- October Patch - Network Update - 4 October 2021
Hello fellow Vikings, we are happy to announce that the online multiplayer issue has been fixed! You should now be able to play with your friends once more! Patch notes: * Updated the multiplayer service, fixing the "unable to connect" error * Minor tweaks to some menus That's it, nothing too flashy, but all too important. Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention and thank you for your patience! Have fun in Valhalla!
- Server Maintenance - 28 September 2021
Hey there you Vikings and Bosses! Some of you might have noticed issues when trying to connect to a friend's game. Recently our third party multiplayer service deployed an emergency update which we need to integrate. This will take at best a few days, but it may go up to a week. During this time you might be unable to connect to online multiplayer games. This applies to Switch and PS4 versions as well. However... you can still play online using Steam Remote Play, Parsec, or a remote desktop streaming service of your choosing. We apologize for the inconvenience and promise you that we are doing are best to patch Bossgard ASAP.
- 60% Off Bossgard! - 25 June 2021
Summer's here and the prices are melting. There's little to be said truly, only that it is THE time to get into Bossgard, since we're slashing our price by 60%! That's more than half off! So if you and your buddies were waiting for an opportunity, this is it. Take it. It's here. Here's a breakdown of what you're getting for this massively mitigated price: A 5v1 multiplayer boss battler where heroic Vikings face off against ridiculous titans known as Bosses. The ability to play as the Boss and be the one to pound your friends and foes into the ground with an arsenal of epic powers. Playing as one of the Vikings and work together in a party of heroes, each with their own powers. Deploying turrets, commanding pets, raising the Undead and crushing your enemies with staggering mighty blows. Playing as a giant slice of toast, an oversized plunger, a long-legged Viking huntress or a century-ol…
- Nominate Bossgard for the "Better with Friends" award! - 25 November 2020
Hear ye, hear ye, the Steam Awards are yet again upon us! To that end we've set off to do battle for the most important title there is (in-our-honest-opinion) - the "Better with friends" award! There are plenty of games that you can enjoy by your lonesome, but for Bossgard multiplayer is where it's at! After all, there's nothing like crushing your friends with a giant slice of bread. And there's nothing like being the last man standing in your 5-man Viking team who miraculously revives everybody back into fighting condition, only to see the tide of battle turn to your favor. Glorious. That's what Bossgard is all about - great tales of even greater heroism! Heroes fighting against all odds, legendary gloating villains that take great pleasure in crushing the meek, that one godly sword slash landed in the nick of time which inevitably wins the match. Bossgard was designed for this. But he…
- Hel-O-Ween Sale! Get 20% off Bossgard! - 30 October 2020
By Hel, it's that time of year again! Skeletons rising from their graves, pumpkins making fools of passers by and Edith enjoying every bit of this macabre foolishness, all while reading her favorite book - "The joys of resurrecting your relatives as undying walking corpses", by R.R. Mor'Teen. But I digress, you're here for the discount, aren't you? Perhaps you've been following us for a bit now, stalking, waiting for that pesky price to lower its guard. Mayhaps it's your first time hearing of Bossgard? Please, sit down as I tell you the story of Bossgard, a story of 10 Vikings who set off to defeat 6 ridiculously powerful and outright ridiculous monsters. It's a story of friends who gathered into parties of up to 5 players, where each player embodied a different Norse hero, with unique powers and abilities. It's a story of terrible titans, also controlled by the players themselves. But…
- Update: In-game chat now available! - 2 October 2020
