diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Chat/MessageFormatterTests.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Chat/MessageFormatterTests.cs
index 2c2c4dc24e..af87fc17ad 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Chat/MessageFormatterTests.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Chat/MessageFormatterTests.cs
@@ -509,5 +509,17 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Chat
             Assert.AreEqual(LinkAction.External, result.Action);
             Assert.AreEqual("/relative", result.Argument);
         }
+
+        [TestCase("https://dev.ppy.sh/home/changelog", "")]
+        [TestCase("https://dev.ppy.sh/home/changelog/lazer/2021.1012", "lazer/2021.1012")]
+        public void TestChangelogLinks(string link, string expectedArg)
+        {
+            MessageFormatter.WebsiteRootUrl = "dev.ppy.sh";
+
+            LinkDetails result = MessageFormatter.GetLinkDetails(link);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(LinkAction.OpenChangelog, result.Action);
+            Assert.AreEqual(expectedArg, result.Argument);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Graphics/UserInterfaceV2/RoundedButton.cs b/osu.Game/Graphics/UserInterfaceV2/RoundedButton.cs
index 5cbbc40405..27e28f1e03 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Graphics/UserInterfaceV2/RoundedButton.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Graphics/UserInterfaceV2/RoundedButton.cs
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
-using osu.Framework.Graphics.Effects;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterface;
-using osuTK;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterfaceV2
 {
@@ -29,14 +27,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterfaceV2
         private void load(OsuColour colours)
         {
             BackgroundColour = colours.Blue3;
-
-            Content.EdgeEffect = new EdgeEffectParameters
-            {
-                Type = EdgeEffectType.Shadow,
-                Offset = new Vector2(0, 2),
-                Radius = 4,
-                Colour = Colour4.Black.Opacity(0.15f)
-            };
         }
 
         protected override void LoadComplete()
diff --git a/osu.Game/Online/Chat/MessageFormatter.cs b/osu.Game/Online/Chat/MessageFormatter.cs
index 0e4ea694aa..201ba6239b 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Online/Chat/MessageFormatter.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Online/Chat/MessageFormatter.cs
@@ -177,6 +177,24 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.Chat
 
                             case "wiki":
                                 return new LinkDetails(LinkAction.OpenWiki, string.Join('/', args.Skip(3)));
+
+                            case "home":
+                                if (mainArg != "changelog")
+                                    // handle link other than changelog as external for now
+                                    return new LinkDetails(LinkAction.External, url);
+
+                                switch (args.Length)
+                                {
+                                    case 4:
+                                        // https://osu.ppy.sh/home/changelog
+                                        return new LinkDetails(LinkAction.OpenChangelog, string.Empty);
+
+                                    case 6:
+                                        // https://osu.ppy.sh/home/changelog/lazer/2021.1006
+                                        return new LinkDetails(LinkAction.OpenChangelog, $"{args[4]}/{args[5]}");
+                                }
+
+                                break;
                         }
                     }
 
@@ -324,6 +342,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.Chat
         SearchBeatmapSet,
         OpenWiki,
         Custom,
+        OpenChangelog,
     }
 
     public class Link : IComparable<Link>
diff --git a/osu.Game/OsuGame.cs b/osu.Game/OsuGame.cs
index 8a018f17d9..7895715045 100644
--- a/osu.Game/OsuGame.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/OsuGame.cs
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ namespace osu.Game
 
         private WikiOverlay wikiOverlay;
 
+        private ChangelogOverlay changelogOverlay;
+
         private SkinEditorOverlay skinEditor;
 
         private Container overlayContent;
@@ -336,6 +338,17 @@ namespace osu.Game
                     ShowWiki(link.Argument);
                     break;
 
+                case LinkAction.OpenChangelog:
+                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(link.Argument))
+                        ShowChangelogListing();
+                    else
+                    {
+                        var changelogArgs = link.Argument.Split("/");
+                        ShowChangelogBuild(changelogArgs[0], changelogArgs[1]);
+                    }
+
+                    break;
+
                 default:
                     throw new NotImplementedException($"This {nameof(LinkAction)} ({link.Action.ToString()}) is missing an associated action.");
             }
@@ -401,6 +414,18 @@ namespace osu.Game
         /// <param name="path">The wiki page to show</param>
         public void ShowWiki(string path) => waitForReady(() => wikiOverlay, _ => wikiOverlay.ShowPage(path));
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Show changelog listing overlay
+        /// </summary>
+        public void ShowChangelogListing() => waitForReady(() => changelogOverlay, _ => changelogOverlay.ShowListing());
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Show changelog's build as an overlay
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="updateStream">The update stream name</param>
+        /// <param name="version">The build version of the update stream</param>
+        public void ShowChangelogBuild(string updateStream, string version) => waitForReady(() => changelogOverlay, _ => changelogOverlay.ShowBuild(updateStream, version));
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Present a beatmap at song select immediately.
         /// The user should have already requested this interactively.
@@ -769,7 +794,7 @@ namespace osu.Game
             loadComponentSingleFile(chatOverlay = new ChatOverlay(), overlayContent.Add, true);
             loadComponentSingleFile(new MessageNotifier(), AddInternal, true);
             loadComponentSingleFile(Settings = new SettingsOverlay(), leftFloatingOverlayContent.Add, true);
-            var changelogOverlay = loadComponentSingleFile(new ChangelogOverlay(), overlayContent.Add, true);
+            loadComponentSingleFile(changelogOverlay = new ChangelogOverlay(), overlayContent.Add, true);
             loadComponentSingleFile(userProfile = new UserProfileOverlay(), overlayContent.Add, true);
             loadComponentSingleFile(beatmapSetOverlay = new BeatmapSetOverlay(), overlayContent.Add, true);
             loadComponentSingleFile(wikiOverlay = new WikiOverlay(), overlayContent.Add, true);