Zeek: 'We lose attack no more!'
Iggy: 'Lose!'
Zeek: 'No, NO MORE lose!'
Iggy: 'Ohh... NO MORE!'

The two chaotic orcs Zeek and Iggy have managed to unleash the unstoppable minion wave. But 'An Endless Summer', the new patch 2.3 not only delivers a PvE mode, it also packs a punch with a host of kobold-tastic surprises!

• Battle of survival: Group up in a team of up to 5 players and face the endless minion hordes. Defeat the infiltrators with combos so that you fill your Unchained Meter and then unlock unimaginable powers.
  
• Masterful performances: Measure your talents against others in the leaderboards for endless mode.
  
• Reinforcements: You've never seen these grimaces before. They are the faces of the new PvE minions. As always, hit 'em hard!
  
• Change of scene: 'Unchained Fortress' is becoming the default map for PvP.
  
• Power games: 'Cliffside Clash' has been peppered with neutral targets that can be captured in order to send bosses into battle. This map is only available for special events. Follow us on Twitter[http//%27https]or Facebook[http//%27https]to make sure you don't miss a thing!
  
• Roughneck fashion: Hogarth Bot has joined the party and is charging around in a new skin, as is Smolder.
  
• Refinement: The user interface has been spiced up, as have a few of the heroes and minions.

This is all just a snapshot of what is here in patch 2.3! You can read up on all the other improvements in the patchnotes[http//%27http].

Smolder and Hogarth have already got their boots on. Here[image.board.gameforge.com] they are now, ready to present their new outfits to you.

That's all for the hero catwalk. Now it's time to get raw and brutal: the next match is starting!

The OMD!Unchained Team

Content: Dear OMD!U Community,

Moments in time - life is filled with them, and they are all interconnected. Over the past months, we’ve been hard at work with the team at Robot to provide the community with regular updates of new content, heroes, localization, balance tweaks and mechanical changes. We’re just on the cusp of our next Closed Beta phase and based on the community’s involvement and valuable feedback from the alpha onward, we now have many “moments in time” which have informed the game’s design as well as our plans for the future. The process has been a bit humbling at times, but we feel the process of gathering passionate feedback from committed players has fueled, and reinforced, the overall vision and design of the game.

Last year we were faced with a choice: continuing with the current state of the Closed Beta and try to update gradually, or pause for a little while, and then take a bold jump ahead towards the future of Orcs Must Die! Unchained. While we understand, and appreciate, the impatience of some of our community for things to be finished “yesterday,” the decision to take pause for review, introspection, and revision, was ultimately a no-brainer. The past few months have been spent taking into account all the input we’ve received so far and shaping the newest version of the game into what we believe is on track to deliver a solid and fun foundation for future efforts.

Today I’m glad to announce that this new version is almost ready to go. It is looking great and we’re excited to share it with each and every one of you. Starting end of March, Robot and Gameforge will wipe the previous data, roll out the new build and start the second phase of our Closed Beta. We expect and anticipate your continued feedback, and see this next round of new testing, frantic playing, and additional tuning as necessary to take the game to the next level.

Until then, please join us each week where we’ll recap what’s coming up and everything you need to know to make sure that more than ever, Orcs will die.

All the best,

Sean Heffron
Producer, OMD!Unchained

OMD!U European Twitch Channel [http//%27http]

MONDAY
4PM CET - Crazy Games or Beat the Bot Invasion

TUESDAY
4PM CET - Let's talk with ...

WEDNESDAY
5PM CET - Surprise surprise

THURSDAY
8PM CET - YOLO-Solo or Pixie Cups

FRIDAY
4PM CET - YOLO-Solo

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Crazy Games
Monday is Crazy Games Day! Join the Custom Room and enter the Gameforge Room to play some special matches (e.g. Order vs Unchained, No Trap day, female heroes vs male heroes day, starter deck day, etc.)!

