Chivalry adds character customisation as sales pass 1.2 million

Multiplayer murderfest Chivalry: Medieval Warfare is pretty popular around these parts, and apparently other folks on the Internet like it too. It's sold over 1.2 million copies in the nine months since it launched, developer Torn Banner Studios announced this week. And all those warriors can be prettier than ever, as a new patch has added character customisation.

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Multiplayer murderfest Chivalry: Medieval Warfare is pretty popular around these parts, and apparently other folks on the Internet like it too. It's sold over 1.2 million copies in the nine months since it launched, developer Torn Banner Studios announced this week. And all those warriors can be prettier than ever, as a new patch has added character customisation.

Obviously not every copy was sold at the $24.99 ticket price, as it is frequently discounted, but that's still pretty impressive for a game that was (fun fact!) spawned from a mod.

Chivalrous players can now try on different helms, and customise their tabards, crests and shields with different colours and colours. The big announcement has some pretty pictures of pretty warmen, as well as a big picture with some numbers.

For example: the most players online at any one time was 23,233. And did you know that around 38% of copies sold were bought in the United States? I did, because I looked at the picture.

As well as the customisation jazz, the patch also improved the server browser--making it less likely to overload routers--tweaked the balance a little, and fixed some bugs.

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    August 14, 2013 3:30 PM

    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Chivalry adds character customisation as sales pass 1.2 million.

    Multiplayer murderfest Chivalry: Medieval Warfare is pretty popular around these parts, and apparently other folks on the Internet like it too. It's sold over 1.2 million copies in the nine months since it launched, developer Torn Banner Studios announced this week. And all those warriors can be prettier than ever, as a new patch has added character customisation.

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      August 14, 2013 3:32 PM

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      August 14, 2013 5:02 PM

      pretty warmen :)

      but I don't want pretty warmen :(

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      August 14, 2013 5:10 PM

      AGATHAAAAAAAAAAARrrrr oh hey, Mike. Your hat looks pretty.

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      August 14, 2013 5:23 PM

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      August 14, 2013 5:32 PM

      Good for them. The game is a lot of fun. I bet all those Steam sales have really helped.

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      August 14, 2013 5:39 PM

      The customization feature is a curse. Teammates that set their armor to a non-team color are the worst and get TK'd all over the damn place. There are seemingly no restrictions on this so on red/blue teams you'll see players in all black, or yellow, or tan or whatever and can't easily tell who they are. Basic UI functionality like rebinding keys is still a mess. I wouldn't be surprised if the bug that renders the UI unusable when you get caught typing after a duel is still there. Server browser is mostly functional these days at least.

      That said the game is still fun as hell and totally worth it despite its stroke-inducing quirks.

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