Men of War II News

Greetings, Commanders!

What has been the most frequent request we've been getting for the past few weeks? That's right, a new round of a public playtest. And since we love seeing you play the game, showing the progress that's been made in Men of War II's development and getting more feedback from you, our awesome community, we have decided to heed your calls indeed and we can now confirm that you will get to try out a new Beta of Men of War II - starting November 16, 2023!

It is already possible to sign up via the game's storepage, and it is a simple process:

• You need to head over to the Men of War II Steam page where you will have the option to ‘Request Access’ for a ‘Men of War II Playtest’ - you can do so right now and get an e-mail notification once the beta goes live. Otherwise, clicking the button anytime when the beta is live will grant you instant access.
  
• If you have already taken part in any of the previous tests, you do not need to sign up again, the ‘Men of War II Playtest’ will simply become available to install/play in your Steam Library once the beta starts.
  
• Wait and jump into the action on Thursday, November 16!

This will not just be a repeat of the previous playtests, mind you - there will be some popular maps and missions from the previous rounds, but we have prepared plenty of new content for you to enjoy. We will share a much more detailed look with you next week, but to at least whet your appetite now, you can look forward to:

• 1 new PVE multiplayer mode
  
• 10 multiplayer maps - 4 of which we have not shown before
  
• 3 singleplayer missions, playable also in coop - 2 of which are newcomers as well
  
• "Classic mode" will return... This time with match-making and leaderboards
  
• Shorter loading times for all games
  
• And more features and updates that we will talk about soon

If you haven't yet, don't forget to wishlist the game so you don't miss any news and updates, and join the official Men of War II Discord server if you'd like to chat with us and your fellow fans.

We are looking forward to seeing you on the battlefield, Commanders!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1128860/Men_of_War_II/

n RTS with an all-timer of a name, the original Men of War launched in 2009 and was very decent indeed (with a standalone expansion, Assault Squad, we rated highly). But those men just didn't get enough war the first time around: The sequel Men of War 2 has been in development for several years at Best Way, and was supposed to release this month...
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Greetings, Commanders,

After carefully analyzing your feedback, that we’ve gathered throughout public playtests, and running some additional QA rounds, we’ve made a tough decision to postpone the release of Men of War II to next year.

At this point, Men of War II is content and feature complete and includes 3 narrative and 2 historical campaigns, Conquest and Raid dynamic campaigns, each playable in 4 variations of competing nations, 15 PvP and 8 PvE multiplayer modes with over 20 maps and more. The dev team has been working tirelessly, but it’s a lot of content and features to polish, especially given that BestWay employees have to deal with difficult conditions in their home country of Ukraine. We simply need more time to fix bugs before we release the game. Thank you so much for understanding and for your continuous support of Men of War II !

Maxim Kamensky, Producer of Men of War II at Best Way, explains:
“We loved working with our dedicated community of fans during multiple Playtests and we gathered immense amounts of data and feedback. In fact, we received so many great suggestions we decided to implement, that the original schedule did not allow us to iron out all the bugs and issues in time for the September release. We feel that our fans deserve to receive a game in a completely polished and bug-free state and ask them for just a little more patience to allow us to deliver such a high quality product.”

We at FULQRUM Publishing would like to thank you all for taking part in the playtests, and for all the valuable feedback that you’ve shared.

In the meantime, we cordially invite you to join the official Men of War II Discord server if you'd like to be among the first to learn all news and chat with us, we always try to answer all questions we can there (or here in the Steam Discussions as well).

We will see you on the battlefield soon.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1128860/Men_of_War_II

Greetings Commanders!

We want to thank everyone who has participated in the Final Open Beta so far - it looks like most people were having a lot of fun with the game, and we have gathered a lot of extremely useful feedback as well. We very much appreciate all the well-meaning criticism and suggestions, and rest assured, we will keep working on improving the game until release and beyond.

The Open Beta was officially scheduled to end today, but we have decided to keep the playtest publicly available until tomorrow, August 15, 7 pm CEST / 6 pm BST / 10 am PT / 01 pm ET.

We hope you will take up the opportunity for extra playtime and will keep enjoying the game! But we implore you, please, once you have played the Beta, share your thoughts on it with us. The best way to do that is via this questionnaire (especially if you have been playing since the start of the Beta), but feel free to post here in the comments or in Steam discussions, or come join the official Men of War II Discord server where you can not just chat with our team and other fans of the game, but also find team-mates for multiplayer matches or try to take on the Fulqrum Publishing team throughout the Final Beta.

We look forward to seeing you on the battlefield during the remainder of the Open Beta, the extended playtest, and later this year on full release! Remember to add the game to your wishlists!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1128860/Men_of_War_II/

Greetings Commanders,

The Final Beta for Men of War II now receives a small, but important update. The most important change concerns the Classic match setup mode - all units' Command Points costs have been lowered, and Manpower generation in a match will continue for longer, meaning it should be possible to field more units and keep your battles more dynamic throughout a match.

We are looking for as much feedback about the Classic mode as we can get - if you have played the pre-update version, please fill in this questionnaire after you have tried the updated one. We will also appreciate any opinions or suggestions you share with us here in Steam Discussions, or even better, on the official Men of War II Discord server!

The update causes a short downtime, but the Beta will be playable again in ~30-60 minutes. We hope you understand, as besides the rebalancing of the Classic mode, the update also fixes several reported issues:

[h3]Update Changelog:[/h3]

• Rebalancing the Classic mode
  
• Fixed an issue with unit details not displaying when editing a battalion
  
• Fixed possible sound distortion/noises in particular cases
  
• Fixed issue with missing localization on first game start
  
• Fixed several issues with multiplayer lobby localization
  
• Added missing localization to the "hide UI" button