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| Community | Two Strikes X Baki-Dou - The Legendary Samurai joins the cast! Get ready, warriors! MIYAMOTO MUSASHI , the legendary swordsman from Baki-Dou , joins the Two Strikes roster with unique mechanics, a brand-new stage, and an original track composed by Ben Hung. From today until March 12 , Miyamoto Musashi will be available exclusively in the Crunchyroll© Game Vault version of Two Strikes. If you want to master the way of the sword as him, now is the time to ju… | 21847934 | |
| Major update | The Shinigami Descends DLC2 The Shinigami Descends DLC Long watching from the veil of shadows, the Shinigami now steps into the arena. The collector of souls brings with him every technique stolen from the fallen — the architect of Two Strikes is yours to command. Cold, patient, and all-knowing, he fights not for glory or pride, but to decide how every story ends. On the battlefield, the Shinigami is both inevitability an… | 20890664 | |
| In-game event | 1.1.1 - New quality-of-life features and lots of bug fixes. 1.1.1 1. New Features · Rematch : Players can now quickly start a rematch after finishing a fight, instead of going back to the character select screen. · Session Win Count : Players can now see how many matches have been played and who is winning overall. The win counter only resets when facing a different opponent in online matches. Changing characters will not reset the counter. 2. Bug Fixes… | 20169963 | |
| In-game event | BAKI HANMA Joins Two Strikes on Crunchyroll© Game Vault! Attention warriors — amazing news for Two Strikes ! Today marks the launch of Two Strikes on Crunchyroll© Game Vault , the premium game platform exclusively available to subscribers of the world’s leading anime streaming service. But that’s not all, we’re also revealing our very first DLC! BAKI HANMA , the world’s strongest teenager, joins the Two Strikes roster with unique mechanics, a brand-n… | 19568330 | |
| In-game event | Patch 1.0.3 - Bugfixes, Game Mechanics Fixes Bug Fixes: ONLINE General Bugs: · Add sound effect when a player gets a perfect parry. · Fixed a bug where the songs were repeating after each "Strike or Die" Character Specific Fixes: MIYO: · Dash's forward could dodge some horizontal attacks. Now she should be vulnerable to horizontal and vertical attacks while dash forward attacking. HOZOIN: · Hurtbox for his strong attack defended recovery… | 19064980 | |
| In-game event | Patch 1.0.2 - Bugfixes, Online Server Selector, and More! Hey all! First of all, I really want to show my appreciation for the best Discord community a game could have. It's beautiful how you all love the game and are a key part of this game, sharing feedback, reporting bugs, and being really amazing to each other. If you're not part of it yet, join us! I hope you've been enjoying the game so far. We've been working a lot these last couple of weeks, a… | 18937953 | |
| Major update | Strike or Die! - Two Strikes 1.0 available now! Hello everyone! The time has come, after 4 years since the Early Access began, Two Strikes has finally reached version 1.0! It’s been a journey full of challenges, with ups and downs, moments of doubt, and periods when it seemed like the game Retro Reactor envisioned would never see the light of day. But today, after all that, we’re proud to present something that we’re all truly proud of. With… | 18551375 | |
| Game update | 1.0 official release! The release is here! Enjoy! | 18551375 | |
| Community | The Road to Release ends tomorrow! Hey everyone! Tomorrow, May 23, marks a huge moment for us; Two Strikes will officially leave Early Access on Steam and launch on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, and Nintendo Switch! After four years of development, community feedback, and shared passion, the full game is finally ready to face the world! But before that... If you have a YouTube , Twitch , or TikTok channel,… | — | |
| Community | The Road to Release is nearing its end! Hey everyone! The Road to Release is almost complete! After nearly four years of steady development, community feedback, and passionate support, Two Strikes is finally stepping out of Early Access and launching in full on May 23, 2025 . Originally released on May 31, 2021 , Two Strikes began as a minimalist, one-hit-kill fighting game inspired by Japanese aesthetics and samurai philosophy. What… | — | |
| Community | The Road to Release continues! Hey everyone! As we count down to the highly anticipated May 23rd release of Two Strikes , we're delivering daily updates, reveals, and surprises for fans around the world. Today marks Day 2 of the campaign, and we're taking a moment to honor where this journey began. While Two Strikes draws heavy inspiration from the intense, stylized duels of Japan’s Sengoku era, the game is proudly made in B… | — | |
| Community | The Road to Release begins! Hey everyone! We’re thrilled to announce that Two Strikes 1.0 will be available on Steam and all major consoles starting May 23 ! To celebrate this major milestone, we're launching the Road to Release ; a week-long series of daily announcements leading up to release day. Starting today! And what better way to begin than with something truly special? We’re excited to reveal the First Cut & Two S… | — | |
| Steam news | Last Days of Closed Beta (You don't need to own the game to participate) Closed Beta will be open for 2 more days! For those who don't own the game, we are providing some online-only testing keys, so come to our discord and ask for them! 🌍 We’re looking for players all over the world to test the game with us and with others in the region. 🗓️ The beta is organized in our Retro Reactor Discord Channel ! Join us and ask how to participate! Strike or Die! | — | |
