Here Come the Northgard to Smash Steam Early Access

Yes folks, that’s right, because one can never have too many Vikings…hell, one can never have enough Vikings. Northgard, the Viking themed strategy simulation game, enters Steam Early Access today.

To celebrate, a new trailer has made its way onto ‘tha intrawebs’ focusing more on the resource gathering and settlement building side of the game. A firm reminder that even the feared Norsemen still cared about their homes. In fact, that was one of the primary motivators for raids. To get more money, and resources, to build a sweet pad, and, of course, tend to that luscious, luxuriant beard.

Fun fact, the term “paying through the nose” actually originates with my kith, you see, many territories were expected to pay a tribute to a Viking raiding party, in exchange for not, y’know, being raided and murdered in the face with extreme prejudice. Some ruling types would get a bit shirty, refuse to pay, and would promptly be tied to a tree and have their nostrils cut with a knife. As a reminder to be more understanding next time. Vikings also much preferred silver, because it was shiny…this has very little to do with the game of course, but…Vikings!

Northgard is shaping up to be an exiting viking themed city builder and is currently up for grabs via Steam Early Access for as little as $19.99 USD, so head on over and secure yourself a copy while you stroke that magnificent beard as it finishes downloading.

Official Press Release

Bordeaux, France – 22nd of February, 2017 – The new Viking strategy game Northgard will be available today on Steam Early Access, bringing a unique mix of exploration, village building and combat heavily infused with Norse mythology. Northgard is available in Early Access in English, French and German on PC for £15,99 / €19,99 / $19,99.

Being developed by popular indie studio Shiro Games (Evoland 1 & 2), in Northgard players take control of a Viking clan who arrive on unknown and unforgiving shores, where they have to establish a village, gather resources, grow their society and defeat their opponents. In their quest to conquer this new and mysterious world, clans will face off against undead warriors, giants, dragons and other foes while surviving the harshest environments.

The Early Access version of Northgard allows players to:

Build settlements on the newly discovered hostile continent of Northgard while assigning and commanding vikings to various jobs.
Manage resources carefully to survive the harsh winters and vicious enemies.
Expand and discover new territory giving unique strategic opportunities.
Achieve different victory conditions such as Conquest, Fame, Lore and Trading.

“We have always been fans of strategy and simulation games, and with Northgard we have taken what we think are all the best bits, and added a lot of cool Viking themes and fantasy to the mix,” said Nicolas Cannasse, co-founder at Shiro Games. “Launching on Early Access will allow us to get direct feedback from our players which we’ll use in fine-tuning the development of Northgard. Not only that, we’ll also be bringing lots of cool new features to the game in the coming months, like new clans to play around with and a story driven campaign amongst other things.”

Early Access is just the start for Northgard, with Shiro Games continuing to add new content to the game during development. Extra features planned for Northgard include a full dedicated multiplayer mode, a story driven campaign mode, new playable clans and a host of new features such as a improved trading and diplomacy system, and more victory conditions.

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