We know how much everyone loved watching the devs stream on the old patch. Can you imagine how awesome it'll be now that we're on patch 1.2.4!?!?!? Tune in and find out!

3pm ET
www.twitch.tv/rustbucketrumble

Want to play? Look for a custom game hosted by Thesius.

I think we are overdue for an update to Rustbucket Rumble. Today's patch adds some cool new stuff and fixes some of the most painful bugs.

First off: HATS! You can now outfit your robots with a hat to make sure they are looking good. Some hats can be earned by leveling up, while others can be bought on Steam. Hit the Customize button on the main menu and find a look that suits you!

We've also changed the way free characters work. Previously, all players had access to the same 2 free characters each week. This led to games where only those two characters were present, which gets boring pretty quickly. We've changed it so that each player gets 2 different free characters each week. So I may have Clancy and Kasumi this week, but you may have Bjorn and Valentina. We hope that this change will create much more variety in team comps and more interesting matches.

Let us know what you think of the changes in the comments!

• Added a Customize button to the main menu.
  
• Added 2 hats as rewards for reaching level 15 and 35.
  
• Added 4 hats that are available for purchase.
  
• Each player now gets a different 2 free characters each week.

• Kasumi's Clones now throw smoke bombs when they vanish.
  
• Team Scraps are now filled with gold to make them more visually distinct from stunned robots.
  
• Made the Giant Robot's distance from the camera more consistent across the different maps.

• Kasumi's Teleport no longer fails if grounded on the Scrap Yard.
  
• The Giant Robot won't eat things that are held by Robots or Carry Drones.
  
• Scraps don't stay invisible if a Kasumi player disconnects while carrying them.
  
• Bjorn can't Throw people through the roof of the Foundry anymore.
  
• Restored the ability to invite friends to Custom Games.
  
• Made some minor performance improvements.

It's Thursday. Devs are steaming. You know how we do.

Tune in to www.twitch.tv/rustbucketrumble at 3pm ET to watch. Or look for Custom Games hosted by Thesius to join in.

See you there!

Another week, another Player Roundup.

Hop on Saturday, August 1st from 4 - 6pm ET and click the "Play Now" button. With any luck, there will be enough people playing to get some Ranked Games in and earn some experience points.

Bring your friends!

Some of the Devs have been watching Summer Games Done Quick on Twitch this week, but it's almost time to watch some Rustbucket Rumble instead.

Tune in to www.twitch.tv/rustbucketrumble at 3pm ET to see Steve and Jason play matches. No speed runs here, but probably some close games.

Come play with us! Look for a custom game hosted by Thesius.

And don't forget, you can watch all the previous episodes of Rustbucket Rumblings on our YouTube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyh5lj5x7sgrnHLABlpZPYyUKDl2U40Sx

We're having another scheduled play session for everyone who's been having trouble getting into ranked games. It's a little later than last week in hopes of working out a little better for those on the west coast.

Between 9:00 and 11:00pm ET on Saturday, click the Play Now button to get into game! You can also join the Rustbucket Ruble group chat if you like to talk with other players.

Justin and Jason will be streaming some games of Rustbucket Rumble today at 3pm ET at www.twitch.tv/rustbucketrumble. Tune in and enjoy the show!

Not content to just watch? Get in on the games! Look for a custom game hosted by Jaymoon and play against the Devs.

See you there!

Hey all,

We know that it's been tough to get into a Ranked game recently. Per a suggestion from our player base, we'll be having a scheduled play session this Friday from 7:00pm - 9:00pm ET.

If you've been yearning to play some Ranked games and earn some experience points, get into game and hit the Play Now button during that time. You may even find some games against the Devs! You'll be able to recognize us by our nuclear symbol badges.

Be there or be scrap! (Or be there and still be turned into scrap, but have fun anyways!)

-Jaymoon

The time has come... to play some Rustbucket Rumble!

The dev team will once again be streaming at twitch.tv/rustbucketrumble today at 3pm ET.

Steve (Thesius) will be joined by fellow programmer Justin (nitsuj33). Justin did all the work on the tutorials, so be sure to ask any questions you have about them in the twitch chat.

Want to get in on the action? Look for a custom game hosted by Thesius between 3pm and 4pm ET. See you there!