Wild Bastards News

Catch Wild Bastards in Boomstock!

Howdy y'all!

Thank you to everyone who has played Wild Bastards! It's been amazing watching streams and seeing your feedback. As an FYI, we've started working on some bug fixes and hope to release a patch soon.

In the meantime, we're excited to announce that Wild Bastards is part of Boomstock! This event showcases seven days of action games, which includes a video showcase of amazing titles such as Wild Bastards. You can watch at:

https://www.youtube.com/live/CbYkcbAmDgk

Head over to the Steam page to gander at all the participating games.

Until next time gunslinger!

Wild Bastards review - a stylish Wild West roguelike FPS

Roguelikes are dangerous. Booting a good one up for the first time basically guarantees an unhealthy takeout dinner, a pile of unfolded laundry, and a 2am bedtime as you squeeze in just one more run. Back in 2019, developer Blue Manchu released an FPS roguelike inspired by System Shock called Void Bastards. Set on cramped ships and lauded for its comic book aesthetic and tight gameplay loop, it was well received but, for me, didn't quite take over my life in the same way as the genre's best. Enter its follow-up, Wild Bastards.

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Wild Bastards is Now Available!

Howdy y'all!

Let’s shoot out the lights because Wild Bastards is now available! 🤠

To celebrate launch, you can purchase Wild Bastards with a 15% discount for the next two weeks. We can't wait for you to experience our roguelike strategy shooter and hear your thoughts on the game.

And if you played the demo, your saved data will continue with a purchase of the game, meaning no starting over!

There are 13 amazing characters to play as, each with their own unique weapon and special move. Who will be your favorite? Casino, Preach or another outlaw. Let us know on X or Instagram.

We also have this awesome launch trailer that shows the Bastards in action. Hype yourself up even more by giving it a gander. 👀

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As mentioned, we'd love to hear your thoughts on Wild Bastards, so please give us a review.

TECHNICAL SUPPORT:

If you experience any technical issues, please reach out via the Blue Manchu Discord or in the Steam forums. We'll be checking both.

Thank you so much for supporting us along the way to this moment!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1660840/Wild_Bastards/

Until next time gunslinger!

Wild Bastards review: a messy roguelike shooter that's nonetheless full o' beans

There are cold opens and there are freezing ones. Sci-fi roguelike shooter Wild Bastards doesn't start on its strongest cowboy boot. You are dumped into the middle of an interstellar chase and summarily shown the ropes. The guns feel simplistic, the arenas bare, the loot vanilla, and the entire loop of beaming down to a planet and getting into small-scale "showdowns" threatens to become stale within the first hour or so. But then you find an outlaw buddy who offers a new way to shoot human dirtbags. Then another fellow bandit. And another. By the time your spaceship is half-filled with scoundrels and weirdoes shouting at each other, the game has warmed up enough to reveal its central idea. This ain't no grand FPS campaign, nor is it quick as roguelikes go. It's a snacky shootout sim with tumbleweed towns that feels best when you savour the pre-fight suspense.

Join Tomorrow's AMA!

Howdy y'all!

In preparation for launch this Thursday, we're holding a Reddit AMA tomorrow, where you can ask the development team any questions about Wild Bastards and Void Bastards.

The AMA starts at 9 a.m. PT / 12 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. GMT / 6 p.m. CEST. See you there!

Until next time gunslinger!