[img]https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33586940/7c37ed174dd98296d389f9c76a5152d95c768166.png[/img] [i]It's the Year of the Super Pig in Super Animal World and we're kicking things off with a squad test weekend, starting now! Then, the festivities continue all the way until Feb 25th, where you can earn a slate of limited edition Lunar New Year cosmetic items, and 2 limited edition Super Pig breeds. Huge thanks to community member, Unicorn Dominion for the amazing Squads Super Pig artwork above![/i] [h1][b]Squads Test Weekend Starts Now[/b][/h1] [i]Jan 31st (11pm PST) - Feb 3rd (11pm PST)[/i] You've been asking for it, so here it is! This is a test, so please give us feedback on what you think of the Squads mode on our [url=https://www.reddit.com/r/animalroyale]subreddit[/url] or in our [url=https://discord.gg/animalroyale]Discord[/url] #feedback channel. Duos mode will temporarily be disabled during the squads weekend test, but will be back on Monday. So assemble your 4-player pack of super animal friends and show everyone who the apex predators are! [h1][b]Year of the Super Pig is here![/b][/h1] [i]Unlock exclusive Lunar New Year cosmetics until February 25th![/i] Explore the brand new bamboo biome and the luxurious Super Animal World Bamboo Resort to discover where guests stayed on the island before what we can only refer to as "The Incident." [img]https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33586940/825c2f47e18d1771ab5398adfffbb4410c024b2e.jpg[/img] Unlock 8 limited edition cosmetic items + 2 limited edition Super Pig breeds! We're also dropping bonus Super Pig DNA (up to a maximum of 650 Super Pig DNA, dropped randomly at the end of matches) during the event so you can unlock the special breeds faster! Collect them all before Feb 25th! [img]https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33586940/789885e40d3d9a9ae2803af335006897795d9f69.png[/img] [i]The Super Lunar Pig and Super Golden Pig pictured above are limited edition breeds, only available until February 25th, but the core Super Pig is a permanent addition, and will have additional permanent breeds added soon too![/i] [h1][b]Super Localization[/b][/h1] Our Super Animals are now multilingual! The Year of the Super Pig update includes our first new language packs, so you'll be able to play the game in: [list] [*] English [*] Chinese (Traditional or Simplified) [*] Korean [*] Japanese* [*] Russian [/list] We'll be adding more new languages throughout February too! *(Japanese is arriving in the evening on Feb 1st) [h1][b]Even More Items and Animal Breeds[/b][/h1] We're adding even more items and Super Animal breeds this update beyond the Year of the Super Pig items and animals! And this update pushes the game [b]beyond 100 unlockable Super Animal breeds[/b]!! [img]https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33586940/5e71b280fffb027b0865301c5a64a2561c11d423.png[/img] [b]New Super Animals & Breeds:[/b] [list] [*] Super Pig (+ the 2 special event limited edition breeds shown above) [*] Super Boar (+ 2 alternative breeds) [*] Super Jindo Dog [/list] [b]New Challenge Reward Items:[/b] [list] [*] Coconut Tee, Palm Shirt and Coconut Dress [i](for eating coconuts: 25, 75, and 350 respectively)[/i] [*] 3 Marshmallow Sticks [i](for using campfires: 1, 25 and 150 respectively)[/i] [*] Sickle, Large Sickle, and Scythe [i](for cutting grass tufts: 300, 3000 and 20,000 respectively)[/i] [*] Grenade Tee [i](for achieving 5 grenade kills)[/i] [*] Swag Glasses [i](for getting 10 vehicle kills)[/i] [*] Shovel [i](for opening 15 mole crates)[/i] [*] Crowbar [i](for destroying 2500 destructibles)[/i] [/list] [b]Additional New Melee Weapon Skins:[/b] [list] [*] Backscratcher [*] Stick [*] Rebellion Sword [*] Wooden Plank [*] Wrench [*] Claymore [/list] [h1][b]Patch Notes[/b][/h1] [list] [*] The Year of the Super Pig event has begun! Play matches to earn the Bamboo Stick, Tai Chi Sword, Lunar Black Hat, Lunar Red Hat, Lunar Shirt, Lunar Dress, Lunar Vest, and the Lunar Traditional Outfit. [*] Brand new bamboo biome featuring the S.A.W. Bamboo Resort. [*] Lots of new cosmetic items and challenge rewards (listed above). [*] New Super Animals and breeds (listed above). [*] New languages (listed above). [*] Banana slips rewards now only count on enemies. The Banana Tee is achieved after 15 slips, and Banana Fancy Shirt after 50. [*] (Note: some of these stats are newly tracked, and so will be starting from 0) [*] Stats screen has some design changes. [*] Hitboxes now tied to animation rather than a fixed size/position. [*] Added breakable doors to some buildings. [*] Many performance & efficiency improvements behind the scenes to reduce stutters and especially the on-death stutter. [*] Muzzle-glow now restricted to player view distance. Previously it was visible outside the normal vision range on certain resolutions. [*] New sounds for some of the melee weapons. [*] Snow bush has new animations. [/list] [b]Fixes:[/b] [list] [*] Fix for end of a roll having a weird weapon muzzle position. [*] Fix for grenades/bananas getting stuck when thrown against objects. [*] Fix for some tents that had objects/grass appearing overtop of them. [*] Fix for grenades going through concrete walls. [*] Fix for bricks color around grass at the Welcome Center. [*] Collisions updated on the mossy boulders so they don't allow as much hiding. [*] Fix for mossy boulder blocking grenades too much. [*] Fix for teleporting to spawn when landing in some ocean space. [/list]