACEMAKER:
  • Models:
  • Captain’s Company - Progression’s Level 3
  • Colonel’s Regiment - Progression’s Level 5
  • General’s Army - Progression’s Level 10
  • Weapons:
  • Weapon 1 - Supremacy Shot: Fires a single shot with the cannon, dealing damage to enemies hit.
  • Damage when hitting: 100
  • Explosion damage: 50
  • Cooldown: 2,5s
  • Weapon 2 - Bullseye: Fires a missile, creating a moving target on the ground. The projectile explodes when it reaches its maximum distance, dealing damage and pushing enemies away from its center. Double activation, exploding on the target position.
  • Area damage: 100
  • Critical Damage: 250
  • Cooldown: 10s
  • Weapon 3 - Riot Control: Fires a cone-shaped burst from the sides of the vehicle to disperse enemies, pushing them away.
  • Burst Damage: 50
  • Cooldown: 4s
  • Special Weapon - Red Carpet: Fires multiple missiles forward, creating a wave of explosions and setting the ground on fire for a while.
  • Explosion damage: 80
  • Damage per second: 100
  • Duration: 5s
  • Public Spectator Feature:
  • We're launching a tool that allows any player to watch live matches from anyone on the Casual and Metal League queue. We were using it internally, and now our devs made some adjustments required to have an initial and sufficient experience to everyone in this first moment.
  • This feature is simple to use. On the Main Menu, you can find the option "Spectator" on the bottom left side. Then you'll go to a screen with all the casual and Metal League’s matches happening at that moment to choose one.
  • For now, only 2 spectators are available on each match.
  • Balance:
  • Metal Herald
  • Weapon 2:
  • Rune damage reduced from 150 to 125
  • Mist damage reduced from 50 to 25
  • Weapon 3:
  • Boost reduced from 300 to 150
  • Stingray:
  • General:
  • Max HP increased from 500 to 600
  • Killer J.
  • Weapon 1:
  • Reduced damage from 17 to 15
  • Stargazer:
  • Weapon 1:
  • EP gain reduced from 10 to 7 (30%)
  • Weapon 3:
  • Cooldown unattached increased from 6 to 7
  • Cooldown attached increased from 2 to 3
  • New Items on the Store:
  • Kill Effect
  • Abduction
  • Rebuild Effect:
  • Legion Warfare
  • Score Effect:
  • Score Placard
  • Start Line Effects:
  • Blue Smokewings
  • Green Smokewings
  • Purple Smokewings
  • Red Smokewings
  • White Smokewings
  • Yellow Smokewings
  • Sprays:
  • Apollo
  • Brian
  • Thor
  • Peacemaker Team Insignia
  • Sassy Photon
  • Very Angryfire

New in Heavy Metal Machines 3.04.1105 (Mar 28, 2019)

  • Metal League:
  • Fixed an issue that, in some cases, the past scores did not appear.
  • Fixed an issue with stage Cards that didn't activate while the player is browsing the Metal League section.
  • Also, it's solved the issue where players got stuck in the queue when transferring the group leadership to another player.
  • We've just changed the information page, adding a button to the rewards page.
  • Feedback added for situations of invalid group members while trying to search a match (for example, when one group member is in the end screen of a match).
  • We adjusted the date format on stage cards.
  • Several in-game texts improvements.
  • For the game in general:
  • The social media buttons are back in the main menu. They’re very happy to be back.
  • Texture fixed in the Friend's Chat menu.

New in Heavy Metal Machines 3.03.1076 (Mar 19, 2019)

  • Hello, Metal Gladiators.
  • A minor update has arrived in Heavy Metal Machines!
  • We've just implanted support for DirectX 11 in the game. You don't need to worry about it since the game will detect automatically which is the best version of DirectX for you.
  • This update brings better stability and performance in your experience.
  • If you experience any problems after this update, we're open to hearing from you in our Social Media, Discord, and via tickets in our Support!
  • See you in the arena!

