A new milestone release has been made for this game

Nov 23, 2014 16:07 GMT  ·  By

The Battle for Wesnoth is a free, turn-based tactical strategy game that features both single-player and online/hotseat multiplayer combat. The developers have just updated it after a long hiatus.

The Battle for Wesnoth has been one of the best turn-based strategy games ever released on the Linux platform. It's the kind of game that would fetch quite a price on today's market, but its makers have chosen to make it free.

The quality of the game is exquisite and there is a strong community around it. The devs have never stopped listening to it and we now have a new update.

It's been a very long time since the previous update and the fans of this game have been waiting for an update with great interest. The Battle for Wesnoth has been gathering quite a wish list and it's good to see that the devs are still working on it.

The Battle for Wesnoth is a new milestone

The game hasn't been forgotten by the devs. In fact, numerous updates have been released, but all of them have been for maintenance purposes. This latest iteration marks the begging of a new cycle, and that means we'll start to see more new features land very soon, like a new faction or a better interface.

"Nearly three years after our previous milestone, we are now proud to present The Battle for Wesnoth 1.12.0, the first release of a new stable series bringing forth loads of new features for players and content creators, as well as a vast number of bug fixes and small enhancements. A new multiplayer faction, a refurnished game interface, and an improved map editor comprise only a small fraction of the changes this new version has to offer to veterans from previous versions."

"The Battle for Wesnoth is always looking for help in various areas of development. We are in particular need of C++ programmers comfortable working with Windows, Apple OS X, and Linux systems," said the devs in the official announcement.

The game hasn't landed just in the major repositories, but it shouldn't take too long. This is a very important title and the maintainers are usually quick to promote any update that is made.

Check out the complete list of changes and updates in the changelog file, inside the archive. You can download The Battle for Wesnoth 1.12.0 right now from Softpedia, if you want to play it right not, but you'll have to compile it by yourself.

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