From Press Release:
BORDEAUX, France – Aug. 5, 2026 – Wartales, the medieval open-world tactical RPG with more than one million units sold from developer Shiro Games, receives a massive free update on Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. Community Update 7 features overhauls to criminal activities and the Prisoner system, a nefarious new hub, additional armor sets and battle maps, and much more driven by community feedback.
Live a life on the wrong side of the law and settle in at “The Lair,” a new hub location dedicated to underworld activities. As part of Community Update 7’s expanded focus on Crime and Chaos playstyles, troops that garner enough suspicion can learn of The Lair by visiting various informants. In The Lair, enterprising miscreants can sell stolen goods, accept criminal bounties, purchase exclusive new weapons, and lower suspicion levels as needed.
Community Update 7 also includes a rework to Wartales’ Prisoner system, allowing for greater control over captives at camp and in combat. New features include a dedicated Prisoner skill tree, desires based on each prisoner’s personalized traits, an overhaul to prisoner needs and trust systems, as well as hidden objectives that can be uncovered to affect a given prisoner’s trust level.
Additional improvements to combat and character management allow for a more streamlined experience both in and out of battle. Community Update 7 introduces a new “End Round” button that automatically skips the turn of mercenaries who have not yet acted and can be canceled at any time. A character sheet redesign improves readability by dividing information across three tabs containing details about core stats and other character information, relationships, and special secondary classes.
Additional tweaks and improvements featured in Community Update 7 include:
- Three new armor sets to buy – or steal – from wandering merchants
- Six new battle maps across Alazar, Harag, Gosenberg and Edoran
- Personal mercenary quests for individual characters
- Numerous QoL improvements and bug fixes
“The new features and improvements included in Community Update 7 represent not only a substantial update to Wartales, but a reflection of our ongoing commitment to listening and engaging with player feedback,” said Quentin Lapeyre, Game Director at Shiro Games. “New additions like The Lair and overhauled Prisoner System allow both new and returning players to sink their teeth into a wealth of new content.”
Wartales’ Community Update 7 will launch on Monday, September 7 as a free download to all players. An open beta begins today, allowing eager adventurers an opportunity to go hands-on with the update and provide feedback.
For more information about Wartales, please visit the official website and follow the game on X/Twitter, Facebook, or Discord.
About Shiro Games
Shiro Games is an independent Bordeaux-based studio founded by video game veterans Sebastien Vidal and Nicolas Cannasse to bring new innovative games to life. Its popular Viking strategy game Northgard was released on Steam in 2018 and sold more than five million units. Wartales, its tactical RPG set in an alternate medieval world, has sold more than a million units since its release in April 2023.
Shiro Games released two titles into early access in 2026 after each game acquired hundreds of thousands of wishlists: the online multiplayer action RPG set in a vast fantasy open world, Farever, and the space exploration and building game SpaceCraft. Shiro Games has two unreleased titles in production: its ruthless survival FPS and top 100 wishlisted unreleased game Frostrail, and its city-building auto-battler Northgard Battlegrounds, being developed by Funday Games.
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