Hello Puppies,

Wow, time goes by fast! But, in a cyberpunk future, time can be very relative. It’s pretty hard to believe that Puppy started his journey through the streets of Rengkok over two years ago.

That’s right! Today marks exactly two years since we released Ruiner! And, during these two amazing years, we’ve been continuously working to make Ruiner even better. Additionally, we’ve started development on our new title that we will reveal next year. But, before that happens, we've still got a couple of aces up our sleeve.

To celebrate Ruiner’s second anniversary, we have a little gift for you… a special birthday outfit for Puppy! Download the latest update and celebrate his birthday with some juicy kills while wearing a sweet birthday cake on your head. After all, it’s 2093. It’s called fashion.

All the best,
RUINERS

How many times have you lost to TrafficKing? How many times were you running too low on energy to escape death? How many times have you missed a gun and never unlocked it until the end?...

Lament no more! RUINER: Cheater Update lets you sit back and enjoy all of the game’s flavours to the fullest. Use [F8] to preview cheats and press the corresponding key to gain the upper hand.

• God mode - [1] - become immortal. Not recommended by the Church of Disorder.
  
• Conserve energy - [2] - stop worrying about the skills’ cost. Instantly renew 100% of energy.
  
• Add Karma - [3] - Puppy’s unparalleled strength and quick reflexes now boosted to the max. Gain 25 cores and many points of Karma to instantly unlock all skills.
  
• Unlock all guns - [4] - enter the carnage festival overpowered, guns blazing.
• Unlock all weapons in the Supply Drop's radial menu.
  
• Unlimited ammo - [5] - recycling guns is a hassle. HEAVEN Corp. decided to drop the costly Grinder project and instead put all its resources in UAT (Unlimited Ammo Tech). What a time to be alive!
  
• Unlimited melee durability - [6] - let’s be honest: recycling melee weapons is a hassle. Now slice your opponents - not a scratch on your shiny sword.
  
• Explosive melee kills - [7] - Puppy’s a cool guy and he enjoys explosions. A lot. Kill enemies to make them go boom!
  
• Ghostbreak them all - [8] - you thought three was a crowd? Hack’em all. Make’em all your friends.
  
• Unlimited Dash - [9] - Dash like crazy ‘cause charges are not used up.
  
• Spawn a Creep - [Insert] - no need to venture alone. Your little loyal Creep friends are there to serve you.
  
• Unlock all clothes - [Home] - make a fashion statement. Blend in or stand out.

All critical resources at your disposal. Slash mercilessly through enemies to your heart’s desire. No limitations. No rules. No regrets. No future.*

* Beware or be aware! Once you go hack, there’s no way back. Most of the achievements will be locked if even one tiny cheat is used. Also, cheats will be reset when you close the game.

• Belarusian language added!

That’s right. HER has improved Puppy’s communication modules by uploading Belarusian localisation files.

Now go and get’em, puppy!

Ciao! Merhaba! The second language update for RUINER has just arrived!

This time it’s the long-awaited Italian and Turkish. Both localisations are complete and polished, locked and loaded.

In the name of the whole Ruiner Team and the Turkish and Italian players, hats off and BIG THANKS to the translators, who did the work in their free time, out of sheer goodness of Their Hearts and the love for Ruiner.

Standing ovation goes to:

The Turkish group:

• AiBell Game Localization

The Italian group:

• Alessio Patroncini
  
• Claudio Lenato
  
• Jacopo Cremonesi
  
• Marco Mottura
  
• Riccardo Di Giovanni
  
• Simona Giusti

Thanks again, Puppies <3. It wouldn’t have happened without you. You’ve just made history!
Sizi seviyoruz, Türk Yavrucaklar!
Stateci bene, Cucciolotti Italiani!



Of course!
We updated our credits with the new translators, duh.
Puppy’s back on the men… I mean, back in the menu. Main menu. (Those of you who experienced the blackness will know what I mean.)
Plus, for the Linux version:
all the cutscenes will now trigger correctly,
bugs that caused sound problems in cutscenes are a thing of the past,
and also, Credits can now be accessed from the menu.


We hope we’ve made you a tiny bit happier today.
Let us know if we have.

Now play dead!
That’s a good boy.

Hello Penguins and Puppies,

Tux Update is now complete and official. No need to switch to the Linux beta anymore! - get it directly from the default branch.

Your invaluable support and feedback helped us:

• fix the crash,
  
• eliminate in-game stuttering and boost performance,
  
• added Steam Cloud support,
  
• fix cutscenes flickering,
  
• improve cutscenes’ quality (WIP)
  
• fix cutscenes audio problems.

The cutscenes may still play in lower quality, but we’re working on it.

For gamepads, you can use software of your choice, but we recommend ds4drv, xboxdrv and Xpad kernel driver which we have tested and we know they work.

"The final update has just arrived. Cutscene quality improved immensely, crashes on menus obliterated, performance boosted. Enjoy your smooth ride, Penguin Puppies!"

Enjoy the game and don’t hesitate to send us love letters!
<3
RUINERS

Penguins and Puppies rejoice for RUINER Linux Beta is here!

Just switch to the “Linux” branch and download the game. Easy!
(Hard? Navigate to the game’s Properties -> Betas and choose the relevant branch.)
We’ve hidden a cosmetic feature in the game for you, so keep looking for the tiniest easter egg ever.

