We are so happy to finally reveal that we are working on a sequel for our strategy RPG – Blackguards 2! Blackguards 2 will stay an SRPG focussing on turn-based, strategic battles with a group of scoundrels as anti-heroes. Some of the best-known Blackguards from the first game will be part of the team again – unfortunately, their lives didn’t go very well since then. Dwarf Naurim, for example, h…
The final part of our video guide series on Blackguards has arrived! In our fourth installment we explain the various types of decisions as they appear in the game’s quests, dialogues and combats and their possible consequences. English: German: If you want to know more about Aventuria and The Dark Eye, there is also a series of lore videos by our partners from Orkenspalter, Nandurion and Uliss…
Here comes the third part of our video guide series to Blackguards. This time we cover the combat system in all explicit detail (including changes in 1.3) as well as equipment. If you wish for a better understanding of the combat rules in the game, no matter if you play the game or not, have closer look! Deutsch: <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/I5M18MK9FOY" framebo…
If you've been eagerly waiting for more content to Blackguards, then today's your day! "Untold Legends", the first DLC to Blackguards has just been released. You may pick it up directly here on Steam for a price of $5.99 / €4.99 / £3.99. All buyers of the Contributor Edition of Blackguards will get access to the content of the DLC automatically. "Untold Legends" covers Takate's backstory and wi…
We just released the biggest patch for Blackguards yet, 1.3, introducing a lot of gameplay and balance changes. These changes were made by the feedback we got from you since the release of the game – so thank you for that! We think that the changed and added features will provide big improvements for the gameplay in Blackguards and sincerely hope that you’ll agree. The patch will be applied aut…
Humiliated. Enslaved. Thrown into the dust of the arena to die. This is the heritage of Takate, native of the Moha, before he joined the Blackguards. But even now the wounds of the pasts still hurt. It's a pain that only revenge will ease. With the "Untold Legends" DLC the Blackguards will once again return and follow Takate's tracks into the darkness of his past. A past that lies in the foothi…
Hi Blackguards players, with the help of a lot of very good feedback from you - thanks for that - we have decided for some changes we would like to make to the game with next patch. Our impressions are that the communication of the ruleset / understanding the rules, being able to make choices based on detailed feedback and some re-balancing are what the game would benefit the most from. Thus, y…
Hey Blackguards players out there! We have a major game update for you right here! Along with improved balancing, some new items and better stability it'll also bring the a completely reworked Russian language for our Russian community. Want the full patch notes? Here you go: Patch 1.2 - Changelog General · Some minor bugs in cutscenes have been fixed. · Some dialogues have been fixed. · Some t…
Dear Blackguards players, all of our staff would like to say a big thank you for playing Blackguards and constantly giving feedback, especially during our Early Access phase. This is what one happy development team looks like: What we have in stores for you today should be especially interesting for people new to Blackguards and the Dark Eye ruleset: We just released the second part of our vide…
If you bought the Contributor Edition of the Game (available during Early Access only) and did not register as Contributor, yet, you should do so immediately! Contributor registrations will be ending on 0.00 a.m. PST / 8.00 a.m. CET on January 31st 2014 , as we would like to put up the final game credits - including our beloved contributors - soon. Until that date we will accept registrations i…
Dearest Blackguards community, we're very proud to announce that Blackguards' development has come to a conclusion ahead of schedule. Thus we have decided to release the game on Steam without further delay, namingly on January 22th at 5 p.m. CET / 8 a.m. PST - that's right, it's today! The final version will not only contain the expert character creation, some rebalancing and overall polishing,…
We're happy to announce that we are releasing a game demo to Blackguards some time tomorrow, which you'll be able to load and play directly via Steam. It will allow you to play the full chapter one (that's 6 to 8 hours of gameplay!) for free. The demo also contains the new expert character creation mode, that let's you create your characters more freely. Also player's will be able to use their…
With today's patch Blackguards is also available for Mac OS X! Buyers of the Early Access version can jump right into the game on their Mac systems or switch between different operating systems thanks to Steamplay. Along with the Mac release there comes a major patch that as always includes various fixes as well as adjusted game balance. Find a full list of changes in the end of this announceme…
We hope that you had a really smooth start into 2014! To make your start into the game just as smooth, we have prepared a series of video guides for you. In every video we will show and explain a special aspect of the game and its rules and give some helpful advice. The series is opened by the topic that is also the first important choice in the game: The character class selection. For those pl…
Hi there, we hope you had a great Christmas and you are now fully recovered to visit the new chapter 4 of Blackguards. And because there are always some people who have to work at New Years Eve we thougt we release the update on Sunday. And because we couldn't wait to share it with you. So have a lot of fun with this chapter and don't stop giving us your feedback. Again we did adjustments with…
New content for special editions We are proud to present you the Blackguards artbook, the soundtrack and the digital world map of the game. Owners of the Deluxe and Contributor editions now can find these files as download in their steam-game folder bonus content. On more than 140 pages for the artbook gives you interesting facts about the characters, the creatures and the environment. Then the…
In this very moments the biggest chapter to date is becoming unlocked for our Early Access audience. The third part of Blackguards is about two times as big as the first chapter was, so be prepared for a journey of epic scale! Again we are really proud of what we have achieved so far and are eager to hear your feedback, as we are still working hard on the game to shape it the way you told us. S…
We have released another patch for Blackguards just now! Changes do not include a new chapter at this time, but rather focus on improvements to the existing content. On the technical side we fixed some crashes that occured on 32-bit systems together with some stability issues. Concerning gameplay there have been some tweaking and balancing with the item prices alongside some fixes to the interf…
Hi there, we are proud to tell you that you can play chapter 2 from now on. We want to thank you very much for your detailed feedback and your bug reports. We are constantly improving the quality of the game and keep discussing your feature requests. Chapter 2 is of smaller scope than chapter one and thus will take less time to play through. This is not because we were too lazy to produce conte…
English Reddoorbluekey.com (13.11.2013) Blackguards is already the best fantasy-themed tactical combat game I’ve played since Shining Force. RPGCodex.net (13.11.2013) I swear, I haven’t had this much fun whacking enemies in turn-based combat since Knights of the Chalice. There aren't many games out there where almost every fight feels unique, challenging and genuinely fun, and Blackguards manag…
We've got some good news for you! Based on your very good feedback here on the boards, including bug reports, we've worked on Patch 1 for this Early Access phase. This update will be provided to you in about an hour (thats around 5 p.m. CET / 7 a.m. PST). We did our best to improve overall gameplay, as well as technical performance. Of course, our efforts are far from complete by now! We could…
Hi there, we just uploaded the manual in English language. You can find it directly on the steam page of the game. Below the languages on the right side. Its a pdf file of about 14 MB and you can find additional information about the game there. Have fun with the game, your Blackguards team
Deluxe and Contributor Edition: Where is my additional content? Content like the Soundtrack, the artbook, the wallpapers and the digital worldmap will come as soon as we have it ready. This will be within the next two months. We already have the developer interview finished. Please have a look at your game directory. Normally it is located here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Bla…
What can you expect from Early Access? So, either you already bought the game or you are thinking of doing so right now. Whatever may be the case for you, we would like to give you some guidance what to expect from the Early Access phase of Blackguards. What is this 'Early Access' anyway? Early Access on Steam enables enthusiastic players to play a game early and participate in the creation pro…
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