Battalion 1944 Developer Ends Partnership With Square Enix
Battalion 1944 began as a collaboration between two studios, which merged to form Bulkhead Interactive. A multiplayer first-person shooter set during World War 2, Battalion 1944 was intended to challenge Call of Duty and Battlefield, with the developer hoping to “revive old-school FPS for the next generation.”Even after securing Square Enix as a publisher for the game, though, that’s not entirely how things ended up.
In 2016, Bulkhead launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund Battalion 1944 and met with unexpected success, hitting the funding goal in just three days and going on to raise approximately $375,000. Part of the success of the campaign, however, was due to the developer’s promise to eventually launch PS4 and Xbox One versions of the game to accompany the 2019 PC release. To this day, backers are still waiting to play Battalion 1944 on console.
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It seems that is never going to come to pass. On August 9, Bulkhead Interactive announced that it has cut ties with Square Enix and will be releasing a new version of the game called Battalion: Legacy on August 16. The new iteration will be free-to-play, down from $19.99 for Battalion 1944, and will be available on Steam. Additionally, all console Kickstarter backers will be receiving a refund, and the message concluded by thanking the game's fans for their support and apologizing for leaving everyone hanging for so long.
From the announcement, it’s not entirely clear why Bulkhead decided to part ways with Square Enix. However, right after the sentence announcing the split, the company said, “We want to start this exciting new chapter where we began, focusing on the players.” That might provide a hint into the possible
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