Mount & Blade's multiplayer-adding expansion 'Warband' has been delayed from late this year until March 19, 2010, publisher Paradox Interactive confirmed to Shacknews.

"March 19 is the date we are aiming for," Paradox executive vice president of publishing Susana Meza Graham told us. No explanation of the delay was provided.

As well as adding modes including team deathmatch and search & destroy for up to 64 players with Warband, TaleWorlds is overhauling the medieval PC action RPG's graphics, adding a new faction, as well as improving morale, faction and diplomatic systems.

Medieval multiplayer mayhem is the order of the day in a new trailer for indie developer TaleWorlds' Warband expansion to its PC warfare action RPG Mount & Blade.

Arriving later in the year, Warband will add 64-player multiplayer with several modes, along with updated graphics, a new faction, and improvements to diplomacy and AI.

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Taleworlds Entertainment has released multiplayer footage of Mount & Blade: Warband, the expansion for its medieval action RPG. While the trailer shows only small skirmishes, Warband adds team deathmatch multiplayer with up to 32 players.

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Warband will also tart up the graphics, extend diplomatic options, improve combat and AI, and allow players to lead their own faction when it arrives later in the year.