Wartales, the upcoming mercenary band RPG from Northgard developer Shiro Games, was received on the Codex with some interest when it was announced at E3 back in June. A free demo was released for Steam Next Fest shortly afterwards and has been available ever since. The next stage in the game's development is the Early Access release, whose launch date was revealed during the MIX Next event yesterday. It'll be out on December 1st. Here's the announcement trailer:


My understanding is that the demo of Wartales was interesting but needed some work, as you might expect. Not to mention the annoying seven fight limit. I guess we'll see how the game shapes up in Early Access, even if the developers do think of it as a "more accessible" take on Battle Brothers.