Mount and Blade Warband for Xbox one and PS4 Announced last week at Gamescom 2016!

     Last week, The Mount and Blade team visited Cologne to attend Gamescom 2016! the world's largest gaming event. While there, they showed off Bannerlord to press and players from around the world, and released a video demonstrating our Siege Defense Gameplay (below), This Gameplay is absolutely amazing and truly demonstrates how far advanced The Taleworlds team is in strategy combat game making compared to most of the game making community! 


     In addition to an amazing gameplay video of the new Bannerlord, Taleworlds have announced that Warband will be releasing on Xbox One and PS4, this September 16th. This marks Their first soiree into the world of consoles and they are very excited for Mount & Blade to be reaching a whole host of new players!

"To offer extra bit of Bannerlord information, for those eagerly anticipating our upcoming title, we appeared on GameStar's livestream at the event, to present some extended game play, which shows the campaign elements of a Siege and highlights the variety of choice presented to players in the game. The video features commentary from our CEO and Founder, Armagan Yavuz, who talks through diplomacy, the battles and more." Basically they are going to show you more of the game paly, and show more examples of choices you will have to make within the game!

Watch the recording right here: 

This video was great and showed us all some more in depth features, but what the said next might be a little disappointing about the release date.... :(  in quotes below-

"Hopefully you enjoyed our videos and announcements from the event. We look forward to showing off more of Bannerlord in the future... although we haven't announced a release date just yet, we are working very hard on the game and can't wait to put it in the hands of the players!"  

     It is wonderful that they are spending so much time to make the game perfect, and that they continue to release more content as they create more to keep us players updated, but how much longer before the game is released? lol we may never know, but I know that some of you can at least look forward to the new Warband game coming to PS4 and Xbox one!

Top 5 Mods in Warband

A work in progress for the top 5 mods in Warband!

1. Anno domini-      

mod for Mount&Blade Warband set in 13th century Europe during the Crusades and Mongol Invasions. The game starts in March 1257AD, and is historically accurate to that point. From there, the player shapes the world with his/her actions, with the ability to let the Crusades or Mongols succeed at invading all of Asia and Europe.

2. A clash of Kings-   
For Mount and Blade: Warband 1.166. Based on "A Song of Ice and Fire" Features more graphic improvements and game improvements than i could ever describe. by George R. R. Martin.

3. Perisno-          is a total conversion slight fantasy mod based in the fictional land of Perisno. Only you can get a feel of what it is really like. Battle nasty minor factions, encounter unexpected events, and discover unique opportunities! Seek total domination or support another Lord in the rise of their kingdom.
Enter... and you may never return.

Perisno is a low fantasy setting with Elves, Dwarves, and (soon) Giants. There are some mythological creatures and magic, though magic is out of the player's reach. You can also choose to wield powerful relics like the mighty Flamebringer!

Bannerlord - a diamond Or a floppy magikarp?

     Mount and Blade Bannerlord is one head itching game when it comes to an official release date, and a true gem among all strategy role playing games. The possibilities of relationships, good and bad deeds, and character development are endless -.- .  But!!!! But is this game going to reallllyyyy be as big a success as it is worth??? This game has taken the creators an inmense amount of time to make it perfect! Like I am talking MULTIPLE times they pushed the game's release date back to increase the players expirience graphic, mechanical, and

6 New Board Games coming To Bannerlord!

New board game features will be coming to Mount&Blade 2 Bannerlord. 6 Board Games to be exact! Board Games will pose a new way for players to earn money in Mount&Blade, as opposed to the old method of wining tournaments in Warband, or fighting some poor sorry drunk in Fire&Sword for a mere 50 denars; or killing him for his sword as a reward to pawn! No; now for those who think they can put their mental skills to the test, with a sack full of denars on the table, can do so. I am looking forward to this new feature, with possibility of maybe even small side quests that will raise your relations with a town, lord, or lady. Such as in Warband were winning the tournament raised your relations with that city.

In fact its not only the board game that is changing but the culture of each district is different with the Tavern in each village full of musicians and.... well ill just share with you what Taleworlds had to say -

"The tavern seen here shows how lively and appealing scenes have become in Bannerlord, with NPCs sitting, drinking, interacting with one another and going about their business. In this tavern, there is a musician playing and a game host in the corner, with whom you can bet money on the custom board games which we have introduced. Each of the game's six cultures has their own boardgame, originally designed but inspired by real historical games. These can also be played with ladies and lords, as well as other NPCs in the game for role-playing and diplomatic purposes.

