Major update26 Apr 2025Swords and Sandals III is getting a remaster!Greetings, mighty gladiators! By far one of the S&S questions I am asked most is "When are you going to do a remake of Swords and Sandals III?" (The other question I always get asked is "What's up with the S&S 2 comma glitch, was that on purpose?" - nope, that was just the work of shoddy programming!) I'm thrilled to at last be able to announce a Swords and Sandals III remaster is in the works…
Greetings gladiators! As many of you know, I'm taking a (hopefully well earned) break from the long running Swords and Sandals series to recharge and restore my creative capital. I am definitely keen to return bigger and better than ever with more gladiatorial action in the next few years, but until them I've been working away at another game dev project since May this year. Behold, Gorgon Shie…
Hey gladiators, this is a small maintainence patch for Swords and Sandals IV. When Steam updated its UI recently, it broke compatibility with the S&S Classic Collection - I've been able to fix that, let's hope this fix doesn't open the floodgate to other issues! I think it should be alright, I tested all the games and the Steam Overlay shows up again. Also a small fix for enemy gladiators in S&…
Gladiators, it's time to return to the world of Tavern Quests! One of the most requested features I've been asked over the years is for the ability to save all four human players in S&S IV. This was a major challenge to add into the game, but I've finally wrangled it together! Check out Tavern Quests, play a game with up to 4 human players and at the end of the game, all human players will be a…
Gladiator! Grab your sword, equip your sandals and take on the world in multiplayer Swords and Sandals! Brutal turn-based combat where gladiators can lose limbs, wield guitars and yell so loudly enemy heads will fall off. This is the most fun you'll ever have in the arena! After six months in development, I'm proud to announce that Swords and Sandals Immortals now has a coming soon page and tra…
Greetings gladiators! This is a patch I've been planning for the Classic Collection for quite a while. Firstly, the most controversial arena champion in all of S&S by far is the Yeti Project! So many people have asked me to nerf him ( ie to make him easier to kill ). However, many purists argued against that, preferring the challenge. Now the option is yours - before the fight, you will be appr…
Continue your journey through the Swords and Sandals archives with the bizarre, hillarious curiosity, Gross Out : Battle For Sludge Valley! As another special thank you to everyone who has bought the Classic Collection over the years, we have decided to include Gross Out : Battle For Sludge Valley in the collection! This oddity of a game was a joint project with Kryptix Entertaimnent to promote…
Begin the new year with a new addition to the Classic Collection, Swords and Sandals Mini Fighters! As a special thank you to everyone who has bought the Classic Collection over the years, we have decided to include Swords and Sandals Mini Fighters in the collection. This previously mobile-only game was originally designed as an ultra fast, slimmed down version of Swords and Sandals 2. It was r…
Good morning gladiators! One of the big complaints about the Classic Collection was that in S&S 3, you could only save one gladiator. In the old Fizzy versions, you could save up to ten, so understandably a lot of people were confused and annoyed about the restrictions on the new one. Long story short, technical issues with S&S 3 had kept me from being able to save more than one gladiator in th…
Hey everyone! Apologies for the delay in patching the Classic Collection ! I've been super busy lately, between this game, looking after my little son, maintaining the mobile versions of the games and working on the new game Spartacus , my time has just felt non-existent! Good news is there's a new patch up for the game! Here are some of the latest additions / fixes - this is for Windows only r…
Hey gladiators, I hope you're enjoying the series! I'm as always working hard to iron out as many bugs from the past as I can. Here are the latest updates: SWORDS AND SANDALS 3 · Fixed a bug where gladiators with special characters (,!,$ etc) would corrupt the save game ( You may have to clear save data from the title screen or delete your character if strange things are still happening ) · Mis…
Greetings gladiators! The latest patch has just gone live, with some love shown to S&S Crusader - sieges should be working properly now. S&S 3 was also patched. See the notes below - more patches to come this week! * SWORDS AND SANDALS CRUSADER · Fixed a bug where sieges faded to black but wouldn't progress · Fixed a bug where catapults weren't hitting towers properly · Fixed a bug on combat wh…
Hey everyone, I've just patched S&S 3 and 4 with the following fixes: Swords and Sandals III: * Fixed a bug where weapons could not be equipped * Changed things so you must unequip your weapon before equipping another * Fixed invisible weapons Swords and Sandals IV: * Fixed invisible equipment bug * Fixed a bug where weapons could not be equipped * Changed things so you must unequip your weapon…
Hey everyone! I've just patched the following games in the Classic Collection: Swords and Sandals III · Fixed a bug where gladiators with dual wield skill couldn't equip weapons in their off hand · Added a short musical interlude on the Arena Champion Pillars Screen Swords and Sandals IV · Sped up transitions (fade to white) between menus · Main Menu buttons appear faster · Fixed a bug where mu…
Hey all, some early buyers of the game have reported there was a missing executable file in the game and nothing could be played. Apologies for the stuff up - there was an error (my fault) in the Steam build upload process. Try downloading the game again and it should work. Thank you so much for buying S&S Classic, we truly hope you enjoy the games. Cheers, Oliver Joyce Whiskeybarrel Studios
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