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"War of the Vikings will be free to play on Steam for this weekend only. The multiplayer combat title, which is currently playable through Steam Early Access, will be free to download from 6pm in the UK tonight (December 5).  The December update has pushed the game into beta, adding the objective and capture point-based Conquest mode and two new maps. &amp;quot;If you don&amp;#039;t completely push your enemy out and take the control points, then it comes down to different goals and different strategies,&amp;quot; said producer Gordon Van Dyke of the mode. Maps included in the update are Cliff, which features a monastery overlooking the sea, and Sanctuary, now a permanent fixture after its appearance at Halloween.  Elsewhere, Battle Chatter will be introduced for Warrior classes only, spears and javelins will be introduced, while bug fixes and tweaks will be introduced across all maps. Announced earlier this year, War of the Vikings is scheduled to go live in early 2014. Predecessor War of the Roses was updated with a &amp;#039;Kingmaker&amp;#039; edition earlier this year, introducing Big Picture support and Brian Blessed voice DLC. Watch a trailer for War of the Roses:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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