Big Announcement - 8 Bit Hordes is Coming!
Hi everyone!
We originally released 8-bit Armies on April 22nd and thanks to your ongoing support we’ve been able to provide substantial gameplay and content updates over the past 16 weeks. It’s been a wild ride as we simultaneously juggled working on our next game in the 8-Bit series as well as short-term weekly patches. Some of the features and content we’ve made available since launch include…
A new military faction with new units and structures
More multiplayer maps
New Co-Op campaign missions
Performance upgrades for multiplayer
A new multiplayer gameplay mode and additional game setup options
Our development Terrain Editor map creation modding tool
Steam Trading Cards
More AI personalities and difficulty settings
Mod support for custom voice responses, music tracks, and text in the game
And finally, a BUNCH of smaller balance changes and improvement requests to UI and general gameplay that were requested by the players.
Everything we have done has been toward the goal of making the game better and growing the community. As an independent developer it’s been tough to get the word out so we appreciate all the help we’ve received from you guys, as well as sites like ClanWars and GameReplays that host leaderboards for 8-Bit Armies.
WHAT’S NEXT
As many of you recall we had a “Coming Soon?” link on our main menu that hinted at a bold fantasy and military faction mash-up. From that one image, we received many suggestions on what our next faction release should be. When we looked at the production schedule, we realized that we didn’t want to go completely dark while players waited for the planned fantasy content. So, some of the team took a slight detour and launched our free GUARDIANS faction while the rest continued working toward our original goal of creating a retro RTS mash-up that hasn’t been done before. We have achieved enough progress now that we are ready to talk about our next title!
In Mid-summer 2016 we will be launching the 8-Bit Armies successor - a retro-themed fantasy RTS called 8-BIT HORDES! It will be fully inter-operable with 8-Bit Armies so that the factions can both play with and against each other. Our plan is to launch 8-Bit Hordes with TWO factions, a 20+ mission single-player campaign, a new Frank Klepacki soundtrack, all-new maps, and a new co-op campaign. Pricing will be similar to 8-Bit Armies and a launch-day discount is also expected. Most importantly, for all of those of you that have supported us and already own the current game, we are working with Steam to make the game available at a substantial discount reserved exclusively for our current players.
As always, we couldn’t do it without your support, feedback, and enthusiasm! We check the forums daily and do our best to respond to everything that looks like it needs our attention – or we pass it along to our team if they haven’t already seen it. 8-Bit Armies development will continue as we work on further improvements that you have asked for. LAN support is just around the corner and other multiplayer features are in the queue.
And finally, here’s a link to the Steam page and official trailer for 8-Bit Hordes. We’ll announce Beta signups as soon as it’s possible to do so – stay tuned!
8-Bit Hordes Official Steam Page
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