How do you stack up against the competition? In 2.1, players can expect a variety of tweaks and improvements to the overall player experience, including the ability to keep an eye on estimated event queue times, an in-game Info button for events with rule modifiers, and our first pass on *drum roll* a Ranked Play system!

• Rise of Ix Ranked Play! We're excited to introduce Ranked Play! To join ranked matches, you'll need the DLC (Rise of Ix). We're looking forward to hearing your thoughts and feedback on this new feature

• Rise of Ix Ranked Play matches begin every hour, on the hour, pairing players of similar skill and experience levels.
  
• Each match awards Stars based on your finish: Two for first place, one for second (and at higher tiers, you’ll lose one if you finish last!)
  
• Rise through the ranks in 30-day Seasons. Once you reach Master Tier, you’ll see your name on the leaderboards!

Along with the introduction of Rise of Ix Ranked Play, we are pleased to announce that it is now available on all supported platforms!

• Various improvements to selection prompts, including removal of redundant buttons. Tooltip text has undergone an assortment of changes, including localization, dynamic counters for challenges and skirmishes, and mobile adjustments.
  
• Various visual fixes to highlights, positioning, and other minor artifacts.
  • Unusable Tech Tiles are now grayed out or transparent.
    
  • Tech Tiles should now appear correctly in opponent-facing stingers when activated.
    
  • Detonation Devices message prompt should now display correctly when opponents are choosing Dreadnought control.
    
  • Bypass Protocolprompt during Intrigue should now have the ability to be canceled.

• Various localization and gamepad fixes.
  
• Various fixes to softlocks and crashing instances, including connectivity issues with the shop.
  • Game should no longer freeze when acquiring CHOAM Directorship to gain a game-ending Faction Alliance in Tutorial 3.
    
  • Game should no longer freeze when using Lady Jessica’s Acquire ability.
    
  • Game should no longer freeze when players win combat with a dreadnought for the first time while using Detonation Devices.
• Various visual bug fixes for Steam Deck.
  
• Various fixes to Rise of Ix action log entries.
  
• Challenge fixes:
  
• Shipping and Ix spaces now have combat icons
  
• Base leaders should show properly in challenges (i.e Players can only use ROI leaders in ROI Challenges)
  • The Rules reminder now has info on the game setup screen.
    
  • During Challenges, Tessia does not gain leader bonus when 2 faction influence is granted during setup.
• Action Logs:
  • Resource icons for Local Fence should now display correctly.
    
  • Persuasion gained from Tech Negotiation when Tecch modal is declined should now display correctly in Action logs.
• AI:
  • There should no longer be an AI infinite loop when Sonic Snoopers and Troop Transport interact.
    
  • AI should no longer take premature turns during Tutorial 4.
• Agent Turn:
  • “If you Reveal” Persuasion amount should now count Full Scale Assault.
    
  • Truthsayer’s Agent Ability should now work if the player has one card in hand.
• Challenges & Skirmishes:
  • Tessia’s Leader Ability should now trigger on Maker spaces during Interstellar Warfare/
    
  • Guerilla Warfare should no longer allow players to retreat a Troop multiple times before the Reveal turn/after Conflict Resolution.

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• How do I link my account across platforms?
  • You can link your account across all platforms by creating a free Dire Wolf account.
    
  • Login onto the console of your choosing.
    
  • Play!

We’re continuing to learn from the community every day, so let us know what you love about the game, and drop us a line at support@direwolfdigital.com if you need help with anything.

Thanks for playing Dune: Imperium!

Today’s patch releases Rise of Ix cross-platform on phones, tablets & XBOX, and introduces our first test of Ranked Play for Dune: Imperium Digital!

Ranked Play for 4-player board games has some special considerations relative to more traditional 2-player games. We’re excited about this initial approach, and looking forward to player feedback to help guide iteration and ongoing development – so let us know what you think!

Here’s everything you need to know about how it currently works, to prepare for your conquest of the known universe and/or Leaderboards:

Looking to scratch that competitive itch? Ranked Play matches begin every hour, on the hour in a special queue in the Online Play menu:

Ranked Games require Rise of Ix to play, and match players against other players of similar levels of skill and experience, creating tables of four whenever possible.

