Greetings fair gents! Today is a big day for the Chainsawesome team. We are releasing Knight Squad 2 to the world. We thought you may want to take a look at it. Knight Squad 2 It has new game modes, new weapons, new knights, and an insane amount of gameplay customization. One neat thing we did with the sequel on Steam is that we allow you to invite all your friends to play with you for FREE. Yes! Simply tell your friends to get Knight Squad 2 Trials and they'll get to join your lobby : ) Knight Squad 2 Trials We hope you'll enjoy Knight Squad 2 and if you do choose to purchase it and play it, please leave a Steam Review for it. It's incredibly useful for us. Stay Awesome!

Good morrow fair gents! Every great Steam event deserves a late knight show and this one is no different. We invite you to join us for our Sunday Knight Live broadcast this Sunday at 10:00 pm EST. The winner of each match gets to choose exactly what we play next! Playing Knight Squad is always more fun with the community, join our Discord and ask Laurent if you can join the broadcast. Sorry for the double post See you Sunday!

Greetings humble knights! You are probably aware that we have been working on Knight Squad 2 for a little over a year now. We are thrilled to be announcing today that this chivalrous sequel will be releasing on Steam on April 14th. We invite you to wishlist it right now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1048660/Knight_Squad_2/ But that's not all! To prepare your knightly skills, we are also releasing Knight Squad 2 Trials today. This battle-royale preview will give you a taste of how much we are improving the formula for the sequel. It features 1 game mode ( Battle Royale ), 3 maps and all the different gameplay variables you can toy with. Please check it out today: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1529560/Knight_Squad_2_Trials/ Once the full game will be out, you'll be able to use Trials to play with owners of the full game, consequently experiencing all the 13 game modes and 97 maps for free. We hope you'll have a blast with it! Stay Awesome!

Good morrow fair gents! We are psyched to be opening the Knight Squad 2 Beta today. These 16 days of testing will be one of the last ( if not the last ) time youll get to play Knight Squad 2 before its release. Since you are a Knight Squad player, we thought youd like to know. This Beta version contains two returning favorite game modes : Last Man Standing and Domination as well as two brand new modes : Minion Master and Painter. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1048660 If you havent already, please wishlist Knight Squad 2 on Steam then request access to the playtest via the new button on the Steam Page. Youll instantly get to download the Beta. Then head to our Discord to chat with the community and directly with us! We cant wait to hear your thoughts on this Beta. Stay Awesome!

Hey humble knights, The Fighting Game Sale deserves a late knight show! At 10:00 PM EST, we'll be playing the original Knight Squad LIVE with the community. After every match we play, the winner decides what we play next. Join the fun, please let Laurent know you want a spot in our Discord Community. Playing against AIs is fun, but playing against real people is better. See you in the game or in the chat. Stay Awesome!

Knight Squad 2 is happening and we thought you might want to take a look at it. We are making this sequel following all the comments and feedback we received throughout the years. It will have new modes, new weapons, new knights, and brand new ways to customize your matches.

Watch it in action:

Hello Knight Squad players! Our game has been out for almost 4 years now but we have a bit of a news for you today. Steam has a new feature in Beta called "Remote Play Together". Using the power of streaming, this feature allows you to play Knight Squad with any of your friends online, even if they don't own Knight Squad! It's almost exactly like playing on the couch. You might experience a bit of latency but that depends on many factors such as the strength and stability of your internet connection. It's a pretty cool feature. It fits perfectly with the spirit of Knight Squad. We have tried it internally and it works fine. Now, we would love if some of you could also try it and leave us some feedback. It's not a Knight Squad feature, it's a Steam feature so we probably won't be able to fix anything, but we like to know where we stand. If you want to try it out and have a remote party with your friends, here are the steps. First, you need to opt-in to the Steam Beta Updates. You'll find the drop-down menu to do so in your Steam Settings, under the Account subsection.
Second, you need to also opt-in to a specific branch of Knight Squad. You'll find the drop-down to do so in the Knight Squad Properties, under the Betas Tab.
Now, you are ready to try it, follow these steps to launch a Play Together Party : [olist]

Hello veteran Knight Squad players, hello new players! Our game is a little over 3 years old and that comes with a lower player count in low periods. To organize game nights and find other Knight Squad players, we're inviting you to join our Chainsawesome Games Discord That is the place to be if you want to find online friends to play Knight Squad with. Cheers,

Hello friends! We have a pretty big update for you this week. The long awaited Sinister and Salmon are joining the Knight Squad and the Spiked Shield has been stolen by the trolls and put in the hands of the knights.

