Genre: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Forged Battalion
Two new Team17 games to be announced next week!
With E3 approaching and Hell Let Loose releasing on the 6th of June, it’s fair to say that Team17 has a very busy week ahead! In fact, next week we’ll be unveiling not just one but TWO BRAND NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENTS!
You’re not going to want to miss these announcements, and we really can’t wait to share the trailers with you. To ensure that you’re the first to hear about these new games right here on Steam, make sure to follow the Team17 Publisher Page.
In the meantime, you can find a couple of cryptic clues in the image above, and if you hop over to the Team17 Twitter account, make your predictions, follow and re-tweet then you’ll be entered into a prize draw to win a copy of these two games, and Hell Let Loose, upon release!
Thanks for reading, and we’ll see you next week!
Team17 - 100th Game Celebration
With the release of PLANET ALPHA on 4th September 2018, Team17 will have released 100 games! This landmark includes games developed and/or published here at Team17, ranging from our early Amiga days with the likes of Alien Breed, Body Blows and Project X, through the explosion in popularity of the Worms series, our work-for-hire period on franchises like Lemmings and Leisure Suit Larry right through to the modern age and our indie games label featuring The Escapists, Overcooked and Yooka-Laylee!
https://youtu.be/CfGBMGPl_5s
Our celebration begins today with the retrospective video above, as well as a new trailer for PLANET ALPHA, available to pre-order now with a 10% discount!
There's more to come too! Keep an eye on Team17's Facebook and Twitter channels for more activities throughout the year, including behind-the-scenes retropspectives, competitions and fun with friends!
What's your favourite Team17 game of all time? Why not join us in the official Team17 Discord server and let us know?
Team17 Steam Publisher Sale!
It’s been a busy week here at Team17 Towers! Overcooked! 2 launched last Tuesday, Sword Legacy: Omen was released this Monday, Forged Battalion has just come out of Early Access and now… We’ve decided to put almost everything we have on Steam on sale! There’s even an extra game in there that we didn’t publish. How ace is that?
In total, you’ll find 75 items on sale from August 14th – 17th 2018 with discounts of up to 90% across the likes of Worms, Overcooked, The Escapists, Alien Breed, Yooka-Laylee and early access title My Time At Portia! In amongst these sales you’ll also find launch discounts for Sword Legacy: Omen and Forged Battalion as well as 10% off pre-orders on PLANET ALPHA Deluxe Edition!
Check out the full list of discounts below and make sure to check our Publisher Sale Page before August 17th to take advantage.
Alien Breed 2: Assault - 80%
Alien Breed 3: Descent - 80%
Alien Breed Trilogy - 90%
Alien Breed: Impact - 80%
Aven Colony - 70%
Aven Colony – Cerulean Vale - 50%
Aven Colony – Soundtrack - 50%
Beyond Eyes - 75%
Dangerous Golf (Published by Three Fields Entertainment) - 75%
Flockers - 90%
Forged Battalion (Released from Early Access Discount) - 20%
Interplanetary: Enhanced Edition - 75%
LA Cops - 75%
Lethal VR - 75%
Light - 90%
Mugsters - 25%
My Time at Portia - 20%
Overcooked - 75%
Overcooked – The Lost Morsel - 75%
Overruled! - 75%
Overruled! (4 for the price of 3 Friends Pack) - 75%
Penarium - 75%
PLANET ALPHA (Pre-order Discount) - 10%
RAGING JUSTICE - 40%
Sheltered - 75%
Sword Legacy: Omen (Launch Discount) - 20%
The Escapists - 75%
The Escapists + The Escapists: The Walking Dead Deluxe - 75%
The Escapists – Alcatraz - 66%
The Escapists – Duct Tapes are Forever - 66%
The Escapists – Escape Team - 66%
The Escapists – Fhurst Peak Correctional Facility - 66%
The Escapists 2 - 45%
The Escapists 2: Big Top Breakout - 25%
The Escapists 2: Dungeons and Duct Tape - 25%
The Escapists 2: Season Pass - 25%
The Escapists 2: The Glorious Regime - 25%
The Escapists 2: Wicked Ward - 25%
The Escapists: The Walking Dead - 75%
The Escapists: The Walking Dead Deluxe - 75%
Worms - 75%
Worms Armageddon - 80%
Worms Blast - 75%
