- Scramble Mode is coming to Orcs Must Die! 3! - 19 July 2021
https://i.imgur.com/Ke9E6Su.jpg Reminiscent of Chaos Trials from Orcs Must Die! Unchained, Scramble mode is a reimagined version which progresses faster - providing a debuff at the beginning of each round, and a buff at the end of each round! You'll face 5 levels of increasingly difficult Orc armies using one pool of rift points, and will need to carefully choose your buffs, debuffs, and loadouts in order to survive!! https://i.imgur.com/9Vyo7Ak.jpg When you first enter Scramble Mode, you will be prompted to make a choice between two different levels, each of which will come with a unique debuff, something to make the Orc army more terrifying. For instance, you might have options like “Lose 10 rift points on death”, “Increase mana cost of all weapons”, “Adds dynamite archers to every wave. Makes dynamite archers stronger”, or some of the dozens of other debuffs available. https://i.imgu…
- Orcs Must Die! 3 is coming to Steam on July 23rd! - 14 June 2021
Orcs Must Die! 3 is coming to Steam, Playstation, and Xbox! Orcs Must Die! 3 is getting ready to break through to Steam! On July 23, you’ll be able to play Orcs Must Die! 3 solo or cooperatively to experience the same great Orc slaying fun from the previous games, along with all new content to make burning, flipping, and skewering Orcs even more exciting! Orcs Must Die! 3 see the return of many classic favorites like Spike Traps, Arrow Walls, and the sweet sound of Max’s voice, before improving it with all new traps, weapons, story, and game modes! Orcs Must Die! 3 is cranking up the scale with all new War Scenarios where hundreds of Orcs rush at your gates all at once! To help combat these massive waves, new traps exclusive to War Scenarios like the Mega Boom Barrel Launcher and the Giant Flip Trap can be placed outside the castle to help tear through the horde! You’ll also be able to…
- Orcs Must Die! Unchained and Hero Academy games close their doors in April - 8 January 2019
All good things must come to an end, even Orcs Must Die! Unchained, as developer Robot Entertainment has announced the title - along with games Hero Academy and Hero Academy 2 - will close in a few months. "It's painful to even write this," begins Robot Entertainment's blog post . "We know this decision affects our players as much as it does us." Servers for all three games are shutting on Monday 16th April at 5am UTC. From now until then, players who log into Orcs Must Die! Unchained and Hero Academy 2 will receive "a substantial free grant of hard and soft currencies to enjoy the remaining weeks of live play". Like an end-of-the-world party if you had a bunch of cash. Read more…
- Orcs Must Die! Unchained and Hero Academy shutting down April - 7 January 2019
Free-to-play defend-o-shooter Orcs Must Die! Unchained and both games in Robot Entertainment’s turn-based Hero Academy series are set to close their doors this April. In an apologetic letter to players, CEO Patrick Hudson explains that the games simply cost more to run than they make back in return. The studio itself doesn’t seem to be in immediate danger, with Robot currently working on two new games that they plan to unveil later this year. Account registration for the games should end soon, but the last few Unchained players will find themselves with a sack of currency to spend over these final three months. (more…)
- Orcs Must Die! Unchained Ceasing Operations - 7 January 2019
Hi all, It's painful to even write this. We are sorry to say that we will be closing down Orcs Must Die! Unchained, Hero Academy, and Hero Academy 2. Making and supporting a game is a long and challenging journey. Along the way, there are plenty of highs and plenty of lows. The communities who play our games join us on these journeys. We know this decision affects our players as much as it does us. We've kept these games operating at a financial loss for many months. Unfortunately, it's no longer sustainable for us to do so. We must shift our focus to future games and make our investments there. All three games will remain playable until Monday, April 8th, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. Central Time (UTC-05:00). Commencing immediately, all players logging into Orcs Must Die! Unchained and Hero Academy 2 will receive a substantial free grant of hard and soft currencies to enjoy the remaining weeks o…
- RELEASE 2.7.1 - PATCH NOTES - 20 March 2018
Compensation: Upon logging in, all current and future players will receive 9,000 Skulls and a seven (7) day Battle Pass as compensation for the outages between March 10th and 11th. The rewards will be automatically added to your accounts and there will be no notification. If you feel you did not receive the compensation, please create a support ticket. Bug Fixes: Fixed an exploit with Brass’ Turret. Fixed Brass' Scrapuum weaver. Fixed the Custom Games List from becoming permanently selected and non-interactive.Removed some skins that were unavailable to players on PC and PS4. Various backend fixes.
