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Spring Update: Lower Price & Offline DefaultApr 11, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsHey Everyone, Hope you’re all doing well — we’ve got a few spring updates to share. We’ve dropped the game’s price to help welcome in new players and grow the community. One major change: the game now starts in offline mode by default. Online mode will return later as an optional feature, once we wrap up our ongoing server work. We’ve also taken care of a few performance and stability issues in this update, with more fixes and tweaks coming in the next couple of months. Thanks for being here with us!Incredible 50% off during the summer sale!Jun 27, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsHey Everyone if you were thinking about getting Kingdom Wars 2 - now is the perfect time! From June 27th until July 11th, KW2 is on a massive 50% sale. Make sure to check out other great indie games on sale during the Summer Sale to add them to your collection. https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/1036440/extras/KW2DE_3_scene_loop.gif?t=1613069245 This is your chance to try this thrilling fantasy grand strategy/RTS game at its lowest price. Build a city, raise a massive army, and conquer a world of orcs, elves, dragons and more in this incredible indie title. Thanks for your continuous support, and we hope to see you in-game. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1036440/Kingdom_Wars_2_Definitive_Edition/Kingdom Wars 2 is part of Freedom Games Publisher Sale!Apr 15, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsHi Everyone, We're thrilled to make a massive announcement today that we can't wait to share with our community. First off, we're proud to announce our partnership with Freedom Games. As one of the premier indie publishers on Steam, this collaboration promises to inject fresh energy into Kingdom Wars 2 while providing us with the resources to continually enhance and refine KW2. With a significant update set for later this week and another major one on the horizon, there's plenty of excitement ahead! To kickstart this partnership with a bang, Freedom is spotlighting KW2 in one of our biggest promotions to date – an incredible sale event. So, if you've been considering picking up the game, now's the perfect time. Kingdom Wars 2 will be 50% off from April 15th through the 22nd! Also, don't forget to browse the Freedom Games Publisher Sale page to snag some fantastic indie games at unbeatable prices. Whether you prefer solo adventures or multiplayer thrills, there's something for everyone. We're incredibly proud to join the Freedom family, and having experienced most of their titles, I can attest that they offer some true gaming gems! Thank you for your unwavering support over the years – we're eagerly looking forward to sharing the exciting new updates with you!Update 22 - Game ChangerOct 2, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHey Everyone, We are glad to say that we are back to updating Kingdom Wars 2, with several updates planned over the Fall and Winter. To start things of we have a major update 22 for you today that really helps improve a lot of areas of the game - from pathinding to camera, as well as some re-balancing and quality of life improvements. You`ll notice some visual improvements as well. Since we are back to updating the game - please let us know on the forums if your having any issues you would like for us to focus on, or have balancing or other suggestions. With that said - lets take a look at what update 22 has in store: Removed delay when tasking large number of units Fixed various issues that happened when tasking large number of units Fixed units sometimes getting tasked twice Fixed camera sometimes jumping when tasking units Game will start with much higher visual settings for new installations If you already have the game installed - please select High or Highest presets in the Options Menu Reworked all graphical options presets for much higher quality Reworked game camera to have streamlined default and max zoom out Various other camera changes and improvements Removed Performance and Regular camera settings - there`s a new Epic camera only now Combat is about 20% faster now Reworked Dragon Guardian mechanics - it`s now a lot easier to slay the Dragon now Couple of dozen of smaller fixes and improvements across the board Update 21 - Updates and ImprovementsJan 23, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHey Everyone, Today we have another solid update for KW2, including some long requested features, a lot of balancing, main menu GUI rework, campaign fixes and much more. Please keep in mind there will be a follow-up update later this week, adding a few more things that didn`t make it time for today`s update. The one of the biggest additions our payers always asked were adding codes to gain extra resources - and we are happy to finally bring it to KW2. Took a while to make sure they only work in non-multiplayer games. To use such codes Press F7 or open chat window and type in /food or /wood or /stone or /gold to get 1000 of that resources added. Now lets take a closer look at what Update 21 has to offer: Redesigned main menu Skirmish and Survival starting interface Select Skirmish or Survival with one click on the battle type Added extra resources To use extra resources codes Press F7 or open chat window and type in /food or /wood or /stone or /gold to get 1000 of that resources added Using these codes in campaign or Skirmish will not earn Steam achievements in this battle or this campaign missision Some final polish to the campaign - making late game chapters be less grindy and easier Full rebalance of combat stats - making fights last faster Sieging is a lot faster as well, making game feel a lot more dynamic Fixing a number of de-sync issues effecting multiplayer Improvements