Redemption Road Games and TinyBuild are offering a mixed era where you can shoot your sword-wielding opponents with a machine gun.

Go back in time to a war-torn medieval era armed with a vast arsenal of modern weapons. Change the course of history and save the future in this epic action/strategy sandbox. Build your kingdom, grab a gun, and lead an army of thousands into massive, real-time simulated battles—solo or cooperatively. You’re the last hope in a dying world. Travel 500 years back to medieval England to change the course of a bloody war—and perhaps stave off the apocalypse. Can you tip the scales of history and create a new timeline?

Each battle runs as a fully real-time simulation with thousands of soldiers fighting simultaneously. Every soldier on the battlefield is controlled by next-generation, multi-threaded AI that governs their decision-making, pathfinding, and loyalty. Combined with a unique procedural animation system, this allows Kingmakers to offer an unprecedented level of character and combat fidelity. How many swordsmen could you take out with an AK-47? Now’s your chance to find out. Use assault rifles, shotguns, grenade launchers, armored SUVs, bikes, attack helicopters, airstrikes, and more to ensure the alteration of history goes smoothly. Test your sharpshooting skills and wreak absolute havoc on the battlefield.

Up to three friends can lead their own armies alongside yours and participate in online cooperative play. Collaborate to break down the enemy castle’s defenses or defend allied strongholds against hordes of opponents. Prepare for an epic, medieval, multiplayer experience like no other. Seamlessly switch between combat and issuing orders at any time. The system is easy to learn and simple to use, but the strategic possibilities are endless. You can directly issue orders to warriors, leave it up to petty officers, allocate legions of archers, swordsmen, spearmen, and cavalry, build fortifications, and plan your next move before diving back into the fray.

Kingmakers, a blend of third-person shooter and strategy, launches in early access on PC on October 8 (Steam and Epic Games Store).

Source: Gematsu