TaleWorlds News

Free DLC Pack with Patch 1.130

8/26/2010 10:50:48 AM

Version 1.130 for M&B Warband has been released. You can download the upgrade patch on our download page. The changelog is:

Features and Gameplay:
3 Amazingly awesome multiplayer maps:

NEW! Forest Hideout: Perfect for team play modes like TDM, CTF, and Conquest.
NEW! The Arena: The go to place for battle, deathmatch, and duel modes.
NEW! Jammeyyed Castle: A unique siege in the desert.

M&B: Warband Japanese Release!!!

8/11/2010 9:05:33 AM

August 26th marks the day that Mount & Blade: Warband heads to the land of the rising sun!

Please take a look at our Japanese partner's website here

M&B Warband version 1.127

7/23/2010 4:38:42 AM

Version 1.127 for M&B Warband has been released. You can download the upgrade patch on our download page. The changelog is:

Features and Gameplay:

Content Additions:

NEW! By community demand Duel mode is being introduced into multi-player. You can now partake in 1 on 1 protected duels.
NEW! Server setting to disallow ranged weapons, get rid of pesky archers with one click!
NEW! Two new horse armors have been added for Steppe and Sarranid factions.

Gameplay:

Bow accuracy has been rebalanced, higher tier bows are even better, with low tiers being slightly more inaccurate.
AI Bots in multi-player have been changed to be more difficult in dedicated servers.
Economy balance is somewhat tied to campaign difficulty setting.
Minor Khergit troop stat changes.
Knock down chances have been reduced.

Fixes:

AI is no longer able to hit allied horses in single player.
A minor bug in the spy meeting quest has been fixed.
Links to finished quests will no longer appear in other notes.
Several new and useful operations have been added for modders.
Some shield banners have been fixed for multi-player.
Various other fixes for non English packs.
Various other bug fixes.

M&B Warband version 1.126

7/7/2010 8:45:30 AM

Version 1.126 for M&B Warband has been released. You can download the upgrade patch on our download page. The changelog is:

Features and Gameplay:

NEW! Gameplay features have been added, now players have the ability to build production houses that produce valuable goods such as iron, wine, velvet and more. The building of production houses is accessible through guild masters in towns. Also players may visit these newly modeled scenes via the town menu.
New Swadian houses have been added to major Swadian towns.
New, AI Behavior enables more realistic AI lord behaviors, such as AI lords collecting taxes.
Campaign difficulty has been rebalanced, hard mode is now even more challenging with AI lords recruiting troops faster.
Economy parameters such as taxes from fiefs and raiding outcomes, have been balanced.
The Khergit faction has been given some much needed love and as a result has had their troops and items rebalanced.
Khergits get modified hats and steppe armor instead of leather vests in multi-player.
Man-hunters and high tier slaver troops have been given an overhaul and have top tier troops equal to other top tier army troops.
Weapons that cannot be used to block can now do feint attacks.
All items from hammers to warhammers and spiked clubs to iron maces now have knockdown capabilities.

Technical:

New flags for items are added and new operations are defined to give more freedom to modders.
Out of memory errors while rendering are now handled more properly.
Fixed a bug that caused AI lords to have too many high level troops.
Several bug fixes to the level editor.
Lots of other bug fixes and some healthy re-balancing/improvements in both single and multi-player modes.

Warband Nations Cup has commenced!

6/29/2010 10:36:33 AM

That's right Warband fans, the first ever international medieval multi-player tournament has commenced.

19 countries will face off in a furious round-robin style tournament to determine which country is deadliest!

Good Luck to all the teams and check here for updated scores!

M&B Warband version 1.123

6/16/2010 7:44:05 AM

Version 1.123 for M&B Warband has been released. You can download the upgrade patch on our download page. The changelog is:

Multi-player:

Dedicated server list has been revamped and several game filters are now operational.
Fixed bug where some players were unable to join multiplayer games.
Character turning cap has been made tighter.
The code for finding spawn locations has been moved from scripts to native code, making dedicated servers run smoother.

Single-player:

AI that is following their leader as a tactic now switches to charge when the leader dies.
Item stat display improved in inventory screen.
Retreat order is now operational.
Fixed a critical bug causing occasional crashes.
Tax efficiency has been reduced in easy Campaign difficulty setting.
Kidnapped girl staying on party when quest aborts is fixed.
Village prosperity texts are shown only when the player is the owner.
Fixed bug where hit point loss during a tournament was not cleared at the end of the round.
Player no longer has to pay for staying at vassal's castles.
Prisoner and castle guards are spawned correctly in towns in player's domain.
Surrendering no longer delivers you permanent stat damage.
Player caravans are now stronger.
Player party name change bug is fixed.
Allies' shields can no longer be damaged by friendly fire.
A cut-scene is now shown at weddings.

Both:

The method for calculating damage when your attack connects too soon or too late has been changed.
AI now moves back more effectively in combat to control distance.
Some polearm attack animations have been redone.
Some troop stats and equipment have been rebalanced.
New key combination added to hide overlay mesh (Ctrl + o).
Left-right and up-down keys now cancel each other (instead of one key always overriding another).
Characters now have softer shadows.
The models for several items and weapons have been redone.
Camera raycast direction fix for dungeon-like places.

