launch-announcement
July 17 Official Launch Announcement
The official pricing and launch-content announcement covering editions, the introductory discount, Season 1 features, performance work and pre-release bug fixes.
Update highlights
- Standard Edition is priced at USD $24.99, Deluxe Edition at USD $39.99, and the Deluxe upgrade at USD $15.00
- A 10% introductory discount is planned for about 14 days after launch
- The launch version adds Withered Knight Polearm and Shield, Holy weapons, Brandrgarde Cataclysm difficulty, Soul Hunt, Soul Harvest, a Collection Pedestal, and ladder rewards
- The Season 1 Battle Pass is described as completely free, while Blackarrow's new weapon is delayed to a future season
- Optimization work targets shader precompilation stutter, asset loading, average frame rate and memory usage
- The update lists crash, reconnect, controller, stage-selection, Quick Buy and loot-pickup fixes
Context
- The announcement is a pre-release status report, not a final release-build changelog or independent performance benchmark.
- The post renders the launch time as July 30 at 01:00 UTC-7, which conflicts with the earlier official 01:00 UTC schedule and the July 29 6:00 PM PT cinematic teaser; this record does not resolve that suffix discrepancy.
- Regional pricing, taxes and exact discount end times can vary by storefront.