Welcome back to another week here in Paladins land!

This week we have some weekend fun planned for our Champions (compliments of our International Community Team)! There are also other fun bits for you to enjoy along the way too. Let's dive in.

Trivia Tuesdays

• Get your thinking caps on and your fasted typing hand ready! Trivia Tuesday returns at 10 AM ET and we have 3 codes to message to 3 lucky winners who reply with the right skin and Champion.

Gamescom 2020

• Many events have been streamed online this year due to the global pandemic in hope to keep people safe. Our International team for Hi-Rez has put together some fun for you in our games this weekend. Check out the blog post[paladins.com] on it with all the details on what rewards you can receive in honor of Gamescom.

Paladins Esports

• Reminder to join us this week for the following on Twitch:
  
  • Thursday (1:00 PM ET) — Paladins Pro Circuit
    
  • Fridays (2:00 PM ET) PPC Community Broadcast (EU/BR/NA)
    
  • Saturdays (3:00 PM ET) PPC Community Broadcast (EU/BR)

We'll see you in the Realm!

***Rotates every Wednesday at 4AM ET***

• Raum
  
• Bomb King
  
• Buck
  
• Furia

We can't believe how quickly time has flown by but here we are, getting ready to announce our third expansion of this year! The press tour has just begun and this means the announcement is only a week away. We'll reveal the details next Tuesday, September 1st at 2pm (PDT).

We're still aiming to launch this expansion on September 18th (PDT), although this date may still be changed. We'll confirm the launch date with the announcement.

As usual, we're planning to release a new set of league supporter packs for PC alongside the announcement. This time, however, the Supporter Packs launched alongside Harvest will stay in the store for the duration of 3.12 league, so you'll have more time to decide whichever supporter pack you prefer - the old one or the new one. Console players will be able to purchase new supporter packs after the new expansion goes live on consoles.

We're really excited to show you the results of our work and we hope you'll like this expansion as much as we do!

We're happy to introduce a community event organized by Brittleknee, AFK Creators and SoftGiving. The first charity relay race starts on September 5th at 8pm UTC (check out the countdown here). This event will be open participation, and support a host of charities, like our very own community-created GDQ! There's also a prize pool for the racers and a multitude of giveaways to celebrate the event.

Each relay team of four players will choose a charity to represent, and by participating, ensures a certain allocation of this pool goes to the charity of their choice. The higher they place, the more the charity receives. The race will take place in a Harvest Standard Private League with a 2 Minute Death Penalty, there won't be additional mods. Each member of the relay will have to defeat Dominus before the next member can start their run.

Casting will be done by ZiggyD and Octavian0.

Prize Information (supplied by SoftGiving):

• 1st Place Team: $800 USD
  
• 2nd Place Team: $600 USD
  
• 3rd Place Team: $400 USD

Viewers of the race will also be eligible for MTX prizes (provided by SoftGiving, AFK Creators and Grinding Gear Games), the giveaways will take place during the cast.

To learn more about the event, including how to support the cause, sign up for the relay, and more, please refer to this announcement[www.pathofexile.com].

Welcome to another edition of the Community Crunch!

Just a reminder that on Tuesday, August 25th, we will be releasing Crystal Isles for XBOX and PS4 console users! Additionally, we will be enabling full server transfers into Crystal Isles and our freshly launched Official PC Servers. From August 25th, PC players will be able to download items and creatures onto the map without restriction.



As mentioned in prior Community Crunches, the Official Network rates will be increasing to 2X following the next major version update on Tuesday, August 25th. Following the update, we'll have more information on EVO events. Until then, we'll be using the EVO event system to apply the bonuses.


Ashlyns Spinosaurus Neighbor[www.deviantart.com] by GravyMan12


Hunting underwater[www.deviantart.com] by MayaPatch


Liopleurodon by DW_ARK


Aberrant Carno by PicturesOfArk


The Managarmr[www.deviantart.com] by littleFernanda


ARK Raptor[www.deviantart.com] by TinyTina20


Ok(?[www.deviantart.com] by HipApparitiongamer


Until next week!

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The 4.1.3 Bugfix Patch is now live on Steam. This patch includes fixes for sync errors (Error Codes 111 & 112).

While running version 4.1.3, you will still be able to cross-play with people running version 4.1.2 of the game on other platforms.

The Racing Gauntlet[www.pathofexile.com] community event starts in less than a day, on August 22nd at 3:00PM (GMT+1)! During the next 8 days players will compete and earn points in a Private HCSSF Harvest League by levelling their characters and killing bosses. The winners will share a community-crowdfunded prize pool and microtransaction bundles provided by us. We hope everyone who wanted to join managed to apply in time. Good luck!

This weekend we're also discounting Footprints, Portals and Character Effect microtransactions, with more than 150 cosmetic effects available at discounted prices, including the Void Portal Effect, Dragon Hunter Apparition Effect, Celestial Footprints and many more. Press M in game to check out the discounted selection.

This sale will run from the time of this post until Aug 24, 2020 9:00 PM (PDT).

Thank you for your support! Have a great weekend!

Introducing the new way to earn free skins in Paladins: the Bounty Store!



Using the Bounty Store is simple:

• First, link your account at https://my.hirezstudios.com/my-account
  
• Complete daily quests to earn Bounty Coins
  
• Use your Bounty Coins to purchase skins on the Bounties tab of the Store menu

Skins available in the Bounty Store are only available in limited quantities for the duration of each offer, so grab them before their coin! Bounty Store offers rotate regularly, so if you already own the skin currently on the store, don't forget to check back for fresh offers!