The Black Death Articles

In The Black Death, you'll actually and literally be able to "play doctor" when you first boot up the game. Every player arrives at the starting zone and begins the journey as a Plague Doctor. A questline through the city allows them to collect gold and become familiar with game mechanics. However, once "out in the world", players can specialize in any number of other professions including as a smith, hunter and others.

The Black Death has been updated with the Relic content expansion that brings a number of new zones and new features into the game. The patch name comes from the new Relic system, essentially legendary 1-per-server items that can be found by players or even stolen from the "lucky" finder.

The Black Death has been updated with the "Industry" patch. The update includes new Estate housing with the ability for players to hire peons to perform tasks such as farming, barkeep, tailor, etc. In addition, a new navigation system has been released to better allow players to work their way through the game world.

The Black Death is a year old! The team has provided an epic look back at the game and the development journey that has seen new features added throughout the past 365 days.

The Black Death has been updated with The Long Night patch that touches on nearly every aspect of the game. On the nuts & bolts side, performance has been addressed with better optimization and graphics along with a move to the most current version of the Unreal Engine. In addition, housing has been added to the game along with a day/night cycle, weather effects, a new progression system for Professions, combat has been reworked, new music has been added and dedicated servers are now live.

The Black Death developer's site has been updated with an interesting new blog post that makes a surprising acknowledgment before launching into pretty exciting news for the game.

The Black Death has been updated with a new patch called Providence that brings a pair of new features into the game in the form of animal husbandry and digging.

The Black Death has been updated with a large patch that brings a number of updates to the game including darkness effects to give game locations a more ominous feel, a reworked UI, Monk remedies to cure illnesses, class titles, the ability to change servers and numerous bug fixes and optimizations.

The Black Death team will be deploying the latest, and quite large, update to the game that includes a number of overhauled game systems, improved features, new additions and much more. The patch is expected to hit live service on October 4th.

The Black Death has been updated with a new patch that addresses a number of bugs thanks to community hunting that allowed the extermination of over three hundred of the pesky critters.

The Black Death has been updated with a massive new patch that brings a new profession, an overhauled location, improved combat, a new UI, improved weather effects, the Bounty System and a community-named tavern into the game.

Now available in Early Access. Welcome to the gritty medieval world of The Black Death. The plague has ravaged Western Europe, leaving a trail of destruction in its path, those who endure struggle against sickness, scarce resources and other desperate survivors. Choose a realistic medieval profession each with their own way to survive. Enter a huge multiplayer open world set in 14th century western Europe. Explore castles, ports, bandit camps and much more in as you craft, loot and pillag

The Black Death site has been updated with a new developer blog that details some of the big changes coming to the game when the next patch is released. The team was hoping to push the patch out this week, but some bugs have caused a slight delay.

The Black Death has been updated with a big new patch that brings a number of features and improvements into the game. Players can check out a new travelling merchant, new classes of bandits to take the fight to, more wolves to hunt, and three new locations (Bywick, Ashview and Laketown). In addition, VOIP support has been added.

With The Black Death safely in Steam Early Access, the time had arrived to bring an official and informational web site online. The new site is packed with information about recent patches, the forward-looking development road map, a "suggest a feature" submission form, expanded information about the game and much more.