BattleForge Renegade Edition in August

EA’s Phenomic studio will be expanding its online focused real-time strategy game, BattleForge with the BattleForge Renegade Edition card set beginning August 25th. Players will have access to new units and buildings from the Southern Wastes region of Nyn using over 60 additional cards that will be available through a Renegade Booster Packs in the in-game store. In case you didn’t know, BattleForge is a free to play game that combines strategy, fantasy, trading cards and magical spells in an online environment.

Two new playable factions will be part of that expansion: the Bandits and Stonekin, along with a host of new legendary creatures. BattleForge will also get dual orb cards and special affinities. The new BattleForge Renegade Booster Packs are available at the in-game store and can be purchased for 250 BattleForge points or $2.50. To download the free version of BattleForge, players can visit www.battleforge.com and click on “Play4Free.”

BattleForge now Play 4 Free

Phenomic announced that its real-time strategy game, BattleForge, is now available as a free download. To download the “Play 4 Free” version of BattleForge, simply visit www.battleforge.com and click on the handy dandy Play 4 Free link. Players can also follow the game on Twitter at @battleforge.

Phenomic says that making this game available for free, all players have “easy and immediate access to the action and adventure in BattleForge” and that the “flood of new players will enrich the overall gameplay experience and grow the community.”

The Play 4 Free version offers full access to the BattleForge game, including all community features, scenarios, the recently launched Renegade campaign and 32 of 200 trading cards. Play 4 Free players will also be able to explore the full world of BattleForge and add more cards to their collection by purchasing points online. Players that do not wish to download the game or purchase the cards online can still buy the retail version which includes a disk-based game and cards from all 4 factions plus 3000 BattleForge Points that can be exchanged for in-game cards. This retail version of the game remains available for $29.99.

and on a related note, a new patch is in the works. Details here.