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If you watched Sony's E3 press conference yesterday, you've probably seen Jean-François playing Mercenary Kings on stage. For those who missed it, Mercenary Kings was one of the indie games to have been presented during Sony's press conference. We were there to announce that Mercenary Kings will make his console debut on Playstation 4! You can watch the whole conference on Youtube: http://youtu.be/DmoZAPDV3ew

For those wondering what's going on with the other versions of the game, Don't worry, nothing has changed. Since we're a small team, we can only focus on one version at a time, but Mercenary Kings is still coming to Steam (PC) first, and the OUYA version will come out not too long after the PS4 version.

All the folks at Sony have been awesome with us, and we feel very grateful to have been given the chance to be part of this event. For an indie company like us, it was an invaluable opportunity to present Mercenary Kings to many gamers from around the world.

For those of you who are attending E3, Jean-François and Alexandre will be showcasing Mercenary Kings at Sony's booth, so don't hesitate to drop by.

Finally, we have a post on Playstation Blog, so check it out! http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/06/10/mercenary-kings-on-the-move-to-ps4/

A bit of quick news: Mercenary Kings is charging into E3 next week with a playable version!
It's a surprise but we're extremely happy to be part of the event! You can expect more details next week!

In other news, we've decided to move our blog to tumblr, in an effort to have more frequent updates, news and tidbits! Check it out, follow us and reblog!

The closed beta version of Mercenary Kings is now live! You should be receiving your Steam key within the next few hours.

We put up a few new threads in the VIP section of our forums to allow those who have access to the closed beta to post feedback and report bugs. You can access it here. If you've pledged for the closed beta version and you haven't registered to our forums yet, you can create an account and then post in the General/VIP Section thread and we'll give you access to the VIP section.

The version we uploaded today doesn't include online multiplayer yet. We want to make sure that the online component meets a decent level of quality before making it available for beta testing. We will enable the online component in the closed beta version as soon as it's ready and we'll post an update to let you know once it's live.

For all backers who pledge 15$ or more, you will also be able to play the game soon. Our "$75K Milestone" version of Mercenary Kings will be coming to Steam Early Access by the end of June! The precise date will be revealed in an upcoming update. It also means that even after the release on Early Access, we'll keep adding content and polish the gameplay until we reach the version of Mercenary Kings that we envisioned for our last milestone. Early Access will allow us to gather more feedback from players and make the overall game experience tighter for this ultimate version.

Because of major renovations in our previous building, we had to find new office space for Tribute. Fortunately, we didn't have any trouble finding a new place and we were able to move last Friday. The timing would have been better after the release of Mercenary Kings, but at least our new office is more spacious.

We realized that we've actually never posted any pictures of our workspace, so here's our previous office just before we moved:

It was small but cozy.

And here's our new office:

Bigger and a bit plain, but we'll take some time to do a full makeover once Mercenary Kings is released!

And now, on to the big announcement! The closed beta version for all backers who pledged 80$ or more will be available on May 15th via Steam. For those who played our demo at PAX, the closed beta version should be similar in terms of scope. It will be a bit more polished but it will only include a limited number of missions. Also, this version will already feature functional online multiplayer play! Hopefully, this will help us already start stress testing our online component.

We'll post all the details on how to access the closed beta version on May 15th.

Tribute Games is proud to announce that Mercenary Kings has undergone a complete makeover!