New in Heavy Metal Machines 3.00.997 (Feb 7, 2019)

  • Hello, Metal Gladiators!:
  • The Season 3 of the Metal Pass is here!
  • On this season, Metal Herald and the Sect of Metal will take over Heavy Metal Machines. Rampage and Little Monster have been converted and are working for the rulers, with brand new models. Killer J. is just mocking the Sect, after all, he is a clown!
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a2hVVwPg0k&feature=youtu.be
  • New GPS:
  • To improve everyone’s experience here’s a new feature. The GPS got revamped and bigger. It also changes color. Blue when your team has the bomb, orange when the opponent has it, white when the bomb is loosened around, and golden when you are carrying it. On the options menu, you can set opacity, size and turn on/off (which will automatically activate the older version of it). Take a look:
  • Balance:
  • Artificer:
  • General:
  • Max HP reduced from 600 to 550
  • The special weapon charge will "charge" faster if an enemy is hit by either weapon 1 or 2.
  • Passive:
  • Removed the self-repair for healing allies
  • Repair reduced in 70%
  • Weapon 1:
  • Added a self-repair of 40% of the repair dealt to an ally
  • Repair on the allies fixed on 175 (previously it would vary around 125)
  • Weapon 2:
  • Dealt damage reduced from 120 to 100 (frontal hit deals the double: 200)
  • Added 140 of repair to allies (280 on frontal hits)
  • Special Weapon:
  • Added repair on allies and self (200 per second)
  • Black Lotus:
  • Weapon 1:
  • Removed area damage (total of less 40 of damage)
  • Weapon 2:
  • Increased duration time from 0,5s to 0,75s
  • Weapon 3:
  • Reduced duration time in 50%
  • Reduced cooldown duration from 7 to 4 seconds
  • Killer J.:
  • Weapon 1:
  • Reduced cooldown from 3 to 2 seconds
  • Now, enemies hit lose control for 0,5s
  • Weapon 2:
  • Reduced warmup from 0,5s to 0,1s (nice hehe)
  • Increased initial damage from 130 to 200
  • Removed final damage
  • Increased post hit effect from 1s to 1,25s
  • Bugfix: Hit enemies now have the teleport weapons (stargazer) and bomb grabber blocked during the effect of J.’s weapon 2
  • Stingray:
  • General:
  • Max HP reduced from 650 to 550
  • Weapon 1:
  • Reduced central projectile damage from 120 to 100
  • Weapon 2:
  • Reduced damage from 250 to 200
  • Wildfire:
  • General:
  • Max HP reduced from 650 to 600
  • Stargazer:
  • General:
  • Removed speed reduction as the pilot carries the bomb
  • Weapon 1:
  • Reduced initial damage from 50 to 30
  • Weapon 2:
  • Reduced initial repair from 30 to 20
  • Weapon 3:
  • Reduced the special weapon charge in 25% when pilot teleports from one ally to the other
  • Special Weapon:
  • Reduced initial repair from 100 to 50
  • Metal Herald:
  • Weapon 1:
  • Reduced warmup from 0,25 to 0,05
  • Increased projectile speed in 50%
  • Now the enemy hit is slightly pushed
  • Weapon 2:
  • Increased projectile speed in 15%
  • Weapon 3:
  • Removed acceleration and added a push
  • Full Metal Judge:
  • Weapon 1:
  • The use of weapon 1 doesn’t block the use of the special or weapon 3
  • Damage reduced from 60 to 50 (90 to 75 if weapon 2 is active)
  • Temporary HP gain reduced from 50 to 40
  • Weapon 3:
  • The use of weapon 3 doesn’t block weapon 1 or special anymore
  • Special Weapon:
  • The use of special doesn’t block weapon 2 or 3
  • Photon:
  • Weapon 3:
  • Bugfix: The weapon was accelerating the machine more than expected
  • New Items on the Store:
  • Start Line Effects:
  • Crazy Diamond
  • Green Explosion
  • Purple Explosion
  • Blue Explosion
  • Rebuild Effects:
  • Metal God's Teardrop
  • Spray:
  • Stargazer
  • Busted
  • Reaper
  • Model names’ adjustments

New in Heavy Metal Machines 2.06.966 (Jan 11, 2019)

  • Some minor bug fixes have arrived in Heavy Metal Machines. Take notes and learn here about what our studio implemented in the game.
  • We made a bug fix in the Stargazer's teleport during the start line. Our community reported that the pilot was going to “wrong places” if activated. Now, this is fixed.
  • Let’s keep the teleport nice and clean :)
  • We made another fix in the Icebringer's model 'Cryonic Effect'. Some colors used to change between the pick and the during the match.
  • Lastly, we corrected some VFX prices in the store, in cash:
  • Thunder Strike!: 200 to 300
  • Rocket Incoming!: 200 to 300
  • Let’s Rock!: 200 to 250
  • Angel: 200 to 300

