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ManiaPlanet @ QuakeCon

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Tomorrow, the largest free LAN party in the world kicks off in Dallas, Texas – and we’ll be there, covering our events live from the Hilton Anatole!

Information regarding event times and participants will be updated as it becomes available in the following forum thread: ManiaPlanet @ Quakecon 2013

As always, you can follow us on Twitter [TrackMania, ShootMania], or Like us on Facebook [TrackMania, ShootMania] for the latest news and updates regarding your favorite ManiaPlanet titles and events [including this one!].

If you are interested in learning more about QuakeCon, you can check out the official website, here.

Upcoming North American Events

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What: QuakeCon
Where: Dallas, TX USA
When: August 1st – 4th, 2013

Next weekend, ShootMania Storm returns to Texas to participate in QuakeCon, the largest free LAN party in the world. Attendees will have the chance to compete in several ShootMania Elite and TrackMania² Valley Tournaments throughout the weekend, with prizes that include ShootMania Swag, Plantronics Gaming Gear, and the right to compete for a the North American spot at ESWC [more details below].

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What: Salt Lake City Comic Con | Geex
Where: Salt Lake City, Utah USA
When: September 5th – 7th

Salt Lake Comic Con and GEEX have joined forces for a one stop event with the best in Gaming, Comics, TV, Movies, Technology and Pop Culture – and we’re excited to take part as well. Once again, ShootMania and TrackMania² will be there live at the event, showcasing the game and offering a chance for attendees to play their favorite ManiaPlanet titles and win some awesome ManiaPlanet swag.

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In edition to those events, Nadeo will be sending one North American team, travel expenses included, to the Electronic Sports World Cup in Paris, France during the Paris Games Week. There will be a special tournament in the upcoming months were pre-qualifying teams will have the chance to compete for the coveted spot, to ensure that the best North American ShootMania players earn the right to compete. Details are still being finalized, so stay tuned for more information how your ShootMania team can win a trip to Paris to play against the world’s finest ShootMania players.

As always, if you’re interested in having a ManiaPlanet title at one of your events, or if you know of any upcoming TrackMania² or ShootMania events that you would want us to let others know about, send us an email at: ManiaPlanet@Ubisoft.com

ShootMania: Storm at Rooster Teeth Expo!

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When: July 5th – 7th, 2013.
Where: The Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas USA.

ShootMania: Storm is happy to announce that we will be attending the Rooster Teeth Expo next weekend in Austin, Texas. We will be a part of the Achievement Hunter Lounge, where we will be showcasing the game and giving attendees a chance to score free trial codes and other awesome ShootMania Swag – including t-shirts, bags, and full retail copies of the game.

Interested in attending? Of course you are! Passes Sold Out? No problem! We’re giving away FOUR 3-Day Expo Passes – for free! All you have to do is submit an entry including your name, birth date and email address on our Sweepstakes page by July 2nd, 11:59 PM.

Enter: Here – ShootMania: Storm RTX Sweepstakes

Winners will be chosen at random and notified via email with information on how to redeem their prize.

Please Note: The sweepstakes is for a free 3-Day Expo Pass only. The winner will be responsible for transportation or any other costs associated with attending the event. Please view the Official Rules on the Sweepstakes page for more details.

We look forward to seeing you there!

aAa announce a ShootMania Elite Pro Challenge

Hello everyone,

aAa announced that they will host a ShootMania Elite Pro Challenge which will start tomorrow, Wednesday 20th March at 9pm CET!

For this first edition, the teams must register by sending an email to aaacpsm@team-aaa.com. But be quick, the registrations close tonight at 9pm CET. aAa will choose the teams able to participate in the Pro Challenge.

The cash prize will be 180€ to share between the finalists.

For more information about this tournament, please check out the aAa website (warning, it’s in french).

See you very soon on ManiaPlanet!

ShootMania Storm at PAX East!

