A new important update has been released

Mar 5, 2015 09:27 GMT  ·  By

Unvanquished is a free, open source first-person shooter that combines real-time strategy elements with a futuristic and sci-fi atmosphere. Even if it's still under development, the makers of this game now have an anniversary version and it's ready for download.

Unvanquished is getting closer to a stable version every day and that can be seen from what the developers are still implementing from one release to another. A year ago they were heavy on new features, but now it looks like they are making more and more balancing changes and fixes. Make no mistake about it, this is still an Alpha and new features are being added, but they are usually much smaller.

It might seem odd to see an anniversary edition for something that is still being worked on, but you have to keep in mind that this is rather large project and its makers are doing this in their free time. They don't make any money of it and anyone can just download the game and play it.

Unvanquished Alpha 37 is a major upgrade

This is not just a fancy milestone with some meaning only for developers. In fact, they used this occasion to make some big changes to the engine, among other things, like map updates, a new model for the overmind, a technical preview of the updater, and a ton of other stuff.

"Our first release was February 29th, 2012, which was exactly three years ago (considering Leap Day), three years during which we have greatly improved all aspects of the game. This includes replacements for almost all inherited models, great new maps, and significant gameplay enhancements. At the same time, Daemon, the engine powering Unvanquished, has come a long way from being just ioquake3 plus fancy a renderer, being iteratively upgraded to a more modern engine with HTML-based UI and special effects," wrote the developers on the website.

This is definitely one of the biggest updates they've done to the game and that takes them a little bit closer to the final version.

More details about this amazingly-looking game can be found on the official website. Keep in mind that this is a work in progress and bugs are bound to be encountered. You can download Unvanquished Alpha 37 right now from Softpedia.

Photo Gallery (9 Images)

Unvanquished main menu
Unvanquished optionsUnvanquished servers
+6more