- Chess Infinity | March Major Update Now Live - 25 March 2025
A new Major Update is now available for Chess Infinity on all platforms. If you haven't already, now is a great time to try our latest Chess title! >> The update addresses a number of known issues with the base game. Be sure to update before you next play for the best possible experience. Update Features QoL Adjustments Lighting improvements: across all in-game environments, particularly attention paid to darker environments. Chess set readability: improvement readability across various environments and times of day. Level loading screens now match the environment you choose. Added an additional camera option to enable focus on pieces. Adjustment to the game rating system to better reflect your actual performance in each game. New intro cameras for the environments. Bug Fixes Fixes to the dynamic weather to stop it raining more than it should. Fixed an issue with favourited chess sets s…
- Catch the Launch Trailer for 'Chess Infinity' Out Now on Steam! - 28 February 2025
Humanity's most enduring strategy game like you've never seen it before. This is Chess Infinity. Available NOW on Steam. >>>Play Now On Steam >>Join us on Discord
- Chess Infinity - Out Now On Steam! - 11 February 2025
Chess lovers, newcomers, strategists, and grandmasters in the making; your next chess experience awaits! We’re thrilled to introduce Chess Infinity, the recently released spiritual successor to Chess Ultra. 🛒 Visit the Chess Infinity Store Page Whether you want to refine your strategy, enjoy chess in breathtaking environments, or test your skills against global players, Chess Infinity is built to take you on a journey of mastery, connection, and endless strategy. 🎨 Immerse Yourself in Breathtaking Environments From sunlit terraces to snow-dusted courtyards, with stunning, handcrafted chess sets that bring the beauty of the game to life. 🧠 Learn and Improve Hone your skills and develop new strategies with the help of Aion, an adaptive chess mentor designed by grandmasters. Take interactive tutorials and benefit from optional in-game tactical overlays that provide move-by-move analysis…
- Introducing Cross-play with Epic Games - 23 March 2023
We’re pleased to announce that additional cross-play features for Chess Ultra have arrived in a new update! Chess Ultra players on Steam can now play seamlessly with friends on Epic Games. You can also choose which friends list to play with and, for multiplayer matchmaking, you’ll find a larger pool of players to connect with across both Steam and Epic Games. This update also includes performance and optimisation improvements, as well as a fix for a recently reported issue that was impacting players with Intel 11th Gen (and up) CPUs running Windows 11. Please note: as a result of the update, there may be some downtime for Chess Ultra’s online multiplayer until around 8 PM GMT today. We hope you enjoy it, and thanks as always for your support!
- Coming Tomorrow: Cross-play with Epic Games - 22 March 2023
A new update will allow Chess Ultra players on Steam to play seamlessly with friends on Epic Games for the first time. The update will also include performance and optimisation improvements, as well as fixes for some recently reported issues. The update will take place on Thursday 23/03/23 between 3 PM - 8 PM GMT. Please note: As a result of the update, there may be some downtime for Chess Ultra’s online multiplayer during this time. We hope you enjoy, and thanks as always for your support! The Ripstone Team
- Scheduled Server Maintenance - 16 March 2023
We're carrying out scheduled maintenance today (16/03/2023) between 10AM and 3PM GMT. There may be some downtime during this period. Sorry for any disruption this may cause.
- Quality Of Life Update - 14 July 2021
Hi everyone, A brand new update is now available for Chess Ultra. We’ve been listening to your feedback and making some changes that we hope will cover what a lot of you have been asking for. Here’s what you’ll find in the update: We’ve slowed down the camera’s rotation speed and it’s now harder to accidentally unlock, making it easier to find and keep it in that sweet spot. Twitch integration is back! Challenge chat to a one vs everyone game and get your community involved in your chess streams. We’ve reduced the time taken to time out in a community tournament. We’re hoping that this will help to speed them up and ensure that you aren’t waiting too long for your next game. We’d love to hear your feedback on this and if you feel that it’s now where it needs to be so that we can adjust it further if it’s needed. With the addition of some more backend tools, there will be brand new commu…
- Chess Club is back with GM Simon Williams to celebrate Steam TableTop Fest - 16 October 2020
Chess Club is back! To celebrate the Steam Digital Tabletop Fest, we're bringing you a 1 hour masterclass from renowned chess Grandmaster Simon Williams. Simon will be running through a couple of challenges in Chess Ultra whilst teaching you how to improve your chess skills. The session will be streamed live on Thursday 22nd October at 5pm UK time on the official Steam Tabletop Fest page and we can't wait for you to join us!
