God save the king, God save Birmingham…? It’s a medieval survival simulator set in foggy Albion that you’ll soon be able to try out for yourself.

There’s something extremely English about the loose-skinned medieval peasantry of God Save Birmingham – and we mean that literally, not derogatorily! They all look like they’ve eaten a lot of sausage sandwiches in their lives. However, soon the food may take revenge – one of the new weapons added to the survival/crafting simulator is a large piece of old meat.

Scythes and hammers are also among the new weapons that will be included in a closed alpha test at the end of the month. The weapons’ aiming accuracy has been improved for better limb severing. The embedded trailer shows extra-bloody cuts and amputations, as well as a variable frame rate – at least it’s honest.

The new trailer showcases the navigation system, which helps you keep track of stamina, hunger, injuries, goals, durability, sharpening, barricade building, and door and lock installation. Health and hygiene have also been modified. It seems that we can dip our heads in a horse trough to wash ourselves when we’re not eating soup and killing zombies, just like any medieval peasant. Ignoring the zombie infestation, this is a fairly historically accurate reconstruction of 14th-century Birmingham. As far as we know, the only real monster native to the region is the infamous Birmingham Piss Troll.

God Save Birmingham is preparing for two alpha tests. Current testers can participate from February 19 to 23, and everyone else can participate in the second round from February 26 to March 2. You can sign up for the alpha test on Steam, where God Save Birmingham will eventually be available via Early Access. The Ocean Drive Studio, Inc. game requires an Intel Core i7-7700K or AMD Ryzen 5 1600X processor; 16 GB of RAM; a GTX 1060 (6 GB VRAM), RX 580 (8 GB VRAM), or Arc A750 (8 GB VRAM) graphics card; and 20 GB of storage space.

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