Predecessor Report - August 2023

August is coming to a close so it's time for another exciting edition of the Predecessor Report!

Developer Diaries 30. Aug. 2023

Summary

Greetings Champions, and welcome back for another exciting edition of the Predecessor Report!

This month we’re focusing on the transition from Season 2 to Season 3; what we’ve learned and where we’re going from here.

Let’s talk about Early Access Season 2.

It’s one of the hottest topics in the community so let’s start with Season 2.

While we’ve made significant progress towards our overall business goals during Season 2, we understand that we’ve had to sacrifice a number of promised features to get there.

Fundamentally we overpromised. We listed a bunch of exciting features that we thought we could deliver and ended up having to push back and push back in order to address more foundational infrastructure improvements that blocked many of them, such as the development of a new UI, improvements to matchmaking and the implementation of smart toxicity tools.

Features that many of you were looking forward to such as the addition of a Ranked game mode, an overhaul of the store and a new Hero acquisition model, have all been delayed to focus on bigger tech investments.

And what were those business goals? Well, there’s two key priorities we’ve focused on. Establishing a new technical and visual game identity with the new User Interface, and getting the game ready for a console release.

We’ve done our best of course to maintain some enthusiasm for what’s felt like a fairly long and content-light season...

Let's talk about Early Access Season 3.

With the curtain coming down on Season 2 it’s finally time to talk about Season 3!

Release date

Season 3 officially starts September 12th, 2023.

What you can expect from Early Access Season 3

Well (and as we’ve already touched on) we’ve learned a lot from Season 2 and will be focusing on a more streamlined list of features that we’re much more confident that we can deliver.

Console is coming early in Early Access Season 3

You read that right - it is our intention to launch Predecessor on console early on in Season 3.

As a reminder, when Predecessor arrives on PlayStation and Xbox it will also be in paid Early Access until we officially launch as a Free-to-Play (F2P) game on all platforms at a later point in time.

Roadmap update

We’re in the process of finalising the Season 3 roadmap this week and hope to share it with you shortly before the V0.11 Game Update which officially launches Season 3.

Season 3 name reveal

So Season 3 and V0.11 are both now coming out on September 12th and not September 5th?

Yep!

But why?

Honestly? We want a healthy work environment for the team where work isn't rushed and no one needs to crunch.

New UI? Hype!

Last month we went into a good amount of detail discussing the new User Interface (UI)...

Serath’s back.

V0.11 downtime.

To protect the servers from Serath’s iminent Heresy and to ensure a smooth transition to the new UI, there will be another short period of downtime during the V0.11 game update on September 12th, 2023.

Making a Hero.

Earlier in the month you might have spotted our video about how Nibori got into character to bring life to Zarus on the battlefield...

Omeda Asks - Steggs!

Earlier this month we welcomed a new addition to the Predecessor Community Team, Steggs!

Welcome to the team Steggs! What brings you to Omeda Studios?

What’s one of your big community goals for your time here at Omeda Studios?

What’s something you think the community needs to know about you?

COMMUNITY ROUND UP

A devastating doodle.

The Fearsome Five.

Superb Screenshots

Prime Championship Circuit 5

Fangbooth 5

That's all we’ve got time for this month, Champions. What was your favourite part? Until next time!