The Digital Companion for Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is now available, priced at $9.99 and comes with a beautifully illustrated, voiced story journal and gives players a chance to explore Calradia from a new perspective. It's inspired by the travel books of Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta. It follows the journey of Asoios, a scribe tasked by Istiana with traveling through Calradia and reporting his observations to her.
The Digital Companion also brings a hand-drawn map of the game world with a lot of little details, along with a selection of concept art for every culture that allows players' own exploration as well. There are also pictures of the development and developers, which give a peek into the behind the scenes of the creative process.
Finally, it has a collection of the game’s music which players can listen to while exploring the content.
By the way, the Digital Companion does not include the game. The Digital Deluxe Edition, offered for $59.99, has the base game and the Digital Companion. During the holiday season, the PC version is available at 30% off while console versions are offered at 20% discount.
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is the sequel to Mount & Blade: Warband. Game features include:
- Players can create and develop a character that matches their play style as they explore, raid, and conquer their way across a vast medieval sandbox.
- No two playthroughs are the same.
- Get ready to raise armies, engage in politics, trade, craft weapons, recruit companions and manage the fiefdom to establish the clan among the nobility of Calradia.
- Command and fight alongside the troops in either first-person or third-person perspectives.
- Experience huge real-time battles that use the game’s deep but intuitive skill-based directional combat system.
- Players can test their combat prowess against others from all over the world in multiplayer PvP, including Ranked matchmaking and casual game modes.
- Players can also host their own server through the Mount & Blade II: Dedicated Server files.
- Be able to customize the game and experience an entirely different adventure with the Modding Kit.
- Share creations with others through Steam Workshop.
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord was released in October 2022, available on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
