The Valiant

The Valiant is a squad-based RTS set in 13th Century Europe and the Middle East. It features a single-player story campaign comprising 15 missions that follow the story of the retired crusader Theoderich von Akenburg, who attempts to stop Ulrich from terrorizing Europe and the Holy Land, while looking for an ancient relic. Co-op PvE and PvP modes are also available in the game. The Valiant will be available on PC and consoles. Check out the gameplay trailer.

For years now, real-time strategy games have been a niche within a niche, with rare new releases worth getting excited about and hardcore fans more than happy to stick with old classics rather than migrate to something fresh. Given their current status, it’s easy to forget that RTS titles were once huge hits that were about as mainstream as PC games could be at the time. I was personally obsessed with strategy games in my high school years, back before