The Book of Blood

Three boards: Red Crit (your highest critical hit), Boss Kills (the fastest kill of Grathmaw, Maligast and Skugarth on Normal, Hard and Nightmare, solo or in a group) and Road to 50 (the fastest time played online from a new hero to level 50).
Fair brackets: heroes are ranked against their own class and level band, so a level 12 Berserker never competes with a level 50 one. Road to 50 has a Solo and a Fellowship bracket for friends who level together.
This week and all time: every board keeps a weekly ranking that resets on Monday, and an all-time ranking that never does.
Your place: the Book shows your rank, how many heroes you beat and your tier: Blooded, Red-Handed, Crimson or Heartblood.
New records: when you set a new best, climb the board or take first place, a banner slides down at the top of the screen. It waits until a fight or a cutscene is over.
Hide from the boards: you can choose to keep your heroes off the public boards and still see your own ranks.
Online records only: records are set in online sessions, in co-op or with Open to friends switched on, and they are checked by our servers. A carried run does not count for Road to 50.

Always Online

A new main menu: PLAY takes your last hero straight into the world, CHARACTERS lets you choose or make a hero, and the separate co-op entry is gone.
Every game is online: your hero always plays on our servers. Leave FRIENDS CAN JOIN on to let your friends drop in, or switch it off to play alone. Join a friend from your Friends list (O).
Your solo hero comes with you: the first time you press PLAY, your existing hero is brought online. Your local save is kept as a backup.
If the servers can't be reached, the game tells you plainly and lets you try again.

Play on: a new setting under Settings > Gameplay lets you choose to host your sessions in Europe or the US, or leave it on Auto. Friends can always join you, wherever they play from.
Server status: the title screen and the launcher now tell you plainly when our servers are busy or down.

The record banner uses a simple frame for now; its final artwork arrives in a coming update.
The golden light in the cathedral doorway is switched off for now; it returns in a coming update.