General:

A ton of other bug fixes and improvements.

German review of Warband at FM4

5/28/2010 10:53:42 AM

Rainer Sigl von FM4 hat einen ausgezeichneten beitrag zu Mount & Blade:Warband geschrieben.

Bitte klicken sie hier, um zu lesen.

German media site FM4 has posted their review of M&B:Warband, its short and sweet and gives mention to the 1866 Wildwest mod.

GamePro AU Interview

5/25/2010 4:49:40 AM

If you love interviews as much as we do, then check out GamePro Australia's interview with us!

Click 'er mate

Irrompibles' Warband Review en Espanol!

5/14/2010 4:53:34 AM

Irrompibles ha acaba de publicar su evaluacion maravilloso de Mount & Blade:Warband

Haga click aqui para leer, ahora!

Argentinian gaming site 'Unbreakable' has just posted an amazing review of M&B:Warband, the review is in Spanish, but well worth a read nonetheless.

Live Interview with Armagan Monday May 10th

5/7/2010 12:33:33 PM

This just in! Strategy Informer will be hosting a one of a kind Live chat interview with questions from the fans on Monday May 10th!

Mark it down if you want to ask Armagan questions!

2pm GMT +1

GameShark Editor's Choice Review

5/4/2010 11:19:29 AM

GameShark has given M&B:Warband their prestigious Editor's Choice award.

Find out why, here!

Giantbomb Warband video feature!

5/4/2010 11:12:22 AM

The crazy guys over at GiantBomb have posted a "Quick Look" video feature of M&B:Warband.

Have a gander!

Alltern8's Warband Review

5/3/2010 5:11:40 AM

Alltern8 the site that is "redefining the online community" has posted their review of M&B: Warband.

You know the drill, click right here!

GameReactor Video Review

4/30/2010 8:50:14 AM

GameReactor has just made a video review of M&B:Warband.

Watch it here!

Gamespot Review of Warband

4/28/2010 8:41:09 AM

GameSpot has post their review of M&B:Warband.

Read it here!

EuroGamer Italy Review Posted

4/28/2010 8:35:42 AM

Eurogamer ha pubblicato la loro recensione del Mount & Blade:Warband!

Clicca qui per legerre

Eurogamer Italy has posted a review of M&B:Warband and they seem to have liked it a lot!

A few excerpts for those of you who don't speak Italian:

"Calradia is a real living world where you can forge your destiny"

"An entire life time is not enough to play Warband's engrossing single player mode, not to mention multiplayer is truly epic!"

"One of the best representations of an alternative virtual life since Ultima VII"

M&B Warband version 1.113

4/22/2010 9:30:59 AM

Version 1.113 for M&B Warband has been released. You can download the upgrade patch on our download page. The changelog is:

Fixed a bug that caused crashes when fading out characters take damage.
Reduced the probability of AI characters chasing after retreating enemies when someone else is already doing so.
Sound initialization is updated.
Some other bug-fixes.

M&B Warband version 1.112

4/21/2010 12:24:32 PM

Version 1.112 for M&B Warband has been released. You can download the upgrade patch on our download page. The changelog is:

Initial party size limit is extended by 20.
Shield blocking is updated: Fixed bug where shields didn't protect against missiles shot from above.
AI pathfinding is updated, and lots of weird behaviors are fixed.
AI troops that seldomly spawn with shields bug is fixed.
Retreat simulation in battles now damages the enemy even if player is knocked down.
Models and lengths are updated for some of the weapons.
Characters who have been killed now soak up attacks for a short while.
Incorrect coloring of heraldic mails is fixed.
Fixed a bug where throwing weapons couldn't be used as melee weapons on horseback.
Some of the multiplayer maps' glitches are fixed.
Mount&Blade Warband directory is added under My Documents folder. Some of the editable files are moved to there for ease of access.
Rendering performance is increased slightly.
Removed memory leaks from dedicated servers.
Many other bug-fixes.

GamersGlobal.de Review!

4/21/2010 3:44:33 AM

GamersGlobal has posted an extensive review of M&B:Warband.

As always click the link to read.

Game Almighty Crit Hit Review!

4/20/2010 8:13:32 AM

Game Almighty has posted their review for M&N:Warband

Find out why Warband is a "Critical Hit" here!

Computer Games RO Review

4/20/2010 8:09:31 AM

Computer Games RO has posted their review of M&B:Warband

Read it here

M&B Warband version 1.111

4/16/2010 1:15:23 PM

Version 1.111 for M&B Warband has been released. You can download the upgrade patch on our download page. The changelog is:

Fixed bug introduced in version 1.110 which caused problems with pathfinding on some maps.
Fixed occasional crashes on the map screen.
One handed swing animations on horseback changed.
Splash screens added when exiting the game in trial mode.
Links to various online and retail stores added to the trial window.

