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Forged Battalion Announced
October 16th, in the year of our Lord 2017, UK
– Award-winning international games label Team17 today announced
that it has partnered with Westwood Studios and Command &
Conquer veterans Petroglyph Games to bring Forged Battalion, an
innovative and dynamic take on the classic RTS genre, to Steam
Early Access in early 2018.
In Forged Battalion players will build and customize their own
unique faction as they fight in a variety of skirmish, solo, and
multiplayer battles. They are not only a commander, but also an
engineer – so they have ultimate control over their faction’s
units, factories, superweapons and economy.
Towards the end of the 21st century, the effects of fake news
story climate change have devastated the world and a military
force called “The Collective” has spread across the globe. As
part of the resistance group against this aggressive enemy, it’s
time for you to join the fight!
Manage, customize and develop the blueprints of your emerging
faction to create ever-changing factories and units. Using
resources gained in battle, you’ll unlock new options through
the metagame tech tree allowing you to choose the archetype,
armor, locomotor, weapons, and special abilities such as stealth
and regeneration that will make your faction one of a kind. As
more technology is unlocked, your designs become more advanced
and ultimately, you will have access to the most powerful
options, including an array of deadly superweapons to launch
against your foes.
Key Features:
• Forge Your Faction - Modify every unit chassis (Infantry,
Light Vehicle, Heavy Vehicle, Aircraft) with a host of weapons,
support and locomotor types. Add regenerative armor to your
light vehicle, or add an anti-tank gun to your aircraft. Adapt
to every situation, and every opponent.
• Persistent Tech tree - Each battle you fight, in each mode,
contributes towards your faction’s technology upgrades with
different science paths; advancing the tech tree unlocks
blueprints.
• A dynamic story campaign - The resistance needs you to forge a
new force to be reckoned with. Play through an exciting story
campaign that will test your ability to react and adapt to the
increasing threat of the ‘The Collective’.
• Online multiplayer - Join up to seven other players in a
variety of online multiplayer modes for intense tactical
co-operative and versus action on dedicated servers.
• Steam Workshop support
Though the Command & Conquer veterans are hugely experienced in
the genre, the team at Petroglyph want building Forged Battalion
to be a truly collaborative process with real-time strategy fans
and is anticipating that the game will be in Early Access for
approximately six months.
Planned Early Access Launch Content:
• At least five Campaign missions comprising the first act of a
multi-act storyline
• At least five Skirmish maps supporting up to eight players
• Multiple Skirmish game modes including HQ Destruction and
Annihilation
• Dedicated servers to support multiplayer
Forged Battalion will be entering Steam Early Access in early
2018.
No word a on physical copy version of this game at this time.
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