The News (2014-05-27)

Long awaited update is here and it brings new part of the game - the shop.

From now on at the top menu You will find new item - Shop. There You can buy or sell shop items, which will improve the performance of your bands. And also it will get You bonus rating points to help battle in the managers chart.

There is 8 bonus types. Description of every type you will find on every shop page where You can sell or buy items. Keep in mind, that Rating bonus only apply to the manager.

You can't buy every shop item, at least not from the start. There is a restriction of how much shop items You can hold at any moment and it's called the Vault. From the start You can only buy 10 items out of 40. But You can upgrade your vault and then buy more shop items. Vault upgrading works similarly to studio upgrading.

So, happy shopping! And if You have questions regarding this or other update, You can always ask here. :)

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Nice update! Certainly gives existing players something to do, and new players something to strive for. Should be interesting.
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Yes, and this should help new players to catch up old players. The next few updates will be about how to bring in some action in the (bands and managers) chart standings. This should further help new players to climb in charts.

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In regard to the upgrades. How does owning multiple items of the same type work? If you own one that increases writing by 5% and one by 4% would the writing be increased by 9% or just the highest item? So only 5%
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It will increase by 9%. The total increase of all bonuses You can check in the Vault page.

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