Happy Holidays!

We'd like to wish everyone a very happy and safe holiday season! We're celebrating this holiday season by adding a special X-Mas bundle to the store. It contains 3 unique cool parts! and only is available until Jan 8th! Also there is a special achievement for those pilots that battle and win 5 games on Dec 25. Goodluck Pilots!

Spinning Gears? Refresh Your Browser

Our last update brought some subtle changes to our web server cache; some of you have had problems with gears spinning on certain pages on certain browsers. Please explicitly clear your browser cache and you should have no trouble now.

Update Troubles Over

Dear Junkies,
After fighting a bit with the server, Junk: Battles is now at update #8!

A New Town Emerges
Drybrook City and surrounding area are now open for exploration. Drybrook is known throughout Brokin as a trading hub, and the Drybook Merchant's Union controls all aspects of trade and commerce in the area.

6 New Quests
But, things never run smoothly in the world of Brokin. You'll have six new quests to take on in Drybrook, that will pull your pilot deeper into the intrigue of the Union -- and maybe a good deed or two along the way.

You can view a full changelist for the update here.

Junk: Battles wins CNMA Award

Last night was a big night. Junk: Battles had been nominated as a finalist in the Canadian New Media Awards, for Best Innovative Web-based Game, and the founders of Antic went to Toronto for the event.

Junk was up against Frima's Build-A-Bearville and Social Game Universe's Avastar Social -- and Junk won!

We'd like to thank all of our families, friends, and most especially, our players, for giving us the support and feedback we need to make Junk: Battles the most innovative web-based game out there -- and to continually make it better from week to week.

BANDITO Tournament tonight @ 8:00 pm (EST)

Tonight we're having a BANDITO chassis tournament!

NO Entry fee... just have the chassis. In order to get it, you must complete Gage's second quest, then do Rusty's.

Prize is a Premium Pack to the winner! Details on the forumhere:

http://www.anticentertainment.com/jbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=558

Downtime

It seems that although the physical move of our server went very smoothly on early Friday morning last, the virtual moving of internet routing to our new server's location... not so much.

We apologize to everyone who experienced the 2.5 hour outage due to this mishap. We're hoping this is the last of the interruptions, we'll keep you posted if any are planned to occur again.

Planned Server Outage

With the addition of the world map and questing features, the latest update has proven to be very popular. In the week of the update, we've had four times the battles logged on the server than usual. We're glad you like it, and there are new quests in the works already. I can't tell you about them, though... the bandits will get me.

However, this silver lining is not without its cloud. Our hosting provider is moving physical locations, so Junk:Battles will be down for at least 1-2 hours. The move will happen Friday, November 27th at 1:00am EST.

Giant November Update - A Brave New World

Up to now, Junk: Battles has been all about the battles. Players could fight other players and bots in the arena, experiencing car-to-car gladiatorial combat. Today, we're releasing the latest update to Junk: Battles that brings pilots out of the arena, and into the dangerous world of Brokin.

Travel around post-apocalyptic Scrapton, a wasteland occupied by hordes of bandits and gypsies, in pursuit of fame and fortune. The Scrapton City Arena remains available for your pilot-vs-pilot needs. Beyond Scrapton, there are 15 more zones in the enormous world of Brokin, so stay tuned for more exciting adventures!

Speaking of adventures, six inital quests have been created, with more to come in every update. Help recover Rusty's lucky wrench, or fend off some local bandits terrorizing the store! Choose your path through Brokin, and become the pilot you're meant to be.

And since you've read to the end of the post, here's a Coming Soon teaser:

Part Modificiations. Customize your parts to better suit your needs. Want some more damage on that weapon? Add some diamond tipped rounds! Or how about bolting on a Sniper Scope to add a chance for a critical hit?

Time to tune up and kick some tailpipe!

 

 

World Map/Quests coming soon!

Antic is hard at work on the world map and quest system.

The next update will be Friday November 20th to allow for proper testing time.

Pilots stay tuned for a beta testing preview starting this weekend!

Halloween Items Now Available!

The special Spooky Bundle is now available in the store!

It includes the limited edition Ghost Ship chassis, which is only available in the spooky bundle this weekend!

Yar Mateys!! see ya on the battlefield

Broken Piston bug SQUASHED!

Woot! we nailed that annoying broken piston bug when using stun/slow effects.

Update #4 is here!

Hey all,
Another update is in the bag! It's looking pretty good so far, but if you experience anything unusual please contact support@anticentertainment.com and we'll get it sorted out.

Also, we cleared everyone's current craft config to allow for the new saved chassis loadouts, so you'll need to gear up!

Thanks!
infamous

Special Halloween Items Preview

Hey All,

We have lots of exciting Halloween special items available for the
Halloween weekend only!

Preview here: http://www.anticentertainment.com/jbforum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=281&p=684#p684

Sunday Night Tourny - Dog Fight (Spitsfires/Grey Owls)

The Sunday tournament is on tonight at 7PM (EST)

You must use the Spitsfire or Grey Owl chassis with only Ammo actions (attack run/reload are the only exceptions)

Details can be seen here:
http://www.anticentertainment.com/jbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=262&p=641#p641

Clear your cache! New update is here!

