BLAZING DESERTS IS BATTLE BROTHERS MOST SUCCESSFUL DLC TO DATE!

Overhype Studios is thrilled to announce that Blazing Deserts has become Battle Brothers most successful DLC, having gathered more than 8,000 concurrent players over its first weekend (more than Battlefield 5 or EVE Online), and with a 91% approval rate on Steam. Battle Brothers was the most activated game on Steam last Friday, just behind the indie hit Fall Guys - a major feat for a game released 5 years ago that cements it as a modern classic of the turn-based strategy genre, considered by some critics “the best mercenary game ever released”. If you want to join the mercenary life nd test your mettle and wits, ask us for your review keys of Battle Brothers!

‘Blazing Deserts’, the new DLC for the acclaimed tactical RPG Battle Brothers, is available on Steam for $14.99/€14.99 (check Steam for regional equivalents). To celebrate the release, Battle Brothers base game is still available with a 67% discount. Its two prior DLCs (Beasts & Exploration and Warriors of the North) are available with a 10% off from August 13th to August 20th. The 'Blazing Deserts' DLC for Battle Brothers expands the game with new lands of burning deserts and lush oases to the south. In its new trailer, voiced by Roger Clark (Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption 2), below these lines.

Visit independent city-states, fight in the arena, face desert raiders and southern beasts in battle. Wear new gear inspired by Arabian and Persian cultures of the medieval ages, employ alchemical contraptions and primitive firearms, and forge your own path when the fires of religious turmoil threaten to engulf the world in a new late-game crisis. But the new content of Blazing Deserts does not limit to the south, as new features such as the new environments for fights will also be found in the north (see screenshot below). If you want to learn more about the DLC, you can check the dev diaries discussing its new content on the Steam page of the game.

KEY FEATURES

  • Visit new lands to the south with independent city-states that have their own lore, equipment and services, as well as entirely new character backgrounds to recruit

Hire a retinue of non-combat followers to customize your campaign experience to fit your playstyle

  • Fight in the arena in front of cheering spectators to earn coin, experience and unique rewards as an alternative to mercenary work

  • Survive a new late-game crisis that tests the mettle of your company in the fires of religious turmoil

  • Face entirely new opponents of city-state soldiers and desert raiders, complete with their own gear and unique mechanics. Hunt down and get hunted by desert beasts

  • New Origins: play using one of three new southern-themed origins, each with special rules that shape your campaign into a different experience from beginning to end

  • Dress in style with a collection of new banners, shields, helmets and armors inspired by Arabic and Persian culture. Use new weapons, alchemical contraptions and primitive firearms

  • Visit a new legendary location and fight a new boss in a quest that leads to a legendary reward

  • Fight in new location environments amidst southern ruins and nomad tents on the tactical combat map, in addition to graveyards and encampments by brigands, orcs and goblins that come with a free update to the base game.

  • Earn your stay in the south by taking on new contracts and events. Immerse yourself in leading a mercenary company with even more illustrated events.

  • Several new music tracks set the mood on your adventures.

  • Challenge yourself with new achievements

21. August 2020, von Alex 'Alex B.' Börner