Of Kings And Men

Closing Statement

It is with great sadness that we must inform you that Of Kings and Men has been removed from sale on Steam and all other retailers and that further development of the game has ceased. Consequently, the official servers are no long active.

Despite the very best efforts of some wonderfully talented developers, Of Kings And Men has not attracted a large enough audience to sustain further development. We are grateful for each and every player who picked up a sword, polearm or crossbow in the game, who fought in conquest, who battled for chests in the Arena, or joined a clan in Militari. We salute you and thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your support and feedback.

So what now?

The good news is that the game will not simply disappear. Instead, we we are going to release one last update - the Community Edition Update. This will hand everything over to you, our community of fans. The Community Edition Update will deliver the following:

• Your game will continue to be available to download from Steam
• You will be able to host your own server and run any mode you want
• Control some of the settings of the game for players connected to that server
• A new map editor allowing you to edit existing maps, create new ones, run them on your own server or share them with others
• Deathmatch mode will also be turned back on, which was only previously available pre-release. This will enable you to fight against bots in a free-for-all environment.

Documentation on this will be provided in the final update notes.

The game's roots lie in its community driven efforts, being born from a mod and eventually transitioning to a full game, standing on its own. The community edition in some part will return the game to its heritage and the community, who can continue enjoying it even after the sun has set.