A lot of wave tweaks. Also, added Accessibility settings ("Screen shakes", "Screen flashes", "Starfield scrolling") in Options -> Gameplay . Due to this change, all your Options settings will regrettably be reset during this update. More information about this update can be found here:
A lot of wave tweaks. Important: Slob behaviour has changed in this version . Slobs will now speed up towards the edges of the screen to avoid falling too far behind and disappearing while they are still visible. More information about this update can be found here:
More new waves ! As with the v.154 update, bear in mind that some of these waves are quite hard, and they won't appear on easy difficulties. Also, as usual, the new additions will unavoidably shuffle the wave ordering of existing missions, so you might find that your stored favourites have significantly changed. More information about this update can be found here:
New waves ! Bear in mind that some of these waves are quite hard, and they won't appear on easy difficulties. Also, as usual, the new additions will unavoidably shuffle the wave ordering of exisiting missions, so you might find that your stored favourites are no longer such favourites after all. You can also purchase CI1 as DLC in this update. More information about this update can be found here:
This is a maintenance release which fixes a crash when flying CI1 DLC. Next week there will be another small update, which will enable purchasing of DLC within the game. More information about this update can be found here:
DLC is now available for purchase in-game! Chicken Invaders Episodes 2-3-4-5 are available right now, Episode 1 is coming in the next update. If you already own the individual Episodes on Steam, then you can export your purchases to Universe for free . Check the Steam news of each individual Episode for instructions. Steam Achievements have been added. Upon first login, you will retroactively r…
Episodic DLC is here ! Well, almost. DLC content is already present in the game, however it cannot be purchased just yet. You will only be able to export existing Chicken Invaders 2-3-4-5 purchases from Steam or the InterAction studios website for use within CIU. Instructions on how to do that will be issued very soon. Also, a very slight teaser for the new Boot Camp mission type. You'll eventu…
A lot of behind-the-scenes clean-up, refactoring, and unification with the Episodes. Customizable scratches have been added to paintjobs. Also, check out the new "copy existing paintjob" and "randomize paintjob" features. There are also many new text phrases in this update (mainly needed for the Episodes), so please make sure you update your translations. More information about this update can…
There aren’t many player-facing changes in this update. Nevertheless, a large part of the game has been reworked. As part of these reworks, all your saved Mission Config presets have been reset , so you’ll need to save them again. Summer content is still available, but you have to manually select it at the main menu via Options → Seasonal Content. More information about this update can be found…
Summer content! :sunglasses: ... and that's pretty much it. Enjoy! Summer content is automatically activated during 1-30 June. You can manually turn it on or off from the main menu by selecting Options → Seasonal Content . More information about this update can be found here:
This is a minor maintenance release, however it does include a noteworthy quality-of-life feature: Upon first startup, your system language will be detected, and if there is a complete or near-complete game translation available for that language, it will automatically be used (of course, you can still set your language manually through the Options -> Language menu). Furthermore, the most up-to…
On the face of it, this is a minor maintenance release. Behind the scenes, however, this version includes preliminary groundwork for the (tentatively-named) “ Galactic Entertainment Network ” (GEN), a way to collect and organize recordings of the “best” missions from each day, compile them in a “highlight reel” video, and broadcast them across the galaxy (well, on YouTube at least). Details hav…
This update removes “The Next Wave” episode from CIU. It might return (together with the rest of the episodes) at some point in the future. In the meantime, the CI2 “Mother-Hen Ship” boss has been added to regular Invasion and Boss Rush missions. This means that boss encounters in existing missions (e.g., your favourites) have potentially changed. “Virtual Joystick” has been added to touchscree…
This update replaces the “ Revenge of the Yolk ” episode with the full “ The Next Wave ” episode in CIU, directly playable from your Profile screen. This is a temporary and experimental feature, so enjoy it while you can, and report bugs here. More information about this update can be found here:
This update replaces the “ Ultimate Omelette ” episode with the full “ Revenge of the Yolk ” episode in CIU, directly playable from your Profile screen. This is a temporary and experimental feature, so enjoy it while you can, and report bugs here. Also, Christmas content has been added to mobile versions of the game. It will be automatically activated about 3 weeks before Christmas, or you can…
This update replaces the “ Cluck of the Dark Side ” episode with the full “ Ultimate Omelette ” episode in CIU, directly playable from your Profile screen. This is a temporary and experimental feature, so enjoy it while you can, and report bugs here. Also, Halloween content has been added to mobile versions of the game. This is also temporary due to size restrictions and will be eventually repl…
Yet more increased download size! This update adds the full “ Cluck of the Dark Side ” episode to CIU, directly playable from your Profile screen. This is a temporary and experimental feature, so enjoy it while you can, and report bugs here. Also, additional seasonal theming changes and a slew of other little improvements – check the full changelog for details. More details about this update ca…
A lot of internal changes in this update, but also a couple of player-facing ones. PC only (not smartphones): You might notice that the download size is significantly larger than normal. This is because starting with this version, all seasonal content (Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving) is bundled in. There is a button labelled “Seasonal Content” in the Options menu that will allow you…
A new boss ! This update certainly took a while, but the new boss Burgermeister™ 3000 boss presented several design challenges and took a lot longer than expected. In terms of implementation, it’s the most complex boss to date, requiring some never-before-seen mesh deformations and several new special effects. And of course copious tweaking until the fight is fun and manageable. But be warned –…
It certainly has been quite an adventure, but the Android version has been officially released! Well, it’s still in the “open testing” (or “Early Access”) phase, but it will be moved to “production” within the next few days. You can download it here: 5 Sadly, Google Play only supports 64-bit apps and will flatly reject 32-bit code, so you may find that your device can’t install the game. This i…
Easter content! But really, this is otherwise a very minor update necessitated by some technical changes in the iOS version . Speaking of the iOS version, the first official build will be submitted to Apple later today. If everything goes well, it should be approved within the next few days! More information about this update can be found here:
This is a minor update (with some anti-cheat improvements – that’s an unavoidable fact of life, of course). The game will now enter feature freeze in anticipation of the iOS release, which means no more updates until the iOS version has been released and any related teething problems have been solved. See you on the other side! More information about this update can be found here:
Yet more anti-cheat. Enough said. Note: Due to a serious issue in v.131, it has now been superseded by v.132 More information about this update can be found here:
More anti-Cheat . Cheating. It’s the gift that keeps on giving. More cheaters, more countermeasures, more days of work wasted, more delays for the iOS and Android versions of the game and for further productive development. Perhaps surprisingly, the anti-cheat system is slightly more lenient now and works under a “three strikes” model, with progressively longer periods of banning each time you…
The Chicken Invaders Soundtrack has been released! Get it now: -25% for the first week! You've heard it before. It's always been in the background, fanning your sense of heroism, making you sweat in nail-biting tension, spurring you on to a chicken-blasting frenzy... And now you can enjoy it whenever you please! This quadruple soundtrack album contains all music from Chicken Invaders: Revenge o…
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