Slitherine just purchased Battlefront Games and the Combat Mission franchise. A rare case in the modern world where a publisher purchasing a developer is unequivocally a good thing. Slitherine has already done amazing things in the last few years as a publisher, such as finally persuading the geriatrics at Battlefront to put their game on Steam and allow their 10+ year old games (that look and play like 20+ year old games) to go on sale. This is a recommended, but really please only buy the game on sale, it ain't worth it otherwise. Anyways, with the purchase by Slitherine I am extremely hopeful for the future of the franchise, and I really hope that Slitherine is able to bring out the amazing potential that I and many others see in this franchise. If they were to modernize the engine with a usable user interface, less atrocious graphics, and (a bit of a pipe dream, but a man can hope) maybe even some sort of co-op mode for the campaigns, then the games would actually become well worth a $60 price tag, as well as attracting a bunch more players. Dwarf Fortress pretty recently showed how successful a super niche game can become if just made actually accessible to the more average player. My hopes really are high for this series going forwards, don't let me down Slitherine.

Slitherine just purchased Battlefront Games and the Combat Mission franchise. A rare case in the modern world where a publisher purchasing a developer is unequivocally a good thing. Slitherine has already done amazing things in the last few years as a publisher, such as finally persuading the geriatrics at Battlefront to put their game on Steam and allow their 10+ year old games (that look and play like 20+ year old games) to go on sale. This is a recommended, but really please only buy the game on sale, it ain't worth it otherwise. Anyways, with the purchase by Slitherine I am extremely hopeful for the future of the franchise, and I really hope that Slitherine is able to bring out the amazing potential that I and many others see in this franchise. If they were to modernize the engine with a usable user interface, less atrocious graphics, and (a bit of a pipe dream, but a man can hope) maybe even some sort of co-op mode for the campaigns, then the games would actually become well worth a $60 price tag, as well as attracting a bunch more players. Dwarf Fortress pretty recently showed how successful a super niche game can become if just made actually accessible to the more average player. My hopes really are high for this series going forwards, don't let me down Slitherine.