In 2014, Polish recreation developer 11 Bit Studios launched This War of Mine, a conflict recreation that defied style conventions by inserting gamers within the function of determined characters whose solely purpose was to outlive. For the 10th anniversary of the sport’s launch, 11 Bit Studios is inviting gamers again to the sport with a brand new DLC, Neglect Celebrations, which is elevating cash for a number of charities.
This War of Mine: Neglect Celebrations will be available on Steam on December 11, with all proceeds going to War Youngster, Amnesty Worldwide, Liberty Ukraine, and Indie Video games Poland Basis. The DLC will place gamers answerable for Katia, one of many supporting characters from the primary recreation’s storyline. For this story, Katia is now a veteran conflict correspondent and an creator who’s making an attempt to put in writing about her experiences whereas chronicling the tragedies of wartime.
Katia’s world is shattered when she’s severely injured by a missile assault on the town of Pogoren. Nonetheless, Katia nonetheless must make some laborious selections as a way to survive lengthy sufficient to be rescued, and she or he additionally must recuperate her misplaced e book supplies earlier than they–and the tales they contain–are misplaced eternally to the haze of conflict.
This is not the primary time that 11 Bit Studios has used This War of Mine to rally gamers for a great trigger. In 2022, shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine started, 11 Bit Studios raised cash for the Ukrainian Purple Cross to assist deal with the victims of that conflict. Two years earlier, in 2020, This War of Mine was added to the curriculum of colleges in Poland. And final 12 months, This War of Mine joined the everlasting online game assortment on the Museum of Trendy Artwork.