Sale27 Jun 2024Petroglyph Steam Summer Sale 2024Lock and load in the Steam Summer Sale 2024! Looking for a slice of RTS action this summer? We are putting our first-party titles on sale for the holidays. From our newest title 9-Bit Armies, with the new Survival Mode game mode, to older titles like the previous 8-Bit games and Forged Battalion. We are also putting the soundtracks on sale, so if you've been wanting to add another Frank Klepack…
Kick the tires and light the fires! We are excited to announce a new set of updates for our 8-Bit series of RTS games (8-Bit Armies, 8-Bit Hordes, 8-Bit Invaders) out now. With feedback from the community we have hunted down bugs, tuned things up and even the virtuoso Frank Klepacki has provided three new music tracks which you can experience in-game as well as in the soundtrack DLC. Some of th…
Commanders, the wait is over. Introducing 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far - the thrilling sequel to the Real-Time Strategy game 8-Bit Armies ! Venture into a world of pixelated warfare, expansive campaigns, engaging multiplayer, all in a fusion of battlefields. 🔹 Two Campaigns : Choose your side in a conflict spanning 30 missions. 🔹 Nautical Warfare : From stealthy submarines to adaptable amphibi…
We're back with a new update for the game! Over the last couple years we've been making improvements to our core RTS engine tech which has resulted in fixing a number of long-standing issues. With your help, we've retroactively applied those fixes to our 8-Bit Series which means a new update for you! As an added bonus, a new song has been added to each game which you can hear in-game and also s…
Hey all! We just wanted to say thank you to everyone that played, created, and competed over the last month to celebrate our 2nd year anniversary for 8-Bit Armies. Congratulations to all our winners of the various Steam Gift Packs and Game bundles we handed out. We hope you had as much fun as we did. Everyone should have received their goodies by now, but if you didn't please feel free to let u…
Welcome to all our new players and all our die-hard fans! We've just released a patch to re-enable harvester crushing for the original 8-Bit Armies title, something many of you remember from our launch and have asked for. Harvester crushing now works in the following way... · Multiplayer Quickmatch / Ranked games preserve the no-crushing rule for Guardian and Renegades Harvesters · Skirmish and…
We’ve just hit the second anniversary of the 8-Bit Armies launch and it’s time to celebrate! Beginning today we’re starting weekly contests with prize packages consisting of Steam gift cards and free games for players at the top of our leaderboards! Each week, the leaderboards will be reset at 5pm PST (00:00 UDT) giving everyone a fresh chance to make it into the top spots. We’ll also be drawin…
Hey everyone! Thanks for the heads up on our March Update. It seems our custom map loader in the game was disabled. That issue is now fixed as of today. ːsteamfacepalmː -8Bit.
Hey gamers! We’ve been storing up a bunch of minor fixes and performance improvements to the 8-Bit Series of games over the last few months based on your feedback and some things we've found ourselves. In general, the game should be more stable, run even faster, use a little less ram, and make multiplayer gaming a little more solid. We hope you enjoy the new update and please let us know if you…
Greetings once again! We're making a balance tweak today to fix a problem found in our last update. Thanks for all the feedback and help in identifying this issue! -8Bit BALANCE UPDATES: · GUARDIANS - HEAVY DRONE: Fixed issue with Machine Gun weapon timing that was causing the DPS to be double the intended value. · LIGHTBRINGERS - AIR ELEMENTAL: Build cost reduced to 130 (was 150), Build time r…
It's time for another balance update based on our awesome players and a little bit of internal research! Have fun and enjoy the player-sponsored tournament! -8Bit GENERAL BALANCE CHANGES · MARINES BARRACKS: Build cost reduced to 300 (was 400), Build time reduced to 15 (was 20) · MARINES HEAVY FACTORY: Build cost reduced to 575 (was 700), Build time reduced to 25 (was 30) · MARINES DRONE WORKS:…
Hey everyone! Happy Fall Update! With the seasonal change today we though it was a good time to do a balance patch, which we have been experimenting with for some time now. In addition, we also fixed (hopefully) a rare crash on startup that a few users were having. Have fun! BALANCE CHANGES: · SUPERWEAPON STRUCTURES (ALL FACTIONS): Build cost reduced to 1500 (was 2000) · DRAGON: Health reduced…
Hi everyone! We continue to monitor our multiplayer statics and read through the forums to determine if there are any corrections that need to be made to balance or the game in general. Thanks to you, we've identified a number of small tweaks that needed to be made - especially to Regent mode in multiplayer. Have fun! -8Bit PATCH NOTES: GENERAL: · Added new armor type "Neutral" to game. This wi…
Hey gang! We patched the game this afternoon to handle a weird text issue on a few of the translated languages. Nothing serious. Have fun and enjoy the holiday Americans! For the rest of ya, have fun anyway! ːsteamhappyː -8Bit
Greetings once again! As always. we review the forums and emails that come in to our support team on a regular basis. Today, we're releasing a patch to fix some smaller but still potentially annoying issues that you've reported to us. We think you'll be happy with some of these updates and just wanted to say thank you for letting us know what needed to get fixed. Once again we're very appreciat…
