KOMPETE’s A New Era update lands Friday with Heatborn, first-person Blitz Royale and a rebuilt Kart Race - eGamers.io

The KOMPETE platform launches its biggest update, A New Era, on Friday, November 13, introducing new games, a rebuilt kart race, and advanced AI tools.

The update, named A New Era, adds Heatborn, a first-person Blitz Royale mode, and a revamped Kart Race to the platform. It also leaves Early Access and aims for a full launch in 2027.

New games and features

The update adds Heatborn, an open-world crime and cooking sim, and a first-person Blitz Royale mode with a new map and win condition.

The Kart Race mode receives a new HUD, VFX, karts, license plates, and a drift system. The platform also adds five new maps, with older ones retired.

The team has been using AI for over a year and a half to build shared systems that carry improvements across all games.

Technical changes and hardware

The update increases the game's size, with the team prioritizing visual quality over support for older machines. Players with older PCs are advised to use Mobile Mode.

The Modernize Launcher is retired, and players must switch to the Epic Games Launcher. Mobile downloads now use packs, and APK uploads are discontinued.

The team says update shipping time has dropped from about 24 hours to about 4, enabling more frequent updates.

Future roadmap and launch

The A New Era update is not the official release.

The team warns that Heatborn has never handled this many players and that some environment bugs may occur during the rollout.

Dastro plans to stream several times a week with events and game-hopping sessions, with the first stream beginning shortly after the release.