to translation of the game, especially the campaign text Enabled some new construction for Orcs - like spike traps and body piles (To be added soon) Rebalanced combat AI so that Elves are not so overpowering anymore Update 21 IncomingJan 20, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHey Everyone, I`m glad to bring some good news - we have a major update on the way that should be ready by next week. It feels great to work on Kingdom Wars 2 again and we spent quite a bit of time bringing a lot more polish and improvements to the game with the upcoming update. To give you a brief preview of what`s coming: -Reworked Skirmish/Survival main menu with updated user interface -Adding cheats to the game -Some final polish to the campaign - making late game chapters be less grindy and easier -Full rebalance of combat stats - making fights last faster -Sieging is a lot faster as well, making game feel a lot more dynamic -Fixing a number of de-sync issues effecting multiplayer -Improvements to translation of the game, especially the campaign text -Enabled some new construction for Orcs - like spike traps and body piles -Rebalanced comabt AI so that Elves are not so overpowering anymore -Couple of dozen of smaller fixes and improvements across the board Can`t wait to share this with you, and looking forward to spending more time with KW2 later this winter and spring.Update 20 - Milestone Redesign & Co-OpOct 18, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsHey Everyone, We are glad to say that our 20th milestone update is finally here. Apologize for the delay with getting this live and the announcement, wanted to make sure all the major changes worked well. This update improves all areas of the game, as well as completely changes the way players join battles with much stronger focus on CoOp. From the reworked main menu and matchmaking to new gameplay rules letting players play in CoOp skirmish and CoOp survival both with other players or AI companions. This updates also completes the long term project that improves and streamlines every chapter of the campaign, making it easy and fun on lower difficulties, and always an impossible challenge on harder difficulties. We also looked intro rebalancing a lot of stats for all of the 3 playable races to fix any balancing and other issues. Let’s take a closer look at this Milestone 20th Update . To make it easier to process the changes we have combined a lot of the changes into general categories. Redesigned the main menu GUI for battles Battles menu now shows player portraits Add Zombie portraits to the battle menu for survival mode New approach to battles menu that combines Survival and Skirmish into one menu New design of the battle window all the GUI for both CoOp and Survival New way to play Survival with AI partner Campaign re-design complete with all chapters polished and improved Special focus on improving chapters 3, 5 and 6 Various improvements to the survival experience Polish and balancing to skirmish AI to better work in CoOp 2vs2 team environment Rebalancing of stats for humans, orcs and elves Rebalanced and fixed aspects of the siege – sieges now are typically faster Fixed couple of long-standing issues with AI Dozens of bug fixes all across the board Our Biggest Kingdom Wars 2 Sale is here! 65% off + bundlesSep 27, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsHey Everyone With fall here and Holidays fast approaching the time seemed right to putour best-selling RTS game on sale. For the next two weeks you can get Kingdom Wars 2 with a massive discount of 65% off! If you were on the fence about getting Kingdom Wars 2 - now is the perfect timing. https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/1036440/extras/KW2DE_3_scene_loop.gif?t=1613069245 This is your chance to try this thrilling fantasy grand strategy/RTS game at its lowest price. Build a city, raise a massive army, and conquer a world of orcs, elves, dragons and more in this incredible indie title. Also if you have missed the other news - we are back to actively updating Kingdom Wars 2, with work continuing on adding new features and improvements. We expect work on the next update to be complete within a week or so, can`t share more updates with you later this summer. Thanks for your continuous support, and we hope to see you in-game. Our 20th Milestone Update is coming Next Week!Sep 22, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsHey Guys, Exciting news - with our schedule freeing up, we are finally getting to the final stages of testing and QAing our 20th milestone update - and expecting it to be ready next week! This is simply put the biggest updates we ever had for KW2. It comes with a lot of new features and improvements. The campaign has finally been fully reworked - which took months of work - it`l be worth replaying - fun and smooth on easier difficulties, and real nightmare challenge with harder difficulties. Changes effect every area of the game from update art, GUI, and a lot of improvements to the skirmish and survival mode has gotten a lot of love, polish and balancing - from combat and zombie wave AI to the actual levels. We also rebalanced each of the 3 playable races - with full-on re-balancing - cost, stats and economy. And yes - we are a bit behind schedule here, as we had a major event come up for MKW and KW4 that we couldn`t miss (on this weekend), but yeah - can`t wait to share this update with you next week! Milestone Update - Next Month!Aug 17, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsHey Guys, Hope everyone is enjoying their summer and we have some exciting news. It`s been a busy summer and while we were busy with work on Medieval Kingdom Wars and Kingdom Wars 4 work is still ongoing on Kingdom Wars 2. I`m happy to say that the big 20th milestone update is about half finished and we expect to complete it towards the end of Septemberalmost complete. We