2026-09-11 21:29 UTC · Community Announcements · Etalus
September 11 - 13 Weekend Events Make sure to tune in for two star-studded Rivals 2 Championship Series events taking place this weekend - one in the United Sates and one in France! United States:Riptide 2026This fan-favorite 3-day tournament and convention held at the Kalahari Resort features:World-renowned competitors like CakeAssault, Bbatts, Sandstorm, Rongunshu, Sophilo, Beastly, Yoda Cage, darai, Mang0, Mr. Nice Guy, CheesyPotato, Gekkingga and many more! Beautiful production from the Midwest's finest broadcasters and an indoor waterpark!Tune in all 3 days to watch Rivals 1 Singles, Riva
2026-09-01 17:12 UTC · Community Announcements · Etalus
We hope you’ve been enjoying our latest Rival, Gouie, that dropped just last month in August. With September arriving, we’re here with our Fall 2026 update to unveil our next event, a new Rivals 1 Throwback mode, plus a few gameplay and other updates. Check out the full patch notes below: Mecha Madness GXLock in, pilots. Mecha Madness returns as our second mega-event with a massive 3 month event track. Starting today, pick up the new Mecha Bundle featuring Mecha Zetterburn, Ranno, and Gouie. Players equipping any of the new event skins, or any of the following skins will receive 20% Bonus XP
2026-08-12 13:37 UTC · Community Announcements · //FIXMESTEVE:
Fix attempt for possibility of unbalanced teams when playing Online Doubles (2VS2) with a local player.
2026-08-12 00:46 UTC · Community Announcements · //FIXMESTEVE:
Bug Fix: Fixed being unable to queue for Online Doubles (2VS2) when teaming up with a local player.
2026-08-07 20:21 UTC · Community Announcements · Etalus
Bug Fix: Auto Shorthop Aerial setting now functions with the right stick.Bug Fix: CPUs that go into ledge parry stun will no longer count as a failed edgeguard in the Edgeguard trial. Hitstun Gravity: 0.85 > 1.1Hitstun Max Fall Speed: 23.8 > 22.6 (default)This change was actually doing the opposite of what it intended: making Wrastor harder to combo at low percents and making him die (very slightly) earlier at mid percents. He was dying a little later at very high percents (which is what the change was originally based on) but these other side effects are not worth that miniscule benefit, so w
2026-08-06 17:51 UTC · Community Announcements · Etalus
Rivals 2 is on sale for 50% off from 8/4 - 8/18 to celebrate Gouie’s launch! Tell your friends, or get a great price on a gift for them for the next two weeks via Steam gifting. As always, all of our game updates are FREE, including new characters. Check out what went into the latest update with Gouie in our patchnotes here.
2026-08-06 17:19 UTC · Community Announcements · Etalus
Bug Fix: Jump cancel grab will no longer ledge cancel on frame 1 if your Air Grab Setting is set to None.Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that caused Tap Walljump users to automatically walljump when falling against a wall with no other inputs.Bug Fix: Auto Shorthop Aerial setting will now shorthop when Attack/Strong are pressed instead of just when they're held down. Bug Fix: Fixed a lighting issue on Julesvale that made the platforms appear darker than intended. Wrap visuals will now scale based on the character they wrapped. Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that would grant his Slime Time achievement when landing
2026-08-05 02:58 UTC · Community Announcements · Etalus
Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that prevented tap jump from fullhopping.Added Pink Gouie to the shop. His tail tip hurtbox is now ungrabbable during his attacks that make it vulnerable (Down Tilt, Back Air, and Grabs.) Bug Fix: Empowered Special Pummel will now destroy existing clones when creating a new one.Bug Fix: Fixed clone command inputs when using Parry, AirParry, and AirGrab inputs while your joystick is neutral. Big Up Throw now uses the Heavy hit sound effect instead of the Medium one when landing.
