Evil Twin's release of Warhammer Man o' War announced for Steamearly access 2016

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Here is the latest press release from Evil Twin... 8)

Avast me hearties! Evil Twin Artworks sets sail across classic Warhammer world seas in, 'Man O' War: Corsair'!

Award winning indie studio 'Evil Twin Artworks', the  team  behind  PC  classic,  'Victory  At  Sea'  is  proud  to  announce  a  new collaboration with Games Workshop using the Warhammer world in sea faring open world  combat-action  title, 'Man  O'  War: Corsair'   for  PC,  and  launching first on Steam Early Access in 2016.

Man  O'  War:  Corsair  is  a  video  game  of  high  adventure,  naval  combat  and exploration based on the Games Workshop classic Man O' War table top game.

Play as a rogue Captain of the Empire or Champion of Chaos, personally navigating your  vessel  in  third  person  across  the  Great  Western  Ocean  while  plundering enemy ships, visiting ports, trading and making legends of your deeds across the land and sea! Engage in boarding actions, with direct control over your Captain and take the fight to the enemy. In Man  O'  War: Corsair,  players  will  explore  a  vast  continent  featuring  over  50 unique ports.

Featuring customisable characters, fleets of sailing vessels, cannons, spells  and  mystical  creatures  all  clashing  on  an  epic  scale,  but beware  the  very waters beneath your bows... Here there be monsters!

"We're  so  excited  and  honoured  to  bring  the  classic Warhammer  world  of  Man  O' War  to  life  in  our  brand  new  title" commented James Carroll, Director at Evil Twin Artworks." We've  learned  a  lot  from  our  time  developing  Victory  At  Sea  and  can't wait to see what the fans will think about our new creation!"

Man O' War: Corsair features:
• Sea based warfare - Engage in thrilling broadside battles and take command of your captain as you board enemy ships from an on  deck  perspective!
• Huge game world to explore with over 50 ports
• A huge variety of customisable vessel types and characters
• Trade and fight with other Captains, vessels and ports
• Hire wizards and other magical beasts to do your bidding
• Command allies from different races and fight deadly enemies including - Orcs, High Elves, Dwarfs, Dark Elves, Skaven, Pirates, Chaos, Sea Monsters and more!
• Travel the huge environment day and night, and in all weathers.

Man O' War: Corsair YouTube trailer is available here – http://youtu.be/twrLuASPnEI
Man O' War: Corsair Official Website is here – http://manowarcorsair.com/

About Evil Twin Artworks:
Evil Twin artworks are a Swindon based games development studio creating original multi platform games including River Cottage Get Foraging for Channel 4 and Award winning PC strategy, Victory At Sea. The Evil Twins are strong advocates for grass roots programming and try to encourage game design and development in their local area, running outreach projects as well as going into schools.


Latest Man O' War: Corsair alpha pix...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4xwbekgsjae2206/2.tif?dl=0

From the little I've seen of the game it looks a lot of fun, although obviously it is still pre-alpha release at the moment.
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