New in Heavy Metal Machines 2.05.956 (Jan 3, 2019)

  • I have some great news for all of you, including the new players. We have a new version of the Training being launched today. First of all, I will be with you throughout the whole process. You’ll drive my amazing machine. Just like a driver’s license, this Training is mandatory for new players -- Veterans won’t be taken to it, but are welcome to visit as well. Of course, you can skip it, but I definitely recommend doing the tutorial.
  • I’ll give you 4 missions to teach the basics of Heavy Metal Machines. Here they are:
  • Drive the machine to the objective so you learn how to accelerate and move around;
  • Destroy one enemy. In this case, you will be able to kill Little Monster who’s carrying the bomb -- Don’t worry, she won’t cause you any harm;
  • Retrieve the bomb and accelerate to the final line;
  • Throw the bomb to finish the round.
  • Great job! Pretty quick, right? I hope you all enjoy the new Training with me :)
  • There are some other stuff being implemented, such as the weapon description screen -- a.k.a the “F1 Screen”. When you press “F1” in a match, you will see details about that pilot’s weapon. Let me show you how mine looks like now:
  • As you can see, there are details of damage and all those numbers you love :)
  • What about this new feature at the beginning of the round? It will grab your attention and make you see exactly where you are at and which is your machine. By the way, the Instructor also received some adjustments to explain everything to the new players better.
  • Last but not least, the Metal Xmas event came to an end and the prices are back to what they were.
  • Hey, cheer up, you still have one month to get the season 2 of the Metal Pass Premium!
  • See you in the arena!

New in Heavy Metal Machines 2.04.923 (Dec 20, 2018)

  • A small update has arrived in the game. This new version brought discounts up to 20% in the game store, which includes characters, models, effects, and sprays.
  • Take a look now in the entire list:
  • Characters:
  • Icebringer - From 620 cash to 496 cash
  • Killer J. - From 550 cash to 440 cash
  • Clunker - From 550 cash to 440 cash
  • Models:
  • Icebringer - Cryonic Effect - From 1150 cash to 920 cash
  • Clunker - Hand the Lighting - From 1150 cash to 920 cash
  • Killer J. - The Joke is on You - From 1150 cash to 920 cash
  • Effects:
  • Rebuild - Ducky - From 300 cash to 255 cash
  • Kill - POW! - From 200 cash to 160 cash
  • Sprays:
  • GG - From 100 cash to 85 cash
  • Chicken - From 60 cash to 51 cash
  • Tasty - From 60 cash to 51 cash

New in Heavy Metal Machines 2.00.906 (Dec 5, 2018)

  • A small update has arrived in the game. We’ve just reached the end of 2 events:
  • The Heavy Halloween, which has been rolling since October, and the Black Sales Machines, which brought the best prices for the store. We hope you enjoyed the sales season! Now it is time to go back to the arena and have fun!
  • As I said, this was a small one. But don't be upset, stay tuned because there’s news coming to HMM! Don’t forget to follow our social media and join our Discord channel!

New in Heavy Metal Machines 2.00.867 (Nov 29, 2018)

  • Hello, Metal Gladiators.
  • The Black Sales Machines has arrived! It’s time to get items up to 70% OFF! On this version, we have added discounts to the store and the Heavy Metal models from season 1 are now available for purchase:
  • Ride of the Valkyries
  • Fafnir’s Treasure
  • Bifrost Unicorn

New in Heavy Metal Machines 2.00.854 (Nov 22, 2018)

