British game developer BULKHEAD recently announced that its shooting game “Battalion 1944” will not be able to enter the home console platform due to the end of its publishing cooperation with Square Enix. Free operation.
“Battalion 1944” is a World War II multiplayer online first-person shooter game developed by BULKHEAD in 2016 through Kickstarter group funding. Later, the official version was launched in 2019. Due to the main focus on the European and American markets, the connection quality of players in Asia is relatively unstable, and the overall evaluation of the game on Steam is mixed.
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Perhaps due to the lack of updated content and the loss of players in the later stage of the game, Square Enix and BULKHEAD ended the publishing cooperation, and also terminated the plan to release the home console version of “Battalion 1944”, while BULKHEAD is determined to start a new chapter and will launch “Battalion 1944” in a free operation mode. Battalion: Legacy.
according toOfficial Announcement“Battalion: Legacy” will be the final update version of “Battalion 1944”, the game will bring more than 30 new weapons such as the latest faction “British” and Lee Enfield rifles (Lee Enfield), while the most existing games The content mode and UI interface have been renovated and adjusted, and the connection mode such as the private server lobby has been introduced.
Although the official did not say whether “Battalion: Legacy” will open a new store page on Steam, but according to the currentOfficial website “Play for Free” linkthe imported website is still the Steam “Battalion 1944” store page, so it is speculated that the game will be renamed “Battalion: Legacy”.
World War II shooting “Battalion: Legacy” is expected to be officially launched on August 16 overseas time (Taiwan time should be 17), the game will be free to operate, interested players can pay attention to “Battalion: Legacy”Official website。