Hello! GM Lars here, bringing an important and exciting message from GM Meiji.

# Tidbits on Sep. 20th 3.5 Update

As usual, we will only focus on the major changes with this article. Bug fixes, balance adjustments, and such details will be compiled in a [Patch Note] to be released nearer to the actual patch. Images shared here are also snapshots in constant development, so there may be unintended features.

<New Character — Yuki>

Yuki is arriving at Lumia Island. There will be a preview soon. For two weeks, there will be a New Character Package! It’s your chance to get both Yuki and his first Skin, Kendoka Yuki, at once.

<Spectator Mode — Beta>

A new Spectator Mode will be implemented. It’s still in beta, so it may still have flaws. But we will keep working on it to make it flawless.

Only the person who created a Private Game may use the Spectator Mode.

The left side shows the summary of all players’ status, including their level, Health, and Area.

Selecting a player’s viewpoint shows their gears and backpack.

If there’s Combat while seeing a player’s viewpoint, you can see how the fight goes like below.

<Japanese Voice>

Finally! We have added Japanese voice to Black Survival. Right now, you must set the game’s language to Japanese to listen to the Test Subjects speak Japanese. Perhaps the patch after this one will allow players to pick text and voice in different languages. You can listen to the sample here!

<Notice Pop-Ups>

Until now, we have tried to avoid using pop-ups. However, we cannot deny the fact that pop-ups are an efficient way to let the players know about an issue, as long as we don’t get gung-ho about it. Now, there will be a single pop-up notice when the game launches.

# Future Goals (Post-October)

<Quests and Skin Fragments>

We have been talking about daily quests for a while now, but development has not been speedy. It’s going to be a critical feature, so we are taking our time working on it. With the daily quests, there will be a new way of acquiring character skins! We hope this feature adds a layer of fun to Black Survival.

<Official Chinese Launch>

There has been a huge increase in the number of Chinese users since the last patch started Chinese service, though it’s still in beta. Chinese players are the most common when counted by specific languages we serve Black Survival in. However, the policy of the Chinese government prevents us from serving our Chinese fans directly without their approval. Further, our Chinese players are using VPN to bypass restrictions, so they must deal with frequent disconnections. There’s also that they cannot purchase deals they want or save their account data.

We would like to officially launch Black Survival in Chinese as quickly as possible. Fortunately, Black Survival has become popular in China and it has caught the attention of several businesses there. Since we want to improve the conditions for our Chinese fans, we at Archbears are trying our best to find an ideal solution.

<Steam Release>

The Steam version of Black Survival has passed the internal testing phase. Now, it’s in update testing. However, it may be pushed back behind the Chinese launch. We would like to do our best one thing at a time!

<Announcer Pack>

There has been steady progress on this front. It’s not too long until Mr. Meiji or Dr. Nadja will warn you about impending area restrictions!

<Team Match>

Team mode is in internal testing. It seems pretty fun so far! Team Matches might reach the beta form by the time we start Season 4.

As usual, these future goals are provisional and subject to change. We would like to hear from our users! Thank you!