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[hobblygobbly]

Eight-person multiplayer, up to 10,000 troops on screen for launch.

The team at GSC Game World, makers of the STALKER franchise, have announced a release date for the reboot of Cossacks, their hit real-time strategy series. Cossacks 3 will return to Windows PC on Sept 20, published at retail by Koch Media and CDP.pl, a distribution company related to CD Projekt. We’ve also learned the team expects the Steam version of the game to be live that same day.

Full announcement (includes some of the game's features) http://www.polygon.com/2016/7/19/12226178/cossacks-3-has-a-release-date-at-retail-and-on-steam

I'm a big fan of the Cossacks series, it was extremely popular here in Europe and we've known about the new game for a while but we finally have a release date. I know there are a couple of Cossacks fans I've stumbled upon on GAF but it seems pretty niche around here nonetheless. It's a great RTS series and really scratched that itch for commanding thousands of troops on the battlefield, a game that stood unique among the many RTS games of that era.

For those that want some more information of the history of Cossacks Polygon has an article on it last year and the developers, GSC Game World.

The series is what made S.T.A.L.K.E.R. possible (an ambitious game for its time), if Cossacks 3 does well I think we could see a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2!

Steam page now up!
Game features:

• Grandiose battles of up to 10,000 soldiers on the battlefield
• 12 playable nations
• 100 research opportunities
• 140 different historic buildings
• Battles ashore and at sea
• Five singleplayer historical campaigns
• Infinite variations of battles on randomly generated maps
• 8-player multiplayer

 

[jem0208]

Holy fuck. They’re making a Cossacks 3.

 

[Sinatar]

Cossacks is a great series. Age of Empires for people who want more depth.

Also if this helps fund a new STALKER, even better.

 

[PeskyToaster]

Never played this series. I might look into it though now that my rig is nice.

 

[Tagyhag]

I can't wait, I really really hope it's good.

 

[komplanen]

Hmm I hope there's a demo

 

[TheTrain]

GSC still in the fight, i want to believe

 

[xVodevil]

Holy fuck. They’re making a Cossacks 3.

It's not news, though it came to my mind, that it might have been cancelled, since they aimed a late 2015 release when they announced it. And there was not much else to hear about this game ever since... But yeah, a date finally, it is amazing!

 

[prudislav]

beta sign up if anyone wants http://www.cossacks3.com/index.php?lang=en&tab=post&id=65

 

[Akai__]

Can't wait for this. After all these years. :O

beta sign up if anyone wants http://www.cossacks3.com/index.php?lang=en&tab=post&id=65

Signed up. Thanks.

 

[DaciaJC]

I've never played Cossacks before, but this looks mightily similar to Age of Empires III. With Ensemble gone and no new AoE in sight, this looks like it might be a spiritual successor to my favorite RTS series. Sign me right up.

 

[hobblygobbly]

Steam page is now up, has sort of a trailer.

 

[bathsalts]

Buying in hopes of STALKER. A great rts is a nice bonus, Cossacks is legit.

 

[Zepp Twofist]

I only vaguely remember 1 and 2 existing, which is weird since I was into almost any other RTS from that era. Probably going to check this out though.

 

[Dennis]

Cool.

Will be interested to see how good this turns out.

 

[The Hamburglar]

The first ones campaign no matter who you choose was ridiculously difficult. He Ukraine campaign for example I could never get passed the first mission lol.

 

[Dennis]

The first ones campaign no matter who you choose was ridiculously difficult. He Ukraine campaign for example I could never get passed the first mission lol.

Heheha, I approve of this European-tier difficulty setting.

 

[patapuf]

Oh, that looks nice. I remember it being announced a while ago but i expeted it to be dead (just like GSC).

Good to see it's coming out.

 

[LightInfa]

Thrilled that we're going to be getting this pretty soon- my only quibble at the moment is so far I don't think we've seen any new unit/building designs- everything in screens and in footage has just been old cossacks stuff redone in 3D.

 

[MikeDown]

the devs gave me a key for this game, have really wanted to try it but have been so busy

 

[-bakalhau-]

Thrilled that we're going to be getting this pretty soon- my only quibble at the moment is so far I don't think we've seen any new unit/building designs- everything in screens and in footage has just been old cossacks stuff redone in 3D.

Because from what I've heard this game is based on Cossacks 1. I read it being a remake mainly, with some things added in.

I never player one, but one poster that said 'AoE only with more depth' got me all grinning here. I never ever had even seen a video of the series, and I just got an email saying I got intp the beta. I'm all over this beta.

The email was in russian so no idea what it said...

Would anyone be interested in a gameplay video (if there's no NDA)?. A simple thing, no commentaries or intro, just gameplay and sound sand music. If not a lot of people get in the beta I can make one if you guys want.

