Hey everyone! We'd like to make a quick announcement regarding some of the discussions on offline play that we've seen in the community!
There seems to be a lot of misunderstanding regarding the ability to play offline in Awesomenauts. Some people think we've removed botmatches and splitscreen with the latest update, but that's not the case: you can still play with and against bots in Update 4.0, and you can still play local splitscreen multiplayer. The only change here is that you need to have an internet connection to start the game, since your unlocks are now stored in the cloud.
In addition, some players have told us they want to be able to play when they don't have access to the internet at all. To make sure those players won't lose any features that they previously had access to, we've decided to permanently leave an offline-only version of Update 3.5 available on Steam. And the nice thing is: it's available already!
You can get the offline version like this:
- Right click Awesomenauts in your Steam library and go to Properties.
- Go to the DLC tab.
- Enable the DLC called "Awesomenauts - Beta dual-load PC" (or Mac or Linux depending on your platform).
- When you now start the game you can play offline by selecting "Play Awesomenauts Beta".
We'll replace this with a permanent solution in a few weeks, since future betas will overwrite your ability to access this particular version of the game. Once the way to access the offline version of Awesomenauts changes and we have the permanent solution ready for you, we'll let you know!
For now, enjoy!