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Wands is now available on Xiaomi Mi VR

Wands is now available on Xiaomi Mi VR 1792 1008

We’re excited to share that Wands is now available on Xiaomi Mi VR. The Chinese equivalent of Oculus Go. Easily enter the beyond in Wands with no PC or wires attached.

Wands is a first person VR experience that offers fast paced magic duels against other players online. Equip your wand with a wide variety of spells and battle other Wielders for fame, power and glory in the realms of The Beyond.

Wands is available for Oculus Go, Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear, Mirage Solo with Daydream, Google Daydream, HTC Vive (Viveport), Steam VR (Oculus Rift, HTC Vive), Pico and Xiaomi Mi VR.


Andreas Skoglund, CEO of Cortopia Studios:

“With the success of Wands on the Oculus GO we always knew that the Mi VR was a platform we wanted to be on. And Xiaomi has demonstrated that they understand what is needed to push the VR technology forward and make it more available and enjoyable. We are very excited to keep bringing our games to the players together with Xiaomi.”

 

About Cortopia Studios

Built by the original team behind WANDS, award-winning Cortopia Studios is based in Stockholm, Sweden and is led by CEO Andreas Skoglund who joined the company earlier in 2017 after previously having worked at DICE and Electronic Arts as a producer on the Battlefield and Battlefront franchises. The hero title, WANDS is a key focus – but the studio has also hinted at plans to use the company’s unique position to drive innovation for VR and AR technologies.

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Now live: Update 1.4.2 – VOIP

Now live: Update 1.4.2 – VOIP 1792 1008 Cortopia

With this update we’re introducing cross-platform VoIP, something that’s been a major request from our players. We’re also launching on one more platform.

New features

  • Cross-platform VoIP is now a thing in Wands and we’ve taken our time to make sure it’s a grand experience.
  • VoIP can be enabled on the blackboard. Make sure to allow microphone access rights for Wands.
  • We’re releasing Wands in China on a second platform, this time it’s for Xiaomi Mi VR. Available now.

Game balancing

  • Removed Armor buff for Blood Bolt, it now has a consistent cost of 2 hp / bolt.
  • Reduced Chilling Clutch debuff duration from 10 to 5 seconds.
  • Removed cast cost for Dragon’s Breath and increased mana cost per second from 10 to 15.
  • Lowered Lightning Strike charge cost from 15 to 10 mana.
  • Blazing Meteor now deals 12.5 splash damage, regardless of distance to target.

Bug fixes

  • Some animations in the workshop were wrong, they now should look amazing.
  • We resolved some problems with the internationalized versions of Wands.
  • Fixed issue where Twins would cause freezing at the start of a match.
  • Fixed issue where you could add spells to a closed wand in the Workshop.
  • Ortus signs are now correctly rotated.
  • Warden animations now sync properly for both players.
  • Reflected Lightning Strikes now deal damage to their own caster.
  • Dealing damage to a Twin can no longer deal damage to their caster.
  • GearVR/GO: Coordinated app launch now works as intended.
  • GearVR/GO: Invite friend now works as intended.

Top 10 wielders of Season 6

Top 10 wielders of Season 6 2997 1994 Cortopia

Announcing the top 10 wielders of season 6.

  • For Season 6,  skilled wielders will be granted some very special rewards (titles, wand), see the chart in the image below.
  • View the top 10 wielders below.

 

 

Announcing the end of Season 6

Announcing the end of Season 6 2343 1288 Cortopia

Wielder,

Season 6 ends on September 18th and we’ll announce the winners shortly thereafter.

For Season 6,  skilled wielders will be granted some very special rewards, namely:

  • The #1 ranked will get a completely unique title.
  • The top 10 will get their own unique title and the Invictus Wand unlocked.
  • The top 100 will also get their own title.

You can view the Invictus Wand below.

 

Now live: 1.4.0.3 – New character: Komuso

Now live: 1.4.0.3 – New character: Komuso 1465 2067 Cortopia

Komuso rules the Beyond combining his samurai past with his present as a Wielder. He hides his true identity through his straw bascinet previously given by his master.

Komuso’s Story

After losing his teacher as a samurai, Komuso became masterless and was thrust into despair and agony. Living on the streets as a beggar, Komuso began his search anew for a fulfilled life. In this desperate search, Komuso found his calling in the Beyond and the many wonders it had to offer. He now lives and breathes for the taste of magic and hides his true identity through his straw bascinet previously given by his teacher.

Bug fixes

Earned points should now properly be reflected in your score

We’ve improved on the connection issues some players have been experiencing

Fixed login issue on Daydream

Wands is a VR spell-flinging success — but we want more

Wands is a VR spell-flinging success — but we want more 1792 1008

Andreas Skoglund, CEO of Cortopia Studios speaks with GamesBeat about Wands and Cortopia’s future.

Cortopia has been playing with magic since 2016. Its virtual reality dueler Wands started out on Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream, but since then, its wizarding empire has expanded to Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and, most recently, Oculus Go in May. PlayStation, one of the leading platforms for VR, is missing from that list, and that’s due to the challenge of porting between platforms. For now, the studio is focused on deepening the gameplay, reaching a broader audience, and fostering its nascent esports scene.