Siege Weapons in Bannerlord

News on new siege weapons that are going to be available in Bannerlord-
 Taleworlds has said the siege weapons shown in new footage are all fully controllable by players and AI, and their placement is controlled via a deployment screen. You can change orders of their placement and movement during battle, which is important if you’ve made a mistake about the terrain, which will be much more varied this time around.

 Strategy appears to play a huge roll in Mount&Blade 2 Bannerlord, more than ever before. No more just charging into battle. You will be forced to stratagize this time around. Castle and villages are now integrated and will be managed from the same menus. Players and AI alike will modify and expand their settlements, and players will need to make work assignments to pursue construction and production projects. These new updates explain the years of waiting for Bannerlord, and will prove worth while.

Glitch to Godlike Character in Warband

GLITCHES


Create a godlike character

1. Start the game with any character history choices you want, this person isn't important, or use an old one from a previous save

2. once you are in control open the character sheet and click Statistics in the bottom left

3. Click Export character

4. open "computer>Local disk>Users>"the name you use">Documents>mount & blade warband>Characters and open the text file to be edited

Mount and Blade Warband Cheats and Cheat Codes

Mount and Blade Warband Cheats, Hope it helps!

On the Game Launcher, select Configuration and then check the "Enable Cheats" box. The gold cheat only works in the inventory screen, the health cheat only works in battle, the instant kill cheat only works in battle, the see everything on the map cheat only works on the map screen, the AI take over character cheat only works in battle, the add 1000 XP cheat only works in the character screen.

Ctrl + ~ (then type in 'cheatmenu' no '')	Activate Cheat Menu (allows for a multitude of cheats including adding items and improving relations[also some debug features])
CTRL+F5	AI takes over you character in battles
CTRL+H	Completely heals you
CTRL+Shift+H	Completely heals your horse
CTRL+F3	Damage yourself
Ctrl + ~ (then type in 'nocheatmenu' no '')	Deactivate Cheat Menu
Ctrl + space	Fast Forward waiting at map
CTRL+X	Gives experience to the selected party member
CTRL+X	Gives you 1000 XP in the character screen
CTRL+W	Greatly increases all of your weapon proficiencies
CTRL+X	In the inventory it gives you 1000 Gold
Ctrl+Alt+F4	Knock unconscious all enemy troops
Ctrl+Shift+F4	Knocks out all enemies zoomed into. (Holding shift and looking at)
Ctrl+Shift+F6	Knocks out all of your troops
Ctrl+F6	Knocks out one of your troops
CTRL+F4	Knocks unconscious an enemy after a number of presses
CTRL+T	Let's you see everything except hideouts on the World Map
Shift + L	Level Up
CTRL+Left Click	On the World Map, teleports your party to where you click
CTRL + F9	Slow Motion (Press again to turn on or off)
Ctrl + F11	Stop the time at battle
Ctrl + Left Click	Upgrade all available units to that path.

40 Minutes Gameplay on the new Bannerlord happening at PC Gamer Weekender

40 minutes of Mount&Blade 2 Bannerlord gameplay will be happening at 'PC Gamer Weekender' !

on February 19, 2016 Taleworlds Entertainment announced that in March, two of Taleworlds members will be Heading to London to take place in PC Gamer Weekender.

This is a new event and will be hosted by PC Gamer magazine. there will be a huge variety of games, sessions, tournaments and workshops to play, watch, and get involved with! Some of the awesomeness available is  Dark Souls III pre-release, play Total WAR: WARHAMMER over a month before its release,  Resident Evil spin-off Umbrella Corps, along with 50+ other playable games!

The Point of Taleworlds going to the event is that they will be demonstrating 40 minuets of gameplay of the new, and upcoming Bannerlord! Those 40 minuets will consist of unseen gameplay live on stage. 

Mount&Blade 2 Bannerlord Factions

     A very basic overview of type of troops in each faction

• Calradic Empire is where the Players find themselves involved at the beginning of the game. The Empire's military has been honed throughout the generations and is a force to be reckoned with, employing cataphracts and spearmen along with archers to devastating effect.

• Vlandians are a feudal state that specializes in heavy cavalry. 

• Sturgians inhabit the northern woodlands and specialize in producing axe-men and swordsmen. 

• Aserai inhabit the less inhabited deserted lands of Calradia and use footmen and horsemen in battle. 

• Khuzaits are a "steppe tribe?" and make heavy use of horse archery. 

• Battanians are famed for their marksmanship as archers throughout Calradia. This Faction seems to remind me of the Nords and would be very beneficial in defending your castle's during a siege!