Get ready to scream “res pls”, “gg” and “gl hf” during Bossgard’s epic boss fights. Coordinate with your friends, look for players and make friends using our brand-new chat system! Chat can be accessed in the Main Menu, Lobby and during the match by pressing “Enter”. Be warned that there is an anti-spam system that will mute you for 10 seconds if you’re a bit too insistent. NOTE: There is a profanity filter active, so make sure you play nice! We also ask you to refrain from toxic behavior as undesirable activity might lead to severe punishments, including inventory resets and permanent bans from online activity. Fixes for Russian and Chinese localization Alongside the new chat system, we’ve also patched several issues regarding localization for Russian and Chinese, which included missing characters or missing localization all together. Map Shop! You can now buy Maps from the customizati…
- Enjoy 20% off Bossgard! - 8 September 2020
Here we are, September. Time to get all bluesy and cosy. Except we don't do that here. We're not really into all that poetic autumn-y mumbo-jumbo. Nah, we're Vikings! We're all about fighting bread and plungers! And we think you should too! To help you out, we chopped 20% off the price and we'll keep it like that till the 14th! For those of you who are just finding out about Bossgard, here's what we're about: Play as one of 6 unique bosses, each one with their own unique powers! Giant bread, huge plungers, evil robots, and more! The Vikings play in teams of up to 5 members and each Viking can play a different role! Pick one of 10 unique Vikings, like Edith the Necromancer, Asha the Engineer, or Brunhilde the Bard. The game features 3 major game modes: Viking vs Boss, Viking vs Viking and the 3rd person singleplayer Survival mode, where you hunt monsters in search of the final Boss. Play…
- Bossgard coming to PS4 tomorrow! - 15 July 2020
The Vikings will need all the help they can get in the battle against Olaf of Bread and his fellow Bossses. The beacon has been lit and the Vikings now hopefully await reinforcements from the PS4, which are bound to arrive tomorrow! Without further ado, Bossgard is hitting the PS4 shelves tomorrow. Here are the technical tidbits: 1-4 players Network Players 2-4 - Full game requires PlayStation®Plus membership to access online multiplayer 2GB minimum save size DUALSHOCK®4 Vibration Function Remote Play Supported HD Video Output 720p,1080p So that's it for now, see you tomorrow on the PS4! Make sure you bring plenty of controllers for your friends! Bossgard awaits!
- Bossgard is coming to Switch on July 15! - 8 July 2020
Let’s play "What fits on a Nintendo Switch?" Let’s see...uhm… A TEAM OF 5 ANGRY VIKINGS AND ONE OVERSIZED SLICE OF TOAST WHO FEEDS ON SUFFERING AND DESTRUCTION, WHO WON’T BACK DOWN UNTIL HUMANITY, THE GODS AND MIDGARD ITSELF ARE NOTHING BUT A FUMING PILE OF RUBBLE UNDERNEATH ITS FOUL OVERDONE CRUST! I think we won! The Vikings and Bosses are making their way to Nintendo Switch and they’re bound to arrive next week on the 15th of July! We’re starting a weeklong pre-order period starting today which comes with a nifty discount of 20%! For those of you who've been following us more recently, here's a recap: The story The Vikings have been denied their chance to fight at Ragnarok because of a great Evil power. Instead the world has been fractured into various dimensions that are now owned by giant monsters who defy the Norse gods. Will you join the last remaining Vikings and fight in a part…
- Vikings invade Japan on Nintendo, PS4 and PC! - 2 July 2020
Sound the alarm, a bread-shaped kaiju has been spotted on the coast of Japan! Recent reports indicate that the bread monster has appeared out of nowhere and has released a swarm of little bread people on the innocent civilians living in that area! It’s time to call in… ...the Vikings. So great news! Bossgard is now available on the Nintendo Switch and PS4 in Japan thanks to our collaboration with DMM games! Here you can find links to the Switch and PS4 Japanese store pages If you’re itching to smash those Joy-Con buttons or the Dualshock sticks, but don’t have time to learn Japanese, we also have good news for you! Next week we’re announcing the global release dates for Switch and PS4. There will also be the possibility to pre-order for a nice discount, but we’ll give more details on that once we announce the dates. There you have it, we’re officially... Big bread in Japan! *ba dum tsss…
- Bossgard's price just lost 20% of its HP! - 26 June 2020