Worms Clan Wars - 80%
Worms Clan Wars 4-Pack - 80%
Worms Crazy Golf - 75%
Worms Pinball - 75%
Worms Reloaded - 80%
Worms Reloaded – GOTY - 80%
Worms Reloaded – GOTY Upgrade - 75%
Worms Reloaded Fort Booster Pack - 75%
Worms Reloaded Puzzle Pack - 75%
Worms Reloaded Retro Pack - 75%
Worms Reloaded Time Attack Pack - 75%
Worms Reloaded: The “Pre-order Forts and Hats” DLC Pack - 75%
Worms Revolution - 80%
Worms Revolution – Customization Pack - 75%
Worms Revolution – Funfair - 75%
Worms Revolution – Mars DLC - 75%
Worms Revolution – Medieval Tales - 75%
Worms Revolution – Season Pass - 75%
Worms Revolution 4-pack - 80%
Worms Revolution Gold - 80%
Worms Ultimate Mayhem - 80%
Worms Ultimate Mayhem – Customization Pack - 75%
Worms Ultimate Mayhem – Deluxe Edition - 75%
Worms Ultimate Mayhem – Four Pack - 75%
Worms Ultimate Mayhem – Multiplayer Pack - 75%
Worms W.M.D - 66%
Worms World Party Remastered - 80%
Yoku’s Island Express - 33%
Yooka-Laylee - 70%
Yooka-Laylee Digital Artbook - 66%
Yooka-Laylee Digital Deluxe Edition - 70%
Yooka-Laylee Soundtrack - 70%
Forged Battalion has left Early Access!
Hello Commanders,
Forged Battalion has officially left Early Access and is now a fully launched game!
We want to say a huge thank you to you, our players, for all your time and feedback during the Early Access period. Your experiences helped us craft, balance and develop Forged Battalion during Early Access into what it is today.
At full launch, Forged Battalion contains:
15 single player campaign missions
2-8 player (or AI!) unranked Online Multiplayer
1 v 1 ranked Online Multiplayer.
AI skirmish battles – play against up to 7 AI players.
AI difficulty settings for single player campaign missions and AI skirmish battles.
Standard, Annihilation and Destroy HQ unranked / AI multiplayer game modes.
Faction Creator. Save multiple Factions to take into battle.
71 attachments across 4 Tech Tree tiers.
Building attachments – customise turrets, HQs and superweapons using attachments.
Map Editor & Steam workshop support.
Soundtrack, sound design and voice-overs by the iconic RTS composer Frank Klepacki.
Launch Patch Notes
5 new campaign missions
Remaining voice overs for campaign missions 5-15.
Menu: Localisation added for surround sound options in the audio menu.
Menu: Localisation added for campaign difficulty tool tip.
Menu: Custom maps no longer appear with the name [MISSING] on the loading screen.
Mission 7: Stephanie Milovich and the Commander’s text lines are no longer cut off by the Victory / Defeat screens.
Mission 8: Fixed multiple lines of repeated text in non-English languages for character speech.
Mission 9: If the player is defeated, Dallas speech is no longer interrupted by the defeat screen.
Various minor text and localisation tweaks
Launch Discount
To celebrate Forged Battalion’s launch, we’re offering a 20% launch discount for budding Commanders looking to join the battle!
You can take advantage of the launch discount HERE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkQ3DTWXms4
Forged Battalion leaves Early Access on August 14th!
Commanders,
Priority intel has arrived from HQ.
Forged Battalion is leaving Early Access on Tuesday, August 14th at 5pm BST!
The full release of Forged Battalion will see the addition of five new campaign missions, as you seek to bring the war against The Collective to a climatic end.
We’d like to say a huge thank you to you, our players, for all your support and feedback throughout the Early Access period. Your comments constructive criticism have helped us shape and develop Forged Battalion throughout Early Access.
At full release, Forged Battalion will contain:
15 single player campaign missions
2-8 player (or AI!) unranked Online Multiplayer
1 v 1 ranked Online Multiplayer
AI skirmish battles – play against up to 7 AI players.
AI difficulty settings for single player campaign missions and AI skirmish battles.
Standard, Annihilation and Destroy HQ unranked / AI multiplayer game modes.
Faction Creator. Save multiple Factions to take into battle.
71 attachments across 4 Tech Tree tiers.
Building attachments – customise turrets, HQs and superweapons using attachments.