Napoleonic Wars Factions

France

France emblem in Mount&Blade Warband Napoleonic Wars

Led by Napoleon Bonaparte, the French Empire in 1812 was the most powerful continental state in Europe. In Mount and Blade Napoleonic Wars you can take the side of this fancy talking world power and fight as a soldier and siege castles with fancy rants by constantly pressing the "C" button on your keyboard to shout out french.
In 1812 the French armies fought all across the continent - from the mountains of Portugal to the steppes of Russia. The French tricolour was already raised over Berlin, and Vienna has been captured - for the first time in the city’s history. All major European nations have already suffered defeats against Bonaparte’s Grande Armée, but the widely stretched French nation is now literally surrounded by the enemies. France will have to battle against the whole of Europe. Again...











United Kingdom

United Kingdom emblem in Mount&Blade Warband Napoleonic Wars

Who doesn't want to run around with one of the koolist flags ever made while killing enemies with colorful uniforms?  British are constantly expanding and strengthening their influence over the world. However, to become the world’s dominant power, Britain first need to get rid of her most dangerous enemy- Imperial France. Britannia rules the oceans with war ships on a massive scale, but France still dominates the continent, something London refuses to tolerate.

Bartering Skill

A new Bartering skill is coming to Mount&Blade 2 Bannerlord!. I have taken this info from some of Taleworlds Entertainment's blogs and put it all together! The picture below is the new Bartering screen."The right hand side presents a list of things the player can offer towards the deal, and the left hand side shows what the player can demand from the other party. This is a simple system that makes deals easy to create and view, with other players items available for barter as well.

The satisfaction-meter in the middle demonstrates the other party's willingness to accept the deal and so is the key indicator for the player, when we put together a barter offer the Satisfaction changes as we add and remove items into the offer. It is also affected by other factors such as player skills and relation to the character -and especially- the needs of the other party!. Certain goods and arrangements have different values for different NPCs. For example, setting free a character who is held prisoner may be worth quite a lot to the prisoner's family and to a lesser extent, other NPCs in the same faction, while this may be of essentially no value to characters who are completely unrelated. Capture their family and friends and i'm sure you will have lots of trade ground to stand on :D

Mount and Blade 2 audio improvements

Taleworlds new game will consist of songs specially made for each faction in Bannerlord. The music was carefully researched on what type of music would be played during the 600 - 1200 ad times in order to give it a more authentic feel. Taleworlds Entertainment took no shortcuts this time around and have even went and got real instrument players of some strange instruments i never seen before! 
I can tell just how awesome the new soundtracks will sound by reading it on Taleworlds feed!

Mount&Blade 2 Bannerlord

Mount and Blade 2 Bannerlord

     Mount and Blade 2 Bannerlord is the new, upcoming medieval action role-playing game, developed by "TaleWorlds Entertainment." The game was announced in 2012. It is a prequel to Mount & Blade: Warband. The game's release date is scheduled for some time in 2016. The game is set 200 years before Mount & Blade: Warband. It takes place during the decline of the Calradian Empire and occurs during the formation of the Kingdoms that appear in the previous games. The Calradian Empire and its downfall are analogous to the Roman Empire's fall and the formation of the early European kingdoms. The armor, weapons and architecture are all inspiration from 600 to 1200 A.D

Improvements

Mount and Blade 2 Banerlord's graphics are going to be overhauled with new shaders, better character models, and improved ai! - Artificial intelligence- Most of the improvements are being made based off of player comments and critiques of Mount and Blade Warband! We all know that there was a list the size of Santa's of problems. The most annoying one to me was your troops blocking your path and not being able to move thru them! But now we will be able to stroll right thru our lines of men without worry of being but humped in some corner by your 30+ Nord Worriers during a castle siege... True story -.-

Factions

"The factions in Bannerlord are ancestral to those of Warband, and will have some of their descendant faction's traits." There will also be some minor bandit and Calvary factions that you can join during your exploration of Imperial Calradia! 

• Calradic Empire is where the Players find themselves involved at the beginning of the game. The Empire's military has been honed throughout the generations and is a force to be reckoned with, employing cataphracts and spearmen along with archers to devastating effect. 

• Vlandians are a feudal state that specializes in heavy cavalry. 

• Sturgians inhabit the northern woodlands and specialize in producing axe-men and swordsmen. 

• Aserai inhabit the less inhabited deserted lands of Calradia and use footmen and horsemen in battle. 

• Khuzaits are a "steppe tribe?" and make heavy use of horse archery. 

• Battanians are famed for their marksmanship as archers throughout Calradia. This Faction seems to remind me of the Nords and would be very beneficial in defending your castle's during a siege!