- Server Hosting Update: xREALM - 15 April 2026
We’re happy to announce that in partnership with xREALM, community server rentals are once again available to players. You can now rent a Dirty Bomb server through xREALM by heading over to Dirty Bomb Server Hosting - xREALM and creating a new server with your preferred settings.AVAILABLE REGIONSGame servers will be available in several regions, including US West/Mid/East, South America, Central Europe, and Asia.SUPPORTAs with any change, there’s a chance some unforeseen issues may crop up early on. xREALM will provide support as they do with all game servers, and we’ll work closely with them to help resolve any teething problems as quickly as we can. Please don’t hesitate to let us know if you do notice anything.
- Gears Tactics and Dirty Bomb devs working on a new sci-fi game - 15 October 2021
Splash Damage, the folks who made Gears Tactics and Brink , have announced they're working on a new sci-fi game. They've worked on a number of series created by other developers over the years, including Wolfenstein and Gears, but haven't made their own PC game since Dirty Bomb in 2014. It'll be interesting to see what they have in store - perhaps a first-person shooter like Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory ? Or maybe something more strategic, given Gears Tactics' success. Read more
- Tencent now own Digital Extremes and Splash Damage - 23 December 2020
Chinese media conglomerate Tencent have bought Leyou, a name which might not mean much to you but you’ll know some of their subsidiaries: Warframe developers Digital Extremes, and Dirty Bomb devs Splash Damage. Both those studios have issued statements saying hey, don’t sweat it, this will be fine. (more…)
- Tencent now own Digital Extremes and Splash Damage - 23 December 2020
Chinese media conglomerate Tencent have bought Leyou, a name which might not mean much to you but you’ll know some of their subsidiaries: Warframe developers Digital Extremes, and Dirty Bomb devs Splash Damage. Both those studios have issued statements saying hey, don’t sweat it, this will be fine. (more…)
- Follow Splash Damage - 18 February 2019
We're working on a whole bunch of new stuff! We'll share some here, but if you want to see if from the horse's mouth you can follow us in a load of places: Newsletter: https://www.splashdamage.com/newsletter/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/splashdamage/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/splashdamage Discord: https://discord.gg/splashdamage Forums: https://forums.splashdamage.com/ Artstation: https://www.artstation.com/splashdamage Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/splashdamage/ Come hang out!
- Dirty Bomb s free design document is full of FPS engineering insight - 18 January 2019
Free-to-play team shooter Dirty Bomb never drew the crowds it deserved. Slightly wonky business model aside (now no longer an issue – the game is proper-free now ), it was fast, satisfying and skilful stuff. Not surprising, as developers Splash Damage are as veteran as they come – they’re the crew behind the excellent Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory back in 2003, and several iterations on the formula since. They’ve got a lot to teach, and have released their original design document for the game (formerly exclusive to Kickstarter backers) free for all. Grab it, an art-book and the game’s soundtrack here . (more…)
- Dirty Bomb scraps microtransactions as development winds down - 9 January 2019
Hey! You there! That's right, you - there's free stuff coming your way if you play Dirty Bomb after Tuesday 15th January. The catch is active development will be ending along with this. You may recall that in October last year, developer Splash Damage announced it could no longer "financially justify" working on Dirty Bomb . To lessen the pain for players, the developer has elected to remove all monetisation as part of the game's final update. "We wanted to turn this update into a celebration of Dirty Bomb, allowing players old and new to experience everything, without a cost," Splash Damage's blog post states . "We've been working to remove all monetisation from Dirty Bomb, and also have thrown in a few extra treats as a thank you to all of our players for supporting the title over the years." Read more…
- Dirty Bomb removing microtransactions in final update - 8 January 2019
The final update of Dirty Bomb is almost here, the last before Splash Damage end development, and it’s coming with a surprise: all the monetisation is being removed. Players will be able to get all characters, weapon skins, and rare doodads without spending a real penny. Splash Damage plan to keep Dirty Bomb servers up until at least the end of 2019, and it does tend to have a couple of hundred players online at any given moment, so it’s still not too late to try their fourth version of the Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory formula. (more…)
- Splash Damage is ending development on its free-to-play shooter Dirty Bomb - 19 October 2018