Map Editor & Steam workshop support.
Soundtrack, sound design and voice-overs by the iconic RTS composer Frank Klepacki.
We’ll be providing full patch details on Tuesday, including details on tweaks and bug fixes that’ll be coming with launch.
We’ll see you on the battlefield.
Forged Battalion is 33% off in the Steam Summer Sale!
Hello Commanders,
The Steam Summer Sale has arrived on the frontlines and to celebrate, we've given Forged Battalion a 33% discount!
If you've been looking to get your friends into Forged Battalion and engage in some intense Player vs Player or Player vs AI, now's the time to summon them for reinforcements!
We'll see you on the battlefields!
Five New Maps - Live Now!
Hello Commanders,
Today we’re excited to add five new multiplayer maps to Forged Battalion’s Ranked, Unranked and AI Skirmish modes:
Two Player
Mud Trap
The Divide
Timber Valley
Four Player
Pining Away
Six Player
Gear of War
When designing the above content, we took onboard your feedback, sculpting the landscape based on what you’ve told us.
The aim of these new maps is to change the pace of battle and open new tactical options and situations that you may not have experienced on the existing maps.
We’re keen to hear what you think of these new maps, so feel free to let us know over on the Steam forums!
Introducing the Saturday Showdown - New tournament for players of all skill levels!
Calling all new, experienced and veteran players,
Today we are excited to announce a new tournament format that will alternate with our existing Commander Clash 1v1 Tournament, the Saturday Showdown!
This new format is designed to be a more relaxed PvP environment, open to all players, whether you’re brand new to the game, normally only play vs AI, new to PvP or a veteran PvPer.
We want the Saturday Showdown to be a bridge into PvP, for new and experienced players alike.
Below are the details of the Saturday Showdown tournament:
Date & Time: Saturday 7th April at 7pm BST
Tournament Structure: 1v1, BO1 knockout
Prize: 1 x Forged Battalion game code
Sign-up link:Challonge
For those new to the Forged Battalion tournament scene, both Challonge and the Forged Battalion Discord room are great places to talk to the Forged Battalion Community Manager, Jonno, as well as your fellow tournament participants. You can have questions answered, engage in some friendly banter and pick up some tips!
What if I’m knocked out in round one/two?
A new addition that the Saturday Showdown is bringing to our tournaments are knockout games. If you’re knocked out of the tournament before it finishes and you’d like to play some more matches, our Community Manager will be hosting some friendly PvP and comp stomp matches so players can continuing getting stuck into the battlefield, despite exiting the tournament.
Below are the formal rules for the tournament, these can also be found on the Challonge tournament page. If you have any questions, feel free to ask!
Saturday Showdown – The Rules
Rule One – Technology and Units
All currently available technology and mods are allowed for use in the tournament. All players are welcome to play in the competition, irrespective of tech level or faction build.
Rule Two – Results Reporting
At the conclusion of a match both players should take responsibility for ensuring the correct results are logged on Challonge.
As proof of result both players involved in a match should take a screenshot at the conclusion of the match where the end result can be seen. This will help should any disputes arise.
Rule Three – No Shows
The tournament will begin at 19:00pm BST on Saturday 7th April. Players should aim to arrive no later than ten minutes before their first match is due to start.
There is a grace period of ten minutes following 19:00pm GMT (tournament start) in which late participants can still enter the competition. After 19:10pm BST participants that have not arrived for their first match will be disqualified from the tournament.
Following the first round of matches, successful players should add their next opponent on Steam and co-ordinate the next match to be played immediately.
Rule Four - Player Disconnections
Please ensure your connection is stable before your match begins. Due to the nature of RTS games and the importance of the early game, there is no disconnection grace period. If a player loses connection to the game at any point during a match, then they will forfeit the match. This rule can be overturned if the player that remains connected is happy to rematch.
Game Rules
Forged Battalion operates dedicated servers for multiplayer, as such no host advantage can be gained. Due to this both players can create a match lobby.
In the case of a disagreement on who will host the player on the top of the match bracket will default to match host.
Lobby settings
Both players should take responsibility for ensuring the following lobby settings are in place prior to the match starting:
Map: Gridlock
Mode: Standard
Victory Condition: BO1
If it is discovered that the game has started with the wrong settings the match should be restarted immediately.
Complaints raised for incorrect match settings are invalid after the first thirty seconds of the match.
