Arcen Games is excited to announce that AI War 2 — a sequel to the award-winning, genre breaking, asymmetric strategy cult classic, and the most sentient AI in games — will launch May 29th, 2017 on Steam in Early Access for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

In related news, Arcen’s Kickstarter for AI War 2 has surpassed its funding goal and is heading toward its third stretch goal ahead of its conclusion on Monday, December 19th. We’re thrilled, and encouraging fans to join our mailing list for major announcements during development. The current goal, if met, will add The Nemesis — a diabolical new enemy within the AI.

The latest campaign update has more info on the AI as well, and below you’ll find a few videos and media assets we’ve put together for the game.

AI War 2 – Prototype Combat Video

Combat Video #2

Covered in Bees! Whiteboarding AI War 2 with series creator Chris Park

AI War 2: “Midnight” Piano Track by series composer Pablo Vega

Arcen (Ar-ken) Games happened to launch their first game, AI War: Fleet Command, right at the start of the main indie boom in 2009. The game went on to critical acclaim that the company has yet to top, with AI War frequently being listed among the top strategy games of all time by major publications such as Rock, Paper Shotgun. Arcen has gone through a lot of game genres and company evolution over the past 7 years, with a flurry of new things recently: moving into 3D, our first kickstarters, and soon — shhh, it’s a secret to everybody — VR.