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The Penny Arcade Expo in Boston Massachusetts [PAX East] is only one week away! Not only will one lucky team earn the last qualifying spot for our 100k Launch Event Tournament in April, but we have a full schedule of events and giveaways throughout the weekend. Stop by the ShootMania booth to play some games, win some prizes, and meet members of the Nadeo, Ubisoft and IPL teams.

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The Beta 3.0 RC1 is out!

Hello everyone,

A new patch for ShootMania is out now, the Beta 3! And there will be big changes.

Firstly a new gamemode is available is in ShootMania Storm : Realm. Realm is a team-based mode where the goal where the goal is to control the most part of the poles on the map to activate the timer (and to keep it activated). A team where his time reach 0 go to the finalist mode. If the team has the major part of the poles without one being contested, the team wins the round.

At the beginning of the next round, the spawns are inverted, the team having win the last round must win this one to earn a point. If both team win a round, then it starts all again but with a half timed timer. Take note that the respawns are more slower with the time.

Here is the others majors changes:

  • Gameplay: Instant reload of half an ammo when you +1
  • Land or water decorations, and 8 lighting moods instead of 4. Major textures update.
  • Elite matchmaking with lobbies.
  • In-game UI features, update and libraries. Markers can now be manialinks. Improved score tables.
  • Battle mode: Battlewaves renamed Battle. More information on atk/def score. Unique point of engagement.
  • Gameplay consolidation: more precise walljumps, more acceleration and constant jump from wetwood
  • The Charge Shot has been removed for the moment.
  • Updated autobalance function that takes into account the result of the last match.

On the Elite mode side, there is a major change, the defenders can now select their weapon between the rocket-launcher, the Nucleus and the Laser. If a defender chooses the Laser, the attacker will always locates him.

Following these changes, a new server option for the Elite Title is available for playing with the Beta 2.1 gameplay for the current competitions: Elite B2.

To read the complete changelog, please check the forum.

Enjoy this new patch and have fun!

Steelseries prizes if you watch Curse ShootMania tournament!

Come watch the Curse FPSGeneral tournament stream this week!

Players will compete in Elite mode, best of 3, on the following maps: paladin, swift, collided, castle crasher, thecastle, watch your back, solar flare.

The tournament is a Double elimination system and Prizes are a $5000 prize pool for players and some Steelseries prizes for viewers.

Check out the list of celebs that will be casting this tournament:

Casters:
David “Dignitas Zaccubus” Treacy
Ziggy “Dignitas nVc” Orzeszek
Jonathan “JonniTheJuicyJ” Gil

Guest Casters:
JD “w1nters” Burns
Adam “indredd” Dandar

You can find all the info you need about the event here.

You can watch the STREAM here.

The upcoming streams are:

12-19 – Start time: 18:00 EST
12-21 – Start time: 20:00 EST
12-22 – Start time: 20:00 EST

See you then on Stream!

ShootMania Storm Beta 1.3 update available!

Hello everyone,

We are glad to announce a new update for ShootMania: Beta 1.3.

1. This update brings a new mode called “Elite Exp”. Thanks for helping us testing the modifications made to the Elite mode. We’ll gather your feedback in a week to give us the time to see what you are able to do with these novelties:

  • The ability to destroy rockets with the Laser (instant reload after a successful deny)
  • Laser Jump on Tech blocks (like Power Paths)
  • Wall Jump on Castle blocks
  • Analog jump (the more you press the jump button, the higher you jump)
  • A new toss system at the beginning of a map.
  • 3 rockets instead of 4 for the defenders
  • Increased stamina for the defenders

If you choose to play the standard Elite game mode, it remains available in ManiaPlanet.

2. For map and mode makers in ManiaPlanet, we have also made available new blocks for Storm.  It’s now possible in Elite (Exp) to add checkpoints to decrease the goal’s capture time.

And for those of you who are still hesitating towards using the level-editor, you can see in the following video thatit’s very easy to use:

Of course many others changes have been done, here is the full changelog.