There’s a sliiight chance you may experience performance issues. If you do, please install proprietary video drivers (NVIDIA, Radeon) or Mesa.
In case of video-related issues, install VLC 3 and its dependencies.
Also, make sure that all your drivers are proprietary and up to date.


Now, if you prefer gamepads over keyboard and mouse, you’ll need ds4drv for Dualshock or xboxdrv for Xbox controllers. Get those!

It should be all sunshine and rainbows from here. But - if you encounter any bugs, crashes or anything else wrong with the game, please add a new thread on the RUINER Steam forum or email us directly at support@reikongames.com (please, write “[Linux]” at the beginning of the title).


And now check if you got to the lucky 13!
RUINER Steam keys go to:

• 1. Unshra
  
• 2. ♤ Evo
  
• 3. YouTube.GTuxTV
  
• 4. NoXPhasma
  
• 5. Pray
  
• 6. Big Laugh
  
• 7. *Yuki*
  
• 8. Wesoły Kupiec
  
• 9. [ZSU] MAK777
  
• 10. Baleful
  
• 11. libgradev
  
• 12. cbdunn46
  
• 13. Max Is Back

Dispatcher will add you and PM the key.

Good night. Stay tight!
RUINERS

Dear Linux Puppies,

You’ve been very vocal about your desire to play the game on your platform. On your terms. Now we finally deliver on our promise. Starting with the beta.

It’s not yet super stable and bug-free, but we’ve fixed major blockers and issues and you should be able to play RUINER on Ubuntu 16.04, Linux Mint 18.3, Debian 9, Fedora 27 and SteamOS. Other versions have not been tested. We’re still polishing it, so we’ll dearly appreciate any feedback.

To access the build on Friday, simply click RMB on RUINER in your Steam Library, navigate to Properties -> Betas and choose Linux from the drop-down list.

If you experience any video-related issues, please install VLC and its dependencies. Also, make sure that your drivers are proprietary and up to date.

We’ll be looking forward to all your comments, screenshots, crash logs, etc. at support@reikongames.com (please, write “[Linux]” at the beginning of the title) or under new threads on Steam’s RUINER forum.

Please know that we’re eternally grateful for your patience and understanding. That’s why we prepared a bunch of RUINER keys, as a token of our gratitude. If you’d like to be one of the first lucky 13 to experience RUINER on Linux, raise your hand in the comments and shout and Dispatcher will deliver.

_(*^*)_ <3 RUINERS

Puppy may not speak much, but he knows his Master’s voice.

Thanks to our awesome community, with the Annihilation Update you may play RUINER in Czech and Ukrainian. Today’s update builds on this achievement and brings further localization fixes. Both languages have been thoroughly polished - pun intended! But if you still find anything wrong - don’t worry and keep playing!
A big round of applause to:

- Jakub Kolarik and Jonas Kolarik for Czech localisation.

- SBT Localization team: Rostyslav Sulima, Oleksii Ivanov, Oleksandr Lukianov, Olha Kmelnytska, Oleksandr Moskalenko, Yurii Bisyk, Tetiana Cherednychok, Violetta Kozakova, Sofiia Shul for Ukrainian localisation.

To those of you who couldn’t switch off Halloween Mod: we removed it entirely, and now only Winter Mod is included in the game so there should be no more weird conflicts.

Take care,
RUINERS

Hello Puppies,


So… what does it mean? What should I think? How should I feel?
- Excited!

First of all: brand new Arena: Colosseum mode. Arm up and return to Rengkok South for more adrenaline-pumping action. Face hordes of enemies in a fight to death. Finish all 10 stages to complete the Colosseum challenge and bask in everlasting glory!

But that’s just the beginning.

• Your score will be recorded in the new Leaderboards dedicated to the Arena: Colosseum mode. You can try and beat everyone, yourself included!
  
  
• 2 new achievements await for the complete experience!
  
  
• 4 new finishing moves to perform even more deadly death sentences.
  
  
• 2 new outfits to unlock in the Arena: Colosseum mode.

Since winter’s still here, we decided to let it snow in Rengkok. Winter Mod is here to stay. You can switch it off/on in Gameplay settings. Jingle all the year!

Aaand...

To our beloved console players: get your PS4s and X1s ready! Because the ANNIHILATION UPDATE, bundled with the SAVAGE UPDATE and all the fixes is coming to you.
Thank you for waiting. We appreciate your patience!

When? The ANNIHILATION UPDATE hits PC today. The consoles will get it in the next few days. Follow our social media to know as soon as it’s live on PS4 and Xbox One.

https://youtu.be/uy_zQGrmETc

Best of luck and see you in one of the other dimensions,
RUINERS

Welcome back Puppies,

The RUINER speedrun contest ended some time ago.
It took us a while to track all of you down. Some of you made quite an effort not to be discovered. But you forgot that there’s nowhere to hide. Not from us.

Congrats to you all of you who played really hard to cut your play time to the minimum. You rock!

And let’s finally hear the Happy 11 Puppies who will soon get their paws on our sweet prizes. All our cuddles go to you, darlings.

• Gink34

• JackBaldy
  
• Neekopol
  
• C4blec
  
• Startstoprepeat
  
• Astral_Lord
  
• Shijzu
  
• Rusiland Lyuka
  
• Pray
  
• xDaveKay
  
• Asahaka

P.S. We will contact you via your emails so you can keep beating your times, no worries :)

Ruff-ruff,
RUINERS