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Coming Soon: Street Fight for the Overworld (April Fools!)



Auspicious Greetings Underlord,

The long wait is finally over! The time has come and your patience is to be justly rewarded. Indeed we are ready to pull back the curtain and reveal the totally true identity of Project: Aftercare!

But first we must address the elemental in the treasure room. It’s been made clear to us that those among our learned comrades of the PC Gaming Elite, as most of our fans are, have no need for console editions of existing games. The fog now serenely lifted from our folly by your cold, hard feedback, we have taken the right course and cancelled the upcoming Sony PlayStation release of War for the Overworld.



Who even owns a PlayStation anyway?

With that much needed course correction now well and truly behind us, we needed to consider once more what it is that our most valued fans truly want... No... What is it they need? There can be only one answer! Introducing ULTRA Street Fight for the Overworld Hyper XX Accent Plus Double Overload Turbo!

[h2]Deadly Dungeon Combat Confirmed![/h2]

ULTRA Street Fight for the Overworld Hyper XX Accent Plus Double Overload Turbo (USFFTOHX2A+DOT for short) is the premier 2D fighting game from the team here at Brightrock. Looking at our core cast of characters we knew that the next big thing our fans would truly need is to see these devilishly diverse characters beat each other senseless.



You’ll duke it out in richly-detailed environments straight from WFTO!

You and up to one additional friend will pick from 20 wickedly awesome dungeon dwelling characters, all drawn from War for the Overworld’s pool of both Underlord and Empire units! Not only that, but each one will be realised in a jaw-dropping retro pixel-art style! Each character also features a full move set to call their own, from the blood-wielding cultist Brian to the ever charming and deeply disarming Lord of the Land, Lord O’Theland. There are even 3 hidden characters to unlock!

 

Here comes a new challenger!

But what makes USFFTOHX2A+DOT truly unique and special in this highly competitive genre? Well we’re glad you asked gentle beat ‘em up aficionado! In addition to choosing your character you’ll also pick a master for them, an Underlord if you will (or otherwise!) to command them in the arena and provide even more unique powers!

For example, choosing Underlord Kasita as your master will grant your chosen warrior the “Blood Money” trait. This means that for every point of damage they do to the enemy you gain gold. This gold can then be spent between rounds or even mid-match for special boons such as:

  • Healing Potion - Buy a potion mid-match and chug it to immediately heal to full health.
  • Sentinel - Construct a Sentinel mid-match which will assist you for 10 seconds.
  • Bodyguard - Purchase another character from the character select screen to fight alongside you for the duration of the next round.
  • Match Rigging - You slip your opponent some cash to throw the match convincingly - their damage is reduced by 95% and instant kills are disabled.
  • Hitman - Your opponent is assassinated between rounds and you immediately win the match.


Kasita isn’t the only master who you’ll be able to pick though: all of your favourite Underlords are available, except for Korvek - he’s too popular to be included in the base game. But rest assured we have the perfect solution for those who can’t do without!

 [h2]Expand Your Experience![/h2]

USFFTOHX2A+DOT is what we like to call a living, breathing, fleecing game. By that we mean that it will continue to evolve in new ways to make us money and to offer you, our valued player, valuable but overpriced downloadable content. 

This includes new characters, masters, skins, hair colour changes, music, UI interfaces, cheat codes, story skips, and mutators! Needless to say, if we can think of it we’ll put a price on it! We’ve already planned out our first fifty DLCs for the 2020 Season Pass; here’s some of the highlights:

  • Chunder Reinforcement Pack - £15.99 - Introduces 23 Chunder variants into the pool of characters, replacing characters randomly each time you enter the character select screen.
  • Korvek Master Pack - £29.99 - He’s destroyed far greater parts of himself than you.
  • Uber Characters & Masters - £15.99 - Adds Uber character versions e.g. Uber Lucius. Also adds the Uber masters Mendechaus and Kira.
  • Pay2WinPack - £99.99 - Unlocks several pay to win mechanics such as invisible skins, invulnerability in multiplayer, one button KO and more!
  • Swimsuit Skins - £9.99 - Adds swimsuit skins for: 

    • Beastmaster (Board Shorts)
    • Necromancer (Speedos) 
    • Bard (Skinny-Dipper)
    • Lord O’Theland (G-String)
    • Succubus (Victorian Bathing Suit)
    • Chunder (Mankini)
    • Skarg (Flip-Flops)
    • Thunderling (Thong)


Cover up and protect yourself from those harmful rays and gazes!