2026-08-04 17:25 UTC · Community Announcements · Etalus
To keep the good time summer vibes rolling, all of our Pool Party Bundles are now 20% off for a limited time! Look for the sale tag on these popular bundles in the Featured tab of the in-game shop: Pool Party 2025 Bundle (The OG)Pool Party Forsburn BundlePool Party Splashback 2026 BundleAnd just in case you didn't hear the news - make sure you don't miss anything from our latest update today like our latest Rival Gouie, custom Gameplay Modifiers, balance updates, and more.
2026-08-04 17:23 UTC · Community Announcements · Etalus
IT'S BIG UPDATE DAY! We've got a new Rival, custom Gameplay Modifiers (so you can play YOUR way), multiple new sales and bundles, matchmaking improvements, the ability to queue Doubles and FFA with 2 local players, plus a ton of gameplay and balance updates. Read on for all of the details:New Rival - GouieGouie, The Lost Mireling, joins the roster as our 7th new Rival. Despite his tragic backstory, this little goo guy is still having fun, and is ready to spread some mischief with you and your friends. Gouie has multiple abilities that make him great for beginners like extra jumps, a super armo
2026-08-04 17:00 UTC · Community Announcements · Etalus
To celebrate Gouie's launch, tune in to any Rivals streams on Twitch with drops enabled for the next two weeks to claim some rewards! From 8/4 at 10am PT - 8/18 10am PT you can claim the following drops:Gouie Launch Celebration Drop Rewards RewardWatch Time to Unlock1000 Aether Coins1 HourPurple Gouie Palette2 Hours100 Aether Bucks3 HoursHow to UnlockOnce you've earned a Drop, you'll see a notification in your Twitch Inventory in the top right where you can claim your item. Visit your Twitch Drops Inventory to claim your item. Then follow the link to this page, where you can log into your Aeth
2026-07-27 17:00 UTC · Community Announcements · Etalus
We've recently updated the main Steam branch of Rivals II to the latest version of Unreal Engine (5.8). Unfortunately, mods created in previous versions of Unreal are incompatible with this version and will need to be updated to work. As we plan to move Workshop out of beta and into the main game soon, this means ALL mods created with our previous modkits must be updated. Luckily, the process is simple. To get your mod up to date, download the latest 5.8 modkit and simply recompile your mod. Please make sure you test your 5.8 workshop items on the new public 5.8 workshop branch available on St
2026-07-01 23:14 UTC · Community Announcements · Etalus
Just last weekend Rivals II was featured at Evo 2026 as one of the main event games. We represented the platform fighter community on the largest stage in fighting games, which included a record-breaking Rivals tournament with 1,022 entrants! On top of the tournament, we also had a panel, a booth where you could play our next character early, chances to play the devs, multiple reveals, and more.If you missed it live, don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. Here's a full recap of everything that happened:Character RevealsGouieAt the start of our Top 8 on Saturday, we revealed our next upcoming char
2026-06-25 02:53 UTC · Community Announcements · Etalus
Aether Studios is heading out to Las Vegas for Evo 2026! We'll be running a booth, watching, and playing in the biggest Rivals II event of all time with over 1000 entrants! We also have a few special announcements planned for the weekend. Here's how to tune in from home: View the full schedule along with higher resolution graphics for all of the Evo streams at evo.gg/scheduleIf you only have time to watch a portion of the Evo streams this weekend, make sure to tune in to twitch.tv/evo for our Developer Showcase Stream on Friday at 12pm PT, and the same channel for our Top 8 on Saturday at 6pm
2026-06-23 20:31 UTC · Community Announcements · Etalus
FYI, Most of this hotfix went out last week on 6/18, but didn't include notes. The Frozen Harbor fixes are new as of this morning's update that included Creator Bundle 2. We're sharing these today in the Steam patchnotes section for clarity on the latest changes:Changed the button that saves the Stick Calibration setting from A to Start.The top bar that displays the progress of a BO3 or BO5 set can now be enabled in Offline Versus.Implemented a tentative fix for a rare crash on Metal Refinery stage.Fixed Match History not updating anymore for some people.Fixed boot issues caused by the shader
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