In Ranked Play, you’ll earn Stars – two for finishing First, one for finishing Second – that will help you rank up through five tiers from Bronze to Master. At ranks Gold and above, finishing last or disconnecting from a game will cause you to lose a Star, so it’s important to fight to the finish!

You’ll need progressively more Stars to rank up…but don’t worry: Losing Stars won’t cause you to lose a rank.

A new season kicks off every 30 days, with a fresh chance to make your mark as one of the Top 100 players on the Master Leaderboard.

With each new season, the Leaderboard resets and all players lose two Ranks (dropping from Master to Gold, or Gold to Bronze, for example), with a new chance to fight your way to the top!



Ranked Play raises the stakes for Dune: Imperium Digital with a new way to test your mettle against your fellow players. May thy knife chip and shatter!

We have a small patch out today which will address incorrect behavior with Troop Transports and localization issues. Go get that Spice!

• Gameplay: Fixed an issue where players were unable to use the Troop Transports ability when purchased and troops were gained as part of recalling from the top of the Shipping Track.
  
• Localization issues with Detonation Devices should now be fixed.
  
• Localization issues with Tech Tiles should now indicate whether a leader has declined a purchase or show no messages when no action has been taken.

You can check out our hotfixes on the Steam Forums! As always, you can drop us a line at support@direwolfdigital.com with any questions, concerns or feedback.

Rise of Ix arrives early on Steam in Dune: Imperium Digital! Check it out and give us your feedback prior to a broader release in a few weeks! This patch includes a new expansion, new content, a new game mode, and various bug fixes. Enter the fray and secure the spice!

• Expansion Includes
  
• New Leaders – New powers rise throughout the Imperium as six new Leaders join the battle for Arrakis
  
• New Board Spaces – Harness the power of Interstellar Shipping, negotiate for new Tech, or build fearsome Dreadnoughts
  
• New Cards & Abilities – Unload and Infiltrate provide flexible new tools for getting the most from 35 new Imperium Deck cards
  
• Epic Game Mode – Heightened stakes in 12 VP games, with more rewarding Conflicts
  
• New Achievements – 12 new Achievements to show your mastery of the competition
  
• New Challenges – 10 new Challenges with both Normal and Heroic modes to test your strategic abilities

• We fixed a few backend issues for smoother gameplay, including localization fixes and Skirmish attempts incrementing whether or not you lose connection.
  
• Improvements to AI players taking over when players resign.
  
• Various fixes and improvements for Skirmish games.
  
• Improved AI behavior when playing Staged Incident.
  
• When forced to discard by Reverend Mother Mohiam, the first card should now be removed from display/hand.

Some reminders:
How to link your account

1. Create a free Dire Wolf account by going here.
   
2. Login onto the console of your choosing
   
3. Play!

Drop us a line at support@direwolfdigital.com with any questions, concerns or feedback.

In the three months since its release, Dune: Imperium Digital has received rave reviews from thousands of players around the world…with one question echoing across the Imperium: When will we see Rise of Ix?

The dreadnoughts have begun fueling, and Rise of Ix will release on Steam the second half of July, with cross-platform play coming later this summer!

Wishlist it on Steam now to be notified upon release!

Today’s patch includes small quality-of-life updates focused on overall stability of the Mercenary Agents Challenge, a handful of AI improvements from community feedback, and more! Most visibly, the opponent’s timers should no longer appear on your turn.

• Fixed an issue where users could get stuck during leader selection on Android devices.
  
• Hall of Oratory will now add persuasion when played with the Mentat.
  
• Improved stability of Mercenary Agents challenge.
  
• Fixed an issue where an opponent’s timers could appear on your turn.
  
• AI is now better at playing Shifting Allegiances to disrupt opponents.
  
• Users should now be able to deploy troops gained from the Emperor influence track with Masterstroke when applicable.