Hopefully we’ll see you on Saturday for some friendly and competitive PvP action!
Forged Battalion Patch 4 - Bug Fixes, Balancing and Pathfinding!
Hey Community,
Headquarters has deployed the fourth patch based on your feedback.
This patch focuses on campaign improvements, creating better balance and a better pathfinding for multiple units.
BUGS & GENERAL CHANGES
All Campaign missions: Cinematic triggered by a "Base Lost" will now play at the last victory structure killed.
Campaign Act 1: Objective marker no longer appears on the minimap when the AI rebuilds their base.
Campaign Mission 5 balancing changes:
Enemy allies no longer rebuild their HQ.
AI starts 90 seconds after the match begins.
AI are only able to build 2 of each Factory type.
Campaign Mission 6: Additional audio barks added.
Campaign Mission 7: Starting infantry renamed from “Light MG Infantry” to “Flame Infantry”.
Campaign Mission 7: Chemical store barrels no longer release gas after being destroyed with a Fuel-Air Bomb superweapon.
Campaign Mission 7: Chemical explosions no longer occur after destroying a Chemical Store barrel with a single flame unit.
Campaign Mission 9: Additional audio barks added.
Rail Town Map: Infantry equipped with Proton Bazooka, Plasma Bolt Rifle and Sonic Pulse Guns now pathfind correctly when firing down from steep cliffs.
Available upgrades tab now updates after tabbing off and back onto the Faction Creator’s Customize tab.
The Faction Creator’s Customize tab now defaults to “New Unit” after deleting a unit.
Opponent base colours on the minimap are now consistent between campaign levels .
Caustic Grenade, Turret Gas Dispenser and the Gas Bomb Rack have had their base damage stats updated to reflect recent balancing changes.
Creating production waypoints after loading a save game no longer creates a line from each production structure.
Hover chassis and jumpjet tech values have been reduced. This will mean some custom units using these attachments may be reduced in build level.
If you encounter any issues, please get in touch with us here Report A Problem so we can assist you.
Commander Clash 1v1 Tournament Four - Saturday 24th March - £20 Steam Wallet Code Prize!
This tournament will challenge you to 1v1 combat, as you fight for ultimate glory, bragging rights on the battlefield and a £20 Steam Wallet Code!
Players MUST check-in to the tournament on Saturday 24th March prior to 18:00 GMT. Check-in opens at 17:30 GMT on the day. Please make sure you check-in between 17:30pm GMT and 18:00 GMT. This must occur in addition to signing up, otherwise you will not be able to compete.
Please remember that brackets are not final until check-in has closed.
Prize: 1 x £20 Steam Wallet Code
Commander Clash – The Rules
Rule One – Technology and Units
All currently available technology and mods are allowed for use in the tournament. All players are welcome to play in the competition, irrespective of tech level or faction build.
Rule Two – Results Reporting
At the conclusion of a match both players should take responsibility for ensuring the correct results are logged on Challonge.
As proof of result both players involved in a match should take a screenshot at the conclusion of the match where the end result can be seen. This will help should any disputes arise.
Rule Three – No Shows
The tournament will begin at 18:00pm GMT on Saturday 24th March. Players should aim to arrive no later than ten minutes before their first match is due to start.
There is a grace period of ten minutes following 18:00pm GMT (tournament start) in which late participants can still enter the competition. After 18:10pm GMT participants that have not arrived for their first match will be disqualified from the tournament.
Following the first round of matches, successful players should add their next opponent on Steam and co-ordinate the next match to be played immediately.
Rule Four - Player Disconnections
Please ensure your connection is stable before your match begins. Due to the nature of RTS games and the importance of the early game, there is no disconnection grace period. If a player loses connection to the game at any point during a match, then they will forfeit the match. This rule can be overturned if the player that remains connected is happy to rematch.
Game Rules
Forged Battalion operates dedicated servers for multiplayer, as such no host advantage can be gained. Due to this both players can create a match lobby.
In the case of a disagreement on who will host the player on the top of the match bracket will default to match host.
Lobby settings
Both players should take responsibility for ensuring the following lobby settings are in place prior to the match starting:
Map: Desiccated Coast
Mode: Standard
Victory Condition: BO1
If it is discovered that the game has started with the wrong settings the match should be restarted immediately.
Complaints raised for incorrect match settings are invalid after the first thirty seconds of the match.