Splash Damage has announced that it will no longer be actively developing or updating its free-to-play multiplayer shooter Dirty Bomb, saying that it "can't financially justify continuing to work on the game". Dirty Bomb unfolds in London following a string of terrorist attacks and is described as a "fast-paced team game" that "takes first person shooters back to their purest roots". It launched its open beta on Steam in 2015, and finally saw its version 1.0 release in August this year. In a statement posted on the official Dirty Bomb website, Splash Damage explained that, "It has been a challenging couple of months full of sensitive decisions that we had to make regarding the future of Dirty Bomb. It's with a heavy heart that, after a bug fix build ships in the upcoming weeks, we will be ending live development and updates on Dirty Bomb." Read more…
- Dirty Bomb ending development, servers to stay online - 19 October 2018
Less than two months after finally launching Dirty Bomb in full, Splash Damage have announced they are stopping development on their free-to-play FPS set in merrye olde Londone tahn. The servers will stay up as long as enough players keep on playing, they say, but don’t expect any big future updates. Splash Damage say that, despite a big effort to renovate and finish it, the Enemy Territory-style shooter simply wasn’t making enough money to justify continuing live development. So it goes. (more…)
- New Dev Video: 1.0 is Here - 30 August 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F7551659%2Fa13c2c882d47caa641ddbed32e177d28459d507d.jpg Hey all! Dirty Bomb 1.0 is finally here. But what was in the update? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcVQAVXvs8Y FACEIT: https://www.faceit.com/en Update Release Notes: https://forums.splashdamage.com/t/august-28th-update-the-1-0-update/233023/ Gleam Giveaway: https://twitter.com/DirtyBomb/status/1035180653791330306 Alienware Giveaway: https://uk.alienwarearena.com/ucf/show/1898911/boards/contest-and-giveaways-global/Giveaway/dirty-bomb-booster-pack-and-3-mercs-key-giveaway Summer Art Competition Forum Post: https://forums.splashdamage.com/t/summer-art-competition-2018/232796 Community Spotlight: DB-Cams Australian Players Discord: https://discord.gg/9se6ZCM Follow us on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/DirtyBomb Join the Official Discord: https://discord.gg/jqmQZJG Subsc…
- Free-to-play FPS Dirty Bomb officially launches after years in open beta - 29 August 2018
Free-to-play team shooter Dirty Bomb has been around for yonks now, so it feels weird to say that the game is ‘out now’, but after more than three years of open beta, the competitive FPS has finally reached version 1.0 , although the changes in the launch version are surprisingly slight. Set in a nuclear-ravaged future London, this class-based shooter puts players in the boots of 23 high-tech mercenaries. There’s robo-tanks to escort, people to shoot in the face and no small amount of grind involved if you want to permanently unlock all your favourite characters. It’s also good fun, playing like a blend of Counter-Strike and Team Fortress 2 , with a little bit of developer Splash Damage’s earlier Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory and Brink in there too. (more…)
- AUGUST 28TH UPDATE: THE 1.0 UPDATE - 28 August 2018
https://dirtybomb.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Keyart-in-game-800x450.jpgIn this update you'll find a number of new features, shiny content and quality of life improvements, but enough of the introduction! Let's get right into the mix.. FACEIT If you've been watching our dev update videos then you'll know all about FACEIT. If you don't... then you really should subscribe to us.FACEIT is the top system for you to play competitively online in a number of games, and by working closely with their team, we've now added Dirty Bomb to their roster. Later today their services will be switched on meaning once this happens and you've made a FACEIT account you'll be able to join community hubs to play with and against friends, and find new players to join as you hone your skills in the premier competitive environment. https://dirtybomb.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/FACEIT-Logo…
- New Dev Video: 1.0 Next Week - 23 August 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F7551659%2F2eb5357bbaee5adaa9721b8397dd48c4a4714791.jpg Hey all! So Dirty Bomb 1.0 is releasing next week. And there's something happening with Execution.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0jGxoL34G8 FACEIT: https://www.faceit.com/en Merc Biographies: https://www.dirtybomb.com/#mercs Summer Art Competition Forum Post: https://forums.splashdamage.com/t/summer-art-competition-2018/232796 Community Spotlight: 'Dirty Nine-Nine - Dirty Bomb Brooklyn Nine-Nine Styled Intro' by Adolphus Parodies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGbUOgzNu2U Follow us on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/DirtyBomb Join the Official Discord: https://discord.gg/jqmQZJG Subscribe to us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/dirtybombgame/videos Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DirtyBombGame/ Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Dirt…
- New Dev Video: Nvidia Announcement - 16 August 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F7551659%2F86c89d0fc0692bce29c6b3c5ad9dd55084fd3844.jpg Hey all! We've been working on something secret with Nvidia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnJtKvoB51s Update Release Notes: https://forums.splashdamage.com/t/august-7th-update-fragment-case-update-double-loadout-case-drops-and-obsidian-operative-proxy/232847/ Summer Art Competition Forum Post: https://forums.splashdamage.com/t/summer-art-competition-2018/232796 Extra Cases Week: https://www.dirtybomb.com/news/extra-cases-week/ Community Spotlight: 'AS Station work in progress trailer #2' by NOOTLORD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIHVXcX-2tQ Follow us on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/DirtyBomb Join the Official Discord: https://discord.gg/jqmQZJG Subscribe to us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/dirtybombgame/videos Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.…
