Cookie jam blast on facebook. 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.

Chess Ultra features stunning visuals, seamless online multiplayer. Publisher: Ripstone Publishing. Developer: Ripstone Publishing.

The pack contains an environment and a chess set, bringing the sandy beaches of Santa Monica to Chess Ultra.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 created during the design process below.We hope you like the contemporary style of the new set and enjoy playing in the California sunshine! The pack is available to purchase now for £4.79.Thanks as always for your support,Ripstone. 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.

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The four exclusive sets are available to download in-game now.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 a diverse line artistic gaming sets and four of these designs will be available in Chess Ultra.We hope you enjoy playing with the sets as much as we enjoyed creating them!To celebrate the launch of the Purling London collection, we are hosting a new official Ripstone chess Tournament! The tournament will start in-game on Monday 9th April at 11am BST, so make sure to get in there early to reserve your slot.Thanks as always for your support.Ripstonehttp://store.steampowered.com/app/813380/ChessUltraXPurlingLondonBoldChess/http://store.steampowered.com/app/816980/ChessUltraXPurlingLondonMrJiverArtChess/http://store.steampowered.com/app/816981/ChessUltraXPurlingLondonNetteRobinsonArtChess/http://store.steampowered.com/app/816982/ChessUltraXPurlingLondonOliviaPillingArtChess/. 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.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 town of Kholmogory, and pays homage to the rich chess history held by the rural village.The pack is available to download now for £4.79 / $5.99. We're really excited to be sharing this new content with you and hope you enjoy playing using the new environment and chess set!Thanks for your ongoing support,Ripstone. The Ripstone holiday elves have been working extra hard this year and have prepared a special Christmas gift for you all to enjoyAs 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.you as always for your support and we hope you enjoy the holiday season!Ripstone. 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.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 always for your support,Team Ripstone. 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! 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.hope you enjoy the new DLC and we'll have more updates about future content soon.Thanks for your ongoing support!Team Ripstone. Hi everyone,A new update is now available which makes a few changes as outlined below:. Added a popup showing Elo changes to the game-over sequence.

Fixed tournament achievements not always unlocking correctly. Fixed the 'piece' camera mode not being movable during the opponent's turn. Fixed non-timed tournaments always showing 0 time remaining. Other minor bug fixesWe're always looking for ways to improve Chess Ultra so thank you to everyone that has provided feedback so far! We are incredibly grateful for your ongoing support.We also have some exciting news to share.DLC is coming to Chess Ultra!You can get an exclusive first look at one of the new environments above and we can't wait to share more details with you in the coming weeks. Also, let us know what sort of DLC you would like to see, if there is a specific chess set you would like to play with in-game or any environments you would like to visit in VR!Thanks as always for your support,Team Ripstone.

Hey everyone,Thanks for your patience with our second update to Chess Ultra. We really value your feedback and support so we're really happy to share this latest update with you that includes a variety of style changes and a few bug fixes.- Cross-platform matchmaking made easierA search feature has been added so you should be able to find your friends easier when playing on different platforms. If you have friends playing on other platforms they won't be able to use this feature yet but it will be going into the update we do on console in the near future.- Free camera optionWe know some of you wanted to be able to explore different camera angles to view the board and the beautiful locations you're playing chess in.

The angles you can move the camera to have been expanded and the camera can be locked in place.- Single Tournament 'No Timer' option addedThere's now a 'no timer' option for tournaments, nothing much else to say here!- New end game cameraThere's now an all new cinematic end game camera. It also tells you why stalemates happened, and differentiates between winning by checkmate, resignation, or time forfeit.- Indicators to show whether a player is online or notThis will show you whether a player was active online in the game within the last few minutes.- Offering a DrawThis was missing from the menu UI, but it is now there so you can draw by agreement. However, if you are playing cross-platform, you won't be able to offer a draw against someone on console until the update has gone live for them.- What are the controls?Some of you were unsure of what the controls were in the game, so we have added this to the menu to make it clear for everyone.- Missing tutorial textSome of it decided to hide, it has now been found and is no longer missing.There's been some other minor general fixes too. As always if you have any feedback please let us know on the Discussions page or email us on info@ripstone.comThanks again for your ongoing support!Team Ripstone. Hey everyone,First things first. The whole team here at Ripstone would like to say a huge thank you to everyone that has been in touch with us since Chess Ultra launched.

Your support has been amazing and we’re incredibly grateful for your feedback. We want to make Chess Ultra the best it can be, and with your support we’re confident that we’re well on our way to doing just that!This morning we launched the first update for Chess Ultra, which addresses a couple of reported issues and also made some changes to the way tournaments play out. Here are the update details in full:- Amended end game cameraWe’ve slowed down the end game camera to make celebrating a win (or crying over a loss) that little bit easier on the eyes.- HUD timerThere is now a timer built in to the HUD for every game played using a time control.- Missing Tutorial Text/Missing LocalisationAll tutorial text will now be visible! Fixed an issue that was causing text to disappear for certain users.

We have also added in the two missing Russian/Dutch messages from the tutorials too.- Sneaky ELO commaA wild comma found its way into the main menu as part of the ELO ranking display.