It must be far too long since you have saddled-up and grabbed your trusty six shooter to go on a perilous adventure into the heartland of the Weird West. We can't even imagine the thirst for carnage and revenge that you must have build-up at this point. We shudder to think of what you'll do to anyone foolish enough to stand in your way if you ever pick up your iron again.
Thankfully we have the perfect outlet for all of your justified lust for vengeance. Our fellow outlaws over at Devolver Digital and WolfEye have just announced that they will be releasing their unique take on the supernatural Western, Weird West, on January 11th.
Weird West is a dark fantasy reimagining of the Wild West where lawmen and gunslingers share the frontier with fantastical creatures. You're tasked with Surviving and unveiling the mysteries of the Weird West through the intertwined destinies of its unusual heroes in an immersive sim from the co-creators of Dishonored and Prey. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1097350/Weird_West/ The game is available for Pre-Order Now and as a bonus anyone who purchases the game early will receive a special horse named Calamity. Calamity is a dependable mule that provides leg up at the beginning of their adventures by doubling your inventory size, allowing you to escape locations even if enemies are chasing you, and faster travel to avoid missing out on timed objectives. Calamity’s saddlebags will also be stocked up with essential items, including lockpicks, bandages, tools and a Golden Ace of Spades upgrade token.
You can learn more about the game by watching its deep dive video below: [previewyoutube="fY1Mt8KF8do;full"] We hope that you're as excited about the idea of taking another trip to the dark frontier as we are.
Here's to seeing you out there on the twisted prairie lands!
John Wick Hex & Hardened Tactician Bundle Now Available
Attention fellow undead vengeance seekers!
John Wick Hex is now available for experienced strategists looking for a unique new challenge.
The game is a fast-paced, action-oriented strategy game that makes you think and strike like John Wick, the professional hitman of the critically acclaimed film franchise. Featuring a unique blend of strategic momentum-based combat, John Wick Hex captures the feel of the unique tactical combat from the films and blurs the line between the strategy and action video game genres. Perform well and progress in the main story mode (which features an original story created for the game) to unlock new weapons, suit options and locations. Each weapon changes up the tactics you’ll use and the manner in which you’ll play. Ammo is finite and realistically simulated, so time your reloads and make the most of weapons you scavenge on the job.
Those interested can now pick-up John Wick Hex with a limited time 30% launch discount. As an added bonus, players who already own Hard West in their game library can purchase the new Hardened Tactician Bundle and pick-up both John Wick Hex & Phantom Doctrine with a special extra 10% discount. Users who already own multiple games in the bundle can still complete the set and receive this special discount.
We're really excited to share the unique tactical gameplay experience that John Wick Hex has to offer with all of you.
Thank you for your time undead outlaws and good luck!
Hard West Autumn Sale! Save 85% and get the Weird West vibe!
Howdy, Partners!
Autumn Sale
During the ongoing Autumn Sale Hard West will be available at a 85% discount. If you're into the (weird) Wild West themes, this might be your chance to fulfill your fantasies! ːsteamhappyː
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6y9iBFHL9w
https://store.steampowered.com/app/307670/Hard_West
Get your TBT fix
If you already played Hard West, liked it and you're looking for an alternative, our newest, much bigger production Phantom Doctrine is also available at a 30% discount. If you feel that it's the right moment to enter the dark and convoluted world of espionage and intrigue, take charge of your own spy agency and set out to prevent the Conspiracy from this intel is obviously classified.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEEQ4B2o-5s
https://store.steampowered.com/app/559100/Phantom_Doctrine/
Hang out with us
If you have any questions or just want to poke the Devs, our Official Discord Server is always the best place to visit.
Hope to see you there!
Get Hard West and receive Phantom Doctrine 15% launch discount!
Hey there!
With the upcoming release of our new turn-based tactics, Phantom Doctrine, we have a special 5% discount for all Hard West owners on top of the standard 10% launch discount!
Phantom Doctrine releases on August 14, so if you're looking for some good old 80s spy work on both sides of the Iron Curtain, feel free to check it out!
Thank you very much for supporting us! If you have any further questions, just head to our Discord, where the Dev Team is always at your disposal. :)
Hope to see you on the other side!
Hard West Discord Server
We would like to cordially invite you to our Discord server, where you can talk to the Devs about all topics concerning Hard West and our latest strategic turn-based espionage thriller, Phantom Doctrine (releasing this Summer).
As a very small way of saying thank you for all of your amazing continued support for Hard West, we've just released a piece of Free DLC called "Printable Posters."