are planning to released it late this month and you can expect big things! First of all we finally have completed all the polish on the campaign - so after few months of work it has been fully reworked and streamlined, even for these who completed campaign before, it`s worth a replay. Fun and smooth on easier difficulties, and real nightmare challenge with harder difficulties. In addition skirmish and survival mode has gotten a lot of love, polish and balancing - from combat and zombie wave AI to the actual levels. And last but not least each race got a full-on re-balancing with cost, stats and economy adjusted across the board. Can`t wait to share this update with you later in September Update 19 - Campaign and Skirmish ImprovementsJun 22, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsHey Everyone, We have another update for you as we continue to polish campaign and improve the skirmish experience. Special thank you for the bug reports posted and feedback on balancing. In skirmish you will notice some changes to how AI works around the level, which is especially visible on some more more complex levels. And campaign is getting a lot more love, especially the later levels that I didn`t get a chance to polish as much as the first 3 levels. And we are working on a major milestone 20th update that should be ready by early July. And now lets go over the patch notes for this 19th update: Improved how AI navigates certain maps that helps on Dagbor level especially AI will move troops closer together instead of sending long lines or solo squads sometimes Updated the pathfinding time, so now when tasking multiple squads the time it takes for all of them to move is a bit shorter (25% or so) Improvements to Chapter 5 of the campaign ]Improvements to Chapter 6 of the campaign Finally got rid of most lag during the big siege in Chapter 4 of the campaign Some localization corrections Fixed a few tooltips giving wrong information Fix a few missing or incorrect unit response dialogues Some improvements in Skirmish win conditions Better balanced out locations of resources on some of the skirmish levels Some other minor fixes and balancing changes Update 18 - Fixes and Campaign WorkApr 18, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsHey Everyone, We have another update this month. This time I mostly focused on the campaign work and some AI improvements. This update also includes some fixes and change to the main menu and some balancing work as well. And finally took care of the rare issues banning players for using cheat engines in singleplayer, it`s resolved for good. I should have a major 19th update with more cool improvements ready within a month, towards middle of May. This update will include major improvements to the combat AI and some changes to the survival mode. And now lets take a look at what`s new with our 18th update Changes and Additions Made sure player never gets notifications of cheating in single player Unbanning all players who got banned for using cheat engines in single player Various improvements and balancing with AI build order Improvements to Orcish AI build order so that it`s stronger, and Elven/Human AI don`t just walk over it Minor correction to make older campaign saves don`t break battalions Disabled showing News by default (show these in the Social window only) Main menu now has clear indicator for the change language button Fixed some overlapping and unclickable windows in the main menu Some polish and bug fixing to the 2nd campaign levle More work on the 3rd campaign level - mainly the Zombie wave attacks and Elven attacks More work on the 4th campaign level to further increase performance during the siege Worked on the 6th campaign level to better balance undead units Some improvements to the 1st campaign level to avoid common crash issue during switch to the Orc side Update 17 - Visual Improvements and FixesApr 13, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsHey Everyone, Hope everyone is well during these turbulent times. Sorry for the delay in our update schedule for the past two months, but I`m happy to say that I`m back to work on more KW2 content and updates. The main focus of the new update was visual improvements on all levels that come through reworked light cycle and new weather effects. Game light is a lot more realistic and to effect gameplay less (like very dark rainy nights before). In addition I took a look at some source of the out-of-sync problems, that should make the situation a lot better now (game will also prohibit players from different version from starting the multiplayer game, to make sure everyone is updated to 1.17). Updates also includes quite a bit of balancing and other fixes for the Campaign levels. I`m hoping to have 18th update with more cool improvements ready within a month, towards middle of May. And now lets take a look at what`s new with our 17th update Changes and Additions Fully reworked the battle map light settings and visual prefabs Fixed various issues with game light being too bright on some monitors Fixed issues with game world appearing overwhelmingly bloomy during some times of the day Visual improvements to the way battle maps look due to various environmental changes Nighttime is a lot brighter on the battle maps During rain and thunder the visibility is now effected as much Correct out of sync problems on levels during rain or snow Corrected common out of sync problems with using AI players Rebalanced mid to late game Survival mode, it was getting a bit too hard after the 7th-8th wave More work on the 4th campaign level - made defending a bit easier, and improved performance with less Orc armies More work on 3rd campaign level - the elven attack has been reabalanced Fixed common crash issues on the 5th campaign level Minor level design updates to the desert level Our Biggest Sale Ever - 72% offJan 9, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsHappy