Timeline of Bloons TD Battles 2

Bloons TD Battles 2 has been in the works since late 2018. Below is a list of information leading to its official development.

November 2019
Ninja Kiwi registers the @btdbattles2 handle on Twitter.

10 March 2021
Ninja Kiwi releases the 24.0 Update video for Bloons TD 6, with a teaser of the game on a iPad near the end of the video. Sam from Ninja Kiwi made no comment about the game in the update video, however.

As the image is the first time the public saw the game, the image revealed that the game is in development.
 * Heroes (Quincy and Gwendolin) are confirmed for the game.
 * The Dart Monkey, the Tack Shooter, the Bomb Shooter, the Wizard Monkey, the Ninja Monkey, and the Monkey Sub are confirmed.
 * The two normal powers (Monkey Boost and Bloon Boost) are confirmed.
 * The game will have some sort of chat feature, like Bloons TD Battles.
 * Fortified Bloons seem to have been confirmed due to the existence of a third property slot.
 * A map that looks like a farm/park is confirmed.

12 March 2021
Sam from Ninja Kiwi made a response stating they truly are working on Bloons TD Battles 2, although this is the only information they provided besides that they encourage the BTD6 community to "keep an eye on [their] social pages".

24 March 2021
While Ninja Kiwi announced that they were acquired by Modern Times Group, Ninja Kiwi stated that "...we are pleased to officially announce that Bloons TD Battles 2 will launch later this year."

25 March 2021
Bloons TD Battles 2 was further discussed in Ninja Kiwi's March 2021 AMA livestream. Here are the things that were confirmed:


 * The game will be free to download on all platforms.
 * Hero Alts are introduced into Bloons TD Battles 2 and it will slightly tweak the performance of the Heroes that each player uses.
 * The COBRA (or a similar tower) will return in BTD Battles 2 but not as a paid tower and not at launch. In the May 28th, 2021 Ninja Kiwi blog, they stated that "Cobra as Battles 1 knows it (as a paid tower) will not be in Battles 2, and no Cobra hero on the horizon for a good long while...".
 * Card Battles, Club Rooms, and Defense mode will not return to this game.
 * Powers are absent from the game, besides the Bloon Boost and Tower Boost.
 * BTD Battles 2 is considered a big project, just like BTD6.
 * There will be 3 paths and 5 tiers, just like in BTD6.
 * BTD Battles 2 will have balancing separate from BTD6 similar to how BTD Battles has separate balancing from BTD5. This means that the same tower in BTD6 might have different costs, stats, etc. in BTD Battles 2.
 * The D.D.T and B.A.D will be possible to send to your opponent.
 * The 4th towers will no longer be random and instead the player selects a hero plus three towers as their loadout
 * Regrow, Camo, and Fortified will all be available to send at players, including Fortified modifiers for Lead, Ceramic, and MOAB-class bloons.
 * Bloon Decals will be available
 * The 4 tower categories (Primary, Military, Magic, and Support) is also returning from BTD 6.
 * Maps are already made for the game.
 * According to Steam page the game will release in late 2021, and will also have a long period of beta testing.
 * Bloons TD Battles 2 matchmaking will put more weight in the players skill through a ELO based matching making system.
 * Customization will expand upon both Bloons TD Battles and Bloons TD 6 with Taunts, victory/defeat animation, and more.
 * Battles 2 will have an original soundtrack composed by Tim Haywood.

31 March 2021
Ninja Kiwi registers the @battles2official handle on Facebook.

23 April 2021
The official Twitter account for Bloons TD Battles 2 was made known to the public, which also shows early development of the BTD Battles 2 logo. The first post contains a GIF with the caption "Nothing to see here".

13 May 2021
On Twitter, Ninja Kiwi posts an animation from Bloons TD Battles 2 of Gwendolin tossing her Molotov cocktail up in the air.

25 May 2021
The official BTD Battles 2 Twitter Page unveiled the steam page and subreddit. Several screenshots and a game description were shown on the Battles 2 page. The screenshots at the time were in-game footage during the pre-alpha stages of the game. The intended release window of Late 2021 was also revealed. "Intense head-to-head tower defense gameplay. Compete for the top spot on pure skill-based leaderboards by building up the perfect defense with your Monkey Heroes and Towers, then sending cleverly timed attacks of Bloons to rush past your opponent's defenses."

- Short description on Steam

"Play for free the most dynamic and challenging head to head strategy game available, from the makers of the overwhelmingly positively reviewed Bloons TD 6.

Choose your preferred combination of Monkey Hero and 3 towers, then battle head to head with other players as you build your defenses and send a variety of attacks to outwit or overwhelm your opponent. Progress through a series of rank-balanced arenas through pure skill-based play, then compete against the best players for the top position on the elo ranked seasonal leaderboard. Customize your monkeys, animations, emotes, and Bloon attacks with dozens of cosmetic items to give each victory your signature style.