Ugh, summer. Vikings were not built for summer. Well... maybe Ziggy and Duke were. For the rest of them non-Jamaican, non-surfer Vikings, summer just goes against everything that is supposed to turn the inhabitants of the North in tough, gritty warmachines. Olaf of Bread is no big fan of summer either - he gets too crusty. But there are plenty of good things that come with the sunny season, one of them being that we're dropping the price on Bossgard with 20% for the duration of the sale. If you've been following the game for a while or you've just heard about it, here's a small recap. Bossgard is the party game that lets you play the Boss against your friends, an asymmetrical boss-battler for up to 6 players in online and local multiplayer. There are currently 6 unique bosses, each moves, attacks and behaves differently, each with their own skill set. Giant bread, huge plungers, evil ro…
- Friday: Play with the devs - 19 June 2020
In the words of Magnus... IT. IS. FRIDAAAAAAAAAY! We're hosting a live stream today to celebrate the past few weeks and blow off some steam. Our Vikings are beaten and tired from all the senseless wars against toilet utensils and living fortresses, it's time we rewarded them with a day of casual skirmishes. And it's also time we reward you people with some in-game items. We're dying to try out our fancy new way of giving out Bossgard stuff, we have entire shelves of spears, helmets, gold and even maps we'd like to give to our more loyal players. So check this out - come play against us (or help us fight amongst ourselves) and the victors walk away with tangible game goodies. Cool? We'll be kicking off the stream session at 20:00 EET (which is UTC+2, there's a bit of math involved, eesh) so make sure you drop by, say hi, hit us with an axe (or bread idc) and walk away with some swag for…
- Patch: Fixing the Hog - 10 June 2020
Hi there! We received reports of faulty mechanized assault pigs and we had to do something about it. Upon closer inspection it became clear that the Warhog's Ragnarok-Class Reinforced Armor came under too much pressure from sustained fire and corrosive Poison arrows. The Vikings seem to have developed a knack for landing Mighty Blows in the Warhog's armor weak points, especially where several moving parts would meet, like the joints and even the rotating autocannon. Sustained damage during the first phase of the battle comprised the deployment of the phase II combat kit. We've also noticed severe damage to the Warhog's central processing unit. Several hog-handlers, like Papi and Penk (to whom we give our thanks) have reported an inability to control the Warhog in its second stage. Luckily, the warmachine's emergency security protocols deployed successfully and Vikings were unable the da…
- Update: Fixes, improvements, and news! - 4 June 2020
Hail you Vikings! Hail you Bosses! It’s been a great couple of weeks since Bossgard left Early Access! Glad to see some new faces in our community, we hope you’re here to stay! So! We’re back with another update, this time a good ol’ fashioned bug bashing routine plus several quality-of-life improvements! Here’s what’s up: Added new camera angles for the 2v1, 3v1, 4v1 Boss Vs Vikings game lobby. Updated the localization for French, Spanish and German Modified how map voting works. Map voting is now based on a common map pool drawn from all the maps unlocked/owned by the players in the lobby. Previously the game only drew maps from the Host’s map pool. Improved reassignment after controller disconnect Bhaar-Boot no longer damages players behind him when rolling Vikings can now be rotated in the Main Menu. Tweaked Bot AI. AI characters now change targets as soon as their current target di…
- Bossgard is launching today on Steam! - 21 May 2020
This is it, the big day, check it out! Bossgard also comes with a 20% discount during launch week, so it's probably the best time to get in the game! We're also hosting a live stream and we'll be playing Bossgard late up into the night! Make sure you drop by as we're organizing giveaways! And as a bonus, everybody who plays during launch week will get free gold skins for all the characters in the game! We hope you'll enjoy the show and hope you'll enjoy Bossgard. There's little to be said other than that we're super excited and it's been a really awesome journey. If you're reading this, we're glad you are here :) Sincerely, -The Sand Sailors
- Full Steam Launch this Thursday! - 18 May 2020