The Hard West - Printable Posters DLC includes three exclusive custom poster designs in high quality, print ready PDF format; so they should be easy to print-out or use as digital backdrops should you wish. These posters were all especially created for the game by the following amazingly talented and renown Comic book artists:
Romano Molenaar: Romano is a Dutch comic artist, best known as the second artist of the popular sci-fi series 'Storm'. He has drawn covers and interior art for US comic books since 1996, starting with the Liar Comics miniseries 'More than Mortal' and 'Witchfinder'.His other credits include 'Lady Death', 'The Tenth,' 'Witchblade' and 'The Darkness', as well as the miniseries 'Cursed'.
Grzegorz Przybyś: A concept artist, ilustrator and Co-founder of Division 48 studio, living in Wrocław, Poland. He worked on "Call of Jaurez: Bound in Blood", "Dead Island" and "Call of Juarez: The Cartel" whilst at Techland. After this time, he created animations, ilustrations and promotional materials. Portfolio includes projects such as "Witcher 3", "Dying Light" "Call of Juarez: Gunslinger", "Might and Magic X" and "Heroes VII", "Heartstone" and others.
Andi Ewington: A British comic writer who broke onto the comic scene in 2010 with his critically acclaimed debut OGN 'Forty-Five'. Since then he has written Dark Souls II: Into the Light, for Bandai Namco, and Just Cause 3: World on Fire, for Square Enix/Avalanche Studios. He has written numerous other titles including: BlueSpear, Overrun, Exmortis, S6X, Sunflower and Red Dog. Andi is also a demon designer who enjoys creating alternative posters with a retro edge.
In addition to this, we have a lot of exciting new announcements coming-up soon that we can't wait to share with you guys. So please keep an eye on this space, and thanks again for being amazing everyone!
End of Summer Benefit Sale Now Available!
Hey there again you lovely people!
The next few days are going to be really special for us, as we’ve teamed-up with the amazing folks from One Gamer Fund and have put our entire library of Good Shepherd Entertainment published titles on sale for the lowest prices each respective title has ever been available for here on Steam to benefit the One Gamer Fund during its inaugural charity weekend.
The One Gamer Fund is a new philanthropic initiative comprised of seven gaming nonprofits: AbleGamers, Child’s Play, Games for Change, Global Game Jam, the IGDA Foundation, Stack-Up and Take This. Between 10 a.m. PT on Sept. 21 to 10 a.m. PT on Sept. 25, half of all proceeds generated by purchases of Good Shepherd games after Steam’s share of revenue is factored will be donated directly to the IGDA Foundation on behalf of the One Gamer Fund and subsequently dispersed among all partnering nonprofits.
This is not all though! We’ve also just launched a special new Good Shepherd Entertainment Bundle to coincide with this sale. This bundle will allow those whom already own some of our games to easily complete their set at a special additional 25% discount! This means that you can add even more gaming goodness to life whilst helping these seven amazing charities and causes.
A number of Twitch personalities will also be hosting special streams to aid the One Gamer Fund throughout the weekend. Individuals can learn more about ways to participate by visiting www.OneGamerFund.org and following @OneGamerFund on Twitter.
We can’t tell you guys how much this sales means to us and how proud we are to be a small part of helping these amazing causes. None of this would be possible without all of your help though, so on behalf of everyone involved in this benefit sale, we just wanted to say thank you very much for your continued support!
Here’s to the power of gaming!
Greetings,
The Good Shepherd Team
Patch 1.5! Save Game on Demand! The future is here!
In all seriousness, you've told us loud and clear that the ability to save at any point was important to you. While individual missions aren't that long and we originally tried to minimize hiding behind saves to avoid the cruel hand of fate, that was an idea which didn't suit everyone. Adding the save game functionality after launch was actually quite tricky and required extensive testing but here it is. We're calling it an experimental feature because the game was originally balanced without it but we've put it through a lot of tests, and we believe it works well.
tl;dr
1. Go to Options > Game > Enable Quicksaves
2. You can re-bind the keys (default F10 save, F11 load); on a controller, it's bound permanently (LT+RB save, LT+LB load in the in-game menu).
3. Have fun!
4. There are certain rather obvious situations when the game can't be saved: during cutscenes, during the enemy's turn, while your characters are performing an action.
Full 1.5 patch notes:
added quick save&load experimental support
added official support for the Xbox One Controller
rendering optimizations
fixed a pesky old bug with corrupted saves in world map (where only skull and fog were visible after load)
fixed another old bug with corrupted saves in Method in Madness world map (block after visiting Laboratory)
fixed a bug with infinite enemy turn in A Matter of Time second mission (Lake Hideout) after using the Terror card in specific place
fixed a bug with corrupted dialog options in the Riverbank location in In Gold We Trust scenario (while pursuing the cowards)
fixed a bug with inability to use Petrification Bolt item using X360/XONE Controller
fixed a bug with a corrupted cursor while using a controller in Hard Times scenario world map
fixed a bug with corrupted O'Connell animation after he bleeds out in In Gold We Trust fourth mission
fixes to Fan Localization Support
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for your continued support! That includes everyone who believed in Hard West when it was first revealed, all of you who bought the game and all the amazing community translators who bring the game to more audiences through their work!