Key Features:


 * 2 player pure skill based head to head tower defense gameplay
 * Compete in rank balanced and elo-based matchmaking to be the best player each season
 * All 22 Monkey Towers including all paths, tier 5s - no towers held back and no paid towers
 * 4 Heroes at launch with more to follow, with Hero Alts including slight gameplay differences
 * All Bloon types and modifiers for attacks, including Purples, Fortified, DDTs, and BADs
 * Streamlined gameplay and progression - only Tower and Bloon Boosts and no other powers or arena rules
 * Dozens of customization options across Monkeys, Heroes, taunts, emotes, victory and defeat animations, Bloon decals, and much more
 * Built with Streamers and Content Creators in mind"


 * All of the towers from Bloons TD 6 are confirmed.
 * All four heroes that Bloons TD 6 initially launched with are confirmed. This confirms Striker Jones and Obyn Greenfoot.
 * Arenas are confirmed for the game, with BFB Colosseum being shown.
 * The addition of four new Bloon send slots confirm that DDTs and BADs will be sendable. Furthermore, Purple Bloons are sendable as well.
 * Players can only choose three Towers each game alongside a Hero.
 * Bloon decals are confirmed.
 * The menu screenshot confirms a daily reward system, Monkey Money, a Social tab, a Bling tab, and a News tab.
 * The game will have different interfaces and alignments on mobile and Steam.
 * Profile pictures are confirmed.
 * Battle start/end animations are confirmed, with two being shown for each. Different animations play based on whether the player won or lost.
 * Several new maps are confirmed, including a grassy map with two lakes, a hexagon-shaped stone textured track, and a crystal cavern track.

26 May 2021
The description of the Steam page was corrected such that the number of towers is listed to be 22 instead of 21, meaning all Bloons TD 6 towers as of Version 25.0 will be included in the initial release for Bloons TD Battles 2.

5 July 2021
The Twitch page for Bloons TD Battles 2 was created, alongside a YouTube category.

13 August 2021
A new Bloons TD Battles 2 Teaser Video was released. The Twitter account posted the video and with the caption, "The Road To Master Starts Here...", implying that there are different skill level names for players. The video reveals what gameplay will look like, as well as hero animations, customization, multiple new maps, and more.


 * The game will have fully 3D models and animations, seen in camera pans of arenas and hero openings.
 * A couple new tower animations, such as the Dart Monkey juggling darts and the Wizard Monkey creating portals.
 * Customizable projectiles and pop effects are confirmed.
 * An animation of the coin at the top filling up shows the player when the next eco boost is coming.
 * The player can make Heroes taunt on the tower select screen.
 * The tower select screen looks different based on what arena the player is in.
 * A new mechanic called "First Blood" which appears when a player's sent Bloons leaks on the other player's track.
 * No scrolling for Bloon menu, hinted at the new system explained in the next preview video.
 * The names of two maps are confirmed: an hourglass shaped desert map called "Sands of Time" and what looks like a spiritual successor to Swamp called "Koru".

22 October 2021
Another Bloons TD Battles 2 Video was released, titled "The Rules of the Arena." In the video, Sam from Ninja Kiwi explained the differences between BTD Battles 2 and its predecessor. These differences include the ranking system, the bloon sending system, and the season system. The video also showed some of the Arenas in the game and a new mechanic called Sudden Death.


 * The medallion system from Bloons TD Battles has been replaced with a ranking system based on trophies.
 * Trophies also determine what arena the player is in.
 * Winning matches rewards the player with one trophy while losing matches loses the player one trophy. The player will be awarded with an additional trophy if they won three matches in a row.
 * These trophies cannot be purchased.
 * When the player hits 100 trophies, they enter "The Hall of Masters" where they are placed on a leaderboard for the season.
 * Each season lasts six weeks.
 * After the season ends, players are rewarded with a badge based on where they placed on the leaderboard.
 * Winning matches also awards the player with Monkey Money, an emblem collectible, and unknown Tower/Hero collectibles.
 * Heroes will have a separate selection screen before the tower selection screen. Players won't be able to see their opponent's Hero until both confirm them.
 * This Hero selection screen is also the only time the map can be skipped.
 * Bloons that can be sent change over time based on the round. Players can no longer send any previously unlocked Bloon at any round.
 * Sudden Death mechanic: After 40 rounds, the player with the most lives wins. If both players have the same amount of lives, the game enters "Sudden Death" where all lives are set to zero and income is disabled.
 * If neither player wins or loses after Round 50, the game is declared a draw and both players' trophy counts are not changed.

15 November 2021 - 26 November 2021
The Bloons TD Battles 2 Twitter account started posting teasers of game animations, with the hashtags "#getready2battle" and "#comingsoon".


