Mount & Blade: With Fire and Sword Expansion Coming to PC Later this Year

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The Mount & Blade franchise is continuing its expansion with a new installment announced during a Paradox Interactive press event in late January.

The Mount & Blade: With Fire and Sword expansion is set to arrive in Q2 2011 and with it bring "fully customizable troops, new siege options, and an exciting new age of weaponry."

The expansion will take place in the 17th century, bringing firearms into the equation for the first time in the franchise's history. Also at the player's disposal are explosives used to decimate adversaries or breach strongholds.

According to the announcement press release, the new game won't only add an enhanced single-player mode but also includes "a host of original multiplayer content including the new Captain Mode which allows players to control their own forces in online matches."

The game's official Facebook group has released a bevy of new screens, introducing five factions: the well equipped Kingdom of Sweden, the quick witted Cossack Hetmanate, the mighty Tsardom of Moscow, the oldschool Crimean Khanate of the Ottoman Empire, and the diverse Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Xav de Matos was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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    February 1, 2011 4:18 PM

    I hope, no BEG for a good, well put together singleplayer conquer the world style campaign for M&B. That, IMO, is all the franchise is really lacking.

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      February 1, 2011 4:22 PM

      Coop campaign is something I've wanted since the first game. I think it could be epic.

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        February 1, 2011 11:58 PM

        same, kind of suprised no ones done a mod for it tbh. mind you i hope the 'questy' and npc side of things are fleshed out a lot, the campaigns of the previous obviously had a lot of leeway but basically was pretty non immersive unless you really got into it on vanilla. mind you its hard to say how much of that side of things will change with the new setting etc.

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