- Wartales is out now! - 1 December 2021
Attention Mercenaries! We are proud to announce that Wartales has now entered into Early Access and is available to buy now on Steam! Well, what a whirlwind of a few months it has been! From the announcement of Wartales earlier this year, to the mad dash to pull together a demo for the Steam festival, to the recent closed beta and final stretch of develoment before release, to right here, right now, orchestrating the release of our FIFTH game as a company... First off, we'd like to thank everyone who joined us on our journey from the very start with the demo earlier this year, to have had such a positive reception and to see a community of dedicated and helpful players begin to form around the game at such an early stage was incredibly ecouraging for all of us here at Shiro. Secondly, a massive thank you to everyone who took part in the recent closed Beta, your feedback and suggestions…
- The Runes of Power Update: Available Now - 23 November 2021
Zombie slayers, ladle wielders, rodent sidekick enthusiasts rejoice, as we present to you the latest free content patch for Darksburg! Runes of Power! Things in Darksburg have been getting a little too easy for our survivors of late, so we’ve upped the ante a touch, with the Runes of Power update! For this update we have added content for those who have unlocked all the Darksburg curios and masteries. The idea being to add challenges to choose from in the lobby that will change the initial conditions of each of your runs. These challenges will be unlocked once the first ascension is defeated ! Alongside this are a bunch of other new changes and additions to make your life in Darksburg just that little bit harder… What’s new? Last Stand is back! Fend off increasingly challenging waves of zombies in a reimagining of Darksburgs classic mode. All new challenges to make your life more diffic…
- The Mastery Update: Available Now - 8 April 2021
Hi everyone! Firstly, we'd like to apologize for the lengthy wait between updates on Darksburg. With the current world situation, movements in and out of lockdown here in France, working from home and all of the complications that came alongside all of this, the last few months have been challenging as a studio and as a team and we appreciate your patience and understanding during this time! But, with that out of the way, we'd like to introduce you to the first of our planned 2021 content updates "The Masteries Update"! Find out what's new here: We have added a whole new overarching progression system, spanning all difficulty levels. You can now earn Mastery Points by levelling (which is done through normal play, whether you fail or succeed in completing a run, and also completing the newly implemented Jobs), and spend them in the Mastery Tree to unlock or upgrade various aspects of you…
- Darksburg V 1.0.5 Available Now! (With Controller Support) - 9 November 2020
Hey Everyone, First of all, we would like to thank all of you for all of the feedback you have provided since we released out of Early Access. With everything going on in the world right now and the recently reintroduced lockdown in France, it has been a challenging time for us as a studio, but your feedback and support has been invaluable in helping us improve the game, so thank you for everything you have provided and shared with us since release. With this update, we have introduced controller support, one of the most popular requests since Darksburg released into Early Access, alongside making numerous balancing changes and updates to the curios, completely revamping the battle with Baron Von Darksburg and have made a number of other changes based on what you guys have had to say about the game since 1.0 dropped. Read on to find out more about everything that is included in 1.0.5: N…
- Leaving Early Access! - 23 September 2020
We are incredibly excited to announce we have concluded the Early Access development of Darksburg and have today officially launched Darksburg into 1.0! Firstly we’d like to thank everyone who joined us in Early Access and helped us shape darksburg into what it is today and secondly, we’d like to welcome all the new players who are joining us for the next phase of Darksburgs life! We can’t wait to show you guys all what’s in store for the future of Darksburg. Darksburg 1.0 brings a huge number of new additions and improvements, in addition to everything that has come to the game since our initial release into Early Access including Ascension mode, a rework of numerous characters move sets, new character skins, Etc… You can find the full details of everything new in 1.0 here! The town of Darksburg has been subject to an outbreak of unprecedented proportions, morphing the formerly quaint…
- Going Rogue Update - 10 June 2020
https://j.gifs.com/gZqEOZ.gif “Something strange is happening in the town of Darksburg, and we’re not talking about the swathes of undead miscreants roaming the town or the former ruler of the province seemingly now being hellbent on hunting down anyone who has had the fortune of avoiding zombification. No, something much more unprecedented appears to be at hand here. When the outbreak began, the roads and back alleys were just as you’d expect from any aging town, linear, well travelled and unchanged for centuries (Mostly thanks to the labourers who worked tirelessly to rectify the strange and disjointed town developments put in place by the inhabitants of Darksburg). Now however, likely due to the chaos that has engulfed the region and the Construction Workers Union unequivocally refusing to allow any work in the town until the zombie outbreak is under control because they “don’t want…
- Introducing Dolorosa - The Macabre Matron - 30 April 2020