If you don’t feel like paying extra for your post-release characters don’t worry - we’ll be releasing ULTRA Street Fight for the Overworld Hyper XX Accent Plus Double Overload Turbo - Revision Reload (USFFTOHX2A+DOT - RR) within the next two years! This edition will include all DLCs and space for plenty more to be added later!

Finally, all that remains to be said is that USFFTOHX2

Community Spotlight – Q1 (Winter) 2020



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Darkest Greetings Underlord,

We have returned once more to deliver unto you another community spotlight, packed to the brim with the most excellent maps from across the community! This week we've brought forth three deathmatch levels, three scenarios and a king of the underhill level. Read on Underlords!

[h2]Community Spotlight[/h2] 

As always we’d like to remind you we're eager to include anything WFTO related in our spotlights. Anything creative such as levels made with our editor, campaigns, art, videos, sound, cosplay you name it we want to share it!

If you have something that you think might fit the bill then get in touch via Discord, Twitter or our Steam,GOG or Official Forums! You might just be chosen to receive the coveted Golden Worker skin!



Now let us jump right in with our selection of glimmering maps from across the community this quarter! Remember you can download all these maps individually or as part of our Steam Collection!



You can download all of our spotlighted content from the Steam Collection.

Deathmatch Levels King of the Underhill
 Scenario
 
Congratulations to all the creators who have had their work featured today! We’ll be delivering your Golden Worker codes (provided you’ve not had one already!) next week! Keep checking the private forum attached to your featured work for your code. If you have any questions please get in touch with us directly!

[h2]The Dragon Worker Remains![/h2]

For the Lunar New Year the exclusive Dragon Worker skin has been made available once more. If you missed the sales and the announcement , fear not as you can still login until the 20th of February and get your hands on this awesome skin!



Don't miss your opportunity to grab this excellent skin as if you do he will not return until next Lunar New Year!

Until next time Underlords!

– Brightrock Games Team

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Lunar New Year Sale: The Dragon Worker Returns!



Most Auspicious Greetings Underlord,

The Lunar New Year is upon us once more and in celebration, the ever lucky Dragon Worker has returned to bring you his blessings.

We’re also pleased to announce that the game is on sale with up to 75% off all War for the Overworld products until the end of the Steam Lunar Sale!



To Unlock the Dragon Worker, Simply log-in to the game any time before the 20th of February to unlock this awesome, unique skin for your workers to use in any non-campaign game mode. But act fast, once he's gone he won't return for another year!



Until next time Underlord,

– Brightrock Games Team


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Autumn Community Spotlight & Halloween Sale



Darkest greetings Underlords,

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The nights grow dark and the days grow ever shorter as we head into the twilight months of 2019. It’s been a busy year for us at Brightrock Games, though we realise it’s been quiet on the news front for all of you, our valued fans, eagerly awaiting info on what’s next. 

To that, we say that 2020 should be quite an exciting year for us all in which Brightrock takes the next step. We can’t wait to share what we’re cooking up with you!

In the meantime, we’re keeping the dungeon core of War for the Overworld beating with this month’s community spotlight, and our participation in the Steam Halloween Sale!

So without further ado let’s get cracking!

Halloween Sale


With the spookiest of days descending upon Steam, we’re pleased to announce that War for the Overworld and all its DLC will be on sale in this Halloween! From now until 1 November we’re running the following discounts:

 

  • War for the Overworld - Base Game - 75% Off
  • Underlord Edition Content - 75% Off
  • Heart of Gold Expansion - 65% Off
  • My Pet Dungeon Expansion - 40% Off
  • The Under Games Expansion - 20% Off
  • Seasonal Worker Skins - 80% Off

 

Given the nature of the season, we thought we’d offer a spook-tacular discount for those looking to get into the creepy spirit of this harrowing holiday, with a full 90% off on the Seasonal Worker Skins, the maximum we can offer in a Steam Sale! You can finally grab that maimed imp the Jack O’Worker, along with all his seasonal buddies, for the paranormal price of £0.40 / $0.60 / €0.60! Head on over to Steam now to grab yours!



If you’ve ever fancied getting your hands on these 4 exclusive skins then now’s the best opportunity!

 
Autumn Spotlight


Before we jump into our selection of community-made maps for this spotlight, we’re announcing a few changes to the format!