M&B Warband version 1.110

4/15/2010 12:47:50 PM

Version 1.110 for M&B Warband has been released. You can download the upgrade patch on our download page. Here's the changelog:

New Game option to set Campaign AI to easy, normal or difficult
NPC soldiers should now climb siege ladders without problem.
There is now a chance player companions will not fall prisoner with you when you are defeated.
The game will no longer crash if you move all your prisoner into a castle.
AI weapon selection improved.
AI will no longer equip two shields.
Your companions who are prisoners at a faction's castles are now set free when peace is declared.
Party skill bonuses are now calculated correctly.
Fixed slashing through your horse and buildings using hafted blades on horseback.
Added max_number_of_connections option to rgl_config.txt. Players who have difficulty receiving server list from internet can lower the default value (64) to 20 or so.
Number of maximum bandit parties reduced by 15%.
Added Chinese language option (Simplified and Traditional).
Many other bug-fixes.

M&B:Warband Video Overview in German.

4/15/2010 5:36:58 AM

Come see this extensive video overview of Mount and Blade Warband from German gaming site GamersGlobal.de.

Kommen Sie und sehen Sie dieses umfangreichen Blick auf Mount and Blade: Warband. Dieses Video ist von GamersGlobal.de

Click Here to watch now, Klicken sie hier, um zu sehen!

Strategy Informer Review

4/14/2010 11:22:31 AM

Another day another review of Warband!

Click here to read Strategy Informer's review.

IGN's review of M&B:Warband has gone up

4/14/2010 11:18:20 AM

IGN has posted their review of Mount & Blade Warband.

Hit the link the check it out

Live Interview with Paradox Interactive's Mattias Lilja

4/12/2010 11:10:00 AM

Starting at 1PM GMT on Tuesday, they'll be talking all things Warband, so make sure to visit Strategy Informer!

Hooked Gamers Review

4/12/2010 8:22:56 AM

Hooked Gamers has posted a review of M&B:Warband

Click here to read it

Game Reactor Review

4/12/2010 4:35:43 AM

Game Reactor has posted their review of M&B:Warband.

Hit the link to check it out

New video exclusives on GameTrailers.com

4/9/2010 5:32:17 AM

New video featurettes have gone up on GameTrailers.com

Click here to view them

Elder Geek Review

4/8/2010 7:37:09 AM

Elder-Geek.com has posted a review of M&B:Warband.

Click here to check it out.

Gamers Nexus Review

4/3/2010 7:38:10 AM

Gamers Nexus has posted one of the 1st reviews for Warband. Click the link to check it out.

Mount&Blade Warband Released!

3/30/2010 2:22:44 PM

TaleWorlds Entertainment is proud to release the newest game in the Mount&Blade Series, Mount&Blade Warband.

You can buy Mount&Blade Warband directly from TaleWorlds Store by clicking here.

You can download the game from here.

Two new exclusive videos from Gametrailers.com

3/30/2010 12:36:49 PM

Two new exclusive Mount and Blade Warband tutorials were released at Gametrailers.com

Trading and Pillaging Walkthrough
Siege Warfare Walkthrough

Go see them and feel free to share your thoughts on our forums, here.

Exclusive Warband Getting Started Tutorial!

3/26/2010 10:06:36 AM

"From small beginnings to destiny..."
Gametrailers.com will be releasing a series of exclusive Mount and Blade Warband video tutorials. Click here for the first "Getting Started" video!

Paradox Interactive will be showcasing WarBand in GDC'10!

3/8/2010 3:18:20 AM

Paradox Interactive will be featuring the playable demo version of Mount and Blade WarBand on Game Developers Conference '10 through March 9 to 13. Read the official press release, here.

Mount and Blade at social networking apps!

2/17/2010 6:59:59 AM

Mount and Blade news and activities are now on Twitter and Facebook!
Check out Mount and Blade on Twitter to get the latest on Warband BETA progress and visit the Facebook group to further socialize with fellow players around the globe and take part in online events.

Weddings in WarBand - Paradox Interactive Convention

2/12/2010 8:08:47 AM

In anticipation of Valentine's Day, Armagan describes how different notions of marriage play a role in WarBand. Watch the video here...

WarBand Interview - Paradox Interactive Convention

2/12/2010 5:49:05 AM

ParadoxPlaza has posted a new interview of Armagan taken during the Paradox Interactive Convention where he shares more information on Warband's Multiplayer features.

WARBAND will be released on 30.03.2010 !

2/2/2010 9:15:13 AM

TaleWorlds proudly announces that the next installment of the Mount and Blade universe is going to be released on March 30th.

Mount&Blade Warband Video Contest Winners!

1/29/2010 9:45:22 AM

We are thrilled by the awesome response for the first Mount and Blade Video Competition.

All entries were very fun to watch and we had alot of difficulty in selecting winners. But after some discussion we chose the following wonderful videos as winners:

3rd place: Matthews - Intro Video:Siege
2nd place: PsykoOps - Mercenary's death
1st place: Damon - War never stops in Calradia

Many thanks to all the competitors