A strange aura surrounds this mysterious new addition to the team of survivors. An aura which could possibly be attributed to her unfathomably deep understanding of this mysterious infection, her apparent relations to Baron Manfred Von Darksburg himself or to the vaguely undead smell she adorns. An accomplished doctor, with a sharp scientific mind, Dolorosa was deep in the field upon the outbreak, attempting to help those who became infected whilst feverishly trying to devise a cure. (As evidenced by the current situation, this endeavor was largely unsuccessful, but we're sure the townsfolk would voice their appreciation for her attempts were they capable of more than the standard zombie grunts and growls.) Dolorosa brings much more than just a profound understanding of medical science and a questionable odor to the team however and is more than capable of holding her own against the un…
- Blackguard Squad Update Now Available - 25 March 2020
Hey Guys, First off, we would like to thank all of you for all of the feedback you have provided since release! Using this feedback and all of the expert insights from our community, we have begun to define the direction we think would be best to take Darksburg going forward and we are glad to inform you that a substantial update is in motion right now to address the most pertinent key community concerns such as limited replayability, content and repetitive maps. We are targeting May/June to release this update and we hope to share more info on that front in the coming weeks. Before this update, we will be seeing the first of our new survivors joining the game next month (April), a unique and interesting new character who some of you may have seen teased already and we are certain is going to make a splash with the people of Darksburg. In the meantime though, we’re releasing an update T…
- Introducing a Revenant - The Fishmonger - 17 February 2020
Hey everybody! After a long time without any introductions (as we already introduced you all the characters and levels of Darksburg... so far), it's time for you to meet the newest character to have dedicated their life(?) to destroying the hopes and dreams of Darksburgs survivors: The Fishmonger! This character has been introduced during the Closed Beta stage, and will not be the last one! Just a quick reminder: Darksburg will be launched in Early Access on the 12th of February, so don't forget to wishlist the game to not miss its launch! Let's start with the introduction of the Fishmonger! And that's it for the introduction of the Fishmonger! Big things ahead! The next time we'll push an update on Steam will be for the Early Access release! We're really excited about it and we hope that our work will be appreciated and that you'll enjoy exploring Darksburg! See you soon and stay tuned…
- Darksburg - Dev Diary 3: Levels - 14 February 2020
Hey everyone! Welcome to the third chapter in the Darksburg Dev Diaries! Where today we will be talking to Lucas and Lary, who make up our amazing level design team, about all the work that goes into creating the world of Darksburg. In Darksburg, Survivors and Revenants fight each other in different parts of the city. What were the main inspirations for you when creating Darksburg’s levels? Lary: Gameplay wise, it was really important to have a style that reads well from a top-down camera with large chunky shapes and smooth edges. Our style mixes handpainted details and material work to get nice reflections on surfaces. Our main game inspiration are Heroes of the storm, Battle Chasers and League of Legends and Diablo 3. Lucas: About design, it’s quite hard to find references and guides for non-FPS games, so we had to do some digging to find interesting inspirations. Obviously, Left 4 De…
- UPDATE: New servers added and roadmap - 13 February 2020
Thank you to everyone who has provided feedback on Darksburg since release yesterday! One of the main concerns our users have raised is both the stability of Chinese servers and the lack of Asian servers for those outside of China. In response, we have now allocated more servers to China (which is now referred to in game as Mainland China) and we have introduced new servers in Singapore for users in other Asian countries (Displayed in game as Asia). Please do not hesitate to provide feedback on these new servers either on the Steam forums or on our Discord In addition, we have made some small changes based on user feedback we have received so far: Fixed revenants sometimes being unable to spawn on Faubourg Added region selector on "Browse games" screen "Browse games" refresh is done more frequently, and if there are too many lobbies, only the in-lobby ones are displayed Discovery mode i…
- Darksburg out now in Early Access! - 12 February 2020
https://j.gifs.com/K1k7lY.gif Hey Everybody! Darksburg has officially launched into early access today! We are incredibly excited to welcome you all to our quaint, colourful and charming little town. However, we are legally obliged to disclose that we are currently experiencing a mild zombie infestation and our towns beloved ruler has reportedly been seen trying to kill people with an intimidating large sword on a few separate occasions as of late. But you never know exactly what you're gonna get when you visit somewhere new right? It probably won't have any impact on you at all. Throughout Early Access, we plan to release a number of updates that will add new content to the game, ranging from characters, levels, game modes and more. Alongside these updates we will be seeing regular improvements, bug fix and balance patches. And don't forget, Darksburg is 10% off on Steam for a limited…
- Darksburg - Rasantes Koop-Actionspiel startet in Early-Access-Phase - 7 February 2020
Die französsichen Shiro Games haben den Starttermin der Early-Access-Phase von Darksburg bekannt gegeben. Demnach startet das kooperative Top-Down-Actiontitel nach seiner erfolgreichen Closed-Beta, "bei der sich tausende Spieler durch die Zombiehorden gekämpft haben, die die mittelalterliche Stadt Darksburg überrannt » Komplette News auf pressakey.com lesen