- Release 2.6.1 - Patch Notes - 14 February 2018
General: Players can no longer join custom games for battlegrounds they have not unlocked UNLESS invited by a friend.Midnight Market has been made easier in Sabotage.Wu Xing maps are no longer colored red in Battleground Select. Brass: Health increased by 100%. Developer Comment: Brass's health is too low given how close she must get to enemies to use her Shotgun. This should make her SIGNIFICANTLY more durable. Damage of Cannonball increased by 40%. Cooldown of Cannonball increased by 50%. Developer Comment: We heard your feedback. Brass has too many short cooldown abilities competing with each other, making it difficult to utilize all of her skills. This change should preserve the DPS of her cannonball, while providing more opportunities to include it in her flow.Turret health increased by 100%. Turret range increased by 20%. Turret re-target delay reduced to 0.2 seconds, from 0.75 se…
- Release 2.6 - Brass - Patch Notes - 5 December 2017
Available December 6! New Hero: Brass Brass is a Master level engineer and considered one of the best in the Order. She is able to use her Blunderbuss, Dwarven Turret, and improvised demolition devices to keep her foes out of the rift. https://us.v-cdn.net/5022169/uploads/editor/tz/q2r9l53e8nj7.jpg New Feature: Custom Games This new feature is meant to address several key community requests: the ability to pick a specific map to play with other players, the ability to more easily play Endless and Chaos Trials with other players, and the ability to battle friends in Sabotage. We believe this addition will offer a tremendous benefit to the community. New for Sabotage: New Battleground: Castle GatesNew Consumable: Terracotta GiantsNew Consumable: Elemental MagesNew Consumable: Hide Minimap New: Chaos Trial Modifiers Additional Terracotta GiantsNo Minimap in Combat General: Leaderboards wil…
- Wu Xing Invasion Event Live - 4 November 2017
Attention War Mages: this is not a drill! The Wu Xing Battles Update is now live on PC and PS4, and with it comes the Wu Xing Invasion Event. Beginning at 10 a.m. Thursday, November 2, and ending at 10 a.m. Sunday, November 26 there will be a series of community challenges featuring enemies new and old as well as Yi-Lin, the newest Orcs Must Die! Unchained hero. Each enemy killed, rift point protected, game won, or star earned will count towards their respective community challenge goals, and each successfully completed challenge will award a prize to participants. If 75% of these goals are met over the course of the event, all participating players will also receive the fantastic new Imperial Tundra skin! This event features a series of shorter, 2-day challenges based on community feedback, so be sure to log in daily throughout November to avoid missing out! Also based on community fee…
- Wu Xing Battles Update is LIVE! - 1 November 2017
New Hero: Yi-Lin Yi-Lin is a quick, melee hero who uses her twin swords to devastating effect. Her use of combos can deal devastating damage as well as provide regeneration making her a true force to be reckoned with. Yi-Lin, the Jade Sentinel has awoken to defend Centre once more against the hordes of orcs, soldiers, and her old enemies – the Wu Xing Dynasty.Learn more about Yi-Lin in the Designing Yi-Lin blog. New Faction: The Wu Xing, Masters of the Five Elements The Wu Xing are masters of the five elements. Deadly and resilient they make dangerous foes!Wu Xing Soldiers: These soldiers come in four forms: light, medium, heavy, and ranged. All of the soldiers have magic armor, making physical damage optimal in defeating them.Terracotta Giant: These slow-moving stone giants do not attack players. Instead, they perform a steady march to the rift, slowing any player that gets too close.R…
- Release 2.5 - Wu Xing Battles - Patch Notes - 20 October 2017
Available November 1! New Hero: Yi-Lin Yi-Lin is a quick, melee hero who uses her twin swords to devastating effect. Her use of combos can deal devastating damage as well as provide regeneration making her a true force to be reckoned with. Yi-Lin is not just any accomplished fighter. This woman out of time was the greatest and most loyal warrior fighting in service of her friend, Chang’E, Empress of the White Tiger Empire. In centuries past, the White Tiger Empire and its allies were threatened by certain destruction as orcs and other invaders poured into their kingdoms from the Dark World. Seeing no other solution, the dwarves of Thuricvod evacuated the stone halls of their home on Centre. Fleeing to the safety of their homeworld and collapsing the portals behind them to cut off the invading forces left the White Tiger Empire with few options for its defense and even fewer allies. Desp…
- Free Expansion Wu Xing Battles Launching This Month! - 10 October 2017
We’re thrilled to announce that the Orcs Must Die Unchained Wu Xing Battles update will be launching on October 25 for PC! This massive update contains three new maps, a brand new faction of enemy invaders, the powerful new hero Yi-Lin, and much more. Update: The Wu Xing Battles update has been delayed by one week due to a technical issue and will launch on November 1. New Hero New Maps Hordes of never-before-seen enemies are invading the White Tiger Empire on three brand new maps and it’s up to us War Mages to defeat them. Defend the White Tiger Empire’s beautiful Water Gardens in Survival mode and hold the Castle Gates in Survival and Endless! Both locations offer strategic challenges with open layouts and not much room for wall traps. The Midnight Market is a popular nighttime location and is under heavy attack in both Survival and Sabotage game modes! New Enemies The new Wu Xing inv…
- OMDU Weekly Challenge "We Can Rebuild It" - 3 October 2017
Be prepared to build and rebuid your killbox to deal with waves of every minion and boss type Centre has to offer. You'll have to think quickly about your strategy to complete this challenge! Can you complete this weekly challenge with Stinkeye, Gabriella, and Midnight?