  • Hello, Metal Gladiators!:
  • The season 2 of the Metal Pass is here!:
  • We have a bunch of updates in this version, so buckle up and ride with us!
  • New Character: Stargazer:
  • Stargazer is the new pilot in Heavy Metal Machines. She came all the way from space to provide support to the challengers. J.J. - or Jada Jemison, pilots the hover equipped with powerful satellites that orbit over Metal City. To develop this character we counted on our amazing community, who provided us with the right information to create a very much needed contender.
  • Weapon 1:
  • Orbital Beam launches a laser forward that deals damage to opponents. For every enemy hit, a charge of her weapon 2 is granted.
  • Attached to an ally: launches the laser at the cursor’s position
  • https://youtu.be/aNJmn45NctI
  • Damage on hit: 50
  • Damage per second: 40
  • Duration: 1,5 second
  • Cooldown: 2,7 seconds
  • Weapon 2:
  • Life Support System is a cutting-edge tech system that activates a laser around the hover that repairs nearby allies. The duration of the effect is cumulative and the weapon can hold up to 5 charges.
  • Attached to an ally: Activates the repair at the cursor’s position
  • https://youtu.be/np0dbZu1kqo
  • Repair on hit: 30
  • Repair per second: 100
  • Duration: 1 second
  • Weapon 3:
  • Warp is the teleport. Stargazer warps to the cursor’s location (at time of cast). It brings a wide range of new possibilities and strategies into the arena. Can’t wait to see the epic plays!
  • Attached to an ally: Transfer yourself over to the ally whom your cursor is over.
  • https://youtu.be/RAuB33GMDsY
  • Regular cooldown: 6 seconds
  • Attached cooldown: 2 seconds
  • Warmup: 0,5 of a second
  • Duration: 1 second
  • Special Weapon:
  • Entangle is a new mechanic in Heavy Metal Machines which allows Stargazer to attach to any of her allies. The ally carrying the astronaut is repaired while doing so. This weapon’s energy bar will decrease with time or if your “ride” suffers damage. Hitting enemies with Orbital Beam or warping to an ally recovers some energy.
  • https://youtu.be/bxkkOWJnEYs
  • Repair on attaching: 100
  • Repair per second: 50
  • Energy drained per second: 12%
  • Energy drained when ally gets damaged: 10% of the damage the ally receives
  • General updates:
  • So, as we already celebrated at the beginning of this post, season 2 has started. If you are not familiar with the Metal Pass, visit our FAQ and learn more about it A bunch of other amazing updates are launched with the season 2, check them out:
  • Inventory:
  • Added new tabs with models, characters and lore pieces that the player has.
  • Lifebar
  • The lifebar received a polish to make it easier to read during the match.
  • Player’s Identification:
  • Added a new interface to identify who a player is in a match. The feature can be switched on and off.
  • Sprays:
  • Colors and sizes adjusted to make them more visible during the match.
  • Cash purchase feedback:
  • New visual feedback added when purchasing Cash
  • Fame per Match:
  • Players will now receive 25 Fame per victory and 15 on losses.
  • New items in the store and models for Icebringer:
  • 3 new models for Icebringer:
  • Glacial Carrier
  • Cryonic Effect
  • Cold Truck
  • New items added to the store:
  • 6 Sprays
  • 5 visual effects (2 for rebuild, 1 for score, 1 for kill, 1 for starting line)
  • Additional information for Heavy Metal models:
  • New feedback information about which features come with a Heavy Metal model
  • Balance:
  • General:
  • Drifting while trying to grab the bomb has been removed
  • When activating the bomb grabber, the vehicle now slows down
  • Dirt Devil:
  • The activation of the passive skill will happen a little bit earlier now to solve an issue where the pilot collided with others
  • The machine increased in size to better fit its visual
  • Weapon 3: hook’s size slightly decreased to avoid collision with walls
  • Icebringer:
  • Reduced in 25% the speed gain upon the starting line
  • Weapon 3: Reduced repair from 350 to 200
  • Metal Herald:
  • Weapon 3: removed invulnerability during the weapon’s effect. Shield value increased by 175
  • Bug Fix:
  • The most notable bug fixes are listed below:
  • Pick screen:
  • Solved an issue where it would take a long time to show the 3D model
  • Fixed an issue with the chat scroll
  • Graphics information on some machines were not up to date and are now fixed.
  • Legacy: Temple of Sacrifice:
  • Solved an issue where it was possible to “get out” of the arena during the rebuild
  • End game screen:
  • Solved an issue that inverted the teams’ icons
  • Tutorial:
  • Added kill effect to creeps
  • Sprays:
  • Cooldown adjusted
  • Chat:
  • Solved an issue where all players were shown as level 1 in the chat
  • Solved an issue that showed old portraits for players who own Founder’s Pack
  • Killfeed:
  • Solved an issue that gave kill credits to the wrong player
  • Killer J:
  • “More Clown Than Human” model showed a different portrait from its 3D model
  • Party:
  • Solved an issue where the portrait disappeared after a match.
  • Custom Match:
  • Fixed an issue where the flag of the teams wouldn’t be shown in the custom match.
  • Tickets:
  • Solved an issue where the bomb got automatically dropped if grabbed when the player used any weapon
  • Solved an issue that counted one less level to players who played since the beta