- Early Access Announcement + TRAILER - 5 February 2020
After an extremely successful Closed Beta, which saw us open the doors to the town of Darksburg for the first time to thousands of eager zombie hunters, we are proud to announce that Darksburg will release into early access on the 12th of February 2020! And to mark the occasion, we've also today released the Darksburg Launch Trailer, which you can check out below... Darksburg is heading for release on the 12th of February, but why early access? Well, using the early access platform allows us to involve our community in every step of the development process! Which means we can work alongside our community and be as transparent as possible as we implement features, improvements and ideas that appeal to our players and contribute towards developing a much more interesting environment in which to bash zombie brains in. It also gives us the flexibility to develop the game at whatever pace is…
- Last Stand: Game Mode Introduction - 24 January 2020
Hey everybody! Important times ahead... After the introduction of the Darksburg's characters and levels, it's now time for you to meet the 3rd game mode (with PvE and PvP) which will be taking up a huge part of your time in Darksburg: Last Stand We missed a trick by not calling this Zombie horde mode, but I digress... Choose your Survivor and try your best to withstand an overwhelming onslaught of Zombies and Revenants in the gruelling Last Stand mode! Please, have the pleasure to meet the (first) two levels of the Last Stand game mode! How did this outbreak start? Where are all these zombies coming from? Why do I feel such a deep sense of satisfaction killing them when the braziers are lit? Who keeps opening these gates to let more in? Is this a game to them?! These are the questions you’ll be asking as you fend off progressively challenging waves of the undead and revenants in an atte…
- Level Introduction - Marketplace - 25 December 2019
Hey Everybody! It's time to finish this wave of levels introduction with the third level you'll explore in Darksburg, and where you'll have to survive until you find a way to escape. We take this opportunity to remind you again that you can still apply to request a beta key just here. Let's start with the last level of this wave! Explore Marketplace, and protect the Church! This wave of levels introduction is done! We hope that you enjoyed discovering them as much as we enjoyed creating them! Stay tuned as we're preparing some news we think you'll enjoy discovering... See you!
- Level Introduction - Faubourg - 16 December 2019
Hey Everybody! It's time for you to discover the second level of Darksburg, and we hope that you enjoyed discovering The Harbour! We take this opportunity to remind you that you can still apply to request a beta key! It's just here! But for now, we're glad to introduce you another level of Darksburg, which is really different from The Harbour... Let's meet Faubourg! And that's it for Faubourg! Haa, the contryside... We hope that you enjoyed discovering this very different level! Stay tuned for the next level introduction! https://store.steampowered.com/app/939100/Darksburg/
- Level Introduction - The Harbour - 11 December 2019
Hey Everybody! So many things have happened recently! We hope that you all enjoyed the introduction of the characters of Darksburg, and that you're part of the lucky group who has had the chance to participate to the Darksburg Closed Beta. If not, don't worry. If you've applied for a beta key, it's just a question of time! We'll push several waves of invites, and of course, eventually we will invite all who applied! But if unfortunately you weren't aware of this, you can still apply to request a beta key and take your first steps towards Darksburg! Click here to apply! But for now, it's time to introduce you to the different levels of Darksburg where you will have to either fight to survive or do everything in your power to stop the Survivors. Let's start with the first level: The Harbour! "Our original plan was to ride a boat down the river and cross the bay, but it turns out that the…
- The Darksburg Closed Beta has begun! - 4 December 2019
We are pleased to announce that after nearly 2000 applications, the initial round of Closed Beta invites have been sent and... THE DARKSBURG CLOSED BETA HAS BEGUN! If you haven’t yet received an invite, fret not, we will be inviting people in waves over the next couple of months with the intention of eventually inviting everyone who has applied to participate. The goal of this CLOSED BETA is to work alongside you all to identify key issues, improve core gameplay, test online functionality and refine the overall Darksburg experience ready for its release in February 2020. Here’s a quick overview of what is included in the initial Beta build: 4 Survivors (Varag, Runolf, Rose, Abigail) 5 Revenants (Executioner, Burning Witch, Brute, Raven Master, Fishmonger) 1 Boss 3 Survival Maps (Co-Op + PvP) : Harbor, Marketplace, Faubourg. 1 Last Stand Map (Co-Op) : The Belvedere. As a Beta participant…
- Introducing a Survivor - Rose - 3 December 2019
Hey everybody! A prolific bounty hunter, expert marksman, with an eye (literally, singular) for a payday, Rose is not an easy woman to make friends with. Unless you're a small, striped rodent that she inexplicably takes a liking to, of course...? Let's introduce The Deadeye Duo, Rose & Twig! https://j.gifs.com/YWXVrp.gif And that's it for this wave of character introductions! We hope that you have enjoyed discovering them as much as we've enjoyed creating them! Stay tuned as even more exciting stuff will be getting introduced very soon! https://store.steampowered.com/app/939100/Darksburg/
