8-Bit Armies

"A Blast from the Past! 8-Bit Armies is a retro Real-Time Strategy game for the PC, PS4 and Xbox One. With a colorful, blocky voxel art style, 8-Bit Armies is Petroglyph’s most fast-paced, friendly, and accessible RTS game to date. "

8-Bit Armies is a Real-Time-Strategy game created by Petroglyph Games, a company founded by Ex-Westwood Employees that are responsible for the Command & Conquer series.

The game has a modern warfare setting with two factions, the Renegades and Guardians.

The Renegades seem to be the main faction of the game since they are faction seen in most of the promotional material. The Guardians appear to the main rival and have a similar role to Nod. By that, I mean they have a lot of stealth technology and even use flame tanks. In fact, a lot of Command & Conquer throwbacks are in this game, for instance, Ai names are all names from C&C like EVA, Just Seth, and CABAL.

Gameplay
8-Bit Armies is a real-time strategy game designed to mirror the look and gameplay of classic RTS games. It features a single-player campaign and a multiplayer mode in which players battle each other or the AI in the cooperative game mode. The game takes a very simplistic approach in its gameplay and graphical elements. The graphic features a blocky 8-bit retro-art voxel style with partially destructible terrain.

Gameplay is very similar to the classic Command & Conquer franchise, many of the original developers of which work for Petroglyph Games. The player starts with a headquarters building which they then use to expand their base so they can build various military units to fight their opponents. Resources are gathered via oil trucks and refineries. Units and buildings are built via a clickable menu on the right side of the screen. The game is situated in a contemporary scenario featuring generic tank, artillery or rocket units.

At the release of the game, only one faction was playable, but Petroglyph Games announced that they planned to release more factions later on.

On August 28, 2016 Petroglyph Games released 2 free DLCs for the game: one for the 2nd faction called 'Guardians' and one for a new campaign which includes the new faction.

In the same month, Petroglyph Games also released a spin-off to the original games, called 8-Bit Hordes. It uses the same engine as 8-Bit Armies but features a fantasy-themed scenario. A second spin-off, called 8-Bit Invaders was also released and featured a science-fiction-themed scenario with a high-tech human and an alien faction. The game also features cross-game multiplayer battles, allowing players to play against each other with all factions from all three games.