Master Arena — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Master Arena - Major Update: Enhanced Gaming Experience | 2025-11-03 | Hello everyone! I'm excited to share with you the latest improvements brought to Master Arena. This major update focuses on performance optimization, gameplay enhancement, and compatibility issue resolution. 1. Improved Weapon System The weapon system has been completely redesigned to offer a more immersive and realistic feel: Rotation Lag: Weapons now naturally follow camera movements with a slight delay, creating a more realistic sense of weight and inertia. Weapon Bob: Added dynamic weapon movements during player actions, faithfully reflecting movement (walking, running, jumping). Bounce Reactions: Weapons now physically react to impacts a |
| Rocket Jump Zone Duel Tournament | 2025-03-16 | 🏆 ROCKET JUMP ZONE PRESENTS: MASTER ARENA DUEL CUP – MARCH 29, 2025 🏆 🔥 Master Arena returns with an epic Duel Tournament, proudly hosted by Rocket Jump Zone! It's time to reignite the arena FPS spirit, challenge the best, and battle for victory. Who will rise to the top? 💥 🔹 Tournament Details 📅 Date: March 29, 2025 🎮 Mode: Duel ⏳ Time Limit: 10 minutes 💀 Frag Limit: None 🗺️ Map Pool: DM-LABORATORY DM-BLUTARENA DM-MARS DM-SPACEDOCK DM-DEEP 🏆 Format: Single Elimination Bracket Best of 3: Ban, Ban, Pick, Pick, Tiebreaker 👥 How to Participate? 📌 Sign up here 👉 https://rocketjump.zone/master-arena/rjz-master-arena-duel-cup/ 🎤 A hug |
| Master Arena Update | 2024-12-28 | We’re excited to bring you the latest updates and features for Master Arena. Here’s what’s new: Tech: - Added DXVK to enhance compatibility with all types of GPUs. - Updated bot movement: regardless of the difficulty level, bots are now capable of performing all movements, allowing for better distribution of bots across the maps. Maps: DM-HellsGuard: Battle for supremacy in Hellsguard, a sinister fortress carved deep within the smoldering heart of a volcanic inferno. CTF-HighScraper: Elevate your game in this high-stakes, high-rise CTF! DM-Deep: Frag Deep, where research meets carnage! Application Updates: - Master Arena (game) - Master Arena |
| Global update 2024! | 2024-02-25 | Hello everyone! After two long years of waiting, it's finally time for an update! This major update brings a complete overhaul of the user interface, offering players a smoother and more intuitive navigation experience. Now, the menus are clearer, the options better organized, and essential features are easily accessible with just a click. But that's not all! The update also highlights the campaign mode and streamlines the multiplayer experience, with party hosting simplified, allowing players from around the world to create and join games in a snap. As for balancing gameplay, we've adjusted the damage of all weapons to significantly reduce t |
| Community Duel Tournament | 2022-07-19 | Hello everyone! This weekend Slurpie host two community duel tournaments (one NA, one EU), and Hxintzy will cast them! Oh! 125 USD prize pool for each region to win, why wait? It's time to register! NA: https://challonge.com/9qm9xo9u EU: https://challonge.com/rxyj6pfe Enjoy! |
| UPDATE + BATTLEPASS 50% OFF THIS SUMMER! | 2022-07-13 | Hi everyone! Master Arena dev team wishes you a good holiday! This summer, the battle pass is 50% OFF :) The battle pass allows you to unlock 100 weapon skins and 3 character skins, play with style and support the dev team |
| Patch: Maps fixes! | 2022-06-24 | Hello everyone! In the patch, we fixed the following: ✅ DM-Vertigo: Middle jumper fixed + New lighting. ✅ CTF-Vertigo: New lighting. ✅ DM-Basement: Killzone volumes updated. ✅ DM-Laboratory: Smoke volume updated. Thanks for your support! Master Arena Dev Team. |
| Patch #4 + DM-Titanium added! | 2022-06-20 | Hello everyone. First of all, a big welcome to all new people, and thank you for joining and supporting us. DM-Titanium created by Byron Gore (aka CM_FX) is now added to the official maps pack! Description: There’s no hiding here! Designed for close combat, this old Titanium warehouse makes for a cozy arena! Due to an ever-changing atmosphere and extreme temperatures, the planet has become unsafe for human workers, but perfect for their robot counterparts. Control the health in order to succeed. Will you dominate or be dominated? Some of you reported problems on our Discord. Here is a list of the problems resolved in this update. Weapons ➡️ H |