We're hard at work on our next game and we're hoping to show it to you quite soon. In the meantime, have fun in the Weird West!
Patch 1.4.3: Fan Localization Support Update is Now Available!
Dear Fellow Undead Gunslingers,
We greatly appreciate all of the time and hard work that some fans have invested in translating Hard West into different languages, and so we are very happy to announce that Patch 1.4,3 introduces Support for Custom Language versions of the game and its DLC. This will enable almost everyone to easily enjoy these new translations of the game, should they wish to.
The complete localization kit for Hard West (including the Scars of Freedom DLC) is available for download, translation and sharing from this link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zvka8p4qmo20unb/AABnPR1IdWd3QM-C5iRb7Nbxa?dl=0
The above link also contains clear instructions for importing localized files and utilizing this new custom language support. In a nutshell however, this process simply involves extracting and merging the new localization files that you wish to use in the game’s local folder. The new feature then recognizes custom translations and displays them in the Options menu for easier access.
Please note that this Custom Localization support is Windows-Only for now. However we will look into developing and releasing this feature for the other platforms should there be a clear demand for it.
Thank you very much to everyone who has taken the time out of their life to translate Hard West into new languages on their own. Your passion never ceases to astound us, and we’re hoping that this custom localization support is a good first step in us showing our appreciation for your efforts.
Now let’s teach people the true meaning of vengeance in numerous whole new languages!
Content Patch 1.4 and DLC Scars of Freedom Released!
In the Weird West grim news is great news! The large 1.4 patch for Hard West is now available to everyone with a number of fixes and completely new additions to the game. Especially worthy of your attention are the Gameplay Mods, optional tweaks which can radically alter the way the game is played. From affecting difficulty, to changing important game mechanics, they allow for completely new ways of completing the Hard West campaign. Below are the highlights of the patch:
Patch 1.4 New Features
Added the Gameplay Mods feature, i.e. ten new features modifying some of the rules established in Hard West, such as disabling reaction shots from enemies, forcing AI to use a wider array of abilities more frequently etc.
Gameplay mods are only available for the vanilla game and cannot be used in the expansion.
Added the missing Straight Flush hand.
Added a new graphics option: Water reflections.
Added an additional highlight to the tile, from which a usable object will be used, when hovering the cursor over said object.
Improved dynamic cover cursors for more clarity.
Fixed issues
Fixed a rare issue where saved games could be corrupted.
Fixed an issue where the XBOX 360 wireless controller would not be recognized by the game on a Mac.
Fixed an issue in which the barter screen would not appear.
Fixed an issue where players were unable to open a world map location after loading the game from the main menu.
Fixed an issue where game completion achievements would not be unlocked correctly.
Fixed an issue in which decomposing bodies would not disappear when the camera changed elevation to a lower one, than the body.
A Matter of Time: fixed problems related to purchasing the Laxative Potion (different price + money is subtracted correctly)
Improved ability balance.
Increased Fate Trader item prices.
Fixed some missing GUI text in the French localization.
Fixed a bunch of erroneous gamepad controls descriptions.
Fixed several typos across game text.
Fixed wording on certain achievements.
Improved the credits section to prevent ugly line breaks.
Made the face in the Cracked Skull icon to be a little more serious.
Fixed a couple of minor texture glitches.
Scars of Freedom DLC
Return to the unforgiving world of Hard West for an adventure in the Civil War Texas. Libertee is an escaped slave-turned-vigilante, enhanced without her consent with superhuman capabilities by one Doctor Gorman. Hungry for answers, and for revenge, she tracks down the mad surgeon, but his motivations turn out to be the opposite of what she had anticipated. As she makes up her mind about the doctor’s fate, the two will have to face an even more powerful enemy.
Experience a brand new tale in the weird world of Hard West during 7 new, specially crafted tactical combat encounters and overarching world map gameplay. Make strategic purchases for your gunfighters, then wreak havoc on your enemies and use their technology for your benefit. Enjoy a story narrated by two protagonists whose outlooks on life vary wildly, but who, deep inside, are more similar than they would like to admit.
DLC Features
A new tale in the Hard West universe, featuring a unique mix of classic western and gothic horror.
A deeper, longer story, narrated through its numerous twists and turns by protagonists, Libertee and Dr. Gorman.
7 new tactical combat encounters and a world map with new, unique mechanics.
New Unique Surgical Bodily Augmentation System: Revamped character development system, allowing for strategic planning and more informed choices.
Rebalanced combat and character progression, offering a tighter, more challenging gameplay experience.
Fitzpatrick Revolver - a new, powerful gun in your arsenal.
