Following the latest update today, I launched the game, clicked to learn the new recipes for the fire crystals, and upon learning the third one, my computer suffered a crash that locked up my desktop completely. I forced a restart on my computer and tried launching Spiral Knights again. But instead, the screen would flicker black twice and then nothing would happen. java.exe remains running and according to Steam, I'm playing Spiral Knights, but ultimately I'm not. These are the following tasks I performed to attempt to get the game working again.

- Validating game files on Steam
- Doing a clean reinstall of the game
- Updating video drivers
- Updating Java

None of these made any difference, I can however launch the game through the play page on the site, but not if it's linked to my Steam account. I attempted to log into Spiral Knights on a spare Steam account and that did not work either. In addition any time I validate game files it seems one file is missing. I am not entirely sure what to do at this point to get the game working again. I hope it will be fixed in a quick update if I cannot alleviate the issue myself.