This particular siege map started us out just beyond the walls of a castle, with a gigantic, wheeled siege ladder available for pushing, as well as a few smaller ladders on either side of the keep. In our session, which took place in a full-on 64-player siege, we played a few rounds on the attacking team as a Norseman, trying out each of that faction's three classes-the archer, a very lightly armored ranged fighter the huscarl, a heavily armed melee warrior and the scout, a lightly armed soldier with a small shield and handaxe. The game offers six different nationalities as factions, and each faction has several character classes to try-since this is a large-scale medieval combat game, some classes are more useful than others in various situations. All multiplayer modes will support up to 64 players (competitive modes will support teams of up to 32 players each), and surprisingly enough, the ongoing beta has plenty of 64-player games running at this very moment. Warband is currently undergoing an extensive multiplayer beta with hundreds of players pounding the servers daily, trying out the expansion's six new multiplayer modes (which will include free-for-all Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, and Siege-a team-based mode that requires the attacking team to capture a castle and the defending team to repel the onslaught). Instead, we jumped headfirst into the game's already-thriving multiplayer beta. The campaign will let you woo your potential mate with song and with your long, long, long…list of battle accomplishments, but that's not how we spent our time with the game. Like in the original game, you can play as an ambitious young warrior noble in search of fame, power, and conquest, though Warband's single-player campaign will give you access to new paths to power-specifically, by marrying into a wealthy family.
The 2010 Game Developers Conference is under way, and so is the ongoing beta test for Mount & Blade: Warband, the upcoming expansion to the unique medieval hybrid action game from developer Taleworlds and publisher Paradox.
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