Changes

• Added two new unlockable knights: Sinister and Salmon
• Added one new weapon: The Spiked Shield
• Changed the controller manager to fix all remapping issues
• Passwords for online games are now set in the lobby
• Minor bug fixing

Hello friends! We have a pretty big update for you this week. The long awaited Sinister and Salmon are joining the Knight Squad and the Spiked Shield has been stolen by the trolls and put in the hands of the knights.

Changes

• Added two new unlockable knights: Sinister and Salmon
• Added one new weapon: The Spiked Shield
• Changed the controller manager to fix all remapping issues
• Passwords for online games are now set in the lobby
• Minor bug fixing

Hey everyone! Who among you noble knights have completed all of the 5 single-player challenges? Well, part or this update isn't for the masterful ones that you are. Our newest update on Steam adds an Easy difficulty setting to the challenges as well as the option to remap all the controls and new polished visual feedbacks. View the full changelist at the bottom for more infos! Update Knight Squad now and face the slightly less unforgiving challenges! Features

• Added an easy mode to the challenges. The original difficulty is still available under the Insane difficulty
• Added the possibility to remap the controls however you like!
• Completely overhauled the in-game UI feedbacks to be 60 fps.
• Added the possibility of adding a password to your online game.

Hey everyone! Who among you noble knights have completed all of the 5 single-player challenges? Well, part or this update isn't for the masterful ones that you are. Our newest update on Steam adds an Easy difficulty setting to the challenges as well as the option to remap all the controls and new polished visual feedbacks. View the full changelist at the bottom for more infos! Update Knight Squad now and face the slightly less unforgiving challenges! Features

• Added an easy mode to the challenges. The original difficulty is still available under the Insane difficulty
• Added the possibility to remap the controls however you like!
• Completely overhauled the in-game UI feedbacks to be 60 fps.
• Added the possibility of adding a password to your online game.

[img=http://chainsawesomegames.com/site/OutNow.jpg] Hey folks! Knight Squad is officially live with the release version! For those who had the Early Access, you now officially have the Extra Chivalrous DLC and are able to play the 4 new modes and play as the 3 new kickass knights! Thanks for sticking with us for what has been a really long race! Your feedback has helped us a LOT in making a better game. Now, time to rock the battlefield!

[img=http://chainsawesomegames.com/site/OutNow.jpg] Hey folks! Knight Squad is officially live with the release version! For those who had the Early Access, you now officially have the Extra Chivalrous DLC and are able to play the 4 new modes and play as the 3 new kickass knights! Thanks for sticking with us for what has been a really long race! Your feedback has helped us a LOT in making a better game. Now, time to rock the battlefield!

[img=http://chainsawesomegames.com/site/update_18.jpg] Hey folks! It's time for an update as the launch is getting closer! This update is mainly fixes and tweaks but we managed to squeeze in another challenge. Plus, we changed the challenges to be locked in a certain order if you have not finished them yet! Here's the changes breakdown :

Changes

• Added the names of the players in the result screen.
• Added the new Crystalor challenge
• Challenges are now locked if you didn't complete the previous one.
• The dark knights challenge is now the last challenge as it's the hardest.
• Fixed an issue in online multiplayer with grails/flags/juggernaut pickables
• Fixed an issue with the scores not being the same on different clients
• Changed how the boomerang works, you can now throw multiple at a time if you're skillful enough.