Hey all,

The new update is upon us! We are having a slight cache issue though, so if you get sticky loading bars, please try clearing it and reopening your browser!

Tournament #3 - Win a premium pack!

Hey all,

The next tourny is this friday night! The details are on the forum here:

http://www.anticentertainment.com/jbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=153

Referral Contest Reminder

Reminder to all that the referral contest ends at the update this friday! The person who has referred the most people since last update wins 100 Free oil!! go go go people!!

Finalists have been picked! go vote!

The finalists for the Prowmaid contest have been picked.

http://www.anticentertainment.com/jbforum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=114&p=321#p321

Part Ability Contest Reminder

Just a reminder that you have one more day to come up with that idea for the Prowmaid part!

The winner's ability will be implemented on the next update!

Details on the forum here: http://www.anticentertainment.com/jbforum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=64

Rules Update

Folks, it has come to our attention that some experienced players seem to be doing some excessive farming of Eezi Peezi and Po' Joe. These bots are intended for the new players to get a hang of the game and not to be exploited. If you are found continuously farming these bots with a ranking of above 4, you will be fined in metal.

This is not the intended spirit of the game, duel other bots and real players! its not all about stats people.

Thanks
infamous

Junk Update #2

After some long nights at the office, Junk Update #2 is here! Some highlights include:
- Facebook Connect added to make it easier than before to refer your friends
- New bundle added that can only be purchased once per account. For 9.95 you receive 2 premium packs, 3 premium single packs and 50 oil! tremendous value!
- New part 'Energine' lightweight energy based engine! Check it out in the auction this weekend for the price of 35 Oil!

Multi-accounting Reminder

A user has been detected for multi-account abusing. This is a reminder that it is NOT tolerated.

This user has been fined 30,000 metal as a warning. If it happens again, they will be banned indefinitely.

There are NO exceptions to this rule.

Part Ability Contest

We are having the first Part Ability Contest! You come up with the idea and we implement it! Enter your submission on the forum under contests or copy and paste this link:

http://www.anticentertainment.com/jbforum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=64

Cooldown Bug Hunt

Hey all,

We're trying to squish that nasty cooldown bug where sometimes it tries to go through the piston but gets ejected out and resets your time. If anyone notices it in battle please send the battle # to 'infamous'.

Thanks!

Congrats Mailman!

Mailman was able to defeat Payne Trayne!

Congrats and enjoy the Single Pack!

New Contest! Defeat Payne Trayne

I just started a new contest. The first who can beat the new and improved Payne Trayne, and post a screenshot of it on the forum here: http://www.anticentertainment.com/jbforum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=37 earns a free Premium Single Pack!! GL pilots!

JB Update #1

Woohoo! Junk: Battles first major update is here. Lots and lots of stuff has been fixed/balanced and added! During these updates, expect a downtime of 15~20 minutes for maintenance.

You can view a whole changelog here: http://www.junkbattles.com/tweaklogs/tweaklog-09-11.txt

New tutorial added

An actions tutorial has been added under 'Help'. It helps explain the details on their costs, duration on the track and more!

Free Single Pack's

Due to the unexpected server downtime on Sunday afternoon EST, we have awarded everyone who was registered prior to it a free single pack.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Happy Battling!

Junk Battles Staff

Levelling Up!

Level up amounts have been altered. You can now get to level 3 in about half the time.

Junk: Battles is LIVE!

Junk: Battles is now officially in open beta! Thanks to all for those who helped us out testing during closed beta.

Over these next couple weeks we'll be adding lots of new features, actions and more!

Remember to refer your friends! You earn free Metal and Oil for each person referred!

Happy Battling!

Avatar Gear, Bug Fixes, New Scoring and more!

Hey Junkies!
We had a pretty big update in the last few days. Here are some highlights:

Features:
Avatar Items
Theres over 60 new avatar clothing items for a grand total of 217! Be sure to check 'em out.
Salvaging a Part
No longer are those old worn junk parts useless, salvage em now for metal to get more.. new... junk parts!
New Scoring System and Ranking Up
Theres a new scoring system in place that now awards players for defeating bots. As you earn points you'll rank up (you can view your current rank and progression to next under your profile). As you rank up you can unlock new abilities, get rewards and more!

Bug Fixes:
Challenge Issue
The nasty challenge bug *has* been squashed. Please be sure to notify us if you experience any more challenge issues.
Auction House
The auction house should be fully functional now for buying and selling items. When an item is first listed, it is available for 7 days or until a bid occurs. Once theres a bid a clock will start down for approximately ~2 hours. The high bidder at the end wins the item!

BOT's Galore!

We have just finished with the basic AI system to allow for battling against BOTs. Battling a bot will get you a chance to test out your craft without suffering any statistic losses. Defeating a bot will net you 100 metal.

We're currently doing final tests on our developer version of Junk: Battles, but it should be coming to live soon!

Cheers
infamous

Closed Beta has begun!

We're pleased to announce Junk: Battles has begun closed beta testing! We're trying to iron out the kinks and make sure its compatible in all browsers before it's ready for public consumption.

During this time, everyone will earn oil and metal after each battle. When the closed beta is over, players will only earn metal from battling.

Stay tuned to this blog for any updates to JB including new features, tweaks and more!

cheers
Jeffo (infamous)