Good day to the community of the Blockade!

We wish you a lot of good things to happen in your life in the new year! Your plans come true, and dreams become reality! We wish you all good health and happiness! May the upcoming year shine, be bright and bring a lot of positive emotions and smiles! Have a great spirit for the next 365 days.

Let's summarize the results of the past year. Despite the fact that a huge amount of work has been done this year, we still did not have time to do a lot more. Some parts of our plan, which we announced at the beginning of the year, are postponed to 2022, namely, the version of the game for mobile platforms, the tank mode and season 3. To be honest, season 3 is ready and waiting for it to be released. Considering the theme of the season, we decided to postpone it to the beginning of 2022, and launch a more suitable event for you by the New Year.

What have we managed to do this year?

The biggest change is the balance of weapons and skins. This is a huge amount of work, although so far the characteristics of some items still need to be finalized. In general, it has become much easier to play, and the difference between items is not as huge as it once was, which has a positive effect on the gameplay.

The second most important change is optimization and synchronization. To put it more simply, we fixed the out-of-sync and switched to another network protocol. This year, together with your help, we tested and refined the network part of the game, so that there would be fewer strange situations when you are killed behind a wall, and the comfort of the game as a whole increased.

In preparation for the release of the tanks mode, a lot of work has been done to optimize and refine maps, as well as servers, although some of the changes are not yet visible to players at all. Only in the future the work done in this direction will bear fruit. This year, we finally redesigned the models of machines for the classic version of the game, and also made new machines. And even if not everything will be implemented in the near future, we still hope that the mode will eventually turn out to be interesting.

Do not forget about the beginning of the completion of the Construction mode. This mode has not been updated for many years. So far, this is only the addition of new blocks and the revision of some old ones, as well as the changes resulting from this revision. We plan to add the remaining new blocks that we did not have time to add this year, as well as the implementation of functionality for advanced map construction. There are plans to finalize the privates as a whole.

Work on refining the weapons and preparing it for the implementation of the customization system continues. In this update, we have replaced the models for a large number of weapons. There's not much left. After all the weapons are ready, we will be able to properly implement the system of modules and skins for weapons. Even later, the refinement of character skins will begin.

This year, work has begun on the refinement and optimization of the interface. It's no secret that the game interface is very outdated. It needs to be thoroughly redesigned, because in 2022 there are not so many useful features and settings that must be in any modern game.

All the work done directly affects the development process of the mobile version of the game. All this is necessary in order for the players to receive a finished product for mobile platforms as a result.

Let's move on to the list of changes and innovations:

Innovations:

• A festive New Year update has been added to the game. The update will be in the game until January 23 inclusive;
  
• All players have been given gifts, which can be found in the OTHER section of your INVENTORY. Gift contents: 50 coins, 22 M61 grenades, PREMIUM 2 days, 22 mk3 grenades, 22 M202, 22 first aid kits L, 22 mortars, 22
  
• mines. To display the gift correctly, you need to re-enter the game. If the gift is not displayed after restarting the game, we recommend that you clear the browser cache. Gifts can be picked up until January 23;
  
• "The Christmas Tree 2022" event has been launched, where each player is given the opportunity to get skins for free: TIGER, POLAR BEAR, ROBOT, hats: EARFLAPS NY, ROOF, weapons: AK47 NY, M4A1 NY, NEGEV NY, M2 NY, DAEWOO K7 NY, SIG P226 NY, HK SL8 NY, as well as a unique badge. This year's event consists of 21 stages. The event works according to the principle of seasons. Initially, only one stage is available for passing. A new stage opens every day. At the same time, the old stages are also available for completion. Every day you can complete 3 missions, for each of which 250 progress points are given. In just one day, you can earn 750 progress points for completing missions out of the required 1000. The rest can be obtained simply by playing the game. We remind you that missions will not be in progress if there are less than 5 players on the server. "The Christmas Tree 2022" can be completed until January 23;
  
• The NEW YEAR edition has been added to the game. The new edition includes: AK47, M4A1, NEGEV, SIG P226, HK SL8, BENELLI M2, DAEWOO K7. All weapons in the edition are fully upgraded. NEW YEAR Edition can be bought again next year;
  
• New character skins have been added to the game: POLAR BEAR, ROBOT, TIGER. Character skins can be obtained for passing the event "The Christmas Tree 2022". These skins will go on sale in 1 year for coins;
  
• ROBOT Skin: Gets 12% less bullet damage and 7% less cold weapon damage;
  
• POLAR BEAR skin: Deals 10% more snowball damage;
  
• Skin TIRG: Deals 10% more damage with Lollipop, Caramel and 20% more snowballs;
  
• Added 4 new hats: ROOF, WARM EARS, EARFLAPS, GIFT. WARM EARS and a GIFT are available in the store for coins and will be on sale until January 23. The rest of the hats can be obtained for passing the event "The Christmas Tree 2022". Hats can be bought for coins each next year;
  