| Steam news | North American Players needed for Closed Beta Today! Closed Beta Test Happening TODAY! At 8pm (GMT-4). So in 1:15h! Think you’ve got what it takes to survive in the netherworld? (Does that even make sense? Haha — let’s go with it!) We’re inviting a limited number of players to join the closed online beta — get exclusive access, give direct feedback to the dev (me), and earn some serious bragging rights. We might even organize a small tournament!… | — | |
| Steam news | European Players needed for Closed Beta this week! Closed Beta Test Happening This Week! Think you’ve got what it takes to survive in the netherworld? (Does that even make sense? Haha — let’s go with it!) We’re inviting a limited number of players to join the closed online beta — get exclusive access, give direct feedback to the dev (me), and earn some serious bragging rights. 🌍 Right now, we’re looking for more European players to test the ga… | — | |
| Announcement | Two Strikes takes one more breath—now releasing May 23rd! Hey everyone! We’ve got an important update to share. Two Strikes will now be officially launching on May 23rd , just a few weeks later than planned. We know delays aren’t easy. You’ve been following this journey with us since the earliest builds, through every patch, every duel, and every new character reveal. So this wasn’t a decision we made lightly. But ultimately, it’s one we believe in. T… | — | |
| Announcement | Two Strikes is leaving Early Access on April 25th! To our incredible community : after years of development, countless updates, and your unwavering support during Early Access, we’re beyond excited to finally share this moment with you — Two Strikes officially launches on April 25 across all major platforms! And yes — there’s also a physical edition for PlayStation 5 , arriving the same day in both North America and Europe, with pre-orders avai… | — | |
| Community | Two Strikes netcode is close to be ready. Hey all! Sorry for the lack of news here. It is not for the lack of work though. We are working like crazy to finish the netcode for the game, so we can finally apply the game for consoles. I've never imagined implementing a good online net code would be so difficult, especially if you think about cross-play, but we are almost there. We started performing long test sessions to find all the bugs… | — | |
| Game update | Bug Fixes Bug Fixes · Team Duel mode was broken and is now fixed. · Tomoe's last piece of lore was not correct. | 16357655 | |
| In-game event | Unlock lore, steam achievements, cards, badges, emojis and backgrounds! Hey everyone! First of all, I want to apologize for the lack of updates over the past two months. We’ve been traveling to various events throughout September and also took some well-deserved vacation time. Thank you for your patience, and now, let's get started! **Lore Update!** I'm thrilled about this update and excited to finally share it with you! Today, we’re expanding on the lore of our be… | — | |
| Major update | The god of death challenges all the brave souls! It's a great day for the Two Strikes fictional Japan. The key to the whole game is finally being introduced as a non-playable character. He will appear by the end of most of the single-player modes. The lore of this game is quite rich. Not a lot has been revealed, yet, but this is the point we are finally starting to make sense of all this nonsensical blood shedding. The Shinigami is the god of… | — | |
| Game update | Small Patch / July 2nd Hi everyone, small patch here. The Story Mode is not finished. I accidentally left it unlocked. I hope this doesn't upset you too much. It will be back once I finish it. Thank you for your understanding, Danilo Barbosa | — | |
| In-game event | Biggest Discount to Date! Bug Fixing and Quality of Life features! Our new character gets some attention in this update. Thanks to the players, we were able to find and fix a lot of the issues with his release. Bug Fixing Shenyan · Fixed bug where Shenyan could not cancel his strong attack into a weak attack or anticipate it if touching the other player. · Fixed AI to be able to use Shenyan special cancels. · Improved Shenyan AI behavior from Level 3 and 4 for… | — | |
| Major update | Shenyan, The Drunken Pirate Steals the Update! Today is a glorious day for Two Strikes! The Eighth Character arrives in the game! Shenyan, the Druken Wokou! Shenyan is an insane character, not gonna lie to you! Don't let his age of Death trick you into thinking he's a nice old man. He is here in purgatory for his insatiable blood lust focused on one thing only: Creating misery for Hozoin. You see, they are long long-time acquaintance, child… | — | |
| Community | Next Update on the end of the month will include more lore and achievements Hey all! Just to warn you that the next update of the game will be towards the end of this month. I just finished the lore section of the game, but I need to connect it to the achievements of the game before releasing it. I hope you all understand. Also, we are working on other things that we cannot talk about it for now. Cheers, Danilo Barbosa. | — | |
| In-game event | Tie-break mechanic is now optional. Hi everyone! You have no idea how busy I am... First of all, I went with Entalto Publishing to GDC and it was a blast! Had a great time and met amazing people. I just step back home and I have to catch another flight to Brazil, to visit my parents, since that's the time of the year I come here to visit them. I will be working from here, but soon I will stop for 10 days to actually rest. Very ne… | — |
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