Alright! Time for a few balance adjustments per your feedback, and some desperately needed tweaks to one of our translated languages. First - all those balance changes. We have been watching a LOT of games, and listening to your feedback and we are really close to an even win ratio across all factions. Still, we want to keep an eye on it and ensure that nothing in the game is under or over-powe…
Hi 8-Bit Players! Today's update is just a quick maintenance release in relation to our 6 new languages (Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Turkish, Arabic, and Romanian.) These languages are now live and we are doing some testing with our localization teams to fix any visible issues. While the game is fully playable in these languages you should consider this BETA until our testing is complete. Thanks f…
Hi everyone! We have quite a few tweaks for today's patch - plus some improvements to make the game more accessible to our players in other parts of the world. Our update today includes support for 6 new languages - Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Turkish, Arabic, and Romanian. These are being released as BETA and we know there's a little more to do yet. Please send us a screenshot of any text issues…
Hey guys and gals - we've got more balance tweaks today as well as a highly requested feature we're getting in for your weekend today. After all the big updates for February (Replays, Observer Mode, Metaverse, and Arena release), we've been very focused on balance. The good news is that we're getting a nearly universal thumbs-up on the changes we've made (with your help!) We have a few more for…
It's Friday - which means it's very likely there's an update for the 8-Bit Series! Today, we're serving up a couple of fresh Multiverse Campaign Maps for everyone, and a few more quality of life improvements that we're sure you'll enjoy. Also, just a note to say thanks to everyone for your comments and reviews. We read them all and try to respond to as many as we can. Keep the feedback coming!…
Hi everyone, With the recent release of 8-Bit Armies: Arena we've seen a good influx of new players join our ranks. It's been very exciting to have so many new faces join us and we're glad to have you all on board! Now, we have even more reason to celebrate... FREE METAVERSE MODE UPGRADE FOR ALL 8-BIT HORDES PLAYERS Today's update enables METAVERSE MODE for all our 8-Bit Hordes players! Play th…
Hi all! Hope you're enjoying our new Observer and Replay modes! We are working on a few other improvements for later on this week based on feedback we've received here in the forums. Our release of the free version of 8-Bit Arena has been hard to find for some of you, so we're planning to release it as a free, separate game (not listed as a demo) so everyone that wants it can do so. Free player…
So much good stuff going on today! We are excited to release TWO new features to 8-BIT fans out there. REPLAYS AND OBSERVER MODE. Replays allow you to look through past matches that are stored on our server and get an eye on everything that happened across the battlefield. Just find the game you want, click and enjoy the show. Observer mode lets you join a game that is about ready to start or o…
We're kicking off our promise of a great February with free Metaverse Mode for all 8-Bit Armies Players! 8-Bit Hordes Players will get this new mode in a couple weeks. We also have some fixes for you that we really wanted to get into your hands before next week's big release of 8-Bit Armies: Arena. ːsteamhappyː Enjoy, and thanks for coming along with us for the ride. -8Bit MAINTENANCE UPDATES:…
Hi everyone! We have so much going on for this month that the team decided to tell you in advance all that we have planned. Check out all this cool stuff... REPLAYS AND OBSERVER MODE ARE COMING Since the release of 8-Bit Invaders, we have been working toward improving our 8-Bit series with new features you have been asking for. Game Replays and Observer Mode have been on the backburner for some…
Hi everyone! Just a quick maintenance update to bring 8-Bit Hordes into alignment with the new internal changes found in 8-Bit Invaders. What's most important about this update is that we are enabling functionality for Replays behind the scenes. In fact, starting with this build your game will begin generating replays while we continue to work on the User Interface for all 3 games. While you wo…
Whoa! Another big update with some great balance adjustments and changes to our loading screens to support all our localized languages. Enjoy! More is coming. Thanks for your support! -8Bit ːSteamhappyː GENERAL UPDATES: · Invaders Co-Op promotional event ends today. Congratulations to the thousands of players that received a free copy of 8-Bit Hordes! · Map/Mission names on the loading screen a…
Happy New Year! ːsteamhappyː After a few quick improvements for 8-Bit Invaders factions immediately after release we're now focusing on the bigger picture related to balance and functionality changes that you've made us aware of. In terms of fixes, we're really happy with everything we've knocked out in the last few days and we're excited to have you try out these latest changes. Give it a look…
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