- Talk like a Pirate Day - 19 September 2026
Today is officially ‘Talk like a Pirate Day’!In honour of Talk like a Pirate Day... We would like to teach you some amazing new words to add to your dictionary. Use them today to impress all your pirate-y mateys. Let’s start our lesson Ahoy means hello or hey. Use this to greet your friends or maybe teach it to your parrot. It's entirely possible this might start your official life as a pirate! Avast ye before you continue! Avast means ‘stop’ or ‘pay attention’. If your captain tells you to ‘avast’ while running around on your ship, drop whatever you’re doing and pay attention! If you don’t do that… you might suddenly shiver ye timbers when the captain calls out your name! Now… shiver me timbers is a sentence pirates (especially on the internet) often use when they want to show you that they are definitely not scared by whatever it is that made them react like that… You can also see it…
- A New Multiplayer Game From 2 Blazing Sails Devs! - 11 April 2025
Ahoy mateys, While we be hard at work patching sails and sharpening cutlasses for the next big update in Blazing Sails, we’ve got some juicy word from across the seas to share with ye! Two of our finest former Get Up Games crewmates, Frederic and Christophe, have charted a new course and started their own studio: Fancy Cat Interactive (a name that surely strikes fear into the hearts of landlubbers everywhere). These fine lads have been busy craftin’ a brand new game, and it goes by the name of… Now this one ain't about swashbucklin’! This is a cartoony Multiplayer WWII shooter, where ye trade in yer flintlocks and cutlasses for flyin’ contraptions and thunderin’ wheel-cannons! It’s like Blazing Sails crash-landed in the 1940s, where a new world of battles awaits your grand entrance. Same chaotic, action-packed multiplayer spirit ye know and love, but this time, it’s all boots on the gro…
- Halloween Hotfix v3.0.8.7 - 31 October 2024
New Add spawn protection to character. By default the duration is 30 seconds. Can be stopped by actions such as: Firing a weapon, moving, interactions, repair, ...) Bug Fixes Fix the ladders on the ghost ship for Rise of the Undead Fleet mode Fix the treasure chest icons not changing to 'opened' correctly Fix the ability for Undead to discover / see discovered Treasure Boxes Fix 'X' not dropping the chest Other Changes Bring back the 'queue all modes' button
- Blazing Sails Halloween Hotfix v3.0.8.6 - 30 October 2024
New Enemy players can now stop pumps Add Team formation string for custom games, allows more custom structures. Read more about the system on the wiki here: Balance Changes Undead players can no longer interact with human ships their steering wheels Revert pump upgrades applied to the Rise of the Undead Fleet gamemode. Silver steering wheels still apply Human players now respawn with ammo in the Rise of the Undead Fleet game mode (50 bullets, 20 arrows, 5 cannon balls) Increased direct hit damage for Fish launcher to 60 to better balance with the AOE changes Increased Cutlass damage 20 -> 22 Increased Sword of the Sea damage 18 -> 20 Increased Pickaxe damage 32 -> 50 Reduce Pickaxe attack speed 0.7-> 0.45 Reduce Spiked Club attack speed 0.9 -> 0.75 Bug Fixes Fix deadzone not applying damage to ships Fix humans losing their weapons when dying in Rise of the Undead Fleet mode Fix issues w…
- Blazing Sails: Halloween Patch v3.0.8.1 - 24 October 2024
New Added new temporary game mode: *Rise of the Undead Fleet* Add environmental Sound effects throughout the map Balance Changes Reworked Projectiles AOE system. Directly hit players no longer receive AOE damage (Bomb launcher is an exception to this rule) Reduced Anti sail Player damage from 60 -> 40 Due to AOE change increase Shoulder cannon direct hit damage 60 -> 97 Anti sail no longer does any hull damage Bug Fixes Melee block no longer affects team mates Friendly projectiles no longer stop team mates from sprinting Fix main menu wind direction Fix mid game joining allowing more than 2 players on a sloop Fix kill card weapon kill info Other Changes Reversed the weapon order in Gun Game (bottle is still last) Disabled Voice chat till further notice
- Halloween Update: The Undead Fleet Rises... - 24 October 2024
Ahoy seadogs, The spookiest time of the year is upon us—Halloween be creepin' up like a ghost ship in the dead of night! And it be lookin’ like a host of wretched ghouls is coming to wreak havoc across the seven seas! Special Halloween Game Mode: Rise of the Undead Fleet Screenshot by Community member toothboto For this year’s spooky season, we’re bringing you an exclusive, seasonal game mode! From today 'till November 14th, you can conquer the Rise of the Undead Fleet. Undead Fleet can be played with up to 15 players. Twelve human pirates face off against three Undead. Each player has their own sloop, and the Undead aim to board and sink the human ships. Once a ship goes down, its crew turns and joins the Undead. The Undead win if they sink all human ships! While the Undead are trying to capsize their ships, Humans need to track down treasure chests scattered across the map. Once they…
