Should you be looking to get involved with a new first person slasher, then Chivalry 2 should be pinging off your radar. Even more so as today we see those behind it confirming that not only will the game be coming to Xbox One, PS4 and PC, but it’ll find a home on Xbox Series X and PS5 too – with knights on all platforms able to make the most of cross-play capabilities.
Coming from the development team at Torn Banner Studios, their publisher Tripwire Presents – yep, they behind the stunning Maneater – and retail co-publishing partner Deep Silver, Chivalry 2 will be releasing on Xbox One, PS4 and PC via the Epic Games Store. Nothing remarkable there you may think, but it’ll also be hitting Xbox Series X and PS5 once the next-gen kick in, with the battlefield getting bigger still thanks to the inclusion of full Cross-Play goodness between all consoles and PC.
Chivalry 2 is a multiplayer first-person slasher inspired by epic medieval movie battles, one in which players are thrust into the action of every iconic moment of the era –from clashing swords, to storms of flaming arrows, sprawling castle sieges, and more. You’ll be tasked with dominating massive battlefields while catapults tear the earth apart, as players lay siege to castles, set fire to villages, and slaughter filthy peasants in the return of Team Objective maps.
Building on, and improving on the original Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, Chivalry 2 invites players to master the blade with an all-new and improved combat system that combines real-time strikes and a free-flowing combo system to speed up the action and let players become a whirlwind of steel on the battlefield. Created with the ability to fight multiple foes in mind, Chivalry 2’s combat mixes the best of both FPS and fighting game genres for an unmatched melee experience.
“The epic medieval battles in Chivalry 2 deserve an equally massive player-base,” said Torn Banner Studios’ President Steve Piggott. “We can’t wait for gamers across the world on all five platforms to clash steel and experience the greatest melee combat system ever, together.”
“Seeing Torn Banner’s Chivalry 2 shaping up to be an incredible sequel that is a generational leap for the first person slasher genre we knew it was something players on many platforms would love,” said John Gibson, CEO and Co-owner of Tripwire Interactive. “Today, we’re extremely happy to announce that the next great Chivalry experience will be available on consoles and feature crossplay enabling players everywhere to hack and slash together!”
So, features? Yep, Chivalry 2 has plenty of those with the key ones beind…
● Cross-Play Across All Platforms: Mass-scale battles call for epic battlefields. The inclusion of Cross-Play across all versions smashes the boundaries between PC and console gamers, and allows players to face off on the battlefield together, regardless of platform.
● Stunning Cinematic Presentation: Massive improvement in visual quality, with an atmosphere that thrusts players into their favorite moments from epic medieval Hollywood action films. Brought to you on the latest and best game engine, Unreal Engine 4.
● Epic Medieval Environments: Sprawling medieval environments ranging from tournament grounds to epic full-scale castle sieges.
● Massive Scale: Experience the chaos of epic medieval battlefields and battle through mass-scale combat meant to capture the intensity and scope of “The Battle of the Bastards” from Game of Thrones.
● Choose your Fighting Style: Your arsenal expands with the new subclass system that provides more variety than ever before. Four base classes expand to various subclasses, an arsenal of unique weapons each with multiple visual variants, and new support items ranging from oil pots to barricades, supply crates and archer’s stakes.
● Unleash Hell: Own the field with a variety of heavy siege engines including Ballistae, Catapults, Trebuchet, Battering Rams, Mantlets, Spike Traps, Ladders and more.
● Build your hero: Become a hero and look the part. A detailed customization system adds huge variety: head type, skin tone, head & facial hair + colors, facial imperfections, face paint, nicknames, heraldry, helmets, armor, weapons, and more for millions of possible combinations.
● Refuse to Die: Keep fighting after losing a limb, being knocked down, disarmed, set on fire, filled with arrows, your shield broken, smothered in blood and still throwing punches from your knees. Bandages, revives and the new downed state allow you to support teammates and stay in the action until you’ve bled your last drop.
As always we’ll be sure to keep you fully up-to-date with how progress behind Chivalry 2 goes down. If you’re excited for the cross-play capabilities that it is set to bring, let us know about it. The comments are right below.
