- a few fixes to tie up loose ends - 26 November 2021
Went back in time to fix some remaining bugs: - fixed bug where running steam in offline mode while subscribed to mods would lock the game on the loading screen - fixed bug with incorrect screen fit on very large aspect ratios (e.g. 21:9) - fixed bug where no more than 30 mods could be active at the same time (After restart) Also, in case you didn't already now, Door Kickers 2 exists now!
- Door Kickers 2 - out now in Early Access! - 7 November 2020
Hey folks, we just released Door Kickers 2 in Early Access! Took us a long time, but we finally summoned up the courage to show it and we hope you'll like it. New theme, new tools, new tech that will allow us to eventually go much further in breadth and depth than DK1 has allowed us to. The game is currently in Early Access, so it's a bit more limited in content than DK1, but we need your help to be able to make something great out of it! PS: We currently have a fidelity discount available for previous Door Kickers users, which will only last for two weeks, up to November 18th. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1239080/Door_Kickers_2_Task_Force_North/
- The Flare Path endangers Rangers - 16 October 2020
If days were centimetres the sequel to this site’s favourite tactics game of 2014 would be about this far away (I’m holding my hands out in front of me like a person illustrating the leg span of the largest giant huntsman spider ever recorded). Poke your spycam under yonder jump and you’ll spot an interview with Door Kickers 2’s designer, Dan Dimitrescu , plus a blow-by-blow account of my second attempt at “Why We Fight”, one of the 40 missions destined for the first Early Access build. (more…)
- Door Kickers 2 steam page is UP - 4 February 2020
The steam page for Door Kickers 2: Task Force North is up and running, head over there: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1239080/Door_Kickers_2_Task_Force_North/ Rejoice, spread the word and don't forget to wishlist it. Your devs @ KillHouse Games
- Door Kickers spin-off title Action Squad Out Now! - 13 September 2018
This week we've launched our pixelated, not so serious spin-off from the Door Kickers Franchise - Action Squad. https://store.steampowered.com/app/686200/Door_Kickers_Action_Squad/ And you Door Kickers owners can take advantage of our War on Doors bundle to get the new game at a special price ;) https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/5400/War_On_Doors_Collection/ What is Action Squad? I suppose this trailer will explain better: https://youtu.be/ZEo-J4eA9WU In other news, Door Kickers 2 (aka Task Force North) is still in production, but not out yet. On the other hand, Frozen Synapse 2 is out today, and it includes a very promising dynamic campaign. Give it a look, it might scratch that tactics itch until DK2 ;) https://store.steampowered.com/app/445020/Frozen_Synapse_2/
- Door Kickers: Action Squad is a loose cannon and out of early access - 11 September 2018
I’m not entirely sure why KillHouse’s tactical SWAT ’em up Door Kickers went and spawned a side-scrolling arcade spinoff, but I’m glad it did. Released yesterday and co-developed by PixelShard, Door Kickers: Action Squad is a semi-tactical platform shooter for one or two players (online or local). Players kick open doors, shoot assorted 80s action movie villains and look cool doing it. Action Squad has been available in early access since last year, but now it’s all stacked up and ready to breach, bang and clear. Below, a tongue-in-cheek launch trailer featuring some of its old-school soundtrack. (more…)
- Daily Deal - Door Kickers, 85% Off - 28 July 2018
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- Why cracking a tough mission in 2014 s Door Kickers is one of the best things I did last year - 9 January 2018
It looks slick, doesn’t it? A polished SWAT squad that knows exactly when to move and which angles to cover. When Door Kickers comes together it’s a fluid dance of flash grenades, muzzle flashes, and dead terrorists. The problem is that you start each mission with two left feet. The short video above is the result of more than two hours of testing and probing, trial and error, and many trips back to the drawing board. Polishing it off was genuinely one of the best feelings I had with a mouse and keyboard in 2017. Quite impressive for a game that came out in 2014.    It was the release of a side-scrolling spin-off called Action Squad that brought me back to Door Kickers and, having played a bit when it first released, I wanted to see if I was still any good. The stage was 255th Precinct, a mission with 16 terrorists packed into an overrun police station. I had to…
- Coop "fixing stuff" updates - 18 December 2017
1.1.5 - January 11 Fixes: - Fixed single-plan challenge no longer working as intended - Coop: fixed finish conditions for "Rodeo Hill Vaction Home" map - Coop: fixed a rare crash --------- 1.1.4 Fixes: - Coop: fixed an annoying issue with network desync / errors that would happen for certain hardware configurations - Coop: tweaked map pool (removed multi-storey maps, fixed spawn points etc) - Fixed wrong caliber description for Magnum 44 --------- 1.1.3 Fixes: - Coop: fixed a crash that happened fairly often - Coop: fixed having the same mods but still not being able to play with buddy - Coop: fixed sniper shooting while writing in chatbox - Fixed mods UI showing active mod border for empty slot --------- 1.1.2 Features: - Coop: the previous plan is now saved on mission restart - Coop: after a game finishes, "continue" will select the next map in order, but only if the game has been hos…
- Coop "fixing stuff" updates - 18 December 2017
1.1.5 - January 11 Fixes: - Fixed single-plan challenge no longer working as intended - Coop: fixed finish conditions for "Rodeo Hill Vaction Home" map - Coop: fixed a rare crash --------- 1.1.4 Fixes: - Coop: fixed an annoying issue with network desync / errors that would happen for certain hardware configurations - Coop: tweaked map pool (removed multi-storey maps, fixed spawn points etc) - Fixed wrong caliber description for Magnum 44 --------- 1.1.3 Fixes: - Coop: fixed a crash that happened fairly often - Coop: fixed having the same mods but still not being able to play with buddy - Coop: fixed sniper shooting while writing in chatbox - Fixed mods UI showing active mod border for empty slot --------- 1.1.2 Features: - Coop: the previous plan is now saved on mission restart - Coop: after a game finishes, "continue" will select the next map in order, but only if the game has been hos…