[img=http://chainsawesomegames.com/site/update_18.jpg] Hey folks! It's time for an update as the launch is getting closer! This update is mainly fixes and tweaks but we managed to squeeze in another challenge. Plus, we changed the challenges to be locked in a certain order if you have not finished them yet! Here's the changes breakdown :

Changes

• Added the names of the players in the result screen.
• Added the new Crystalor challenge
• Challenges are now locked if you didn't complete the previous one.
• The dark knights challenge is now the last challenge as it's the hardest.
• Fixed an issue in online multiplayer with grails/flags/juggernaut pickables
• Fixed an issue with the scores not being the same on different clients
• Changed how the boomerang works, you can now throw multiple at a time if you're skillful enough.

[img=http://chainsawesomegames.com/site/update_17.jpg] Hey folks! We may have looked very dead in the last couple of months but we were hard at work on the Xbox One version! With a small team, it's hard to do all at once! So here it is, update #17 :

Change list

• FX trails on sword hits. Spin it and look at that cool trail!
• Names of the players are now shown in the UI. Know who you're up against!
• Changed the way the menus work. Only the first player has control over them and can go back even when there is other players in the character selection menu.
• Fixed the sound on the main menu intro
• Added the random mode
• Changed how the soccer is played to make it networkable.
• SOCCER IS NOW PLAYABLE ONLINE!
• Bots showdown is now pausable and quittable
• Modified the dark knight challenge to remove the explosive arrows power up.
• Changed how the leaderboards work to add in the milliseconds for more challenge precision!
• Added 3 unlockable knights! The dark knight is a super easy one to unlock with how the challenges are setupped at the moment.
• Added achievements!
• Lots of online fixes and tweaks. It should be infinitely more enjoyable to play online as of now.
• Mac and Linux builds should hopefully be fixed. If that's not the case, make sure to throw a couple stones our way so we can fix this ASAP.
• Bots will now try to unfreeze themselves
• Bug fixes in the nest and troll challenges where you could walk off the face of the map.

[img=http://chainsawesomegames.com/site/update_17.jpg] Hey folks! We may have looked very dead in the last couple of months but we were hard at work on the Xbox One version! With a small team, it's hard to do all at once! So here it is, update #17 :

Change list

• FX trails on sword hits. Spin it and look at that cool trail!
• Names of the players are now shown in the UI. Know who you're up against!
• Changed the way the menus work. Only the first player has control over them and can go back even when there is other players in the character selection menu.
• Fixed the sound on the main menu intro
• Added the random mode
• Changed how the soccer is played to make it networkable.
• SOCCER IS NOW PLAYABLE ONLINE!
• Bots showdown is now pausable and quittable
• Modified the dark knight challenge to remove the explosive arrows power up.
• Changed how the leaderboards work to add in the milliseconds for more challenge precision!
• Added 3 unlockable knights! The dark knight is a super easy one to unlock with how the challenges are setupped at the moment.
• Added achievements!
• Lots of online fixes and tweaks. It should be infinitely more enjoyable to play online as of now.
• Mac and Linux builds should hopefully be fixed. If that's not the case, make sure to throw a couple stones our way so we can fix this ASAP.
• Bots will now try to unfreeze themselves
• Bug fixes in the nest and troll challenges where you could walk off the face of the map.

[img=http://chainsawesomegames.com/site/update_16.jpg] Hello folks! We've been silent for a while but we have a pretty good update fixing a bunch of stuff available just in time for the weekend! Here's the list of changes :

New Features :

• New Dragons challenge

Tweaks :

• You can now see games that are ongoing. You can't join them but you can actually see if someone is online playing. No more waiting in the lobby hoping for other players!
• Added new voice sounds for the in game texts that were missing.
• Changed the main menu screen animation
• Changed the screen where you tell how many players are going to play online
• Changed lobby selection menu to look better

Fixes :

• Fixed the MAC Build!
• Did a networking fix that should cut latency by 40-50ms all the time.
• Fixed a bug in last man standing that would fail ending the game for a client sometimes.

