I am simply assuming it's still in development, but Mount and Blade 2 is a definite day 1 buy for me.
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They seem to be actively working on it.
Check out:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/261550/announcements/detail/1797406038079052327Interesting thing about Taleworlds. These guys were doing a paid beta for Mount and Blade I when the entire PC gaming community was hanging devs over incomplete releases. Now that almost everybody releases games before they are complete, Taleworlds went the other way. I think I read that Bannerlord has been in development since 2012.