| Duel tournaments this weekend! Specials skins to win!! | 2022-06-20 | Hello everyone! This weekend you can win the "To The Top, edition 1"! Join the tournament, reach the Top and win a limited edition skin 🔥 NA: https://challonge.com/fr/duelcup1MAna EU: https://challonge.com/fr/duelcup1MAeu Are you ready? |
| Patch: Week 3 🥳 - Optimization & fixes | 2022-06-16 | Hello everyone. First of all, a big welcome to all new people, and thank you for joining and supporting us. Some of you reported problems on our Discord. You will find here our previous posts : Patch: Day 1, Patch: Day 3, Patch: Day 5 and Patch: Day 7 with issues already fixed. Here is an updated list of the problems and their resolution state. Optimization With this patch, the game uses more hard drive space, it will use less RAM🙂 Indeed, some game files no longer need to be decompressed when loading. This results in a more reasonable RAM load. Maps ➡️ Added Minimap & vote preview for CTF-vertigo / RB-FieldGoal / RB-WedgeRamp : DONE✔️ ➡️ CT |
| Patch: Official servers vs Custom servers & join on spectator | 2022-06-06 | Hello everyone! In the patch, we fixed the following: ✅ Official server tag for matchmaking. Unofficial servers can be outdated, so we remove them from the matchmaking. ✅ Can't join a server as a spectator: Fixed. ✅ No Instagib on Capture The Flag: Fixed. ✅ Rocket Arena mutator not working as expected: Fixed. 🔄Achievement FRANTICx6: Work-in-Progress. Thanks for your support! Master Arena Dev Team. |
| Patch: Matchmaking & others issues | 2022-06-04 | Hello everyone! In the patch, we fixed the following: ✅ Matchmaking doesn't join by default the best latency. ✅ DM-Basement: Fogs updated + path nodes. ✅ DM-Laboratory: Fogs updated. ✅ Weapon skins weren't loaded (sometimes) after a map switch. ✅ Minimap invisible after checking scores. Thanks for your support! Master Arena Dev Team. |
| Patch #2: Day 7 🥳 | 2022-06-03 | Hello everyone. First of all, a big welcome to all new people, and thank you for joining and supporting us. Some of you reported problems on our Discord. You will find here our previous posts : Patch: Day 1, Patch: Day 3, and Patch: Day 5 with issues already fixed. Here is an updated list of the problems seen, and their resolution state. Maps ➡️ Missing some map preview in the end game screen, for the map vote : FIXED✔️ ➡️ The minimaps are available for all of the maps except CTF-Vertigo, RB-FieldGoal, RB-WedgeRamp, and RC-FasterThanTheMist ✔️ ➡️ Fog volumes need to be checked on all maps : DONE✔️ Gameplay ➡️ Roball : The ball reset delay nee |
| Patch #1: Day 5 🥳 | 2022-06-01 | Hello everyone. First of all, a big welcome to all new people, and thank you for joining and supporting us. Some of you reported problems on our Discord. You will find here our previous posts : Patch: Day 1 and Patch: Day 3 with issues already fixed. Here is an updated list of the problems seen, and their resolution state. Steam ➡️ Item shop: access denied when processing to the checkout : FIXED✔️ the BATTLE PASS is now available ➡️ The market is now available Maps ➡️ RB-WedgeRamp: Wrong spawn direction : FIXED✔️ ➡️ DM-Hypersquare / CTF-Hypersquare: TP don't work : FIXED✔️ ➡️ Setup pathnodes for DM-Playground and roball maps : DONE✔️ ➡️ RC-Fa |
| Patch: Day 3 - More drop, more achievements and fixes! | 2022-05-29 | Hello everyone! In the patch, we fixed the following: ✅ Some issues with the UI after a map switch. ✅ Redo DM perk menu: 1 perk available > there shouldn't be any other option in the menu. ✅ Duel Mode: not enough XP winned after a game. ✅ Roball: Overtime issue with a bad number of balls spawned. ✅ Roball: The game never ends sometimes in overtime. ✅ DM-BlutArena: Some collisions fixes. 🔄 Matchmaking Duel: servers full (but servers available in the server list). It needs to be confirmed. 🔄 Server settings, tickrate and netspeed updated. ✅ Skins drops are now available, we added more chances to drop an item while we can't activate the battle |
| Patch: Day 1 🥳 | 2022-05-28 | Hello everyone. First of all, a big welcome to all new people, and thank you for joining and supporting us. Some of you reported problems on our Discord . Here is a list of the problems seen, and their resolution state. Maps ➡️ DM-Spacedock : lifts not working properly : FIXED✔️ ➡️ DM-Playground : instant kill will respawning : FIXED✔️ ➡️ RC-Collider : Spawns randomly : FIXED✔️ ➡️ DM-BlutArena : collision problem in a lift : WIP⚠️ Steam ➡️ Item shop: access denied when processing to the checkout : WIP⚠️ ➡️ Random drop: there should be some random skin drops but they don't seem to be enabled (might be a problem with the locked items for the ba |