Hail you Bosses, hail you Vikings Hope you are staying safe and taking good care of yourselves. We surely are. And we’re also bringing good news! Check out our new TEASER TRAILER! The whole pandemic situation has made us reconsider parts of our release schedule so we happily announce that we have decided to release the full version of Bossgard on Steam this Thor's Day (Thursday) - May 21st! On May 21 Bossgard will be finally leaving Early Access! Celebrations will be of course in order and we have our fair share of awesome stuff we want to do, especially everybody’s favorite: giveaways! We’ll be organizing Play-with-the-devs streams during which we’ll hang out with you guys, play some hardboiled rounds of Bossgard, discuss THE FUTURE and last but not least, giveaway cool prizes, including Bossgard keys to share with your friends. If you’ve been with us so far, thank you very much, you’v…
- Huge Content Update! Bossgard is preparing to leave Early Access! - 23 April 2020
Just a little while longer We’re super happy to announce that Bossgard is getting close to the end of the Early Access program. At the moment we're hard at work cooking the upcoming Switch and PS4 ports, drawing up promo assets and making sure that everything is in place for the grand finale of Bossgard’s Early Access and the grand opening of Bossgard to the rest of the gamers out there. Our big launch day will be the 28th of May and it will involve a lot of buzz, streaming, giveaways and discounts, so do make sure you tune in and tell your friends! It’s been an amazing past year, we’ve learned more than we could’ve ever hoped for and your support and feedback have been critical to our development. To our Early Access players go our deepest thanks. Bossgard on Nintendo Switch and PS4 Bossgard is coming to Nintendo Switch and PS4! All game versions will be almost identical, with some sli…
- Play and be safe! Get 30% off Bossgard! - 5 April 2020
Play and be safe! Depending on where you're from, chances are you've slain a few solid weeks of lockdown yourself. Us Sand Sailors have been working from home ourselves and the impact made by the sudden spike in the usual level of solitude has been surprisingly strong. We miss going out and we've tried getting as much digital social contact as it is virtually possible. Bossgard has given us plenty of occasions to relieve some stress and loneliness off our backs so we decided to drop a drop in price as soon as it was possible. What better way to #stayhome than beating bread? Right? (actual footage of Coronavirus in Bossgard) Better than 4 avocados So here it is, Bossgard is 30%, which translates to roughly $8 a copy. That's roughly the price of 4 avocados, as this article indicates. We think that's a bargain! All sorts of multiplayer! So if you're in the market for a multiplayer game tha…
- Bossgard Weekly Tournaments are here! - 19 March 2020
Fight, heal, hunt and become the best Hi everybody, hope you are staying safe (and inside!) during these challenging times. Since we’re stuck inside our homes, we thought we might set off a series of challenges for you peeps. Without further ado... Sound the horn, grab your ale and hurry to the Great Hall! The Bossgard Tournament is about to begin. It is time to settle once and for all (or once every week or so) who is the best Bossgard player. Each week we’ll be hosting themed-tournaments, giving you a chance to show off your skills and earn some fat loot on the way. Participate in contests such as Thor’s Thursday and see if you can land the mightiest blow, or try dealing the most damage per match during Full Damage weeks. Or if you’re feeling particularly heal-y join Asha’s Love and Care, and strive to keep your teammates alive better than anybody else! Ok cool, but what’s in it for m…
- Giveaway! Win Bossgard keys and date Maksim! - 14 February 2020
Giveaway! Valentine's volley of arrows has been bombarding us for some time now. Unfortunately, we lost our best man - Maksim. Maksim is now lovestruck and there's not much we can do for him. He's a big loving guy, but he's also sensitive. We're afraid that if we don't find someone for Maksim (and fast) his goofy old heart will fail him. The oaf has been after Innes for a while, but that'll never work (truth be told she's too good for him). BUT! We have plan. A date with Maksim We've decided to give you guys and gals a chance to go with Maksim on a date BUT only if you prove your worth and answer a set of questions about our game. We care for Maksim and we don't want him dating just about anybody. Without further ado, tonight's stream will also include the Valentine Giveaway, so make sure you don't miss out on that. Time is of the essence and we need to give out these keys as soon as po…