- New Dev Video: FACEIT Progress - 9 August 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F7551659%2F6911e7430a4fe157836862cbca5276c30ad81072.jpg Hey all, FACEIT is a big part of 1.0 and with it Drafting is coming too.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi9Qu_SvUJQ Update Release Notes: https://forums.splashdamage.com/t/august-7th-update-fragment-case-update-double-loadout-case-drops-and-obsidian-operative-proxy/232847/ Summer Art Competition Forum Post: https://forums.splashdamage.com/t/summer-art-competition-2018/232796 Community Spotlight: CELO Clan Discord https://discord.gg/ZpqNScT CELO Clan Video https://youtu.be/_Bru0z2hYoE Support Team: https://dirtybombsupport.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new Follow us on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/DirtyBomb Join the Official Discord: https://discord.gg/jqmQZJG Subscribe to us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/dirtybombgame/videos Like us on Facebook: https://w…
- AUGUST 7TH UPDATE: FRAGMENT CASE UPDATE, DOUBLE LOADOUT CASE DROPS AND OBSIDIAN OPERATIVE PROXY - 7 August 2018
Welcome to another Dirty Bomb update. In this one we're making a number of big changes and it's time for another make-over for Proxy. FRAGMENT CASE UPDATE Long story short, Fragment Cases will no longer drop after you complete matches. Short story long, we know that many of you find the Fragment cases a little underwhelming when you earn them and they're added to your inventory, so we thought of a better way for you to earn Fragments in a bit of a more interesting way (Read the next section to find out what) Psst. If you have any Fragment Cases in your inventory, don't worry! Those won't be going anywhere, so you can save them for the memories or open them at your leisure. INCREASED LOADOUT CASE DROP RATES Enter the replacement for Fragment Cases! We've more than DOUBLED the drop rate of Loadout Cases at the end of matches so your Loadout Card earn rate will increase significantly. But…
- New Dev Video: All Mercs Free Weekend - 2 August 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F7551659%2F00cd92eee28651f121aac5e691b9b0bf2c13f147.jpg Hey all! Play all Mercs, Fragment Case changes and the Epic Kills winners are announced! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkoWsuiFidg Epic Kills Frag Movie Competition Entries: https://forums.splashdamage.com/t/epic-kills-frag-movie-competition-july-2018/232316/ Epic Kills Honourable Mentions: BATBAT by NotAMedic because their skills with a Cricket Bat are just unreal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgeCKkAugwA SOLO by Its Hari for fitting in most kills in the least time - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BUXNcWhMjk fcc by adeto for teaching me a thing or two on how to aim - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdypZLYIps0 Epic Kills Winners: Honourbound for their insane kills across a selection of different Mercs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XttXhCUwfsQ Dazz3601 for…
- New Dev Video: Epic Kills Competition - 26 July 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F7551659%2Ff872e420ddaf562c5fb90065fbdee8af28e0e4ad.jpg Hey all, Only five days left to enter our Epic Kills competition, and we have some news on Steam Trading.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL_sBH_87zE Epic Kills Frag Movie Competition: https://forums.splashdamage.com/t/epic-kills-frag-movie-competition-july-2018/232316/ Community Spotlight: Zorla Lau's Chibi Art and Giveaway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An0CQOaJsG8 Follow us on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/DirtyBomb Join the Official Discord: https://discord.gg/jqmQZJG Subscribe to us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/dirtybombgame/videos Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DirtyBombGame/ Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/DirtyBomb Enjoy! shoe.
- July 24th Update: Weapon Case Keys for Credits, Obsidian Operative Skyhammer and Fine Tuning - 24 July 2018
Welcome to yet another Dirty Bomb update! In this update we're making tweaks across the board, including making Weapon Case Keys available for Credits, adding the option to Recycle both Weapon Cards and Special Edition Loadout Cards, and we've also made a plethora of balance updates. So check out the release notes below and enjoy the updatey goodness: WEAPON CASE KEYS FOR CREDITS That's right! Weapon Case Keys now have a Credit price so everyone can enjoy Weapon Cards without needing to spend a single RAD. We made this change as many of our long-term players have been asking for more items to spend their Credits on. We've also increased our Weapon Case drop rates by roughly 70 percent so you can make the most of this change: Weapon Case Keys now cost 14,500 Credits Increased Weapon Case drop rates by 70% WEAPON CARD AND SPECIAL EDITION RECYCLING Since Weapon Cards were added to the game…
