For about a week now players have been able to check out the first battles of the turn-based RPG Blackguards for themselves. But the game’s developer, Daedalic Entertainment, has even more content prepared for early players. A camera team visited Senior Producer Kai Fiebig and his band of blackguardly developers in the Daedalic Dungeons. Their loot: A most interesting Developer Diary.
The result is part of Blackguards’ Early Access Deluxe and Contributors Edition. The following video shows some parts of the Developer Diaries:’
Why have the Adventure game experts of Daedalic decided to enter the field of turn-based RPG now? What obstacles did they have to overcome? And especially: How did they create their own, fresher version of Aventuria – the world of The Dark Eye and its monsters? The answers to these and other questions are given in the Developer Diaries, available in Blackguard’s Early Access Deluxe and Contributors Edition on Steam.
Early Access allows players to play the first chapters of Blackguards three months before the official release and to have a chance to influence the development process, through their feedback based on pre-release builds.
Blackguards will be published chapter by chapter while in Early Access. As of now, the first part of the game is available. All five chapters will be made available in the upcoming weeks.
Daedalic Entertainment offers several packages for interested Early Access participants. In all cases, players will secure access to the final version of Blackguards by paying a lower price as when purchasing the game after its official release.
Additionally, they have the opportunity to buy exclusive extras that will only be available before the official release.
For $24.99, players receive the Standard Early Access Edition of Blackguards, including all chapters for PC at their earliest availability, and the full PC & Mac version of the game after the official release. For $34.99, players receive the Blackguards Early Access Deluxe Edition, an approx. 150 page artbook, and access to developer interview videos and six exclusive wallpapers.
For $49.99, the Blackguards Early Access Contributor Edition additionally includes an appearance of the buyer’s name within the game’s credits, as well as the first Blackguards DLC and a copy of the The Dark Eye point & click adventure Chains of Satinav for free.
All additional contents will be accessible once they’ve been completed.
The official release of Blackguards is scheduled for late January 2014. The game will be available for PC & Mac, priced €39.99, further local prices to be announced.
Official Website: http://www.blackguards.de
Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/249650
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