[img=http://chainsawesomegames.com/site/update_16.jpg] Hello folks! We've been silent for a while but we have a pretty good update fixing a bunch of stuff available just in time for the weekend! Here's the list of changes :

New Features :

• New Dragons challenge

Tweaks :

• You can now see games that are ongoing. You can't join them but you can actually see if someone is online playing. No more waiting in the lobby hoping for other players!
• Added new voice sounds for the in game texts that were missing.
• Changed the main menu screen animation
• Changed the screen where you tell how many players are going to play online
• Changed lobby selection menu to look better

Fixes :

• Fixed the MAC Build!
• Did a networking fix that should cut latency by 40-50ms all the time.
• Fixed a bug in last man standing that would fail ending the game for a client sometimes.

Hey folks! We're back from GDC/PAX and we just wanted to get a build up with a couple fixes that were bugging us (and most probably you as well)! Here's the short list of fixes that were done coming back :

Fixes

• OSX version should now be correct and work properly!
• Dark Knight Challenge is operational once again.
• Changed the Trolls challenge to cap at 8 kills.
• Fixed the grail issue where a player could respawn bearing the grail and capturing it.
• Tweaked the online capturables (Grail, Flag, Juggernaut) to be a lot less buggy
• Resetted the Dark Knights and Trolls challenge leaderboard since they were fixed.

Hey folks! We're back from GDC/PAX and we just wanted to get a build up with a couple fixes that were bugging us (and most probably you as well)! Here's the short list of fixes that were done coming back :

Fixes

• OSX version should now be correct and work properly!
• Dark Knight Challenge is operational once again.
• Changed the Trolls challenge to cap at 8 kills.
• Fixed the grail issue where a player could respawn bearing the grail and capturing it.
• Tweaked the online capturables (Grail, Flag, Juggernaut) to be a lot less buggy
• Resetted the Dark Knights and Trolls challenge leaderboard since they were fixed.

[img=http://chainsawesomegames.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/concours_box.png] Hey folks! I already posted this in the forums but I thought I'd make it more official for the couple last days! We are holding a contest for PAX East that was going on this weekend. The contest is still going strong until Friday March 13! You can find all the informations to the contest on our site here : http://chainsawesomegames.com/its-time-for-a-contest/ Let me know if you have any questions! :D Cheers!

[img=http://chainsawesomegames.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/concours_box.png] Hey folks! I already posted this in the forums but I thought I'd make it more official for the couple last days! We are holding a contest for PAX East that was going on this weekend. The contest is still going strong until Friday March 13! You can find all the informations to the contest on our site here : http://chainsawesomegames.com/its-time-for-a-contest/ Let me know if you have any questions! :D Cheers!

[img=http://chainsawesomegames.com/site/update_14.jpg] Hey folks! This week is going to be a crazy one with GDC and PAX East which we're both attending. So we thought we'd push a new build for you guys with a bunch of stuff in there. Here's the list of changes :

Features

• New Attack of the Trolls challenge!
• Added Bots Showdown mode. Watch bots fighting each others!

Fixes/Tweaks

• New death FXs for each character.
• Fixed the juggernaut mode in online.
• Going to the online mode and back to the challenge will now work properly.
• Reworked the capturables to work better online.
• Changed the minigun to be synced properly online.
• Visual glitch with projectiles online and visual trails has been fixed

[img=http://chainsawesomegames.com/site/update_13.jpg] Hello folks! We've been working for a while in the cave on multiple new stuff for you all! We really wanted to get this out the door before the weekend so here it is! Here's a list of what's new in the build :

Features

• MULTIPLAYER ONLINE! Oh yeah the first release is here. Note that a lot of fixes and tweaks are in order and that this is the first update of many, but... it's here! P.S. The Juggernaut is pretty broken if you want to have some Wtfs going on.
• New challenges! We've added 2 new challenges to the challenge list. 3 more are to come!
• A truck load of new maps. New maps for everyone!
• New animation for all the knights! We felt the knights should have a bit more personality, so we decided to give them some! Let us know which one you prefer!

