Tag Archives: The Banner Saga

Tue, Feb 26, 2013 | 01:51 GMT

The Banner Saga: Factions out now

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The Banner Saga: Factions is out now on Steam. It’s a free-to-play, multiplayer spin-off to story-driven single-player RPG The Banner Saga, the product of a couple of former BioWare staffers at Stoic Games expected later this year. The turn-based strategy affair is getting hammered by launch interest, so be patient while you wait your turn.

Sat, Feb 02, 2013 | 21:52 GMT

The Banner Saga’s story will be determined via conversation and travel decisions

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Stoic Studio has updated its Kickstarter page for The Banner Saga with a lengthy entry regarding how combat, conversation and travel will tie together the branching storylines in the single-player portion.

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Tue, Nov 20, 2012 | 05:39 GMT

The Banner Saga: Factions now in beta

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The Banner Saga: factions is now in beta, and you can get on board the turn-based strategy RPG. Find out how and check out five minutes of gameplay footage through the break.

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Thu, Oct 04, 2012 | 02:04 BST

The Banner Saga happy to “ruffle feathers” the way AAA can’t

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The ex-BioWare staffers at Stoic Games are enjoying the freedom to experiment with the kind of consequential gameplay mechanics traditionally published triple-A games can’t risk.

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Tue, Oct 02, 2012 | 19:12 BST

The Banner Saga panel video discusses beta, Factions, development process

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The Banner Saga has a new panel video available which discusses the upcoming beta, the motion capture process with some of the Kickstarter backers, a work-in-progress score by Austin Wintory, and the combat system.

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Tue, Feb 26, 2013 | 01:49 GMT

Banner Saga Factions to release in early November on PC and Mac

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Banner Saga Factions, the free-to-play multiplayer game by Stoic Studio, will arrive on PC and Mac in early November, the developers have announced.

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Tue, Feb 26, 2013 | 01:49 GMT

The Banner Saga dev blog shows first combat field

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Until now we’d mostly seen character and landscape assets from the ex-BioWare team behind indie strategy RPG The Banner Saga. Behold: an in-game screenshot.

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Tue, Feb 26, 2013 | 01:49 GMT

Kickstarter for The Banner Saga ends with $723,886 pledged

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Stoic Studio’s round of Kickstarter funding for The Banner Saga has ended with $723,886 pledged by 20,042 backers.

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Wed, Mar 21, 2012 | 01:45 GMT

The Banner Saga fully funded in under 48 hours

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The ex-BioWare staffers behind The Banner Saga have been given a vote of approval by the Internet massive, scoring over $100,000 in crowd funding.

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Wed, Mar 07, 2012 | 21:40 GMT

The Banner Saga is “DOTA for the turn-based crowd”

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The ex-SWTOR developers at Stoic Games have a quite unusual take on strategy gameplay lined up for first effort The Banner Saga.

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Tue, Feb 21, 2012 | 22:05 GMT

“Why wouldn’t you” go indie, ex-BioWare dev asks

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After working at one of the most respected and successful developers in the world, the three ex-BioWare staffers at Stoic Games are happy to be independent.

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Sun, Feb 19, 2012 | 23:00 GMT

Ex-SWTOR developers reveal The Banner Saga

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What do you do after making one of the biggest games of the year? You make the game you want to play: The Banner Saga.

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