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Mind-bending Sci-Fi Strategy Game Cantata Launches

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Modern Wolf and Afterschool Studio are today proud to announce the official launch of sci-fi strategy game, Cantata, for PC.
After an action-packed year in Early Access that allowed the community to help shape the game's direction, this tactically rich turn-based epic has finally launched on Steam, immersing players in the unique stories, evocative visuals, and vibrant musical soundscape of a war-torn alien planet.

Fight to expand your hold on the mysterious world of Shoal in the first ever "Grand Tactics" game - combining the large-scale strategic planning of Grand Strategy titles with the turn-based skirmishes of the Tactics genre. Grow your empire with deep strategic gameplay that's easy to learn but takes time to master, capturing regions, building structures, expanding your army, and more. Play as one of three unique factions - the Machines, Aliens, or Humans - and carve out your legacy across nine single player campaigns featuring more than 27 hours of story content; each unfolds as a self-contained sci-fi narrative with its own characters, dialogue, and original artwork.




And the battle doesn't stop there, with online and local multiplayer to take the fight to friends and strangers alike. You can even create custom scenarios of your own using the game's extensive modding tools, such as a feature-rich Map Editor and Skirmish Mode.

"My biggest hope is that we've delivered the best version of what Cantata wants to be," said Kyle Kukshtel of Afterschool Studio. "The game has changed a lot in Early Access (thanks EA players!), and I think the Cantata of today is the best the game has ever been, and am excited to now fully usher that into the world. Watching the game gain a life of its own has been a magical experience, and it feels like just as much 'my' game as the game of anyone that plays it."

Cantata is available now on Steam for £19.99/$24.99/€19.99 with a launch week discount of 10%. A deluxe "Dreamwalker" version is also available which includes the base game, the Cantata OST (£8.50/$9.99/€9.75), and Digital Wallpapers (£3.39/$3.99/€3.99) at £25.50/$31.18/€26.98 - with a 20% discount on launch week.


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looks alright, decent trailer. i might add to my wish list. thanks for sharing mate
 
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I hope it has multiplayer mode which will work on LAN and doesnt need internet connection for it(apart from Single player story line).
 

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I hope it has multiplayer mode which will work on LAN and doesnt need internet connection for it(apart from Single player story line).

well i just added it to my wish list, doesn't have a steam deck verified checkmark, and I was kind of hoping for that, but regardless i will keep it on my wishlist for a future sale and wait for that checkmark. i been wanting a tactics game for my Deck
 
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well i just added it to my wish list, doesn't have a steam deck verified checkmark, and I was kind of hoping for that, but regardless i will keep it on my wishlist for a future sale and wait for that checkmark. i been wanting a tactics game for my Deck
Maybe it will take time to be deck verified, but for best of strategy games(AoE and RoN from MS) was playing with friends on LAN and even today we occasionally get together to play those games on LAN and its a shame more and more games have started to rely solely on internet connections and not having ability to host personal servers for LAN sessions.
 

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Maybe it will take time to be deck verified, but for best of strategy games(AoE and RoN from MS) was playing with friends on LAN and even today we occasionally get together to play those games on LAN and its a shame more and more games have started to rely solely on internet connections and not having ability to host personal servers for LAN sessions.

care less about LAN and be more thankful you have friends. i still have no friends in my home town, did one LAN party with starcraft and warcraft 3 back in the day, but that crew never stayed in touch, I tried to reach out to them, but they all turned into assholes.
 
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care less about LAN and be more thankful you have friends. i still have no friends in my home town, did one LAN party with starcraft and warcraft 3 back in the day, but that crew never stayed in touch, I tried to reach out to them, but they all turned into assholes.
These are college friends and apart from gaming we do meet regularly(to catch up, attend some function, etc.) and LAN gaming session is just one more reason to meet and catch up.
 
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