• Added 3 new masks: TIGER, PIG, CAT. The masks will be on sale until January 23;
  
• The SNOW edition has gone on sale, which includes: AK47, SAIGA 12, USP, P90, SR25. All weapons of the edition are fully upgraded. The price of the publication is traditionally increased. The SNOW edition can be purchased until January 23 inclusive;
  
• The CHRISTMAS edition has gone on sale, which includes: L96A1, BENELLI NOVA, DESERT EAGLE, UZI, FAMAS. All weapons of the edition are fully upgraded. The CHRISTMAS edition can be purchased only for a donation until January 23;
  
• Old themed skins, hats and masks from previous updates have been added to the sale. Prices for skins are traditionally increased. Themed skins, hats and masks will be on sale until January 23;
  
• Towards the end of the event, season 1 and 2 items will go on sale. Items will be on sale for donation until January 23;
  
• Added server divider by levels into 3 groups;
  
• For a long time we have been collecting statistics on the level of the game for various players. Based on these statistics, it was decided to divide the servers into groups. This separation will allow players to choose which opponents to face in battle. For example, it is extremely difficult for beginners to play against experienced players, so now they will have the opportunity to play with the same inexperienced players as themselves. But this does not mean that they will not be able to play with high levels. Now the players have a choice;
  
• Servers for beginners from levels 1 to 10. Entry is only for players up to and including level 10 with items up to level 10;
  
• Servers for players with items up to and including level 20. Any player can enter such servers, but items above level 20 will not be available there;
  
• Servers for high levels. In fact, these are classic servers, which were before the update. Any player can access these servers, and there are no restrictions on equipment on them;
  
• Added item level display for all weapons. This is not a purchase restriction, but an
  
• indicator of whether you can play with this item on certain servers or not;
  
• Promotions for the purchase of coins have been launched. The promotions will be in play until January 23;
  

Changes:

• Replaced with festive loading screen, game background, sky and music in the game menu;
  
• Added snow on servers and in the game menu;
  
• The M61 grenade model has been replaced with a Christmas tree toy;
  
• Explosions have been replaced with fireworks;
  
• Fireworks will be launcher every hour on New Year's Eve;
  
• In this update, work has begun on the refinement and optimization of the game menu. The first changes affected the loading screen;
  
• Updated weapon models: AEK919K, AGRAM2000, AK47, AK47 SNOW, AK74, AK103, ANACONDA, STECHKIN, AXE, BARRETT M95, BAT, SCYTHE, SNIPE 12M, BENELLI M2, BERETTA92, BERETTA MX4 STORM, BROWNING HI-POWER, CLEAVER, TIRE IRON, CZ75, DAEWOO K7, FIRE AXE, GLOCK17, SWORD, HK MP7, HK SL8, HK XM8, KATANA, KEL-TEC KSG, KITCHEN KNIFE, KUKRI, M4A1, M16A4, M110, MAC10, MACHETE, MOSSBERG 500, NEGEV, NTW20, P90, P90 SNOW, PKP, MAKAROV PISTOL, PP91 CEDAR, WRENCH, SAIGA 12, SAIGA 12 SNOW, SIG MPX, SIG P226, SR25, SR25 SNOW, SVD, PIPE, USP, USP SNOW, VINTOREZ, VINTOREZ DESERT, WALTHER P99;
  
• Changed bonuses for cold weapons for all skins. Now bonuses will help players only in cases when damage is inflicted on the limbs or in the body. The number of blows to the head for all weapons will remain the same regardless of what kind of skin you and/or the enemy have. The exception is the BURNER, since it has its own feature of "setting fire" to the enemy;
  
• All skin changes will be applied in the second half of January;
  
• Accordingly, the stats of cold weapons has been revised: SPADE \SPADE CURSED (damage 40, attack speed 300, distance 1), KNIFE (damage 43, speed 315, distance 1), FIRE AXE (damage 75, speed 70, distance 2), BAT (damage 60, speed 150, distance 1), CROWBAR (damage 43, speed 300, distance 1), CARAMEL (damage 45, speed 300, distance 1), MACHETE (damage 63, speed 181, distance 1), WRENCH (damage 60, speed 133, distance 1), PIPE (damage 60, speed 162, distance 1), MACE (damage 65, speed 133, distance 1), KATANA (damage 60, speed 100, distance 2), CLEAVER (damage 62, speed 176, distance 1), CHAINSAW (damage 70, speed 150, distance 1), KUKRI (damage 60, speed 171, distance 1), FALCHION GRADIENT (damage 42, speed 324, distance 1), AXE (damage 62, speed 171, distance 1), KITCHEN KNIFE (damage 44, speed 324, distance 1), BONE AXE (damage 40, speed 272, distance 1), CLAWS (damage 39, speed 315, distance 1), PLASMA SWORD (damage 65, speed 95, distance 2), HAMMER (damage 89, speed 70, distance 2), TOMAHAWK (damage 65, speed 187, distance 1), SWORD (damage 80, speed 75, distance 2), ROLLING PIN (damage 39, speed 315, distance 1), FRYING PAN\FRYING PAN LADY (damage 40, speed 200, distance 1), BURNER (damage 50, speed 85, distance 1), BALISONG (damage 42, speed 333, distance 1), BROOM (damage 40, speed 171, distance 2), SCYTHE\SOUL EATER (damage 44, speed 171, distance 2), LOLLIPOP (damage 80, speed 66, distance 2), M9\M9 SAPPHIRE (damage 45, speed 333, distance 1), HUNTING KNIFE\RED STEEL (damage 45, speed 307, distance 1), KERAMBIT\INFERNO (damage 41, speed 350, distance 1), SILVER SWORD (damage 80, speed 80, distance 2);
  
