Turn based RPG Blackguards has made its first move and that grants everyone with $22.49 / £18.99 the ability to play the game right now via Steam Early Access. You’ll have to act quickly if you want to get in at this discounted price as well since the special promotion ends November 13th 2013. Not only letting you play the game early taking part in the Early Access version of the game also gives you the ability to influence how the game develops.
Daedalic Entertainment will be releasing Blackguards in five chapters to Early Access participants in three week intervals. After each chapter the community will be able to respond and influence the game prior to release. Blackguards flips the convectional roles of most turn based RPG’s and sees the player in control of a murderer and his crew of of misfits and criminals who are the only hope to save the world. Be sure to check out the trailer below to see the game in action and also check out the colorful but not too colorful screeshots.
Source Link: YouTube | Blackguards on Steam Early Access | http://www.blackguards.de
PRESS RELEASE
Let the battle begin – Blackguards Early Access starts today!
New trailer teases menacing skirmishes in upcoming RPG
Hamburg, 7th November 2013 – Acclaimed German publisher Daedalic Entertainment today release the first sinister chapter of the upcoming turn-based RPG Blackguards through the Steam Early Access program. To celebrate the start of Blackguards on Early Access, the Hamburg based studio have released a new trailer to give players a taste of the brutal battles they will encounter.
Starting three months before the official launch, Daedalic Entertainment will release each chapter of the five chapters of Blackguards in three week intervals, giving the community the chance to influence the game’s development prior to release.
Three different packages of Blackguards are available through Early Access, all of which include the final version of the game upon launch. Players are also able to buy additional extras exclusive to the Early Access*:
· Blackguards Standard Early Access Edition – £18.99: Includes each Early Access chapter of Blackguards for PC at the earliest availability as well as the final version of the game at launch for PC and Mac.
· Blackguards Early Access Deluxe Edition – £26.99: Includes the Standard edition and a 150-page digital art book of the game, bonus developer interview videos and six exclusive wallpapers.
· Blackguards Early Access Contributor Edition – £29.99: Includes the Deluxe edition and the first Blackguards DLC, a copy of point & click adventureChains of Satinav as well as the buyers name featured in the game credits.
*The bonus items won’t be available until the final release of Blackguards.
The new trailer can be viewed here: http://youtu.be/0CBGhGymP8Y
Or downloaded directly from here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/p6qylhlgkb0yve2/gbNQC3WUgz
Blackguards on Steam Early Access: http://store.steampowered.com/app/249650
Blackguards will release in full in January 2014 on PC and Mac.
About Blackguards
What happens when the only hope of a threatened world lies not with heroes in shining armour but in the hands of a band of misfits and criminals?Blackguards – the new turn-based RPG by Daedalic Entertainment explores this very question. The player takes on the role of a convicted murderer, who with the help of a team of more than questionable characters must save the world from a dark menace. During the wild chase throughout the South of Aventuria, the world of The Dark Eye, there is more to fight than vicious creatures – chapter by chapter a story full of intrigue and surprising twists unfolds. But when life and death are in the player’s hands, how far will they go to reach their goals?
The first turn-based RPG by Daedalic Entertainment unites the studios high standard of a suspenseful storytelling and unique characters with gripping battles in elaborately crafted 3D-environments. In taxing campaigns the player takes part in a dark story full of doubt, betrayal and loss.
Whether the player chooses to go into battle as a mighty warrior, a clever wizard or a skillful hunter, the first battle isn’t far away. Over 180 individually crafted battle maps full of interactive objects and strategically complex situations lead the player to exotic locations and put them through deadly trials.
For more information on Blackguards or any other Daedalic game, please contact:
Charley Grafton-Chuck
Johnny Atom Productions
T: +44 (0)203 176 0139
M: +44 (0)7971 073914
E: charley@johnnyatom.com
About Daedalic Entertainment
From its Hamburg offices Daedalic Entertainment develops and publishes high-quality computer- and videogames to a global market. The company’s focus lies in producing excellent entertainment-software with a strong narrative characteristic. With titles such as Chaos on Deponia, Harveys New Eyes and Chains of Satinav, Daedalic was able to set new standards in adventure-gaming and was awarded with 17 German Developer Awards (“Studio of the Year 2009”, among others), four German Computer Game Awards and a European Games Award. As a publisher, Daedalic brings unusual and extraordinary titles such as Torchlight II, Botanicula and Tales of Monkey Island to the German market. The foray into the turn-based RPG-genre is a first for the company, covering new grounds for Daedalic.
http://www.daedalic.de