- A Look into the Future of OMDU! - 21 September 2017
Hello War Mages! It's been a while since my last update, so I thought I'd give everyone a heads-up on the latest happenings and plans for Orcs Must Die! Unchained over the next few months. The biggest OMDU news of the summer was the release on Playstation 4 in July following the launch on PC earlier this Spring. On the PC side of the world, we've been focusing on tons of smaller, long-requested improvements that have hopefully made a big difference in your playing experience. Things like fast restarts, rerolling Chaos Trials, and some fundamental changes to how players interact with their Daily Quests have rolled out recently and there are more changes like this to come. Plus, we've managed to sneak in a few biggies like Deadeye, four new Endless maps, and the Endless Summer event on all platforms. We’ve even added some fun vanity rewards to achievements in-game! One area that we'd real…
- OMDU Weekly Challenge "Doublets" - 19 September 2017
No, you're NOT seeing double. In this weekly challenge, waves double in size each wave for 5 waves. Do you think your hero can stop this prison break? Can you beat this weekly challenge with Temper, Tundra, and Zoey?
- OMDU Weekly Challenge "Do The Trap Shuffle" - 12 September 2017
Hero abilities deal no damage in this challenge. Use the generous coin your hero is given at the start of the match to set up a killer killbox. Your hero will have to rely on traps and indirect damage to survive. Can you beat this week's challenge with Cygnus, Tundra, and Blackpaw?
- Endless Summer Continues! - 7 September 2017
August may be coming to a close but summer is not over just yet, War Mages! The Orcs Must Die! Unchained Endless Summer event is here to end the season in gibtastic fashion. Live now and continuing until 10 am Thursday, September 28 there will be four week-long community challenges available during the event. Work together as a community to complete goals and earn seasonal vanity prizes -- backplates, titles, and avatars – and complete all 4 goals to earn a very special, very summery, Summer of Stunning Maximillian skin! Kill orcs, soldiers, and survive as many waves as you can in any game mode before the event (and Summer) come to an end. Event Goals! Week 1 event goal: Survive 700,000 waves (Completed!) Week 2 event goal: Kill 30,000,000 Orcs! (Completed!) Week 3 event goal: Survive waves! (coming soon) Week 4 event goal: Kill soldiers! (coming soon) Sweet Summer Rewards All participa…
- Endless Summer Event! - 1 September 2017
August may be coming to a close but summer is not over just yet, War Mages! The Orcs Must Die! Unchained Endless Summer event is here to end the season in gibtastic fashion. Beginning at 10 am Thursday, August 31, and ending at 10 am Thursday, September 28 there will be four week-long community challenges available. Work together as a community to complete goals and earn seasonal vanity prizes -- backplates, titles, and avatars – and complete all 4 goals to earn a very special, very summery, Summer of Stunning Maximillian skin! Kill orcs, soldiers, and survive as many waves as you can in any game mode before the event (and Summer) come to an end. But wait, there’s more! To coincide with the Endless Summer event we are introducing four new maps to Endless mode for War Mages of all levels. Defend the quiet garden cloister of the Banquet Hall from the swarming hordes of unruly orcs, kobold…
- Update 2.4 is LIVE! - 30 August 2017
New Feature: Fast Restart A highly requested feature has finally arrived! We have added the ability for non-matchmade games to be restarted by the party leader (you cannot restart Chaos Trials or Sabotage games). New for Endless: Four Endless Maps Four new Endless maps are now available as part of the Endless Summer event beginning this Thursday!Banquet Hall (Apprentice)Thuricvod Village (War Mage)Highlands (Master)Avalanche (Rift Lord) New for Sabotage: Map and Consumables Temple Graveyard is now available in Sabotage (Master and Rift Lord).Frost Giants are now a playable minion card.Minions Drop Grenades Buff: Causes player sent minions to have a 50% chance to drop grenades on death.Teleportation Staff: Drops a staff that will teleport players to a random location if they stay within its area for several seconds. New for Chaos Trials: Modifiers Guardians Damage Allies: Guardian Spin d…
- Release 2.4 - Patch Notes - 24 August 2017
Update Available August 30! https://us.v-cdn.net/5022169/uploads/editor/7h/y8lxb1026j3p.jpg New Feature: Fast Restart A highly requested feature has finally arrived! We have added the ability for non-matchmade games to be restarted by the party leader (you cannot restart Chaos Trials or Sabotage games). New: Sabotage Map - Temple Graveyard The Temple Graveyard map is now available in Sabotage Mode! This map is available at Master and Rift Lord difficulty levels. New: Chaos Trial Modifiers Guardians Damage Allies - Guardian Spin damages barricades and players.Unstable Rift Polymorph - Failing to close an Unstable Rift will cause the entire team to be polymorphed. New: Sabotage Consumables Frost GiantsMinions Drop Grenades Buff: Causes player sent minions to have a 50% chance to drop grenades on death.Teleportation Staff: Drops a staff that will teleport enemies to a random location if th…