| Master Arena - Free To Play - Robots, Guns, Goals And Balls! | 2022-05-27 | Master Arena is FREE TO PLAY! With a brand new game mod. ROBALL! Robots, Guns, Goals, and Balls! Big Balls! With classics like: Instagib, Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture The Flag, and Time Trials. We also have: Campaign Mode, Duel Pro Leagues, and Battle Passes! GET YOUR FRAG ON AND DOWNLOAD FROM STEAM TODAY! ➡ Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/x5pZay9 Stay tuned, join us on discord, and see you soon! 🙂 Master Arena Dev Team. |
| There is no blood, only oil! | 2022-05-03 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lMI7UNyzCE&ab_channel=MasterArena ➡ Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/x5pZay9 ➡ Wishlist on: https://bit.ly/3i3LhCP Stay tuned, join us on discord, and see you soon! 🙂 Master Arena Dev Team. |
| Host a dedicated server speedrun! Are you ready? | 2022-04-30 | https://youtu.be/4p1_u5vv364 ➡ Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/x5pZay9 ➡ Wishlist on: https://bit.ly/3i3LhCP Stay tuned, join us on discord, and see you soon! 🙂 Master Arena Dev Team. |
| One tap dodge vs old school, you can choose! | 2022-04-26 | https://youtu.be/EawBPbTzF7o Learn how: https://youtu.be/vw0GN5mvWic?t=145 ➡ Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/x5pZay9 ➡ Wishlist on: https://bit.ly/3i3LhCP Stay tuned, join us on discord, and see you soon! 🙂 Master Arena Dev Team. |
| Want to prove that you’re the best? You can see your stats in-game! | 2022-04-22 | ➡ Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/x5pZay9 ➡ Wishlist on: https://bit.ly/3i3LhCP Stay tuned, join us on discord, and see you soon! 🙂 Master Arena Dev Team. |
| Tip: you can change all HUD components! | 2022-04-14 | ➡ Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/x5pZay9 ➡ Wishlist on: https://bit.ly/3i3LhCP Stay tuned, join us on discord, and see you soon! 🙂 Master Arena Dev Team. |
| Depending on how you play, you can change mouse sensitivity! | 2022-04-11 | ➡ Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/x5pZay9 ➡ Wishlist on: https://bit.ly/3i3LhCP Stay tuned, join us on discord, and see you soon! 🙂 Master Arena Dev Team. |
| SteamPlay support | 2022-04-09 | Good news for Linux players! Master Arena is now compatible with SteamPlay! Have fun :) |
| An advanced crosshairs system is available! | 2022-04-08 | ➡ Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/x5pZay9 ➡ Wishlist on: https://bit.ly/3i3LhCP Stay tuned, join us on discord, and see you soon! 🙂 Master Arena Dev Team. |
| April Update #1 | 2022-04-07 | Hello Humans! It's update time! Are you ready? Okay let's go! Perk menu: Perks preview and description added: New damage popup system: Perks: Ghost effect, deactivation effect added. Perks: Flux: Teleportation particle system rescaled. Perks: Vape projectile particle system color updated. HUD: HP color range corrected. Instagib muzzleflash corrected. Global localization updated. Fixed an issue with the minimap scale (after a respawn). Plasma bubble hit detection updated (huge frame rate optimization). Grenade projectile particle system updated. Judge bullet particle system optimized. Judge projectiles: speed increased. NoHope beam particle sy |
| Do you know that you can change the graphics settings ? 🧐 | 2022-04-04 | ➡ Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/x5pZay9 ➡ Wishlist on: https://bit.ly/3i3LhCP Stay tuned, join us on discord, and see you soon! 🙂 Master Arena Dev Team. |
| This is the last day to take advantage of the 50% off! | 2022-04-01 | ➡ Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/x5pZay9 ➡ Wishlist on: https://bit.ly/3i3LhCP Stay tuned, join us on discord, and see you soon! 🙂 Master Arena Dev Team. |
| You can find our previous Dev talk on our YouTube channel! | 2022-03-30 | ➡ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIhfa0ZPQE0u9qsMlVKsCxpoIZOzQZERg ➡ Wishlist on: https://bit.ly/3i3LhCP Stay tuned, join us on discord, and see you soon! 🙂 Master Arena Dev Team. |
| Warning: One week left for 50% off! | 2022-03-25 | Hello Humans! 🤖 Last week for enjoy 50% off! Don't miss it! ➡ Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/x5pZay9 ➡ Wishlist on: https://bit.ly/3i3LhCP Stay tuned, join us on discord, and see you soon! 🙂 Master Arena Dev Team. |