Read the full article.



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Update 1.4.0.2 now live

Update 1.4.0.2 now live 1792 1008 Cortopia

With the recent release of our major update 1.4 – Sanctum of Sahir we’ve since then been hard at work improving on the feedback we’ve received, not to mention all the extensive QA we’ve done internally.

Today we’re happy to share that we’ve just now pushed out a new update to all our supported platforms that will vastly improve overall experience. Make sure you update to 1.4.0.2 as soon as possible.

As always, there might be a bit of a delay before you’re given the option to update on some of our platforms.

Full patch notes below. See you in The Beyond.

Improvements

  • Our new arena Sanctum of Sahir should now offer a much more smooth experience across all devices
  • Reduced the difficulty of Survival mode

Bug fixes

  • The pausing player can no longer cast spells before their opponent
  • You should no longer encounter invisible opponents when playing in our new arena Sanctum of Sahir
  • The endless loading screen is no more
  • Sometimes the practice hall wouldn’t load for the first time, it will now
  • The locked loadout button should not be possible to interact with
  • Acid Cloud now sound as it should again
  • Disc of Antioch should no longer have sync problems
  • Multiple graphical fixes

Season 6 now live

Season 6 now live 2048 1152 Cortopia

The summer season (6) of Wands is now live and the leaderboard should now be completely reset.

We’re excited to see how season 6 will turn out with our new update 1.4 – Sanctum of Sahir in mind.

There’s definitely many things that have changed and should shake up things a bit.

See you in The Beyond!

Update 1.4 – Sanctum of Sahir Now Available

Update 1.4 – Sanctum of Sahir Now Available 1536 864 Cortopia

We’re excited to announce that our brand new update 1.4 – Sanctum of Sahir is now available.

The update will be rolled out across all our supported platforms momentarily.

Patch notes

  • We’ve rebuilt the whole Workshop from the ground up, making it more spacious, streamlining the functionality of the various stations, and adding a bunch of other improvements
  • As part of the rebuild of the workshop, we’ve gone ahead and added a short tutorial to help new players get started with the basics of the game
  • A new arena has been discovered in The Beyond: Sanctum of Sahir. This map features 3 separate sections that the duel will progress through as a sandstorm and deadly poison sweep across the map. The battle begins outside a grand temple and ends within the burial chamber of a long forgotten king
  • New wand: Scarab of Sahir
  • You will now receive Spell Tokens for every level between 2-20, and 1 as part of the new game introduction. This will allow you to have every spell unlocked at level 20. Additionally, you will now gain 100 dust for the first match you play every day, the first match you win every day, and for every level beyond 20
  • The mask and outfit cosmetic items from before 1.4 have been replaced with 10 new unique characters. PLEASE NOTE: With the release of 1.4 all of the items in your inventory will be converted to the amount of dust it would have cost to craft them previously. That dust can be immediately spent to unlock the new items available in the workshop.
  • New animations, including new casting animations and a unique animation for each character
  • Improved UX when unlocking spells and items
  • Unlockable titles that players can select from to be displayed by their name
  • Easier access to Explore Arenas via the portal

Bug fixes

  • Fixed issue where preferred wand grip wouldn’t be saved and set properly
  • Fixed issue with hit response, both for reticle and opponent color flash
  • Disc of Antioch always bounce 5 times
  • Enemy teleportation trail not visible
  • Direct hits with Disc of Antioch inflict 0 damage
  • Shield does not block Twins projectiles
  • Fixed issue where you couldn’t open the spell menu if switching between control schemes too fast

Top 10 wielders of Season 5

Top 10 wielders of Season 5 2398 1595 Cortopia

Announcing the top 10 wielders of season 5.

  • For Season 5,  skilled wielders will be granted some very special rewards (titles, wand), see the chart in the image below.
  • View the top 10 wielders below.
  • Scroll down to view the top 50 wielders.

 

 

 

 

Top 50 wielders of season 5

  1. The_Vampire_King
  2. Carl4D
  3. DANY-TANGLE
  4. Aayld
  5. Quasiconcave
  6. columbia2026
  7. yanier.collazo.50
  8. Natejaymusic
  9. peamyaem
  10. PleasedToMeetYou
  11. pogepo
  12. Ivaninunes
  13. YomiguyVR
  14. Sufi-Tactics
  15. Drillgon201
  16. briedw
  17. crazygirlie89
  18. diapllins
  19. todd.kopp
  20. Aaronp624
  21. ilpb
  22. kaipippy
  23. MAussem
  24. oaklandgrrl
  25. realm_master
  26. heetae_son
  27. gilch
  28. whiteangel1315
  29. Han_Trio
  30. megaseth
  31. Icant
  32. Graygoose37
  33. vin0914
  34. jido-genshi
  35. BlueHeader
  36. ArendIV
  37. venture77
  38. jrobertraines
  39. JalapenoTrellis
  40. OcularMigraine
  41. Hiroshi.F
  42. Enashka
  43. f4j2n7x
  44. Sir-Sebastian
  45. CajunJedi55
  46. TigerClaw0
  47. laurence.dobson
  48. theo.bayarddevolo.1
  49. Aragon_on_Fire
  50. Benitsuki