The Final Early Access Patch for Battle Bands includes the Shadow Band reign, a new Backstage Pass and a whole lot of metal!
Shadow Bands
Once players have pulled out a victory in Tour Mode, they'll be able to take on the Shadow Band- a group of four shadowy figures imitating the last band you won a Tour with! The Shadow Band reign combines reign-specific moments, cards, gear and upgrades from all of the other available reigns, opening up all sorts of crazy strategies. They'll use all your best moves against you, so you'll have to be clever to win and get your hands on a sweet new van!
Metal Moon Rising
Also in this patch is a brand-new Metal themed Backstage Pass, brought along by a strangely shiny new Moon hanging over Riff City. Along with those 50 new levels of rewards to rock through, there's also a whole host of new cosmetic items to grab in Joe's Variety Shop! The Metal Moon has also provided a terrifying new login reward for us and all of Riff City is decked out in a new hard rocking aesthetic, so go check out their killer outfits! Just don't hit any of those big spikes sticking out of the ground with your van...
Grand Royales get more Grand!
Grand Royales will now happen every 2 hours and have their own unique opening Radio Interviews, as well as Super Vendors, which are uniquely large vendors with 16 gear options for you to spend your winnings on! They also have 9 iconic bots waiting to take you on. Speaking of iconic bots, there's also 9 new ones for you to track down and win unique cosmetics from in all Royales!
Bug Fixes, Balance changes and Quality of Life:
- Leaderboards have been reset
- New titles for players that rank in the top 100 for both Tour and Royale leaderboards- Founding Genius and Founding Champion respectively
- More "Info" buttons added throughout game for easier Guidebook access
- Credits screen added to Guidebook
- For new players, "Manual" is now the default control mode for bots
- Guidebook typos fixed
- "Snackrificial Sharing" card description fixed
- Sound fx added to Joe's Variety navigation arrows
That's all for today's broadcast! This may be our last Early Access update, but tomorrow will mark the official 1.0 release of Battle Bands, so jump in our Discord and lets get this party going for real!
