Developer posts and news about this game.
Join us for a BG1 event intended for EU & NA players at 3:00 p.m. EST, Sunday October 18. That's 9:00 p.m. in central Europe, 8:00 p.m. in Britain. Our last event was at a NA-friendly time and we are looking to get more EU players involved this time around. You can download B
Please join us for an event celebrating 25 years of BG on September 27 at 9:00 p.m. Eastern US Time in BG1, version 1.0F. We will be using the 3D BG1 server to host this event. The original public release of BG1 took place in September 2001 and it's time to commemorate BG turning
Attention, soldiers! Yesterday we published a new game update that fixes a longstanding bug that has been in BG ever since it came out on the Source engine 20 years ago. For all that time, players who knew their way around the source engine asset system could (and did) modify the
In accordance with voted-on changes from the Battle Grounds Discord, the following changes have been made: Snipers now move at the default speed when reloading, as opposed to being slower than other classes. Buffed the Blunderbuss weapon: its damage by 10%, and its accuracy by ab
Re-updated the game with the changes that had been reverted, this time with a fix for the suspected root cause of the crash.
Due to crash reports, yesterday's update is being reverted until a solution is found. The update remains available on the beta branch.
The next BGU season is upon us! In accordance with the community poll and group discussion, the following changes have been made. Nerfed Spanish Musket accuracy Slow debuff damage cap on grenade increased Lit grenades now drop on any hit of 30 damage or more Rapier was added for
Added cvars sv_periodic_message and sv_periodic_message_interval . Can be used by server owners to add periodic chat messages to unmodded servers. Does nothing when sv_periodic_message is empty.
Attention soldiers! We have a mini-update for you, as well as an external Google survey for you to give feedback about the game: Here are the game changes: Shooting can now drain stamina, controlled by mp_stamina_multiplier_shooting . Set to 0 to disable. General-purpose shooting
Attention soldiers! After the latest BGU, we have several balance changes and fixes available for you. Removed jump shooting Reverted Spanish musket movement speed change, instead nerfing its damage and increasing recoil. Stomach shots no longer kill. Swapped Officer & Sniper
Balance Mini-Update released! Nerfed Spanish musket by slowing player movement speed when equiped. Nerfed Dutch musket by giving it a random additional lock time; it will still be faster than most muskets on average. Slow effect from grenade and shotguns now lasts 3 seconds inste
1. Added built-in anticheat plugin (server update) 2. Added new French Officer voices from TheSoul (server update) (battlecries not finished yet) 3. Added new(?) yet nostalgic voices for the Minuteman class 😉 (server update) 3. Added the 'gag' command to gag players without muti
Attention, soldiers! We're posting this bulletin to keep you all up-to-date on the latest going-abouts! From weekly linebattles, new features and fixes, and future development ideas, our line of battle still presses on. At the end of this post you can find a link to an opinion su
Attention, soldiers! This few weeks, several minor updates have been released, including one just today! The details for these have all already been announced on our discord server, however we will still now summarize them here for players who are not on the discord. One other th
There is a heinous monster afoot... it must die, or we'll all be kaput. It stalks the swamps and ruins at night setting Britons and 'Mericans afright. It is summoned by absence of light, glowing pumpkins smiling in delight. Who will step up as our heroic knight and save us all fr
Attention, soldiers! It has been a while since the game received a large update; however, over the past few months, the game has nonetheless received a larger number of smaller updates. Their changes are summarized here. Also, be aware that there will be another update this weeke
Celebrating the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, we are releasing the largest update the game has ever seen! We are introducing new weapons, map changes, new gameplay elements, balance tweaks and the much anticipated progression system. Without much further ad
The Blunderbuss Find some cover; the blunderbuss is coming! The blunderbuss unleashes a mighty blast that packs a devastating blow at close range. Be advised: Enemies that are unfortunate enough to be close enough to your intended victims upon firing may very well become victims
Happy Thanksgiving! We’d like to give you a juicy BG3 update to put alongside your thanksgiving spread. Gameplay Updates Grenadiers wielding grenades will now drop them when their throwing arm is injured. In an effort to move away from point blank hipfiring for easy kills, the fo
Mapping contest maps released! At long last, the maps from the contest will be officially released! We know you all have been chomping at the bit to play them, and we have been hard at work bringing the maps and new assets into the game. Revamp: sg_siege Lead mapper meat has been