- Take a trip to Santa Monica Chess Park - 27 April 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F28735158%2F3e1df383624e692bf16e616836ceecb73a3d52c7.png Ever wanted to play chess at the beach without going outside? Then this is the DLC pack for you... We're super excited to share the brand new Santa Monica Pack for Chess Ultra, which launched this week and is playable both with and without VR. The pack contains an environment and a chess set, bringing the sandy beaches of Santa Monica to Chess Ultra. https://store.steampowered.com/app/638011/Chess_Ultra_Santa_Monica_Game_Pack/ The beach environment was modelled on the real life Santa Monica chess park, whilst the chess set was inspired by the skate scene of California. We spent a long time contemplating how the pieces would look in-game and landed on a hand-made style, with each chess piece fashioned from recycled skateboard parts. You can see an early concept that we…
- Chess Ultra X Purling London Collection - Out Now - 6 April 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F28735158%2Fd669b8b4d0a276ceae4663b6de94a4999eea04a8.png Hey everyone, Two announcements to share with you today; new DLC and details of the next official Ripstone Tournament. (It's starting next week!) We're delighted to announce our partnership with the critically acclaimed team at Purling London to bring several of their bespoke, hand-painted chess sets to the virtual world of Chess Ultra. The four exclusive sets are available to download in-game now. https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F28735158%2Fe5c892f5f1b62eba61549cb7057fbbc337a08bbf.jpg Celebrated international contemporary artists have used the traditional Staunton chess set as an unconventional “canvas” upon which they have created one-of-a-kind, hand-painted works. Purling names this line of their collection “Art Chess” as they create…
- Chess Ultra X Purling London Collection - Out Now - 6 April 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F28735158%2Fd669b8b4d0a276ceae4663b6de94a4999eea04a8.png Hey everyone, Two announcements to share with you today; new DLC and details of the next official Ripstone Tournament. (It's starting next week!) We're delighted to announce our partnership with the critically acclaimed team at Purling London to bring several of their bespoke, hand-painted chess sets to the virtual world of Chess Ultra. The four exclusive sets are available to download in-game now. https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F28735158%2Fe5c892f5f1b62eba61549cb7057fbbc337a08bbf.jpg Celebrated international contemporary artists have used the traditional Staunton chess set as an unconventional “canvas” upon which they have created one-of-a-kind, hand-painted works. Purling names this line of their collection “Art Chess” as they create…
- Russian Academy Pack - Available Now - 2 February 2018
Hi everyone, We've got an announcement to share that will hopefully brighten your Friday... a brand new DLC Pack is available now for Chess Ultra! The Academy Pack contains two new pieces of DLC for Chess Ultra and is a tribute to the long and noble chess playing tradition in Russia that has produced some of the greatest players of all time. http://store.steampowered.com/app/638980/Chess_Ultra_Academy_game_pack/ The Akademiya environment invites you to follow in the footsteps of the Russian Grandmasters that played in the halls of the academy, and is fully playable in VR. We invite you to immerse yourself in the tournament setting and feel the pressure with every move. The Academy Pack also contains the simple yet beautiful Kholmogory chess set, which is available in two materials; traditional wood and sleek plastic. The design was modelled on a rare chess set created in the Russian tow…
- Russian Academy Pack - Available Now - 2 February 2018
Hi everyone, We've got an announcement to share that will hopefully brighten your Friday... a brand new DLC Pack is available now for Chess Ultra! The Academy Pack contains two new pieces of DLC for Chess Ultra and is a tribute to the long and noble chess playing tradition in Russia that has produced some of the greatest players of all time. http://store.steampowered.com/app/638980/Chess_Ultra_Academy_game_pack/ The Akademiya environment invites you to follow in the footsteps of the Russian Grandmasters that played in the halls of the academy, and is fully playable in VR. We invite you to immerse yourself in the tournament setting and feel the pressure with every move. The Academy Pack also contains the simple yet beautiful Kholmogory chess set, which is available in two materials; traditional wood and sleek plastic. The design was modelled on a rare chess set created in the Russian tow…
- Free DLC for the Holidays - Available Now - 20 December 2017
The Ripstone holiday elves have been working extra hard this year and have prepared a special Christmas gift for you all to enjoy… As a special festive treat for fans of Chess Ultra, we launched the Easter Island chess set today, for free! The Easter Island chess set is inspired by the mysterious Moai of Easter Island, Polynesia. These head-like, monolithic chess pieces have been beautifully crafted, bringing the Moai not only to life – but to the chess board. The set comes with two material variants; rock and metal, and can be played in any environment within Chess Ultra. You can download the free DLC using the link below, and we really hope you enjoy taking to the board with a brand new set. http://store.steampowered.com/app/639000/Chess_Ultra_Easter_Island_chess_set/ Thank you as always for your support and we hope you enjoy the holiday season! Ripstone
