Writers of Battalion 1944 bid farewell to Square Enix, frustrated by its lack of access to consoles

Bulkhead will return the money to those who funded the PlayStation and Xbox adaptation of the shooter on Kickstarter.

The Battalion 1944 development team announced the end of their business relationship with Square Enix this week, kicking off an exciting new chapter for the player-focused multiplayer action-shooter. But first, the end of the deal brings “disappointing” news.

“We are deeply disappointed that Battalion 1944 has not been released on consoles and we will be refunding all Kickstarter backers for this release. Thank you to everyone who supported us and we’re sorry it took us this long to fix this” read a statement on Steam.

To the rest of the players, fans of old-school action and shooting games, Bulkhead wanted to thank them for their support and hopes they’ll continue with them in the new phase they’ve begun, in a phase where Battalion 1944 will be called Battalion. : Heritage.

What is Battalion: Inheritance?

As presented, the multiplayer shooter with Battalion: Legacy will be available this August 16. free to play video game. “We took the best aspects of Battalion 1944 and perfected it to create a smooth and error-free experience,” they explain, guaranteeing extensive new features such as an additional faction, more weapons, search and destroy game mode, revised interface. , etc.

The battalion took its action after II.

While it’s the end of a seemingly unsatisfying contractual relationship for Bulkhead, it’s time for a change at Square Enix after the Japanese company sold its three most important Western development teams.

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