Rising Star 2 Steam news

• Latest observed players14 · 24 September 2026 - 15:12:15 UTC
• SteamPulse tracked peak126
• Units sold (VGI)No data available
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• Review score94% positive
• Total reviews670
• Release dateAug 12, 2020
• DeveloperGilligames
• PublisherGilligames

Genres: Indie, RPG, Simulation

Company pages: Developer: GilligamesPublisher: Gilligames

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Rising Star 2 Steam news

Rising Star 2 news collects recent Steam feed items, update posts, and announcements that SteamPulse can associate with this app.

Latest Steam announcements

• Bug fix related to travel - 9 September 2026

  Added error handling when importing images that are stored on a cloud drive (like OneDrive) but not actually downloaded locally.

• Fixed clothing texture glitches - 3 August 2026

  2.98.405 • Fixed texture glitches on some clothing items that were introduced when upgrading to Unity 6.3.

• Project upgraded to Unity 6, including MacOS Silicon Version - 30 July 2026

  2.98.403 • Upgraded project from Unity 2020 to Unity 6.3, mainly to enable MacOS Silicon builds and extend longevity of the project. • Fixed some UI issues with the print shop's graphic designer controls when on a screen narrower than 16:9 aspect ratio. • Improved custom t-shirt colors to be closer to what it looks like in the designer preview.

• Minor bug fixes, and Pittsburgh gets some love - 18 June 2026

  June 17, 2026 • Fixed position of "Add Text" button on CD designer screen. • Fixed bugs that prevented properly leaving a bar/club or studio when traveling to a different city by using the map. • Increased text size in several dropdowns. • Added logging for significant actions to help with troubleshooting bugs. • Increased population of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 335,000 to 2,400,000 to include the full metro area.

• "Plastic Surgery Disasters" DLC now available - 21 May 2026

  No longer compromise on your band's appearance of hired musicians.

• Bug fix and new "Notes" feature. - 18 May 2026

  2.98.396 - May 17, 2026 • Fixed bug with loading an auto-saved game if a gig was played in a theater or arena on Saturday, then you immediately traveled to a different city using the map button (not driving to the edge of the city). • Added band notes feature, accessible from the "Notes" button on the band info screen.

• Minor update for bugs reported through in-game bug reporter - 15 May 2026

  2.98.393 - May 14, 2026 • Player.log files are automatically included with bug reports, so players no longer need to hunt them down in the file system when troubleshooting bugs.

• v2.98.390 Update - New tour options - 9 November 2025

  November 8, 2025Added tour options: "Minimum distance between cities" & "Maximum gigs per area".Fixed a building model in Mexico that wasn't displaying properly.

• Rising Star 2 Mexico Expansion DLC Coming Soon! - 14 October 2025

  I'm just waiting for the translations to be delivered, and then you'll be able to bring your band to the land of the sun!

• 20 Years of Shady O'Grady's™ Rising Star Cover Art - 25 September 2025

  I recently came across the original CD-ROM in which artist Hugh Jamieson delivered the original Shady O'Grady's™ Rising Star cover art. It's dated 9/22/05, which means as of two days ago it's been 20 years since he created this cover art. However, the game itself wasn't released for another year and a half.Nowadays many people would probably look at this and say it's AI art (I get a lot of that lately - check out the Shrouded Aspect discussions), but this clearly pre-dates AI-generated images. It was done digitally, though I can't confirm what program he used.I've never actually met Hugh in person. I found him on deviantart.com and sent him a message. He was nice enough to cut me a good deal on this custom work, because he liked the project.Apparently, Hugh is still at it, creating cool art. Check out Hugh's web site https://hughjamiesonart.com/

• Update fixes "no touring bands" issue. - 9 September 2025

  • Adjusted logic for finding touring bands, allowing touring bands to be found when player band popularity is less than 1.0.

• v2.98.380 Update - 27 August 2025

  August 26, 2025 Fixed bug that happened if pressing a keyboard shortcut to view a band member during the landscaping or busking cutscene. Fixed bug that could erroneously show an extra travel day for flying to a city when you should arrive the same day. Clarify gig pay between band share and manager share in gig results. Middle mouse button now acts the same as left mouse button to mouse-look in first-person modes.

• Minor Update v2.98.378 - 9 August 2025

  Pause timed jobs while loading location interiors, so you don't lose job time on computers that load slower. No longer include locked regions (such as South America) as additional regions in contract offers.

• Update v2.98.377 - 3 August 2025

  August 3, 2025• Added local names for Lithuania.• Fixed minor display bug that resulted in missing supplies in a musician's equipment list when changing the displayed config and scrolling the equipment list.• Fixed bug where the hair color at new game screen is ignored and the characters hair is black after starting the game.

• v2.98.373 update notes - 9 July 2025

  Added search box to music store equipment list to help you find certain brands or models. Fixed bug that prevented the "evil fingers" song tag from loading properly from save games. Immediately hide selected equipment from musician list in music stores when checking the box to hide it from selling in stores. Fixed file system bug during saving that happened when starting a new band named with two periods at the end. Fixed night material on hotel in South America region. Removed (Country Name) following the state or province name on all screens except the region maps. Added Shrouded Aspect cross-promotion to main menu screen.

• Performance fix related to South America DLC - 24 June 2025

  I improved performance when checking whether the South America DLC has been unlocked. Now the actual call to the Steam API is only done once per session, and then cached for future lookups.

• Custom band T-Shirt limit raised from 30 to 1000 - 2 June 2025

  A lot of manual setup is required to allow for the custom t-shirt designs, which is why it was limited to 30. I decided to write a tool to automate this process and have raised to limit to 1000. That should be more than enough.

• Minor localization fixes - 19 February 2025

  A couple of rarely encountered localizations were missing. This fixes those.

• Rename bands - 16 October 2024

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmJxHaE0Pa8

• Anytime Attitude Adjustments - 10 October 2024

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fYlqHBHPDM

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