Firstly, as WFTO continues to ramp down with the flow of community maps, and our resources available to curate them become less, we’re changing the cadence of spotlights to once every three months, or each quarter. 

This means that this quarter’s spotlight will be the Autumn (Q4) spotlight covering October, November and December. In January we’ll review the maps from the last few months and choose our favourites, and then continue for the foreseeable future!

In addition, where previously we’ve tried to select maps to match a predefined format and template, we’ll instead be more variable each quarter, selecting between 5 and 10 items from the workshop to feature, regardless of their category!

That covers our changes, so let’s get on to what you’re here for: the maps!



You can download all of our spotlighted content from the Steam Collection.
 

Deathmatch Levels

Core Shards

My Pet Dungeon

Custom Campaign

Congratulations to all the creators who have had their work featured today! We’ll be delivering your Golden Worker codes (provided you’ve not had one already!) next Monday! Keep checking the private forum attached to your featured work for your code. If you have any questions please get in touch with us directly!

As a reminder, if you have a creation, be that maps, art, cosplay or anything else creative that you think would fit our spotlight, be sure to make us aware on our Discord, forums or social media. We love seeing our fan’s creations and we’re really looking for excuses to give away this prestigious Golden Worker skin!



That covers our news today. As we said in the opening, we know things are quiet right now, but for Brightrock Games big news is on the way. However, that doesn’t mean we’ve forgotten WFTO - we’re still eager to push out some fixes to your issues in the coming months! So if you encounter any be sure that it’s in our triage queue on UserEcho, so that we can give it the due consideration.

And of course, don’t forget the Halloween Sale before this haunting season sadly comes to an end.

See you soon Underlords!

– Brightrock Games Team

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July 2019 Community Spotlight



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Darkest Greetings Underlord,

It is that time of month again Underlords. The dark moon waxes high in the sky, not that we can see it from down here in the depths. Fortunately, another source of light is to be found, 7 glorious maps and a whole custom campaign.

Community Spotlight

 
As always we’d like to remind you we're eager to include anything WFTO related in our spotlights. Anything creative such as levels made with our editor, campaigns, art, videos, sound, cosplay you name it we want to share it!

If you have something that you think might fit the bill then get in touch via Discord, Twitter or our Steam,GOG or Official Forums! You might just be chosen to receive the coveted Golden Worker skin!



Now let us jump right in with our selection of glimmering maps from across the community this month. Remember you can download all these maps individually or as part of our Steam Collection!



You can download all of our spotlighted content from the Steam Collection or via our website!

Deathmatch Levels
 
King of the Underhill
 
Core Shards
 
My Pet Dungeon
 
Scenario
 
Custom Campaign
 
Featured Creator

Congratulations to all the creators who have had their work featured today! We’ll be delivering your Golden Worker codes (provided you’ve not had one already!) by the end of the week! Keep checking the private forum attached to your featured work for your code. If you have any questions please get in touch with us directly!

Wicked Ones Kickstarter Update - All Stretch Goals Unlocked


Last month we announced our collaboration with B-design.io who are developing a tabletop RPG game, Wicked Ones, essentially a mix between your traditional tabletop RPG mixed with the dungeon management concept you all know and love. You can read all about that here. 

We're pleased to share the news that the Wicked Ones kickstarter hit all of its goals with room to spare and as such all the War for the Overworld collaboration rewards will be made available.

 

That means all of the following were successfully unlocked:

  • Augre “True Monster”  – Unlock the ability to play as a War for the Overworld Augre, featuring special skills and abilities based upon the smith you all know and love. Crush your foes and augment yourself with the scraps of their destroyed battle armour!
  • Chunder “True Monster”  – The Chunder joins the fight! This portly hammerhead will make short work of any heroic adventurer, with deadly headbutts and viciously viscous bowels.
  • Heroes of the Empire Cards –   What good is being a Monster if you can’t wail upon a goodly adventurer or two? Each of these goals will add another set of hero cards based upon Empire units from WFTO.
  • War for the Overworld Splatbook  – The Big One! With this tome in your hands you’ll be able to create your very own adventures in the realm of Kairos! Featuring special rules, an Underlord mode, a sandbox map, faction details and much more, this will give your group the freedom to explore Kairos like never before!

We're really excited to be working with B-design.io on this project and we'll be looking forward to sharing news with you as it continues to develop.

Until next time Underlords!

– Brightrock Games Team

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