Bannermen Beta Dates Revealed!

Gothenburg, Sweden / Magdeburg, Germany. Today, developer Pathos Interactive and publisher 2tainment announced a free beta for their upcoming real-time strategy game (RTS) Bannermen. The beta will be held on Steam, starting Friday February 8 and ending Sunday February 10.

The beta will offer both singleplayer and multiplayer experiences, including the following gamemodes:

• Online multiplayer with automatical match-making, both ranked and unranked.
• Custom online skirmish game.
• Custom singleplayer skirmish game.
• Sneak peek of the singleplayer campaign.
• Tutorial

"We are super-excited about this beta, and looking forward to test all the gamemodes with our community", Accel Sjostrom says, co-founder of Pathos Interactive.

Beta sign-up

Steam page

Bannermen takes place in the realm of Valtoria, a low-fantasy medieval world ravaged by decades of war, starvation, and natural disasters. Players take on the role of Lord Berrian trying to recapture his kingdom's former glory, finding and rallying bannermen to battle against a host of tribes and the dark Lord Karthor.

By utilizing nature powers players can leverage natural phenomena such as lightning strikes to electrocute armies, take advantage of dust storms that limit vision to sneak past enemies, and much more. With a fully story-driven campaign, each mission contains varied gameplay and challenges designed to push the narrative forward. Bannermen also provides online multiplayer modes with matchmaking and ladders.