Alien Arena: Warriors Of Mars Steam news

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• Review score77% positive
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• Release dateNov 3, 2017
• DeveloperCOR Entertainment, LLC
• PublisherCOR Entertainment, LLC

Genres: Action, Indie

Company pages: Developer: COR Entertainment, LLCPublisher: COR Entertainment, LLC

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Alien Arena: Warriors Of Mars Steam news

Alien Arena: Warriors Of Mars news collects recent Steam feed items, update posts, and announcements that SteamPulse can associate with this app.

Latest Steam announcements

• John Diamond Memorial Tournament 2026 - Results - 21 June 2026

  We had a blast, with twenty players, old players returned, that took along some new players. Total chaos in three different modes but on very smooth servers! We will definitely do this every year. More info: https://www.alienarena.org/

• Alien Arena 7.72 - 14 June 2026

  Changes in 7.72:Project 100: optimized the game to support at least 100 FPS framerate, 100 FPS server tickrate, 100 PPS packet rate, and mouse polling rate that aligns with the framerate, this greatly improves the smoothness and responsiveness of the gameExtended single player mode with more game modes: CTF and Tactical, and weapon modes: Insta and Insta/RocketsAdded fairer antilag calculation based on one-way ping with server-side configuration options and diminishing effect on very high pingsOptimized mouse movement logic (Linux-only, under cvar m_direct, recommended to set m_direct to 1)Added centered message about who killed youDrop old particles if the particle buffer is fullCheck ragdoll buffer before creating new ragdollsFixed bug with crashing clients when lots of rockets were firedFixed bug with duplicate ragdollsFixed bug with ragdolls hanging in mid airFixed bug with disappea…

• John Diamond Memorial Tournament - 6 June 2026

  On Saturday the 20th of June, 2026, at 20:00 UTC we will have a special tournament to commemorate the creator of Alien Arena: John Diamond.Everyone is welcome to join.Register here: https://form.jotform.com/261558212611047

• Project 100 - 9 April 2026

  Is Alien Arena still being developed? Yes, it certainly is: introducing Project 100, supporting the smoothest Alien Arena gameplay experience yet! The game engine and net code have had many improvements to fully support a smooth and responsive game experience for at least 100 FPS framerate, 100 FPS server tickrate, 100 PPS packet rate for client-server communication, and mouse polling that scales with your framerate (100 Hz at 100 FPS, 200 Hz at 200 FPS, etc.). With this, the gameplay should remain smooth even with older hardware or high ping, now fully lifting the game from its Quake 2 legacy of 10 server ticks per second to a modern game. Along with this, we've also improved the lag compensation. This will become available in the next release: 7.72. Along with many other improvements and bug fixes to aim for 100% stability. You are welcome to beta test the updated servers or, for the…

• Alien Arena 7.71.7 Linux update - 20 January 2025

  This applies to Linux only. This release contains the following changes: Automatic and ultra-fast installation of map packs before loading a map (by default enabled) Fixed bug that could cause crashes in single player mode Added Discord button in the main menu to easily join the Discord server Fixed a map difference error bug after reinstalling a map Added possibility to change the sky in a map without causing map difference errors Removed the sponsor banner Increased default time that messages appear in the screen to 6 seconds and can be changed and remembered now

• Patch for crashes in single player mode - 5 October 2024

  This fixes the bug that crashes occurred in single player mode.

• Alien Arena 7.71.7 - Several updates - 27 September 2024

  Release notes for this release: Automatic and ultra-fast installation of map packs before loading a map (by default enabled) Fixed bug that could cause crashes in single player mode (as patch) Added Discord button in the main menu to easily join the Discord server Fixed a map difference error bug after reinstalling a map Added option to override the sky from the fog script (only relevant to mappers) Removed the sponsor banner Increased default time that messages appear in the screen to 6 seconds and can be changed and remembered now We (re)released a bunch of new maps. You can find them on https://www.alienarena.org Note: This update only applies to windows users. Linux users can install Alien Arena 7.71.7 from Flathub: https://flathub.org/apps/org.alienarena.alienarena See also other alternatives on https://www.alienarena.org

• Alien Arena 7.71.6 - Several updates - 23 September 2023

  Alien Arena 7.71.6 has been released! Several updates have been done: There is now a filter in the server list to show active servers only It's easier to see the number of real players in the server list The server list sorts on player count + ping by default The newsfeed can show colors now The antilag code has been optimized Note: This only applies to windows users. Linux users can find alternative ways on https://www.alienarena.org.

