Build 26346493

New Random Events

• Blackout – darkens the court, leaving the ball and its trail visible. Contact briefly reveals nearby paddles.

• Reverse Controls – temporarily reverses movement controls.

• Time Cut – removes a portion of the remaining match time.

• Fast Paddles – temporarily increases both paddles’ movement speed.

• Bomb Ball – adds an explosion countdown to the ball, stunning the nearest player when it detonates.

• Mirror Mode – temporarily mirrors the court while keeping the scoreboard readable.

• Sticky Catch – catches the ball on your paddle, letting you reposition and choose when to release it.

• The game now includes 21 random events.

• Reworked Sudden Death can appear even when the score is not tied. Its appearance is scheduled approximately once every 5–10 matches.

• Added visual and sound effects for events, including a more noticeable explosion.

• Slow Motion continues to slow gameplay without extending the match timer.

Online Multiplayer

• Improved game-state transmission and processing to reduce stuttering under unstable network conditions.

• Improved opponent paddle smoothing for the joining player.

• Adjusted paddle-hit detection to better account for network latency.

• Fixed paddles jumping during goal celebrations.

• Fixed issues affecting ball visibility and transitions between match phases.

• Fixed the next-event countdown getting stuck at 0.0.

• Improved rematch handling and opponent information.

• Brought multiplayer HUD elements closer to the single-player layout.

• Redesigned lobby information to make connected players and Ready states easier to identify.

• Improved the readability of the connecting screen.

• Removed unnecessary text from the multiplayer arena.

Local Tournament

• Added tournaments for 4–16 players on one computer, with pairs taking turns at the keyboard.

• Added saved player profiles with names, flags and a selection of 16 basic skins.

• Added randomized draws and a knockout bracket.

• Added match-duration and fixed or random arena settings.

• Added the ability to resume an unfinished tournament.

• Improved registration, draw and results screens.

Tournaments and World Cup

• Improved player connection and readiness indicators in online tournament lobbies.

• Updated World Cup tables to match the game’s UI.

• Replaced the knockout-stage list with a tournament bracket.

• Group standings now fit without scrolling at Full HD.

• Enlarged important information and removed redundant labels.

Training

• Added the Training Steam leaderboard.

• Added global rankings, pagination and an Around Me view.

• Highlighted the current player’s entry.

• Completed runs submit scores while preserving the player’s best result.

• Added Risky Shot, using the same timing window and early-activation penalty as regular matches.

• Added Risky Shot sound and visual feedback.

• Fixed compatibility with different Steam leaderboard callback formats.

Arenas and Cosmetics

• Slate now gradually narrows both goals after each goal, down to a defined minimum size.

• Added Solar Yellow to the Colors Case.

• Added missing skin rarities to the Faded Case.

• Increased the rarest Street Case skin’s drop chance to 5%.

• Improved rarity and drop-chance displays inside cases.

• Fixed skin previews extending outside their case panels.

• Fixed newer skins displaying incorrectly in the main menu.

Interface, Controls and Audio

• Added paddle- and ball-themed scene transitions.

• Standardized Back button placement and appearance.

• Added a Pongs currency icon to relevant menus, prices and rewards.

• Expanded the flag selection and introduced three-letter country codes, such as CZE and SVK.

• Expanded control settings and improved the separation between Player 1 and Player 2 bindings.

• Added Glowed, FunkyBang and Bouncy Funk Groove to the soundtrack.

• Matched the playback loudness of the newly added tracks.

• Removed selected unused addons and temporary files.