WhenChivalry 2launched earlier this year as the sequel to Torn Banner’s popular 2013 titleChivalry: Medieval Warfare, the long-awaited sequel saw immediate success. The game has already sold over a million copies as of August, just two months after its release, and was recently nominated forBest Action Gamein the 2021 Game Awards. Fans and critics have praised the hack-and-slash gameplay of the highly-anticipated sequel and, now, Torn Banner is celebrating “Chivmas” with a free weekend to let even more fans get in on the medieval action.
Chivalry 2was praised following its release for a number of upgrades to the original game’s class system, adding in new sub-classes for the game’s four main classes offering more build diversity for players looking to express their own playstyle. The improvements on the formulaChivalry: Medieval Warfareestablished in the series' opening title have seen the newest game in the franchise nominated for Best Action Game alongside games likeDeathloopandBack 4 Blood. Now, Torn Banner is ringing in the holiday and The Game Awards season by letting fans experience the award nominee for free this weekend.
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Torn Banner announced Wednesday through the officialChivalryTwitter account thatChivalry 2will be holding afree weekend across all platformsstarting at noon today, December 9th. Players will be able to experienceChivalry 2’s hack-and-slash medieval action through the Game Awards weekend with the promotion running through Sunday, December 12th at 11:59 P.M. PT. The free weekend comes shortly after an update released earlier this week, dubbed the ‘Merry Chivmas’ update, added a plethora of holiday content toChivalry 2.
The ‘Merry Chivmas’ update is the most recent pack of holiday-themed contentChivalry 2has seen following its release. TheFight Knight Update released in Octoberrang in the season with plenty of spooky Halloween-themed cosmetics and introduced new game modes with Last Man Standing and Brawl. ‘Merry Chivmas’ also brought several new non-holiday additions toChivalry 2with Brawl receiving a new map and a new weapon in the Warbow.
Torn Banner had previously quoted as referring toChivalry 2as “more bar fight than fencing match” and that chaotic nature comes across in the game’s combat. Players can pick up and use anything they can find as a weapon with players usingeverything from chickens to banners as weapons.Chivalry 2’s combat and polished gameplay has been popular enough with fans to earn nominations among the top of its year’s class and the upcoming free weekend should serve to entice even more players to take up arms in the medieval action.
Chivalry 2is available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