Bugfixes

• Big memory leak fix. This should fix issues where the game started running slow and doing increasingly big freezes when playing.
• Fixed an issue where the player could start walking very slowly for no reason.
• Reset all the leaderboards since the first challenge has been tweaked.

[img=http://chainsawesomegames.com/site/update_12.jpg] Hey everyone! We're finally back from Christmas with a new build and promise for an even brighter tomorrow! We've added a couple things, tweaked a lot more and did some major fixes for the new build! If everything goes well, a beta version with the first playable online build should also be available next week after the PAX South. In the meantime, here's the change list!

Features :

• Added the possibility to change the end condition of each game mode (Ex : 5 rounds won instead of the basic 3 in Last Man Standing)
• An ice balista is now present in multiple levels. Beware not getting hit or you'll be frozen for a while!
• Added Disco party grail map, LASERS EVERYWHERE!
• Added the option to enable or disable the V-Sync since it can cause stutters with some NVidia cards

• Modified the get power up feedback to include the level of the power up your getting (Ex : Explosive Arrows - Level Max, Boots - Level 3, etc)
• Added a countdown to the stat screen
• Reworked most of the maps to change the tileset visual
• Modified a couple maps to add in fire breathing dragons
• Fire breathing dragons play a little animation when spewing fire and show smoke prior to firing.
• Animations are now fluid. Interpolation between them works properly.

• Fixed controller issue when a controller got disconnected
• Fixed an input issue that would sometimes (often on some computers) miss attack inputs
• Fixed the win feedback that would display the previous' game winner before showing the good one
• Fixed an issue in the stat screen where moving your joystick would mark you as ready to continue.

[img=http://chainsawesomegames.com/site/update_11.jpg] Hey folks! It's time for a little update today! Much of our efforts in the latest weeks have been on online multiplayer but we still went ahead and did a bunch of tweaks we think will make the game better! Here's a small breakdown :

Tweaks

• Characters are now about 25% bigger, making it easier to read the battlefield.
• Added shadows to block tiles and characters
• Modified the map backgrounds for the Castle and the Nature tilesets so that the players would stand out a bit more.
• Skeletons are a bit darker
• Bombs now go through other people
• The juggernaut now spawns in a predefined location instead of being randomly given to a player.

• Fixed the blockyness of fonts in the menus.
• Fixed the freeze to stop being frozen when dead.

[img=http://chainsawesomegames.com/site/update_10.jpg] Hey guys! New update is right around the corner with a couple things! This update is mainly tweaks as we did a major change in the background that broke a bunch of things. So here's the list of changes :

Features

• Revamped CTF map and new Crystal Rush map with new map visuals! Play in the forest maps
• New song in the soundtrack!

• You can now unfreeze faster if you mash the attack buttons.
• Shield animation and fx when losing a shield.
• Little sound when getting points in the gladiator
• Juggernaut has changed! Being the juggernaut gives you a shield and the points are no longer doubled.
• Last man standing is now first to three instead of 10 rounds.
• Fixed the reset all power that would make you faster if you had the grail.

[img=http://chainsawesomegames.com/site/update_9.jpg] Hey everyone! It's that time of the month again! We have added a couple things to the game and it's online for you guys' enjoyment! We added a new power up type and we would love to have your feedback on those as they might change the game a lot. Here's the list of the features :

New Features

• New global power up : Freeze. Once you touch the freeze power up, your opponents are frozen in ice for a short duration. Use this time wisely to get closer to victory.
• New global power up : Reset. Getting the reset will remove everyone's power ups and reset them back to the default sword.
• New weapon : The ripper. The ripper will throw projectiles that bounce off walls and explode in a small area of effect . Everything it touches will be damaged badly.
• Two new Juggernaut maps. The old one was removed since it was poorly adapted to the game mode.

[img=http://chainsawesomegames.com/site/update_8v1.jpg] It's that time of the month again! A new update is available for all of you! :D Here's a quick breakdown of the added content for this week :

Features

• New Juggernaut mode! Become the badass juggernaut and minigun your enemies to sleep. Gain more points when you are the juggernaut, but also become the primary target!