 

[Rushersauce]

I'll buy this just for the sake of S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2. GIVE IT TO ME, DAMN IT. I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SO LONG, NOW!

 

[GrimmGrinn]

Love the artstyle. Is it 3D based or 2D? *bad eyesight @_@

 

[Theonik]

I never player one, but one poster that said 'AoE only with more depth' got me all grinning here. I never ever had even seen a video of the series, and I just got an email saying I got intp the beta. I'm all over this beta.

AoE with more depth is about right. Quite similar concept/setup, but more resources, more granular options and faster with some interesting systems. Food for instance drops and the rate at which it drops depend on your population. Running out of food means famine. Similarly, some military units like your ships have running costs to pay wages etc. If you can't afford to pay them, the units might go rogue as there is a mutiny. It adds a lot of micromanagement and depth to how you pay the game.

 

[Ahmed]

never played Cossacks before, but looks good, waiting for it.

 

[prudislav]

launching today ;-)

 

[Derekor]

Steam page said it would release 10AM EST which was 1hr+ ago. Now Coming Soon. Anyone have details?

 

[Jellzy]

Big fan of the last 2 and was surprised a while back when I found out about this one.

Strange that we haven't heard anything in a while when it was supposed to be released today... Nothing on GSC's site or any updated on the blog since the release date was announced.

Delayed?

 

[Sinatar]

The game showed up on the steam new release list, but isn't buyable yet.

 

[PFD]

Oh man I played this endlessly in LAN parties back in the day. No other game gave me that feeling of excitement when you're on the verge of battle after amassing an army for two hours

 

[OverturePT]

Oh man, the hours I've spent on the first Cossacks back in the day. Absolutely loved that game. Interested to see how this one turns out.

 

[Jellzy]

It's out!

 

[Tizoc]

Sorry for asking this but could someone provide a gameplay video that'd give a good idea of what the gameplay's like?

 

[Jellzy]

Sorry for asking this but could someone provide a gameplay video that'd give a good idea of what the gameplay's like?

Folk are starting to post videos but there's not a lot of good ones yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmVE17gSgMU

This gives a good overall look at gameplay.

 

[Tizoc]

Folk are starting to post videos but there's not a lot of good ones yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmVE17gSgMU

This gives a good overall look at gameplay.

Thanks will watch soon.

 

[Vincent Alexander]

I forgot I added this to my wishlist! Steam just sent me a notification today that it is out. I've never played any of these games before, but I love RTS games. And this looks fun.

 

[sibarraz]

I'm so tempted to buy it

 

[Stevey]

So is it just a remake of the first game like steam reviews are saying or is it new?

 

[Tizoc]

Folk are starting to post videos but there's not a lot of good ones yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmVE17gSgMU

This gives a good overall look at gameplay.

Oooooh it's giving me Age of Empires 2 vibe, such that I was gonna go buy it 1 minute into the vid XD.

 

[sibarraz]

The games looks like a remake of the first game, my question is, does requires a powerful pc?

 

[grandwizard]

Damn what a stealth release. I'm surprised it's only 20 bucks. I think that's a smart move because myself and others who fondly remember the older games might jump in at that price just because of the lineage.

 

[Deadstar]

This looks to be more age of empires than command and conquer but we need good RTS games so I'll probably buy this if it helps them make more.

 

[Corsick]

A modern day STALKER 2 with the original team and a fully fleshed out engine that can support its open world is probably my #1 dream game at the moment. It's incredibly unlikely from what I hear though. Is the dev team even still together?

Edit: Same team as STALKER, brainfart on my part, right in the OP too. This is good to see either way!

 

[nem8]

Gonna grab this today i think.

I have not played the older Cossacks games but i like the setting and the oldschool RTS feel im seeing.

Also read some of the reviews and im not really bothered by it being a remake.

 

[LightInfa]

So is it just a remake of the first game like steam reviews are saying or is it new?

Its a remake - if you look at the screenshots every building and unit you see were in the original. While something new would've been very cool, the original is such a classic I don't really mind.

 

[Steejee]

Never played the other Cossacks, but damn this is tempting me.

 

[Vincent Alexander]

Anyone grab this yet?

 

[grandwizard]

Anyone grab this yet?

I'm still waiting to see how things shake out.. Reception seems a bit mixed and quite a few people saying it was released too early.

 

[Akai__]

The game launched 2 days ago and weren't it for the the tiny ads on NeoGAF, I wouldn't even have noticed. Where was the marketing for this game?

Did anyone play it yet? Is it as good as the previous titles? Had lots of fun with those.

 

[Theonik]

The game launched 2 days ago and weren't it for the the tiny ads on NeoGAF, I wouldn't even have noticed. Where was the marketing for this game?

Did anyone play it yet? Is it as good as the previous titles? Had lots of fun with those.

Gsc game world is a small Ukrainian studio. Marketing their games is hard.