Welcome to the Overwolf Developers Newsletter for November 2024!

As November rolls in, we find ourselves in the final stretch of the year—a great time to reflect on progress, prepare for the months ahead, and make the most of the opportunities still on the horizon. With holidays around the corner and plenty of exciting updates to share, we’re here to help you finish the year strong. Let’s get into it!

Our main topics of the month:

• User Reviews Improvements
• TFT Updates

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User Reviews Improvements

We’re excited to share some significant updates that improve how user reviews work on the Overwolf Appstore. These updates address many of your long-standing frustrations.

What’s New?

• Social & Support Links: Developers can now update their social links via the Developer Console. These links will appear in the "About the Creator" section of the new app store page, helping users easily report issues directly instead of leaving negative reviews caused by unresolved bugs.
• Improved Review Flow (Coming Next Quarter): The updated review process will include a new support prompt within the review modal, encouraging users to report bugs or issues through proper channels instead of leaving negative feedback.
• Best Practices Guide: To further help developers, we’re releasing a guide with tips on how to:
  • Encourage meaningful user reviews
  • Redirect users to appropriate support channels for bug reporting 
  • Communicating your app status clearly to reduce user frustration

Let us know how you feel about these updates, which are designed to help you manage reviews more effectively while ensuring users feel heard and supported!

Check our new Best Practices Guide for User Reviews.

TFT Updates

The recent release of TFT Set 13 came with significant updates that affected third-party apps, and we’re here to provide a summary of the fundamental changes.

Removal of Augment Data
Riot has removed augment data from the end-of-game summary and match history, aiming to improve the game’s balance by discouraging win rate-based augment selection. As a result, developers were required to remove any support for augment data. This information is no longer accessible via Riot’s or Overwolf’s APIs.

New Item Format
The item data format has been updated (from “Item_Icons/Standard/Giants_Belt\” to “:\"TFT_Item_GiantsBelt\”). As a result, several events were impacted, which our updated GEP version has addressed. We still recommend that developers test these changes for compatibility.

Player Surge
As anticipated, the release of Arcane's second season has significantly boosted TFT player activity, opening new opportunities for your apps to engage users!

Thank you to all the developers who promptly adjusted their apps to align with these changes. If you have further questions, contact us through your Developer Relations Manager or our community spaces.

🏆Quest Complete - Recent Victories and Milestones

• Overwolf Native Version 0.263 - Improved support for DirectX12 and OpenGL games and more. Check the notes here.
• Overwolf Electron Version 31.7.3 - We have updated the underlying electron to version 31.7.3, added support for Linux x64 and arm64, and more! Check the notes here.
• Developer’s Console LTV Dashboard - Improved performance and reliability, mobile device compatibility, and more! See notes here.
• Discord Rich Presence Documentation - Detailing the use of the plugin which lets you display actionable data in a Discord user's profile about what they're up to in your app! Check it out here.
• New Games - We have added support for 53 new games! Look up the full game list.
• Game Events - New events for Deadlock, CoD Black OPS 6, and more! Our roadmap lists all important GEP releases. See the various changelogs for released events here.

🏹On The Hunt - Ongoing Efforts and Progress Updates

• Electron CRN - A new and improved method for CRN (Content Recommendation Notification) in electron apps! We are running tests with several apps that currently show great promise.
• Multiple Download Options - This planned feature will allow app pages in the App Store to offer multiple download choices. For example, apps with both an Electron and a Native version will display both download options directly on their app page!
• New Legal Site - We are launching our new legal site, which contains the T&C, privacy policy, ad placement, and various guidelines in one place.
• The Bazaar - This new and exciting DBG has piqued the interest of many developers in the community. We already have overlay support, and the team will soon be working on basic events to allow you to make awesome apps for The Bazaar!
• Upcoming Game Events - We are working to add new events for POE2, Rust, SUPSERVIVE, and more! See upcoming events here.
• The Right Events for Apps - Found a game you want to make an app for, but there are no events? Let us know by posting a request in our Discord requests forum! (make sure you have joined our Discord community to get access).

🧡Support Main - Community Highlights and Updates

• Want to own some cool Overwolf swag? If your app passed 5,000 downloads and you have not ordered one yet, go here to order your own Overwolf milestone t-shirt!

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Curious to see what else we're planning? Check out our roadmap.


For any suggestions or feedback, feel free to reach out to me - dror.haberman@overwolf.com | @doctoroyster