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May 12 Polishes, Support tooling & Bug fixes

Patch Notes — May 12, 2026

A heavy day on the workbench. UI overhauls, support tooling, and a item return.

Fight Club Overhaul

The Fight Club has been rebuilt with an elite mafia feel across the board.

  • Combat Log redesigned for clarity at a glance — recent fights now read like a proper feed, not a wall of text.
  • Top Fighters got the same treatment — cleaner layout, better hierarchy.
  • Mobile-first — every change tested on iOS and Android first to ensure cleaner and clearer fonts.

Visual & UI

  • Mythic item colours now render correctly across all Arena views — locked-in, loadout, and combat previews.
  • Arena layout bug that pushed content below the bottom navigation in Chrome after leaving the Arena has had another patch deployed - we're still following up on this just in-case, thread remains open in Discord for those previously affected.

Mail & Alerts

  • Mark all as read is now instant — no more waiting 10 seconds for the badge to clear.
  • Individual alert clicks also clear the badge immediately.

Game Support Overhaul

We are slowly phasing away from Discord-only support for compliance reasons other than Bugs & Suggestions. Tickets inside the game now match the quality of what you'd expect from any modern service.

  • Structured fields for bug reports — device, browser, and viewport are auto-captured so we can reproduce issues faster.
  • File attachments are now supported. Upload screenshots, recordings and evidence directly into your ticket.

Casino

  • Casino Luck is now visible on the Casino dashboard in a new Your Edge card. See exactly which bonuses are stacking, your combined effective rate, and your progress against the daily bonus cap - you'll also see how it's applied as that did cause some confusion; no changes to it's application - just transparency on how it's applied.
  • We are reviewing how the daily cap is structured and implemented and exploring options to loosen it for high-stakes players. We're revisiting this soon.

Blackjack

  • Fixed a crash on the Insurance screen when both the player and dealer drew Blackjack. The hand now resolves cleanly and pays out correctly.

Economy

  • Family creation cost raised from $10,000 to $500,000 to reflect the weight of starting a new Family - the cheaper fee was a launch exclusive & we're past that phase.

👑 Don's Blessing returns to the Arms District.

Thank you for playing. Stay sharp out there.

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