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1. Create a free Dire Wolf account by going here.[www.direwolfdigital.com]
   
2. Login onto the console of your choosing
   
3. Play!

We’re continuing to learn from the community every day, so let us know what you love about the game, and drop us a line at support@direwolfdigital.com if you need help with anything.

Thanks for playing Dune: Imperium Digital!

With Patch 1.5, players can expect a variety of tweaks and improvements to the player experience, including the ability to keep an eye on estimated event queue times, an in-game info button for events with rule modifiers, and more! Players will also have their position on Skirmish leaderboards highlighted in a spice-infused shade of blue!

• Players can now toggle gameplay warnings in Settings. By default, this feature is enabled.
  
• Events now display an estimated wait time in the queue.
  
• A “NEW” tag has been added to events that haven’t been viewed yet, making them easier to identify.
  
• Users can now easily tap on usernames in the chat to access blocking, reporting, or adding friend options
  
• Improved the clarity of messaging for illegal usernames or passwords entered in the login window.
  
• Events with rules modifiers now feature an in-game info button, allowing players to inspect the event rules.
  
• Cursor modifications, such as messages for irreversible actions, now function in windowed mode on macOS.
  
• Your position on the Skirmish leaderboard is now consistently highlighted in blue.

• Various multiplayer fixes for issues reported by the community.
  
• Improvements to reconnecting, resigning and resuming matches, and timing out.
  
• Various mobile fixes.
  
• Various Localization errors in German, Chinese and Polish.
  
• Fixed a problem when players have a username that matches a game piece. (A strange one, we know!).
  
• Fixed various visual issues with Steam Deck.
  
• Fixed visual issue where Garrisoned Troops was shown as a tiebreaker instead of Water.
  
• Fixed issue where when a Player joins an Async game from a turn prompt, further prompts are dismissed.
  
• Players can rejoin a completed game to view the end of game results.
  
• Combat AI should now play Combat Intrigue cards in the proper order to make sure they aren’t wasting extra cards.
  
• Masterstroke Ability prompt has been reworded to indicate how revealing Masterstroke factions is not optional when Deploying Troops.
  
• Players should now be informed of how many games there are in a season via the Rules Reminder
  
• The Prescience button is easier to access and select on mobile devices.
  
• Players should now be able to resign during the end of game period without delay.
  
• The Leaderboard column headers should now align for better viewing.

• A: How do I link my account from one platform to the next?
  
• B: How to link your account
  
  1. Create a free Dire Wolf account
     
  2. Login onto the console of your choosing
     
  3. Play!

We’re continuing to learn from the community every day, so let us know what you love about the game, and drop us a line at support@direwolfdigital.com if you need help with anything.

Thanks for playing Dune: Imperium Digital!

Today’s 1.4.0 update introduces a variety of stability and UX improvements, enhancements to AI behavior, and bug fixes for issues identified by the community.

Whether you’ve just joined the battle for Arrakis or are a veteran of the wars of Early Access, we appreciate your support and your help in spreading the word. Today’s patch also includes a fix to push notifications.

• Improvements to push notifications
  
• Fixes and improvements for playing with a gamepad
  
• Improved the interface for choosing a color during game setup
  
• The Imperium Row now has a tooltip to reveal current Persuasion, and stays closed if you have no Persuasion to spend
  
• Improved tutorialization around double-clicking to play cards
  
• AI opponents should more aggressively target players in the lead when deciding to steal Alliances

• Fixes for rare crashes identified by the community
  
• Fixed Skirmish bugs for War Chest, Plutocracy, Tabula Rasa, and Machinations
  
• Various fixes and improvements to mobile layout and scaling
  
• Faction icons in Masterstroke prompt now have tooltips
  
• It’s now easier to make a selection for Other Memory
  
• Various localization fixes

How do I link my account from one platform to the next?
How to link your account

+ Create a free Dire Wolf account

+ Login onto the console of your choosing

+ Play!

We’re continuing to learn from every day, so let us know what you love about the game, and drop us a line at support@direwolfdigital.com if you need help with anything.

Above all, thanks for your support, and thanks for playing Dune: Imperium!