 * 15th November: Tweet for Quincy
 * 17th November: Tweet for Gwendolin
 * 19th November: Tweet for Obyn Greenfoot
 * 22nd November: Junkyard BFB animation
 * 23rd November: Kite MOAB animation
 * 24th November: Cyber Quincy animation
 * 25th November: Ocean Guardian Obyn Greenfoot animation
 * 26th November: Striker Jones riding a rocket animation

18 November 2021
A trailer for the game was released on the Steam page.

Not much is revealed here that hasn't been revealed before.
 * Removable obstacles are confirmed.
 * A few new maps are confirmed, including a dock track, a track that appears to be an alternate version of Chutes, and a track that looks like an archeological dig.

24 November 2021
The description on the Steam page for Bloons TD Battles 2 is updated to include information that Ninja Kiwi did not release when the original description was made. In addition, Ninja Kiwi added many new supported languages. Later that day, the screenshots on the Steam page were replaced, showing a new map and the first appearance of the Spike Factory. "Battle through a series of challenging Arenas and prove that you have what it takes to enter the fabled Hall of Masters and seize your glory!

From the creators of Bloons TD 6 comes a brand new installment of the top-rated head-to-head tower defense game. Gather your Hero, choose your team of powerful Monkey Towers, and prepare to battle one on one against other players and relentless waves of Bloons!

Competitive Tower Defense!
 * Outwit and overwhelm your opponent in intense head-to-head play
 * Balance the strength of your defenses while preparing a Bloon offensive that blitzes your opponent
 * Countless strategic combinations can lead you to victory

Skill Based Gameplay!
 * Match with players of similar rank as you work your way through 9 unique arenas
 * Reach Hall of Masters to battle the best on a dynamic elo-based leaderboard
 * Earn and display unique badges each season based on progress

Lock and Load!
 * Select from familiar Heroes and brand new Alts with unique upgrades
 * 21 Monkey Towers with 15 unique upgrades each to customize your build
 * Brand new Bloon send system optimizes economy building and attacks

Build Your Bling!
 * Win in style as you customise your loadout from hundreds of cosmetic items
 * Flex with unique animations, emotes, bloon skins, and more
 * New content added every season!

And of course tons of content and new feature updates are planned to make Bloons TD Battles 2 even more awesomer. What are you waiting for? It's time to Battle!"

- The updated description on the Steam page.

"From the creators of Bloons TD6... Bloons TD Battles 2 is a brand new installment of the top-rated head-to-head tower defense game. Gather your Hero, choose your team of powerful Monkey Towers, and prepare to battle one on one against other players and relentless waves of Bloons!"

- Steam mini-description

25 November 2021
There had reportedly been several popular Bloons YouTubers with Steam accounts with statuses presenting playing of Bloons TD Battles 2 Steam. This has spread in r/battles2. While initially rumored, the following day later reveals that those certain Bloons YouTubers indeed were preparing early access videos to be released.

26 November 2021
Several popular Bloons YouTubers are given early access to the game and post their gameplay on YouTube. There were eleven YouTubers given early access: ISAB, Superjombombo, Aliensrock, Tewtiy, Dablooon, Alukian, Molt, Boltrix, Asian Sensation, TrippyPepper, and JeromeASF.

The Steam version of Bloons TD Battles 2 changed once again, changing the banners and capsule images.

In no particular order, the following YouTube videos are released, approximated in order by upload date:


 * ISAB
 * Tewtiy
 * Boltrix
 * Aliensrock
 * Dablooon
 * SJB
 * MOLT
 * Asian Sensation
 * TrippyPepper
 * Alukian

27 November 2021
The second pre-release videos for Bloons TD Battles 2 have been released by the same YouTubers from all except Asian Sensation.

In no particular order, the following YouTube videos are released, sorted in alphabetical order:


 * Aliensrock
 * Alukian
 * Boltrix
 * Dablooon
 * ISAB
 * JeromeASF
 * MOLT
 * Superjombombo
 * Tewtiy
 * TrippyPepper

28 November 2021
The third pre-release videos for Bloons TD Battles 2 have been released by the same YouTubers as with Day 2, except for MOLT (on that day, he posted a Minecraft video instead).

In no particular order, the following YouTube videos are released, sorted in approximate release order:


 * Tewtiy
 * JeromeASF
 * ISAB
 * Aliensrock
 * Boltrix
 * Superjombombo
 * TrippyPepper
 * Alukian
 * Dablooon

29 November 2021
The game description on the Steam page is updated, adding some gifs of game animations. The description of the Steam page was corrected such that the number of towers is listed to be 22 instead of 21 as the same error was made again. The display of the planned release date for the game's Steam version has changed from "Late 2021" to "Coming soon". The short description of the release date remains as "Late 2021".

In addition, the following pre-release YouTube videos are released, this time by a much smaller group of Bloons YouTubers, in the order of uploading:
 * Superjombombo
 * Boltrix
 * ISAB
 * Aliensrock
 * JeromeASF

30 November 2021
The game is released on Steam, although it is not released on mobile until about three hours later. The Steam release was posted on 11pm UTC that day.