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Push the Lanes, Smash the Hive: Hive Break

Hive Break, a team battle where two teams go after each other's hive, has arrived. Here's how to push the lanes, topple the colonies and smash the enemy hive.

A Hive Break scene with Red Team cells swarming over the Blue Team hive and attacking it

A siege fought as a team

A team battle where the Blue Team and the Red Team clash over hives at opposite ends of the battlefield. The first team to bring down the enemy hive wins. Play anything from 1v1 to 3v3.

Hive Break trailer

Waves and colonies

Hives keep sending waves, swarms of cells, down the lanes, and the colonies on each lane guard the way. You have to bring down at least one colony before you can attack the enemy hive.

A swarm hitting an enemy colony alongside its wave
A swarm hitting an enemy colony alongside its wave

Hives and respawning

Hives bombard enemies that come close, and staying behind your own hive restores your HP. When you fall, you respawn at your hive. Lose a colony and your fallen teammates come straight back while a reinforcement wave heads out, giving you a chance to strike back.

A hive and the healing ground behind it
A hive and the healing ground behind it

Habits of a winning team

  • Head into colonies behind your waves
  • When your wave is getting pushed back, back it up with your swarm
  • When a warning pops up, work out with your teammates who defends and who pushes
  • When your HP runs low, recover behind your hive and head back out

Let's go break some hives

Jump straight into matchmaking solo, or form a team of up to 3 with friends using an invite code.

What changed in v0.4.0

New

  • Hive Break: split into the Blue and Red teams, and the first team to destroy the enemy hive wins. Choose 1v1, 2v2 or 3v3, or team up with friends using an invite code
  • Waves: each hive keeps sending swarms of cells down the lanes. Every third wave brings special cells too, and waves grow stronger over time
  • Colonies: a colony guards each lane and attacks approaching enemies. You must bring down at least one colony before you can damage the enemy hive
  • Hives shoot spores at nearby enemies, and staying behind your hive restores HP
  • In Hive Break, you respawn at your hive as many times as you need when you fall
  • You can now change your nickname in custom rooms and the Hive Break team lobby

Balance

  • Leveling is faster in Battle Royale. In Endless, early levels come faster, and later levels need more and more XP

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