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Age of Darkness: Final Stand OUT NOW in Early Access!

Age of Darkness Final Stand is out now in Early Access! The Nightmares are at the gates and the only thing stopping them is you…

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Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set in the remnants of a kingdom consumed by a deadly fog, you decide. Will you hide in the light? Or take back your world.

Features

70,000 swarming AI enemies on screen
Brace yourself against huge tidal waves of Nightmares. Leveraging an internally developed technology called ‘SwarmTech’ allows the game to render over 70,000 enemy units on the screen at one time. These enemy legions claw their way up through seething fissures in the earth to reinforce ‘The Veil’.



Living Death Fog
Light up a rich, complex, procedurally generated map to claim territory back from ‘The Veil’. A dynamic living death fog that conceals enemies and drains life from your troops. Holding the line against this terror is not for the faint of heart.

Randomised Malices & Blessings
Borrowing from the the roguelite genre, Malices are random afflictions placed on the player during every Death Night, unraveling the best made plans. Conversely, if a Death Night is survived, you may decide between three randomly selected Blessings, enriching the experience and giving your army a much needed edge.

Unique Heroes to light up the dark
Lead the charge against the horrors of the night with powerful and unique Heroes. Using special abilities gained from leveling up, these Heroes can be key to turning the tide of a desperate battle. But beware, the Nightmares have Elite roaming champions of their own that drop precious resources when killed, posing an extreme and ever-present threat to your expansion.



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You will fail at new RTS game Age of Darkness; the only question is when

My first session with a new strategy game is always an exercise in trial and error. Exploring this mechanic, pushing these boundaries, feeling out the edges of the world as I start a new journey towards mastery. Or at least proficiency. Age of Darkness: Final Stand, a new RTS game that's just hit Steam Early Access, bakes this phenomenon into its DNA with one simple certainty: you will die.


Maybe not right away, but you'll probably die during your first 'death night' - when darkness falls and the agents of the Void attack en masse - because you may have missed the importance of a coherent defence. You may die in your second game on the second death night because you underestimated just what a coherent defence looks like when faced with a larger wave of enemies. In game three, you may die on the first death night again because you're an idiot. We may or may not be talking about me, here.


You are the castellan of humanity's last hope - a lone, decrepit keep, home to some villagers and a desperate group of defenders led by a hero (the game lists three options, but the Early Access build only lets you choose one). Together, you have to try and hold back the night for as long as you can. You've got to gather resources, build buildings, and recruit more soldiers to the cause.


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Age of Darkness: Final Stand Early Access launch times

Hello Protectors of the Light!

With Age of Darkness: Final Stand launching into early access on Steam this week, we know you are eager to learn more details about the release.

We're happy to share with you the times at which the game will be released across the world!



US West (PDT) - 9am
US East (ET) - 12pm
South America (BRT) - 1pm
Europe (CEST) - 6pm
China (CST) - 12am, 8th Oct
Australia (EAST) - 3am, 8th Oct

If you have any questions about the game, we have a handy FAQ we’ve posted on the Steam forums that you can view here, which we'll continue to update. If your question hasn’t been answered there, we’ll be doing our best to keep up with questions here and on the forums.

You can also chat with our team and ask them questions on our official Discord server here. Don’t forget to follow us elsewhere online, to keep up to date with all the latest Age Of Darkness: Final Stand updates:

AoD Discord - Join our official Discord server AoD Website - Official Website & Blog Twitter - Follow us at AOD_FinalStand Facebook - Like Our Facebook Page Reddit - Join the r/Age of Darkness: Final Stand community
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Watch The Developers Of AoD: Final Stand Stream The Game On Twitch

Hey everyone, we wanted to say thank you for being so understanding of the delay of the start of early access to October 7th, which we announced last week.

To show our appreciation for your support, we’ve started a Twitch channel for Age Of Darkness: Final Stand and did our first stream of the game last week! Check out the VoD of the stream below:

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We had such a fun time with you all on our last stream, we’ve decided we’re going to be doing another one tomorrow! It will go live at 9am Thursday AEST, which is 1am for CEST, Wednesday at 7pm for EDT and 4pm for PDT.



The stream this week will feature our art director and one of our game designers, playing through till the second Death Night and answering your questions. You can follow the Twitch channel here, to get notified when we go live.

You can also chat with our team and ask them questions on our official Discord server here. And follow us elsewhere online for more updates about Age Of Darkness: Final Stand, in the lead up to its early access release on October 7th.

AoD Discord - Join our official Discord server AoD Website - Official Website & Blog Twitter - Follow us at AOD_FinalStand Facebook - Like Our Facebook Page Reddit - Join the r/Age of Darkness: Final Stand community
YouTube - Subscribe To Our YouTube Channel Twitch - Follow Us On Twitch

We hope you'll be able to join us for the stream tomorrow and check out the game in action!

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PlaySide partners with Team17 to publish Age of Darkness: Final Stand!



Hey all, we’re excited to share that we have partnered with the world renowned game publisher Team 17 to publish Age of Darkness: Final Stand!

Since AoD is our first major PC game that we’ve developed, we want to ensure we put ourselves and the game in the best position for success through Early Access and beyond. Part of this was exploring partnerships with publishers that believe in our vision for the game and share our values as a studio, along with the ability to support publishing and marketing Age of Darkness: Final Stand far beyond what our current capabilities are.

We have found that awesome partner in Team 17!

The reaction to Age Of Darkness: Final Stand from our community so far has been amazing and we thank you. This support has truly inspired us even more to continue making the best game possible. Our partnership with Team 17, means we have the long term support to do that and add many of the modes and features you’ve already been requesting to the game.

In regards to the early access release, we have jointly decided to delay it until October (a specific date will be coming real soon). As part of this important partnership, we need to transition a few things to our new partner which will take a little bit of time to finalise, yes the business stuff!!!

We don’t want to impact the overall experience for our community by launching this in the middle of this transition, hence the delay.

We know some of you will be disappointed by this news considering we are so close to the original release date we planned but hang in there, we know we can accomplish what we need in the coming weeks.

On the plus side, this partnership provides PlaySide with the ability to realise the long-term vision we have for Age of Darkness: Final Stand. Which would be to to load up the features that hardcore RTS fans love, all with our own little spin on things to make this title truly unique and fun to play.

The whole team at PlaySide is so excited for you to get your hands on the game, and build it into the best experience possible through our partnership with Team 17 and your crucial feedback!

PlaySide Team