New Year everyone! To get 2022 off to a good start we are starting the year with major updates and our biggest sale to date! Our best-selling RTS game is on sale now for the next two weeks with a massive discount of 72% off! If you were on the fence about getting Kingdom Wars 2 - now is the perfect timing. https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/1036440/extras/KW2DE_3_scene_loop.gif?t=1613069245 This is your chance to try this thrilling fantasy grand strategy/RTS game at its lowest price. Build a city, raise a massive army, and conquer a world of orcs, elves, dragons and more in this incredible indie title. Also if you have missed the other news - we are back to actively updating Kingdom Wars 2, with work continuing on adding new features and improvements. Thanks for your continuous support, and we hope to see you in-game. All the best in the New Year! Update 16 - Major Holiday UpdateDec 18, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsHey Everyone, Wishing everyone great holidays ahead, and after taking some time away from KW2DE I`m back to actively updating the game, and you can expect some solid updates during the holiday season. We have a very solid update today that was long in the making. With this update we looked to address majority of recent reported issues with the game, from campaign saves, to survival mode, and issues with defeating elven players. There`s a long list of changes, and overall gameplay experience is a lot better now in all game modes. We`ll continue with another update later on this month. Thanks for the continuing support, and we can`t wait to continue improving Kingdom Wars 2, and lets take a look at what today`s update 16, has to offer Completely reworked balancing and flow of the Survival mode Survival is a lot easier to survive the 1st wave now Survival mode progress faster with more diverse units used by the undead Fixed all the major balancing issues in the survival mode stopping player from progressing It`s now possible to play survival up to wave 15 with average skill, and up to wave 30 for stronger players Fixed all issues with Elven AI being way too OP Fixed problems with defeating elven AI players Elven AI players take a while before rebuilding destroyed buildings Elven player AI now uses better base layout Elven and Orcish buildings are easier to kill with slower self repair Fixed issues with it being very hard to kill elven buildings Reduced hitpoints of all nations buildings, they are quicker to kill for faster game flow Now the game properly shows notification when saving in campaign or battle Updated saved game icon art Fixed issue where game would ban players using cheats engine in non-multiplayer battles Use of cheats in singleplayer games now allows (Check forums or web for cheat posts) Improvements to campaign Chapter 4 Improvements to campaign Chapter 6 Fixed various level design issues on some battle levels Minor performance improvements on mid and lower end systems Additional balancing for ranged units not being OP in defense Balanced out skeleton archers better Improved range of some siege weapons Adjusted some dialogue to fix some errors Resuming Updates later this summerJul 8, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsHey Everyone, Apologize for the long silence, as had to take some time off due to personal problem, but finally better and back to work. After such a delay though our update schedule got pushed back quite a bit, so looks like we can only expect the 16th update to be complete later in August. As a bonus the 16th update includes the last 4 chapters of the reworked campaign that has been greatly improved and is actually fun to play and much easier to complete now. In addition I`ll be posting some new features and fixes from work currently ongoing on Kingdom Wars: Plague, I`m expecting these updates to happen towards the end of the summer. Once again sorry for the delay, and thanks for your continuous support.Update 16 on the wayApr 26, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsHey Everyone, Hope everyone is staying safe, and we have some exciting new to share today. First - we are starting a sale event today, that should bring some new players into the game - which always helps with finding these PvP and CoOp battles. KW2 will be on a 60% discount over the next 7 days. On top of this we are glad to say that the work on the next major update is nearly complete and we are expecting it to go live in a few days. Our 16th update took quite a bit of time but it`s well worth it. This update includes continuing reworking campaign chapter and 3 and 4 - which always had the most issues. In addition we working on combat, performance, and dozen of smaller bugs across the board. Also I focused on finding whatever recent reports of bugs or balancing issues I could from players are worked on these as well. Thanks for your continuous support! Update 15 - Campaign PolishFeb 16, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsHey Everyone, And we are back with another update as we continue to polishing and improving things across the board. We continue this week with updating our singleplayer campaign - with major rework on Chapter 2 and Chapter 1. We plan to complete rework of the campaign towards the end of March. This update also include some great fixes from performance to unit tasking and combat improvements. In addition we also worked on some art assets - including scaling units up, and last but not least balancing. Thanks for the continuing support, and we can`t wait to continue improving Kingdom Wars 2. Now lets take a look at today`s Update 15: Update # 15 Fixes and Additions Major improvement to tasking large number of units Greatly reduced the delay when tasking units Increased view of all all melee units by at least 100 All melee units are now better at engaging enemy melee units Major