• Mount And Blade Bannerlord News
• Mount And Blade 2 Bannerlord

Mount and Blade II: Bannerlord was announced way back in 2012, but despite TaleWorlds showing it off at E3 in June and their plans to show off more at Gamescom next week, a release date or window has yet to be announced. And it won’t be announced anytime soon. TaleWorlds explain why in a post on Steam.

Here’s everything we know about Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord.

“We have not disclosed a release date so far because it does not exist,” TaleWorlds explain. “We don’t work like that. We are not a company who sets a timeline to release a product and then works to meet that deadline. We are TaleWorlds Entertainment: we create games because we love making them, and we want them to be the best games that we can possibly make. We think that our fans don’t deserve less than our best efforts, our total commitment. We don’t believe in releasing a game before it is ready just because we might miss the hype.”

In Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, you can impose the death penalty to your foes; in this week's blog, we talk about this new feature of Mount & Blade II:. The African Kingdoms is the second expansion to Age of Empires II HD: The Forgotten, and the third expansion for Age of Empires II. The thematic focus of the expansion is the continent of Africa, and 3 of the 4 featured civilizations are from this continent. One gameplay feature was planned, but.

While TaleWorlds acknowledge that there are other approaches, they also point out that some of the studios that adopt them have publishers, shareholders, and investors who put pressure on them to set an arbitrary date. TaleWorlds don’t.

“We are not in that situation, and creating the best game we possibly can is the most important thing to us,” they continue. “With that in mind, why limit ourselves with a release date if no one is pushing us to do so? And how would setting a date and then pushing it back further and further be better than not giving a date we are not sure about?”

Of course, they do have plenty of prospective players who want to know when they can get the game. And these players might also be worried about the state of development given the lack of a release date. “We have of course made our share of mistakes and false starts which have added to development time, but not more than what could be expected from a project of this scale.”

Mount And Blade Bannerlord News

The length of development is largely down to the size of the game. “Bannerlord has a huge sandbox campaign which contains a number of different features that players can experience and enjoy. This includes, but is not limited to: fief and kingdom management, a deep trading system, a diplomacy and relationship system, and epic battles with hundreds of on-screen combatants that the player can command.” There’s also multiplayer matchmaking, mod support, and an entirely new engine.

So don’t expect a release date announcement soon, but you’ll be able to see more of the game next week at Gamescom.

Mount And Blade 2 Bannerlord

Remember South Park: The Fractured But Whole, the upcoming sequel to the exceptional South Park: The Stick of Truth? Me neither—how could we? We haven’t heard a pippy pippy peep about it since the game was announced at E3 2015. What’s the deal? When’s it coming out (2016)? How similar to The Stick of Truth is it going to be? These and other mysteries are our subject tonight on iDigitalTimes Theater, on the eve of South Park’s return.

South Park: The Stick of Truthwas always going to be a unique, cool game. After all, it had all the South Park voice talent, all the art talent, and the incredible developers from Obsidian Entertainment. It was lightning in a bottle that could never happen again. Well, it’s happening again: I hardly believe it, but the sequel is coming. Another South Park game!

Sure, it’s from a different development team, Ubisoft San Francisco, which doesn’t have a ton of AAA-games under the hood… but the engine and gameplay is there already, and the script and vocal talent will come from the South Park team. They just have to do the same thing again, and poof—more magic. And sure, I personally don’t like the Coon episodes that much. But lots of people do—and I didn’t like the pre-Stick of Truth episodes much either, and that game turned out incredibly.

It’s all very promising stuff. Sadly, we have heard nothing about the game in the two months since E3. No news at PAX Prime, no anything! Don’t get me wrong; I don’t think it’s a warning sign or anything like that. Games go radio silent all the time, especially after they’re first announced. But with the next season of South Park barely a week away, the game is back in the forefront of our minds. Here’s hoping it really can make the magic happen twice… and that it will really come out in 2016, as it’s expected to. It’s hard to complain about more South Park, whatever form it takes. The Fractured But Whole has a lot to live up to, but with the South Park team behind it… I have faith.