Press release:
Overhype Studios recently announced “Blazing Deserts”, the third DLC for the acclaimed turn-based tactical RPG ”
Battle Brothers“. “Blazing Deserts” will take players to a new area of the continent: a new land of burning deserts and lush jungles, to the south of the lands their bands of mercenaries are familiar with.
The new DLC also introduces a new unique culture, loosely based on medieval Arabian and Persian cultures. With new lore, equipment, contracts, legendary locations and beasts, as well as a new late-game crisis, Blazing Deserts will be the biggest DLC ever released for Battle Brothers.
Blazing Deserts is expected to be released in Q2 2020; more details will be announced soon. Stay tuned to the Steam store page of the game for dev blogs with new details of the DLC in the weeks to come.
KEY FEATURES
A realm of independent southern city-states with their own lore, equipment and services, as well as entirely new character backgrounds to recruit
A new late game crisis that tests the mettle of your company in the fires of religious turmoil
A gallery of company feats that grant permanent boons with which to customize your company to your playstyle as you progress throughout your campaign
A variety of new opponents with their own fighting styles – from exotic beasts to desert raiders and southern armies quite unlike those in the north
New environments both on the world map and in tactical combat
Several new origins to pick for your company for a different campaign experience
New banners, weapons, armors and helmets inspired by historic Arabian and Persian cultures of the medieval ages
New legendary locations and legendary rewards
New contracts and events
New crafting recipes for owners of the ‘Beasts & Exploration’ DLC
Several new music tracks by Breakdown Epiphanies to accompany you on your travels south
ABOUT BATTLE BROTHERS
Battle Brothers is a turn-based strategy RPG mix which has you leading a mercenary company in a gritty, low-power, medieval fantasy world. You decide where to go, whom to hire or to fight, what contracts to take and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign. Do you have what it takes to lead them through bloody battles and to victory?
The game consists of a strategic worldmap and a tactical combat layer. On the worldmap you can freely travel in order to take contracts that earn you good coin, find places worth looting, enemies worth pursuing or towns to resupply and hire men at.
This is also where you manage, level up and equip your Battle Brothers. Once you engage a hostile party the game will switch to a tactical map where the actual fighting takes place as detailed turn-based combat.
ABOUT OVERHYPE STUDIOS
Overhype Studios is an independent game development studio based in Hamburg, Germany. Battle Brothers, their first title, was released to great success back in 2015. Their games thrive to reflect the creativity, complexity, and originality from the old days when game developers were passionate gamers themselves, not corporate businesspeople.
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Jonas “O.J” Ek
The Gaming Ground
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