1C Company and developer Destructive Creations have announced the release date for Ancestors Legacy.
The historical tactical real-time strategy game will launch on May 22nd across PC and Xbox One. The PC version will be released worldwide through digital stores like Steam, as well as via a retail boxed version in select countries. The Xbox One version is exclusive to the Xbox Games Store.
A multiplayer open beta is planned for the PC version, and is now available. All four nation factions from the game are in the beta, as well as three maps ranging in size from two to six players. You can also play with bots.
Here is an overview of the game, via 1C Company:
Take command of your army as you storm through medieval Europe in an extensive series of campaigns. Choosing one of the four available nations – Viking, Anglo-Saxon, German, Slav – you will be tasked with more than just conquering, raiding and pillaging enemy camps, villages and towns. Only by utilizing the full range of available tactical options, taking strategic advantage of the environment, and managing your temporary bases and settlements, will you emerge victorious.
Ancestors Legacy is a history-inspired real-time strategy game influenced by historical events in the Middle Ages. The game combines resource management and base building with large-scale, squad-based battles across vast battlefields, all rendered in great detail thanks to the Unreal Engine 4 tech. Experience medieval bloodshed like never before, thanks to the cinematic action camera that puts you right in the middle of the battle at the press of a button.
Key Features:
- 4 playable nations in an extensive single player campaign inspired by historical events.
- Various modes of intense multiplayer battles.
- Advanced tactical options combining the use of terrain, experience and morale.
- Cinematic battle camera view puts you right in the center of the action.
- Outstanding visual fidelity powered by Unreal Engine 4.
- Streamlined resource management and village construction.
