It’s been a long time coming, and after lots of requests, plenty of anticipation, and a healthy amount of waiting, Azure Flame Studio’s Banner of the Maid is now officially available in English.
The announcement came via a post over on the Steam Community page on February 14th, 2020, where they revealed…
“The time has finally come: Banner of the Maid is now available in English! The English localization is immediately available as a free major update: if you already own the game, it will update automatically; if you purchase it now, it will be already in English.
“But that’s not all, we’ve got a surprise for you: The Oriental Pirate, the second DLC (and the first paid DLC) of Banner of the Maid that also releases today, is already localized to English. You won’t have to wait to have Mu Zhiyun the Piratess leading her Oriental Pirates to battle!”
Now that’s fantastic news.
Gamers have been begging and pleading for an English version of the military strategy game since it launched back in May of 2019.
The small team, however, weren’t quite proficient in the English language and needed to build up funds first before they could commit to paying for an English translation.
Eventually they found a team to handle the task in June, and then by October of 2019 they were testing the English version of Banner of the Maid in a open beta.
It took nearly a year but the English version of the game is now available, along with an English version of the latest DLC release, The Oriental Pirate.
The DLC contains an all new quest line, along with the ability to unlock the new character Mu Zhiyun and her pirate warriors.
If you already participated in the beta for the English translation and you have a save game, there’s a forum thread that will help guide you on how to transfer your beta saved files over into the main branch of the game.
The Banner of the Maid is currently available right now over on the Steam store for $16.99, but for a limited time the game is marked down by 20% off due to the release of the English version so you can grab it for just $13.59 up until February 23rd.
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