- Free DLC for the Holidays - Available Now - 20 December 2017
The Ripstone holiday elves have been working extra hard this year and have prepared a special Christmas gift for you all to enjoy… As a special festive treat for fans of Chess Ultra, we launched the Easter Island chess set today, for free! The Easter Island chess set is inspired by the mysterious Moai of Easter Island, Polynesia. These head-like, monolithic chess pieces have been beautifully crafted, bringing the Moai not only to life – but to the chess board. The set comes with two material variants; rock and metal, and can be played in any environment within Chess Ultra. You can download the free DLC using the link below, and we really hope you enjoy taking to the board with a brand new set. http://store.steampowered.com/app/639000/Chess_Ultra_Easter_Island_chess_set/ Thank you as always for your support and we hope you enjoy the holiday season! Ripstone
- Imperial DLC Out Now - Fit For a King - 17 October 2017
A brand new DLC chess set launched today! The Imperial pack for Chess Ultra contains two exquisite chessmen designs, and brings a touch of luxury to the chessboard. The Ruby and Emerald set radiates elegance with polished gold adorned with the finest gemstones, whilst the Platinum and Onyx set provides a striking contrast with stylish gunmetal pieces and elegant stones to match. Both chess set designs have been hand-crafted and embellished with jewels fit for a King or Queen. http://store.steampowered.com/app/639001/Chess_Ultra_Imperial_chess_set/ We’re really excited to be bringing another new chess set to Chess Ultra, especially as this design is very different to any of the styles we have worked on previously! We hope the Imperial pack brings you luck on the chessboard and we will have more details to share about upcoming releases for Chess Ultra soon, so watch this space. Thanks as…
- Imperial DLC Out Now - Fit For a King - 17 October 2017
A brand new DLC chess set launched today! The Imperial pack for Chess Ultra contains two exquisite chessmen designs, and brings a touch of luxury to the chessboard. The Ruby and Emerald set radiates elegance with polished gold adorned with the finest gemstones, whilst the Platinum and Onyx set provides a striking contrast with stylish gunmetal pieces and elegant stones to match. Both chess set designs have been hand-crafted and embellished with jewels fit for a King or Queen. http://store.steampowered.com/app/639001/Chess_Ultra_Imperial_chess_set/ We’re really excited to be bringing another new chess set to Chess Ultra, especially as this design is very different to any of the styles we have worked on previously! We hope the Imperial pack brings you luck on the chessboard and we will have more details to share about upcoming releases for Chess Ultra soon, so watch this space. Thanks as…
- Ripstone Autumn Tournament - 28 September 2017
Hey everyone, We want to share a quick update to let you know that the Official Ripstone Autumn Tournament will start tomorrow, 29th September, at 10am BST. We're really looking forward to launching the second official tournament as there were some incredibly impressive games played during the first competition. We made some changes to the way tournaments work during the Summer leg, so we're confident that the Autumn Tournament will run a lot more smoothly! There is a 72 hour (3 day) limit for making a move when playing a tournament game, which will help to keep things moving and advance players through each round more efficiently. We also removed the in game timer to make way for this 72 hour time limit, so make sure to return to your game with plenty of time! Get ready to bring your A-game and battle for the top spot. Good luck everyone!
- Ripstone Autumn Tournament - 28 September 2017
Hey everyone, We want to share a quick update to let you know that the Official Ripstone Autumn Tournament will start tomorrow, 29th September, at 10am BST. We're really looking forward to launching the second official tournament as there were some incredibly impressive games played during the first competition. We made some changes to the way tournaments work during the Summer leg, so we're confident that the Autumn Tournament will run a lot more smoothly! There is a 72 hour (3 day) limit for making a move when playing a tournament game, which will help to keep things moving and advance players through each round more efficiently. We also removed the in game timer to make way for this 72 hour time limit, so make sure to return to your game with plenty of time! Get ready to bring your A-game and battle for the top spot. Good luck everyone!
- Pantheon DLC Out Now - Environment + Chess Set - 20 September 2017
Hey everyone, We're really excited to share that the first DLC pack for Chess Ultra is available now! The Pantheon Game Pack includes a brand new environment and also an exclusive chess set that can be used in various combinations with the existing base sets. The environment is an exquisitely detailed model of the Pantheon in Rome, bringing a touch of ancient history to Chess Ultra. The pack also includes a hand crafted set of bronze cast Roman chessmen. http://store.steampowered.com/app/638010/Chess_Ultra_Pantheon_game_pack/ We hope you enjoy the new DLC and we'll have more updates about future content soon. Thanks for your ongoing support! Team Ripstone