- Door Kickers adds online cooperative multiplayer - 27 November 2017
Hi gang, apparently I didn’t read the small print on a cup of tea The Man offered me and I’m now contract-bound to produce some #content about the #RoyalWedding. Well well well, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are to be wed. Holy matrimony. The bond. Some say that a married couple are like an elite SWAT team, working together using teamwork, communication, support, planning, bolt cutters, stun grenades, and a Benelli M4 semi-automatic shotgun. While we can’t see the future and know every storm a marriage will face, Harry and Meghan, we can prepare ourselves by playing the new online cooperative multiplayer mode added to Door Kickers . (more…)
- Cooperative Multiplayer - Check! - 23 November 2017
What's more to say? Door Kickers now has Cooperative Multiplayer. Complete changelist follows after this awesome trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHEUuhfI86c -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.1.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Features: - Online cooperative mode (Steam version only) - Changed the way grenades are thrown: clicking on the UI item automatically "sticks" the grenade to the mouse pointer and is released when clicking again. - Optimizations for slower CPUs - Reduced HDD and RAM consumption by using better compression for sound files - Can now use language-specific characters to edit trooper names. Fixes: - Fixed grenades taking a different trajectory than shown (hitting walls when they shouldn't). - Fixed some mods not showing up in the Mods menu except when selecting their specific…
- Cooperative Multiplayer - Check! - 23 November 2017
What's more to say? Door Kickers now has Cooperative Multiplayer. Complete changelist follows after this awesome trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHEUuhfI86c -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.1.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Features: - Online cooperative mode (Steam version only) - Changed the way grenades are thrown: clicking on the UI item automatically "sticks" the grenade to the mouse pointer and is released when clicking again. - Optimizations for slower CPUs - Reduced HDD and RAM consumption by using better compression for sound files - Can now use language-specific characters to edit trooper names. Fixes: - Fixed grenades taking a different trajectory than shown (hitting walls when they shouldn't). - Fixed some mods not showing up in the Mods menu except when selecting their specific…
- Kick doors with friends in Door Kickers: Action Squad - 20 November 2017
Door Kickers is a tense, precise tactics game that turns SWAT team interventions into real-time-with-pause puzzles. But what if it was more like Broforce ? That s Door Kickers: Action Squad — infiltrate buildings as part of a SWAT team, and then make everything explode. It s on Steam early access now. (more…)
- Door Kickers getting a side-scrolling spin-off - 6 August 2017
KillHouse Games has teased a side-scrolling, retro spin-off to Door Kickers , officially the best top-down tactics game of 2014. It’s called Door Kickers: Action Squad , and it’s being co-developed by KillHouse and Pixel Shard, whose only previous title is a match-three game called Yummy Dreams: Jelly Rainbow. Quite a change of scenery, then. It looks like it’s trying to inject some humour into the tactics, and the teaser trailer genuinely made me laugh. It shows two players side by side battering down a door in full S.W.A.T. gear only to find a lone rat inside. And then, well, watch it to find out. (more…)
- Announcing Door Kickers: Action Squad - 2 August 2017
The boys are back in town, but their clothes changed along the way. https://youtu.be/remFZ2VnxXI
- Announcing Door Kickers: Action Squad - 2 August 2017
The boys are back in town, but their clothes changed along the way. https://youtu.be/remFZ2VnxXI
- Steam summer sale: our giant recommendations list - 23 June 2017
The Steam summer sale is in full blaze . For a while it even blazed so hot that the servers went on fire and all the price stickers peeled off the games. Either that or the store just got swamped with cheapskates looking for the best bargains. Cheapskates like you! Well, don t worry. We ve rounded up some recommendations – both general tips and some newly added staff choices. Here are the things you should consider owning in your endless consumeristic lust for a happiness which always seems beyond reach. You’re welcome. …
- Steam summer sale: our giant recommendations list - 22 June 2017
The Steam summer sale is in full blaze . For a while it even blazed so hot that the servers went on fire and all the price stickers peeled off the games. Either that or the store just got swamped with cheapskates looking for the best bargains. Cheapskates like you! Well, don t worry. We ve rounded up some recommendations – both general tips and some specific staff choices. Here are the things you should consider owning in your endless consumeristic lust for a happiness which always seems beyond reach. You’re welcome. …
- Small bug-fixing update - 8 May 2017
We made a small patch fixing some long-overdue issues and a pretty ugly bug impacting mods. For the moment the patch is only available to Windows users. Features: - Japanese localization added. - Improved FPS for very low-spec hardware. - Tablet mode: can now create "strafe" waypoints by double-tapping on the "look this way" waypoints. Fixes: - Fixed some mods not showing up in the Mods menu and/or not working (specifically for maps created with the in-game editor). - Fixed officers getting stuck on evidence that had been previously destroyed. - Fixed crash when clicking on "News" without Internet access. - Fixed not showing all available localized languages in the Options menu.