- Hotfix v3.0.7.12 - 30 September 2024
Fix the Hud compass not showing player markers, ship, allies, ... Fix save games being reset Add usernames above enemy heads for all game modes Add chat character filter Disabled Kraken Keep as map for both Conquest and GunGame Disabled Stormy Map temporarily
- Hotfix v3.0.7.10 - 23 September 2024
Allow fast teleport when positioned on an active conquest flag Add Death Cam Attempt to reduce jitter on some objects and players (might decrease performance a bit) General fixes under the hood, and refilled the blinker fluid
- Hotfix v3.0.7.9 - 22 September 2024
Fix Battle Royale starting resources Fix Gun Game weapons not being allocated correctly Set the default fps limit to 60
- Hotfix v3.0.7.9 - 21 September 2024
Fix conquest players not always spawning on the ship Fix conquest players not always having the default resources Remove 1 pump from the Galleon Upgrade some of the Galleon elements ( 2 swivels, gold steering, silver capstan, silver pump )
- Hotfix v3.0.7.8 v11 - 18 September 2024
Fix some of the death screen weapons / origins Modify conquest to be joinable while the match is in progress Add Queue to both BR and Conquest at the same time
- v3.0.7.8 v10 - 10 September 2024
Fixed some of the video options not loading correctly
- v3.0.7.8 v9 - 10 September 2024
Fixed Tutorial and Practice mode
- Small Update to visualization of the match maker - 9 September 2024
Added a small circle to indicate the progress of the match making system. https://i.imgur.com/b0dHQVW.png
- Hotfix 3.0.7.8 - 7 September 2024
Fix Crew banner placement Fix Spray Rework some matchmaking connection protocol work, this should improve the matchmaker stability. (We're still working on a complete matchmaking rework) Apply the same connection protocol work to servers to reduce spectator bug
- Hotfix 3.0.7.4 - 1 September 2024
Fix some data streaming to the backend for global data Fix custom servers management. Kick, Ban, ... Add Mute option to custom servers to allow the host to mute players Add option in the gameplay menu to clear the muted / banned player list. Fix custom games loading screen Disable vote kick in gun game servers
- Hotfix 3.0.6.9 - 15 May 2024
Fix missing controls Fix spectator bug Fix Cork not adding water to ships Fix issues with the 'Add Random Damage' function not always working Reduce the game size on disk by 66% which should also increase boot time Fix visual issue where water seemingly wasn't entering the boat Reduce the max hole size to 20 Fix the enemy ship markers being visible to everyone
- Blazing Sails - Loud and behold, the voice chat is here again! - 8 May 2024
Avast, ye seadogs! 'Tis time for another round of updates, and this time, we've got a treasure trove of improvements for ye. We're introducing a slew of balance changes, bug fixes, quality of life enhancements, and best of all, the return of voice chat! So rally yer crew, hoist the sails, and prepare to rule the seas once more! Voice Chat is Back! Practice your sea shanties with your crew, or yell at them to raise the capstan. Communication is key and with voice you can coordinate your team so much more! Currently only available on Dedicated Servers! Balance Changes Damage holes have been reworked a little in this update. The damage / hole is now 25 capped. The flow rate code is also no longer rounding numbers. The flowrate = the damage to the hole / 3 every damage tick. Removed some of the distant Gun Game spawn points on Forsaken Fort. Disabled one of the islands for spawning on Bone…
- Iceberg Interactive x Blazing Sails: Sailing Onto New Seas - 7 May 2024
Ahoy, captains! As we celebrate the last couple of years of development of Blazing Sails, the crew at Get Up Games express their deepest thanks to the Blazing Sails community who has made this journey unforgettable. As Get Up Games expressed their desire to move on to new projects, the development team at Iceberg Interactive along with Blazing Sails’ lead developer Wolf have decided to take the helm and continue the development of Blazing Sails. We’re committed to bringing the same level of dedication and to live up to the standards set by you, the community. We’re going to deliver frequent updates and we’ll work hard on bringing the game to new platforms like Xbox in the near future. We want to express our gratitude for the love and support we’ve received from you and we can’t wait to start this new chapter with you - with new features, new players, and a new platform. See you out ther…
- Hotfix 3.0.5.8 - 20 April 2024
Add notification system for communicating to players Actually fix sloops this time Testing system with continuous tick to help with spectator bug Some additional internal server admin improvements