performance improvement Huge polishing work on chapter 2 complete Major update of chapter 1 complete Do not show healthpoints bar on damaged buildings in campaign Oil slick objects is not easier to see and catches fire faster Loading screen music disabled if music volume is 5 or less Disable nighttime lights from shining too brightly Scaled up the Dwarven and Human battering rams Scaled up the Dwarven Cannon Greatly reduced volume on loading screen music Lowered over time gold and food income rate for human sheep and cow A bit less resources in stone and gold mines Improved human peasant flag art Zombies a bit larger view during daytime Greatly reduced time it takes to capture base flags in all game modes Easier conditions to win total annihilation Scaled up Ogre unit Palisade and Stone wall histpoints reduced by 30% on average to make sieging easier Update 14 - Fixes and ImprovementsFeb 12, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsHey Everyone, We have a smaller update today with a number of fixes and improvements across the board. Of note we made some very important fixes to the AI - and it will finally show proper use of siege equipment when attacking towns. In additions we worked on how the game world is perceived - with more up-close camera, smaller battalion flags and other changes to help player be closer to the action without as much visual distractions. We plan another update in February and two more updates in March, as we are just a quarter way through the planned improvements and fixes, that we hope to complete over the next 7 updates. Thanks for the continuing support, and we can`t wait to continue improving Kingdom Wars 2. Now lets take a look at today`s Update 14: Update # 14 Fixes and Additions Major improvements to how battle AI attached ladders and towers to enemy walls Major improvements to battle AI use of siege rams and treants Major improvements and polish to Chapter 1 of the campaign Fixed issues with Orcish AI not attacking the town in Chapter 1 Fixed major issue where all the units and buildings would be unlocked for everyone Fixed campaign showing all available buildings Corrected description of Gems in all languages Camera max zoom out is a bit lower Smaller battalions flag that get in the way of battles less Various improvements to the look of the battalions flags Repositioned Stamina and HP bars on units Improved the distance fog effect for all camera settings Main menu now shows news window More polish to campaign Menu - it`s now clearer if your resuming saved or loading new chapter Reduced the size of the unit tasking flag Improved performance when playing 1st 5th and 6th campaign levels Besieges status now stays on walls and gatehouses for much longer Corrected some menu names in localized languages Update 13 - Major Step ForwardFeb 2, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsHey Everyone, We have been busy at work trying to make some big improvements to how KW2DE plays; going beyond just fixing the remaining bugs - but also reworking the feel and look of the game from the main menu to AI and battles. Today`s lucky update is the major step forward in several directions - especially with regards to performance, AI, main menu approach and game flow. We have also worked on fixing various leftover bugs, and whatever player suggestions and reports we found. We are glad to see the player population is steadily increasing, and with the sale event starting in the second half of this month, we hope to finally see some multiplayer battles. Thanks for the continuing support - and we are expecting 14th update later this month. And so, lets take a look at what the 13th update brings: Update # 13 Major Improvements GPU and CPU improvements across the board fixing literally all lag in skirmish battles Major performance improvements in lately and lag in multiplayer battles Fixed various issues with destroyed buildings staying around for a very long time Greatly reduced lag in battles with multiple AI players Major improvements to the battle AI Fixed major issue with campaign not giving any rewards on victory Reworked main menu to move flow from multiplayer to singleplayer Cleaned up first screen when loading to the main menu Game Camera difference between lowest and highest is now lower Higher camera is now a bit more up-close to make playing easier Performance improvement for max zoom camera Destroyed buildings disappear very quickly - fixing very wide range of issues Greatly increased amount of resources in stone and gold mines - changing gameplay flow AI Improvements Major improvements to AI base and unit building AI will no longer put too many melee unit to protect walls AI will build less workers, enough for the economy AI unit use balanced for Orcs, Elves and Humans AI siege weapons attack and attach to walls faster AI will no longer fill walls with hoardings AI will now build various wall defenses on walls - oil pots, trebuchets e.t.c Elven AI will build a lot less useless buildings that used to completely cover their base AI will build more siege, and quicker AI will build walls more often and sometimes quicker AI will use a lot more siege weapons AI will send attack waves of slightly larger sizes Fixed issues with AI not using siege weapons properly, and slowly moving them sometimes Fixes and Balancing Fixed Issues with siege weapons moving super super slowly sometimes Removed code that made siege weapons slow down a lot when damaged Improved Campaign menu to look much better Additional polish to the main menu layout It`s now a lot easier to kill gates with ram All towers have a lot more hit points to make update worth it Larger units like Dragons and Hydra move much better now with quicker rotations Zombies no longer auto heal Zombie Ogres now take a lot more damage when on fire Zombies overall difficulty to kill reduced by...
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