Beat the Bot-Invasion
On Mondays when there are no Crazy Games, join the TeamSpeak Server[http//%27http] and help @FaTeReLLa[http//%27http] to Beat the Bot-Invasion in Co-Op matches.

Let's Talk with ...
Orcs Must Die! has the best community in this world or any other, and every Tuesday we're putting them in the spotlight. Join FaTeReLLa for interviews with prominent streamers and fan artists, matches with the most popular Orcs Must Die! Unchained teams, giveaways, and more!

Surprise surprise
Every week on Wednesdays something special will happen on the Twitch channel. Tune in to find out what will happen this week!

YOLO-Solo
Tune in on Thursdays (Cliffside Clash) and on Fridays (The Highlands) for some exciting Orcs Must Die! Unchained multiplayer gameplay. Join @FaTeReLLa[http//%27http] as she tries not to die too often in public matchmaking games!

Pixie Cups
From time to time FaTeReLLa gets challenged. Challenge matches are streamed on Thursdays. Would you like to challenge her? Team up with your friends and throw down the gauntlet here[http//%27http]

Building traps, building traps,
Ogre's in the way...
Even when winter's here
There's plenty orcs to slay!

The weapons don't drop just because it's the holidays. Cinnamon biscuits and charred almonds are practically made for nibbling in between gates and orcs.
Oh and listen up! Our Christmas highlight has even more action to offer:

For those of you skilled in blows and stabs, there is a chance for some great prizes in our Jingle Rift Battle, running from 22/12/2014 to 31/01/2015!

Here's how it works:

1.) This is an exclusive event open to beta players. (War Mage's tip: 'Keep an eye on Twitch, there's beta keys there to be had! If you are lucky, you'll even see my superb rift-defence skills, live!)

2.) Log into the game and click on 'I'm there' in the menu section '[EVENT] Jingle Rift Battle'; it's a big red button, even a Kobold couldn't miss it.

3.) Get a bow, spell tome or what ever is at hand and start slaying for all you are worth! We'll then decide the winners based on the following categories:

Minion Killer – players that kill the most minions
Trap Lord – players that build the most traps
Old Man – players that collect the most experience
Damage Beast – players who deal out the most damage
Steady Fighter – players who enter the most matches

The winners will be revealed on our Twitch steam[http//%27http] on 12/2/2015.

4.) Prizes for the winners:

1st place: 1 Gold coupon worth €35 + 10 beta keys
2nd place: 1 Gold coupon worth €20 + 6 beta keys
3rd place: 1 Gold coupon worth €10 + 3 beta keys
4th to 10th: 1 Gold coupon worth €3 + 1 beta key

5.) For all other participants who've completed at least 50 matches, we'll be raffling off more cool prizes:

1st prize: 1 Roccat Arvo keyboard + 1 Roccat Savu mouse + 20 beta keys
2nd prize: 1 Roccat Kone Pure Optical mouse + 10 beta keys
3rd prize: 1 Roccat Cap + 1 Roccat Siru mousepad + 5 beta keys

Terms & Conditions[http//%27http]

The OMD!Unchained Team

From RobotEntertainementFansite

Originally posted by REF:

There is no better way to spend the holidays than playing some
Orcs Must Die! Unchained. If you havn’t managed to get your closed beta access yet, then never fear! Over the next few weeks REF has a number of opportunities for you to get hold of a prized key.First up, on Thursday’s EU OMDU stream[www.robotentertainmentfans.com] REF will be invading FaTeReLLa’s stream to dish out codes galore! Be sure to tune in at 8pm GMT / 9pm CET on Thursday 4th December and we’ll be in the chat room. We also have some codes for 20x card packs for existing players too. So if you’re looking for beta access or are an existing player you’ll surely be wanting to tune in. The stream will be taking place on the EU twitch channel, right here: http://www.twitch.tv/orcsmustdieeu

We hope to see you there. We will also be detailing other ways that you can get hold of some keys if you don’t happen to score one in the chat.