Community5 Aug 2026Hell Clock 1-Year Anniversary: Build Showcase Contest!⚙️ Welcome to the Build Showcase Contest! If purgatory hasn't killed you yet, it's because you have an excellent build. It's time to prove it! Continuing our 1-Year Anniversary month celebrations, we are officially opening our Build Showcase Contest . We are looking for the most brutal, creative, or downright chaotic strategies you've created in one year of Hell Clock . Remember: the best build…
Welcome to the Purgatory Woodcuts Contest! The ink is about to spill in Purgatory! To kick off our 1-Year Anniversary month, we are launching our official Fanart Contest . The world of Hell Clock and the Cursed War expansion is deeply rooted in Brazilian culture. Now, we want to see your vision of our universe through the lens of traditional art. How it works: Community artists must draw charac…
One year of purgatory, one year of survival, one year of Hell Clock ! ⏳🔥 Our journey through Canudos would be nothing without you. The clock keeps ticking, but today we pause to celebrate who really matters: our community. We've prepared a whole month of events, challenges, and prizes to commemorate this historic milestone. From artists to strategists, from cosplayers to meme masters: there's…
What a journey, Clockmarkers! The Race to Hell has officially come to an end, and we're absolutely blown away by the skill, speed, and dedication shown by the community. Before we get to the final standings, we want to take a moment to highlight the absolute cinematic finish for the 1st place. Potato-King-Kai took the crown, beating Havel by a jaw-dropping difference of just 1 minute ! We were…
Hello, Clockmakers! First of all, thank you so much for the incredible support on today's launch of Cursed War . We've been closely monitoring your feedback, and we noticed a lot of players reaching out regarding regional currency conversion issues for the DLC on Steam. You were absolutely right—the regional conversions were incorrectly set at launch. What Went Wrong & How It's Fixed Our origin…
The gates of Hell have opened, and the race has officially begun! Hunters are already diving into the brutal depths of Cursed War to conquer Tier 9 of Endless Nightmares and claim the ultimate grand prize: the custom Starforge PC . Check all the rules and how to participate here Why You Must Stream Your Run As we kick off, we want to address a common question from the community: "Why is livestr…
Hello, Clockmakers! To celebrate the official launch of the Cursed War expansion, we are running an exclusive Twitch Drops campaign! Earn exclusive in-game rewards just by watching your favorite creators play! Tune into any participating Hell Clock stream on Twitch starting today and watch for a total of 2 hours to unlock two exclusive cosmetics: · 1 Hour : Exclusive Cursed War Clock Skin · 2 H…
Introducing the Hell Clock: Cursed War Race To Hell Contest - your chance to win a custom Hell Clock gaming PC from Starforge Systems! To celebrate the upcoming launch of our first major expansion, we’ve partnered with our publisher, Mad Mushroom, and Starforge Systems on a contest where you can win a hellish prize. Here’s how it works. Starting on Cursed War launch day (now set for July 9th),…
Hey backlanders, Today we want to share the patch notes for our upcoming 2.0 update, which will come for free to all users when the Cursed War expansion launches - a little earlier! - on July 9th ! You read it right - we are coming out earlier than previously announced! External forces once again conspired against our set release date, but this time we decided to no longer postpone, and move ou…
Hey Clockmakers, remember when we moved the launch of Hell Clock to avoid a new PoE league ? Well, we have to push back the Cursed War expansion's release as well... GGG has pushed their next Path of Exile 2 update to May 29, and that’s simply too close for comfort for us. We know exactly where everyone in the ARPG community will be spending their precious free time that week, and to be complet…
Hey backlanders, We are grateful for your patience with us for the last 4 months, as we locked in to finish developing Hell Clock's big first expansion. We are proud to present the official reveal for Cursed War : So About That Release Date... Uh, this is awkward... A couple of days ago, another ARPG gaming company (the one with the gears grinding) announced a big update for one of the biggest…
Hey folks, We’ve been in “heads down, focus on development” mode for a while now, and it is about time for an update! After we shipped all of the promised post-launch features from our Roadmap, we have shifted our efforts 100% to the new upcoming Cursed War expansion and patch 2.0 . While we were originally targeting a Q1 launch, the scope of the expansion ended up, uh, expanding , so we need a…
The Hell Clock soundtrack was crafted with great care to reflect Brazilian culture , using traditional elements and instruments infused with a dark tone to match the atmosphere of the Canudos purgatory. Our sound designer, Thommaz Kauffmann, poured an incredible amount of passion and attention into this OST. The result is a soundtrack that is immersive, emotional, and full of identity. You can…
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