• Fixed an animation bug that happened when changing weapons.

[img=http://chainsawesomegames.com/site/update_7_ks.jpg] Hey guys! A new update is now live! We added a bunch of things and fixed lots of small stuff. As usual, feel free to comment on how you find the new content, we really like getting feedback to know how we should change things for the better. So here's the details :

Features

• Lightning rod weapon : upon hitting the first target the lightning will accelerate towards the next closest target. Go for the longest hit spree!
• Unicorn mount : quite simply a unicorn! Find it for a funny effect!
• New Maps : A new Crystal Rush and Domination map have been added to the map roster!
• Disable Bots : You can now disable the bots when you are 2 players or more. Simply select Disabled in the bot difficulty selector. This still needs some tuning

Tweaks

• Tweaked the colors behind the power ups
• Renamed the Grail mode to Capture the Grail

Fixes

• Fixed the leaderboard to show your score when you are more than 8th position.
• Fixed the challenge so that enemies don't spawn all with a sword.
• The result screen will stay the for a maximum of 30 seconds even if nobody hits a key.
• A draw in a team based game will now show everyone as sad.
• AI fix in Tug of war map
• When winning a round in last man standing with a horse, you will no longer look like you have a horse when respawning.

[img=http://chainsawesomegames.com/site/update_6_ks.jpg] Hey everyone! It's that time again where we update Knight Squad! We've added a couple things in there and tweaked others. Here's a detailed breakdown :

Features

• Added evil golden dragon heads that breath fire in a new grail level. These will get added to more levels and game modes in coming updates.
• New Crystal Rush map with more crystals and drills.
• Added a new song to the playlist.
• Steam cards have been added and will be available as soon as Valve reviews them!

Tweaks

• Changed the explosion particle effect to something cooler.
• Added a new particle effect when someone picks up a grail or a flag.
• Changed the grail's glow.
• Added a new particle effect when someone returns his flag.
• Changed the boomerang so that it now breaks destructible walls.

Steam cards should also become available for the game really soon, we're just waiting to have Valve approve them.

[img=http://chainsawesomegames.com/site/update5KS.jpg] Hey folks! Sorry for the delay of update, the last couple of weeks were very hectic with the gamescom and PAX Prime! We managed to have a small update ready right before PAX starts so here it is : Features

• New game mode Crystal Rush! Protect your crystals while destroying the opponents' with a drill!
• New experimental soccer map with no space beside the goals.

• Added a screen at the beginning of the game letting know players the game is best played with a controller.

• Minor visual fixes with destructible walls and webs across all castle maps.
• Mapped the Q and Z keys for movement to also handle AZERTY keyboard instead of only QWERTY with WASD.

[img=http://chainsawesomegames.com/site/update_4.jpg] Update #4 is right here right now! Sorry we're a week late on this one the new platforms were giving us a headache. Lots of under the hood modifications again to prepare the online version of the game. Here's the detailed breakdown of the update : Feature :

• Linux and Mac versions now available!
• New Kill'em All versus mode. Defeat everyone once in the given order to win!
• New capture the flag and team deathmatch map.

• Removed the doors in the capture the flag maps as it was giving the AI a hard time.
• Tweaked how the soccer ball is controlled. It should feel a bit more controllable and less random.

[img=http://chainsawesomegames.com/site/update3KS.jpg][/img] Update #3 is right here right now! We added a lot of stuff in this one for you guys. Keep in mind that a lot more is to come too. Here's the detailed list of what's in the update : New Features

• New team game mode : Domination!
• Added new maps for most of the already available modes.
• Introduced the cave environment! The cave has no environment perks for the moment, but we will introduce them in a future update.
• Added a leaderboard for the Dark Knights challenge! Be the best contestant!
• Added doors in some Capture the flag maps. This is a test, we'll see what we do with those from here.

• Total revamping of the in-game UI.
• Fixed the issue with the challenge when pushing A very fast to restart it.
• Tweaked the drill's collision to be more accurate to the visual.
• Tweaked the Gladiator bots a bit.