• Several updates are live now! - 1 July 2023

  This update applies only to windows users, for now. Linux users can take a look at the workaround or alternatives described at https://www.alienarena.org It's now possible to very easily download and install 3rd party maps hosted on https://www.alienarena.org by just using the installmap command from the console in the game. Next to this, all game operations are now hosted on alienarena.org, also irc moved to irc.alienarena.org. You shouldn't notice any difference regarding these changes. Also some bugs have been fixed: Downloading maps is using the http protocol again instead of udp, so much faster downloading. The newsfeed is working again. The old obsolete in-game stats have been removed.

• New CTF maps - 2 November 2022

  We added a bunch of new CTF maps, a number of them used to be available before the Steam release, some are coming from Quake, and we added also two brand new CTF maps. They will be downloaded automatically when you join a server with this map, but you can also download them manually from https://sourceforge.net/projects/alienarena-cc/files/ or https://alienarena.nanoid.net/ It's about these maps: ctf-brownfield ctf-curvy ctf-exobiology ctf-spacejam-classic ctf-office ctf-ahtcity ctf-blockbattle ctf-mines-of-hell ctf-thepit ctf-tribute Join us on Discord or Matrix to arrange some matches. Discord: https://discord.gg/Rd5fwBg Matrix: https://matrix.to/#/#alienarena:matrix.org ctf-brownfield ctf-curvy ctf-exobiology ctf-spacejam-classic ctf-office ctf-ahtcity ctf-blockbattle ctf-mines-of-hell ctf-thepit ctf-tribute

• Alien Arena Tournaments - 18 October 2020

  We try to have regular tournaments every weekend, "tourneys", as we call them. Just for fun, but challenging! On Saturday we have Saturday Insta Tourney at 20:00 UTC, and on Sunday we have Martian Mayhem also at 20:00 UTC. See also our Tournament Leaderboard for all tournament matches and rankings. Join our Discord server if you want to participate, so we have an idea about the number of players: https://discord.gg/Rd5fwBg. Experience how fun and fast paced this game is, by competing against our top players! It will not be easy! But just for fun, especially with lots of players. If you don't have the game yet, it's only 0.79€ / 0.99$.

• Map pack 8 released! - 17 December 2019

  It contains the following retro maps: ctf-icarus-retro ctf-zion-retro dm-atlantis-retro dm-beyond-retro dm-dred-retro dm-furious-retro dm-horus-retro dm-omega-retro https://store.steampowered.com/app/1211860/?snr=1_5_9__205

• Alien Arena at 666-Lan Party - 16 November 2019

  Alien Arena will be at the 666-Lan Party on February 7-8-9, 2020 in Antwerp, Belgium. Every participant will get a free steam key. 1st place gets €400 2nd place gets €200 3rd place gets €100 More information: https://www.666-lan.com/rulebook-alien-arena

• Map pack 7 released! - 28 October 2019

  Alien Arena map pack 7 has been released! It contains the following maps: ctf-europa ctf-ghostsofmars dm-goregrinder dm-longestyard https://store.steampowered.com/app/1181890/Alien_Arena__Map_Pack_7/?snr=1_16_16_&curator_clanid=29419375

• Map pack 6 released! - 31 July 2019

  Map pack 6 has been released! It contains the following maps: ctf-chamber ctf-fortofpillars dm-invasion dm-saucer-classic https://store.steampowered.com/app/1118510/Alien_Arena__Map_Pack_6/?snr=1_16_16_&curator_clanid=29419375

• Map Pack 5 released! - 3 June 2019

  Map Pack 5 has been released! It contains 2 CTF and 2 DM maps: ctf-conexus ctf-terminal-classic dm-deimos dm-downfall https://store.steampowered.com/app/1097290/Alien_Arena__Map_Pack_5/?curator_clanid=29419375

• Map Pack 4 is out! - 28 January 2019

  The maps keep coming! 4 maps(2 CTF, 2 DM). ctf-atlantis ctf-corrosion dm-eternal dm-zorn These are some classics that were in high demand.

• Map pack #3 is released! - 22 December 2018

  2 DM, 2 CTF, go get it! DM-Command DM-Oblivion CTF-Zorn CTF-Spacejam Spacejam is a wonderful remake of a classic Alien Arena map. Zorn and Command are masterpieces from xEmpX, one of the premier map makers of the era.

• Map Pack #2 released! - 23 November 2018

  Map Pack #2 has been released! Contains 2 DM and 2 CTF Maps. Dm-Tetrigib Dm-Warmachine Ctf-Bloodline Ctf-Chromium https://store.steampowered.com/app/985130/Alien_Arena__Map_Pack_2/?beta=0

• Alien Arena: Warriors Of Mars - Release 4 is out! - 21 October 2018

  Release 4 is live! Includes updates to: DM-Leviathan CTF-Dynasty Many weapon skins New game log output for servers Brand new player skin for Martian Warrior - "Invader" Updated map assets Get fragging!

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