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The Latest Breaking News from Hooded Horse

Manor Lords, the best city builder of 2024, hits 3 million sales as players continue to fill its maps with muddy medieval towns

This milestone comes a month after it threw two new maps and bridge-building into the mix.

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PC Gamer's Best City Builder of 2024 has sold over 2.5 million, but here's the big news: Now it has bridges

Plus "don't roll too fast" when a hit does happen.

PC Gamer

With Mimimi closing shop, Hooded Horse will take over publishing for Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew

The superb stealth-strategy game will remain available via this long-term publisher.

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After 2.5 million sales, Manor Lords publisher says it "would almost be arrogant" to not be surprised by the city builder's success - but "you cannot count on it to repeat"

Manor Lords is a "breakout hit"

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New Menace trailer shows off the sci-fi skirmishes that the Battle Brothers creators are making next

Plus a revised release date for 2025.

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'Against the Storm' Beginner's Guide: Tips & Trips on How to Get Started

This beginner's guide for Against The Storm helps players understand the basics of the game and how to make their experience go more smoothly.

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Manor Lords publisher leads a strategy game renaissance, with the medieval city-builder racking up more than half of its 4.5 million yearly sales

The game has sold over 2.5 million copies

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This year's best city-builder is bigger than ever and cheaper than ever, as Manor Lords celebrates 2.5 million sales with an update and a hefty discount

Fishing, butchers, crossbows, and Unreal Engine 5 all appear in the new update

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Manor Lords publisher says game devs and big corpos don't get on because making games is "fundamentally unpredictable"

Hooded Horse's execs think self-publishing is a pretty good idea

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"If I had a game, I would not sign with 90% of publishers": Manor Lords publisher thinks "self-publishing is a fine way to go"

Developers could do "90% better" than "90% of publishers"

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Manor Lords publisher says "so many games fail" because of bad contracts where publishers insist on making all their money back before devs get a bite of revenue

He calls most publisher deals "terrible"

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Cataclismo review: "Early Access will probably do it a ton of favors"

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I tried to stop my peasants from starving in Norland, but their lords only care about sex and holy rings

Crusader Kings meets RimWorld in this powerful, if finicky medieval story engine.

PC Gamer

Manor Lords publisher doubles down on protecting devs as CEO says 'developer sustainability' is more important than 'any perpetual growth'

"We can prioritise other things over profits, like artistic integrity and fair treatment."

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"Don't bank on being the next viral hit": Manor Lords publisher urges other studios to "take care of all the devs" instead of hunting for their golden goose

Hooded Horse CEO Tim Bender says chasing viral hits is "opportunistic and predatory"

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The CEO Behind 2024's Best Strategy Game Just Debunked Gaming’s Unhealthiest Trend

The CEO of 'Manor Lords' publisher CEO has responded to criticism of the game's update schedule with words everyone in gaming should take to heart.

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Hooded Horse CEO hits back at claims that Manor Lords slipped up in early access: 'Not every game should be aimed at becoming some live service boom or bust'

"Success should not create an ever-raising bar of new growth expectations."

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Manor Lords publisher argues "not every game" needs to be a live-service, and developers should never be "forced to run until their mental or physical health breaks down"

CEO Tim Bender wants a more sustainable way forward for developers

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Manor Lords publisher shouts out benefit of letting developers cook as its bug-themed RTS and Soviet city-builder launch to rave reviews after up to 8 years in early access

Get cooking

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After joining Helldivers 2 from the publisher of city builder sensation Manor Lords, CEO asks what the best crossover could be – and the creative director reckons it's a 28-year-old military sim series

Johan Pilestedt doesn't think his ideal crossover would be possible, but "a man can dream"

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PC indie darling Manor Lords hits over 2 million copies sold three weeks after huge launch on Steam, Game Pass

Manor Lords, one of 2024's most exciting indie games, has sold a whopping two million copies since launching on PC just a few weeks ago.

PC Gamer

The idea that the Manor Lords dev should 'just hire 50 people' to update it faster is 'fundamentally not the way things work,' says publisher

"The best growth is very slow. It's keeping the core vision intact."

PC Gamer

Taking a lesson from Manor Lords, Hooded Horse delays Norland to July

The extra development time will enable developers to "ensure we deliver a well-functioning game."

GamesRadar

Manor Lords publisher celebrates 500,000 wishlists for another medieval city-building strategy game with more sex, drama, and Game of Thrones-style backstabbing

Long Jaunt's Norland looks like another big hit for Hooded Horse

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Steam's most-anticipated city-builder is set to make millions, but for Manor Lords' CEO, "I don't think the money weighs that heavily"

Interview| "The thing he cares most about is the game being good"

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