New in Heavy Metal Machines 1.03.831 (Nov 9, 2018)

  • Hello, Metal Gladiators!
  • We have great news for everyone who needs more details and help with controls. Thanks to our highly engaged community, we received feedback about the keys and dynamics of Heavy Metal Machines. At this first moment, we will step up and provide the instructor for every character and controls tips on the loading screen. Let’s break it down:
  • Instructor:
  • The mode is now available for every character and it is split into 2 categories of tips:
  • Complete
  • Weapons use
  • Interaction with the bomb
  • Machine maneuver
  • Characters: Wildfire, Stingray, Windrider, Artificer, and Clunker
  • Basic
  • Interaction with the bomb
  • Machine maneuver
  • Characters: Black Lotus, Dirt Devil, Full Metal Judge, Icebringer, Killer J., Little Monster, Metal Herald, Photon e Rampage.
  • Loading screen with controls tips:
  • Just before the match gets started, you will be able to double check the game controls. The loading screen you see before the matches went through an overhauling session -- we've added basic controls information there, so everyone can see the essential keys for maneuvering the machine, using the weapons and interacting with the bomb; and updated the layout of the points of interest of each arena (starting line, bomb spawn and enemy base)

New in Heavy Metal Machines 1.02.810 (Oct 26, 2018)

  • Hello, everybody!:
  • We’re back with spooky updates! Besides bug fixes, we have improved BOTs behavior, in-game store videos, the Heavy Halloween is back with those amazing Halloween models.:
  • Halloween Models:
  • The following models are now available in the store for the price of 1150 Cash, for a limited time:
  • It’s Alive! - Little Monster
  • Arachnophobia - Rampage
  • Curse of Nefertem - Black Lotus
  • These models give you more than just a spooky visual. They bring new effects for the skills, such a football helmet for Little Monster special weapon or witchcraft symbols for Artificer’s.
  • By the way, The 71st Witchcraft model, for Artificer, will be available only through a special event. You can learn more here: link
  • BOTs behavior improvements:
  • Bomb pass
  • The rule for the BOTs to release the bomb has been changed. Now, two rules control their behavior:
  • 1 - If a player activates the bomb grabber key (space bar) nearby a BOT carrying the bomb, it will be released so you can grab it.
  • 2 - If a BOT carrying the bomb is low in HP, then it will try to pass the bomb to an ally
  • Store and 3D models:
  • Now, every 3D models in the store, pick screen and Metal Pass screen will start rotating automatically after 1,5 second
  • Video quality improved:
  • Some videos from the store now have improved quality. The content is the following:
  • Start Line Effects
  • Standard
  • Let’s Go
  • Braid Runes
  • Karve that Win
  • Rebuild Effects
  • Standard
  • Bifröst In
  • Ducky
  • Hammer
  • Uber Hammer
  • Bug Fix:
  • Besides minor bugs that aren’t noticeable by the players, here are the most important fixes for this version:
  • In the Temple of Sacrifice, the bomb would behave weirdly when collided against walls on curves.
  • The bomb would also get stuck within blockers in Temple of Sacrifice.
  • Visual effects of Rampage’s weapon 2 on Arachnophobia Model.
  • Sometimes, players in the same team could choose the same character.

New in Heavy Metal Machines 0.0.0.649 Beta (Apr 17, 2018)

  • This update contains a brand new feature called “The Instructor”, which will guide new users through their first match when playing with the pilot Wildfire.
  • New Feature - The Instructor
  • How does it work?
  • New players that haven’t played any matches before will be guided with tips (speech and interface) during their first match with while playing with Wildfire.
  • New players will select Wildfire automatically for the first match, and starting from the second match, they will be able to select other characters.
  • The icons above FMJ’s machine are Tips from the Instructor.
  • Does it work with all characters?
  • Currently, the Instructor works only with Wildfire, and it will be expanded to other characters in the future.
  • How do I turn it off?
  • The Instructor is enabled by default for all new players, and it can be turned off on the Options Menu.
  • You can’t turn it off during a match.
  • If you are level 5 or higher, the Instructor is disabled by default.