• For a long time, players have been asking us to make edits for some weapons. We decided to conduct a small test at the request of the players. For weapons ASVAL\Z-ASVAL (reduced maximum damage to 32), FLAMETHROWER (reduced damage to 20), SCREW CUTTER\DESERT SCREW CUTTER (increased maximum damage to 41), L96A1 MOD (maximum damage increased to 120 and rate of fire lowered to 25), BARRETT M95 (rate of fire increased to 20) TTX edits have been made that can be canceled. It all depends on the test results;
  
• The combat effectiveness of assault rifles and submachine guns of season 1 and 2 remained at a low level for a long time, so the price for them was unreasonably high. It's time to fix this flaw: DIPLOMAT (rate of fire increased to 521), SEPARATOR (rate of fire increased to 821), LIMITER (rate of fire increased to 666), R-11 (rate of fire increased to 512), F-280 (rate of fire increased to 588), SUPERCHARGER (rate of fire increased to 810), PEACEMAKER (damage increased to 28-36);
  
• After rebalancing, some shotguns were severely lacking in range. We also solved this problem: SPAS12\ZSPAS12 (range increased to 17), BENELLI M3\CURSED M3 (range increased to 17), BENELLI Nova\Nova NY (range increased to 22), JACKHAMMER\JACKHAMMER LADY (range increased to 28), SAIGA 12\SAIGA 12 Snow (range increased to 45), SNIPE 12M (range increased to 19), MOSSBERG 500 (range increased to 15), NEOSTEAD 2000 (range increased to 18), TRIPLE HONCHO (range increased to 16), BENELLI M2 (range increased to 30), BENELLI M4 (range increased to 35), WINCHESTER M1887 (range increased to 30), REMINGTON 870 (range increased to 17), BOAR12 (range increased to 40), S-87 (range increased to 17), P-3S (range increased to 30), JUSCTICE (range increased to 22), KEL-TEC KSG (range increased to 20), SAWN-off BLOODY (range increased to 15);
  
• Other TTX edits: TYPE 99 (damage increased to 25-32), HK PSG1 (firing range increased to 160), IED-AC (firing range increased to 170);
  
• Increased brightness in dark rooms;
  
• Some missions have been finalized. Removed irrelevant missions;
  

Corrections:

• Fixed a bug in the name of the BARRETT M95 weapon;
  
• Fixed a bug with displaying the names of private servers;
  
• Fixed a bug with the speed of the Easter animal when pressing ctrl. Need to check;
  
• Fixed a bug with hp when using a first aid kit at the time of infection in Zombie mode;
  
• Fixed a bug with
  
• MP5SD ammo upgrading;
  

Easter eggs:

• From December 30 to January 7 inclusive, large Easter eggs and Easter animals will appear in the game. Little Easter eggs will be in the game until January 23 inclusive;
  
• All types of Easter eggs appear on servers where there are 5 or more players;
  
• When the Easter egg is spawned on the server, a sleigh appears against the background of the moon;
  
• Added Easter animals. The chance of occurrence is 15%. Once every 30 minutes (starting from the moment when at least 5 players gather on the server), one of the players randomly turns into an Easter egg, and the rest start hunting him! The task of the transformed is to survive in order to receive a reward of 250 coins. If you fail to survive, the reward will be divided among the hunters in proportion to the damage done. You are given 5 minutes to hunt. If the card changes during the event, then no one gets the reward. Easter eggs will spawn in the modes: Battle, Counter, Survival, Domination, Gungame, Capture;
  
• Added large and small Easter eggs that spawn every 10 minutes. The chance of large Easter eggs is 7%, and small ones are 20%. From small Easter eggs, you can knock out from 5 to 15 coins, and after they appear, they disappear in 30 seconds. Large Easter eggs do not disappear after they appear, and the reward of 500 coins is divided between players in proportion to the damage done. Whoever kills the Easter egg will receive an additional bonus: 20 grenades, 20 bumblebees, 20 mk3, 20 m202! All types of Easter eggs can be found on the servers of the modes Contra, Battle, Survival, Domination, Gungame, Capture. It's useless to look for Easter eggs on private servers!
  

Happy New Year 2022 and good game for everyone!