The old-school inspired first person shooter game Battalion 1944 is setting out to be one of the more successful games launching in the future, judging by how nicely its funding campaign is proceeding. The game has been fully funded in less than three days, and now the team can use any additional money to implement a variety of extra features, which have been revealed a few hours ago.
With a new post on the game's official Kickstarter page, developed Bulkhead Interactive has revealed the campaign's stretch goals. The first one has already been reached, and the addition of a full time community manager will allow the team to keep players always updated on the latest Battalion 1944 news. The rest of the stretch goals will allow the team to add enhanced psrticle effects, a Bootcamp map, a competitive D-Day Map, British Forces faction with full character sets, animations and cosmetic variations, additional cosmetic unlocks, the Eastern Fron with entire character sets for The Red Army, and an offline Behind Enemy Lines mode, which will allow players to play competitive maps offline against AI bots.
The two final stretch goals are definitely the more interesting ones. If the £600,000 goal is reached, players will be able to fight the Japanese across maps set in the Pacifc, South-East Asia and China. If the £1,200,000 goal is reached, the team will add a single player campaign to the game.
One massive request from the larger community was to add a single player campaign. Whilst the heart of Battalion lies in the multiplayer experience (which will always be our core focus), we would consider adding a single player campaign if we reached £1,200,000. Good single player campaigns aren’t cheap to make, there’s no ‘add single player’ button for us; it would cost a lot of time and money to make, hence the large funding goal.
A new trailer for Battalion 1944 has also been shared online to celebrate the announcement of the stretch goals. You can check it out right below.
Battalion 1944 is currently in development for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
About the author: Francesco De Meo has been covering video games and technology since 2012, starting his career at small outlets like Gamersyndrome and GeekSnack. After joining Wccftech gaming section in 2015, he quickly expanded his video gaming coverage with in-depth reporting, interviews with iconic industry figures such as Grasshopper Manufacture founder and No More Heroes creator Goichi "Suda51" Suda, Resident Evil series creator Shinji Mikami, Team NINJA's president and Nioh series director Fumihiko Yasuda, and Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama, reviews and on-the-ground coverage of major industry events such as Gamescom and E3. When he's not reporting or reviewing, Francesco can be found playing the genres he loves most, spending time with his six cats, reading, writing music, playing guitar and drumming for his progressive rock band.
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