2026-06-23 16:49 UTC · Community Announcements · JotaTheConqueror
Greetings, Strategists!First and foremost, thank you all for your incredible patience, support, and passion for this project. This is one of the biggest updates I have ever released, representing a huge milestone and a major step forward toward the final version of the game.Today, I'm excited to bring you a massive update packed with new content, gameplay improvements, and numerous fixes.🆕 New Features & Content🛡️ New Campaign: The Spartan Campaign – The Battle of ThermopylaeExperience one of history's most legendary battles in an entirely new campaign featuring 9 missions, where you'll lead
2026-03-12 23:54 UTC · Community Announcements · JotaTheConqueror
⚔️ Big News for the Ancient Wars CommunityFirst of all, thank you for supporting our games. The Ancient Wars community has grown thanks to passionate strategy fans like you.Because of that support, I have two major announcements.🚀 A Major Update Is ComingA large update is currently in development for the Ancient Wars series.This update will bring improvements, new features, gameplay refinements and more content. More details will be revealed soon.But before it arrives, I want to celebrate the community that made these games possible.🎬 Community Video Challenge – Earn $50 Per 100K ViewsTo tha
2026-02-23 19:32 UTC · Community Announcements · JotaTheConqueror
Strategists,Steam Next Fest has begun, bringing a fresh Content Rotation to Ancient Wars: Sparta HD Free to Play!✨ New Content To celebrate Steam Next Fest, the Egyptian, Persian, and Spartan civilizations are all unlocked and playable until March 2.🗺️ New Maps AddedA total of 8 maps are now available to play until March 2.Thank you for your continued support and valuable feedback. Stay tuned for next month’s rotation and more exciting additions to the battlefield!Download now and join the battle in Ancient Wars: Sparta HD Free to Play!
2025-12-17 21:49 UTC · Community Announcements · JotaTheConqueror
Greetings, Strategists! First and foremost, thank you all for your continued support and for helping build such an amazing community!We’re thrilled to announce a major new update, packed with improvements, exciting new features, and community-requested additions. This update is just the first of three major updates leading to the final version of the game, polishing and enhancing every detail to perfection.🆕 New Features & ContentMatch Customization System: Personalize your battles with a wide range of options.Improved Naval System: Better pathfinding, ships now navigate better and no longer
2025-10-21 17:18 UTC · Community Announcements · JotaTheConqueror
⚔️ Hello, Strategists!First of all, thank you for your incredible patience and support throughout this journey. While I’ve been silent for a while, I’ve been working tirelessly behind the scenes to make everything I’m about to announce today a reality.Get ready — major news is here.🕰 Early Access Release Date – Ancient Wars: Sparta Definitive EditionThe moment many of you have been waiting for has finally arrived! 📅 Early Access launches on December 8th, 2026This date isn’t random — it marks the 20th anniversary of the original game’s release. And what better way to celebrate than with the r
2025-07-15 15:06 UTC · Community Announcements · JotaTheConqueror
Greetings, Strategists!🎮 Want to be part of the return of the golden age of RTS games? We're looking for community testers for something much bigger than just a playtest: You'll be part of the team shaping the future of our real-time strategy games.🧪 What will you be testing?You’ll start with a new version of Sparta, bringing back the classic gameplay the community has been asking for — now with improved multiplayer, an optimized engine, revamped UI, and much more.You’ll also get early access to upcoming updates for:Ancient Wars: Sparta Definitive EditionAncient Wars: Medieval CrusadesPlus,
2025-06-09 17:09 UTC · Community Announcements · JotaTheConqueror
Greetings, Strategists!First and foremost, thank you all for your continued support and for helping build such a fantastic community!We're thrilled to announce this massive update, packed with many of the most requested features and improvements from the community. Even more exciting—this marks the beginning of a new development approach: major content updates (features, improvements, and new mechanics) will now be released periodically as we work toward the full release out of Early Access.And don’t miss it—a major announcement is coming this October! 😊🛠️ Massive Update - Full Patch Notes B
2025-01-22 14:39 UTC · Community Announcements · JotaTheConqueror
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41463810/96006675d64b6e3e3c074e2a99cb67b4494bce03.jpg Greeting Strategists! First of all, thank you all for continuing to be very supportive of the project and creating such a fantastic community. The community means everything to me, which is why I’ve worked tirelessly to include many of the features you’ve been asking for in this update. I truly hope this makes the game even more enjoyable for you, and I can’t wait to bring you even more improvements in future updates as we march toward the full release! 😊 Below is the list with all the content of this update: New feature
2024-10-27 18:35 UTC · Community Announcements · JotaTheConqueror
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41463810/59c11c3ecfaf27033bb90d55cbb7064e6d7724fb.png Greetings Strategists! Have you always dreamed of developing an RTS game or being part of its creation? This is your chance! The RTS community is full of talented fans with brilliant ideas who rarely get the opportunity to shine. Let’s change that! We’re inviting all RTS enthusiasts to join us in building the Ancient Wars franchise. If you want to help create new projects and enhance existing ones, join us and be part of the RTS revival! Choose your role and bring your passion to life: Multiplayer Tester Cinematic or Trai
2024-10-16 13:03 UTC · Community Announcements · JotaTheConqueror
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41463810/f781398c3d2b93cbe48b4386f9f444a41a3a98f4.png Greeting Strategists! First of all, thank you all for continuing to be very supportive of the project and creating such a fantastic community. You've been asking for more Campaigns for the game for a long time and the community always comes first for me. So it's a pleasure to finally announce the launch of the Persian Campaign along with other game improvements. Change List: New features/content: Added Persian Campaign (9 Missions) Improved building construction pathing (now decorative animals on the map do not block buil
2024-07-24 17:46 UTC · Community Announcements · JotaTheConqueror
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41463810/5ba0929c539ce72a869cd97377456cd64f7ea6e1.jpg Greeting Strategists! First of all, thank you all for supporting the project and continuing to build such a fantastic community. It is a pleasure to announce this great update, which stands out for adding a feature that many of you wanted, such as Steam Workshop support(how to use it is described below). You already know that the community is the most important thing for me and I hope that this addition helps you to enjoy the game a little more. I hope you like this update and feel free to give your feedback or any sugges
2024-06-21 13:58 UTC · Community Announcements · JotaTheConqueror
- Improved the time indicator and changed it to mm:ss format - Fixed bug that did not show the price of weapons in the unit builder
2024-06-18 12:04 UTC · Community Announcements · JotaTheConqueror
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41463810/96006675d64b6e3e3c074e2a99cb67b4494bce03.jpg Greeting Strategists! First of all, thank you all for continuing to be very supportive of the project and creating such a fantastic community. I have never asked the community for anything, but this time I would value that if you like this massive update to the game, please contribute a positive review of the game. It will help keep me motivated to do such big updates that take many months and hard work to complete. Below is the list with all the content of this update(Some changes are summarized below, due to the large n
2024-04-12 13:47 UTC · Community Announcements · JotaTheConqueror
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41463810/674f6dbe8e88cb63c79b508329a04aef402e3dfd.jpg Greetings Strategists! First, thank you to all of you who are supporting Ancient Wars: Sparta Definitive Edition. As always, satisfying the community is the most important thing to me, so I'm pleased to officially announce that some content you've been asking for, is coming to the game. This content is: Original Spartan Campaign, remastered and improved Original Persian Campaign, remastered and improved Original Egyptian Campaign, remastered and improved Videos of the original campaigns Remastered Original Voice Overs for
2024-02-29 17:34 UTC · Community Announcements · JotaTheConqueror
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41463810/96006675d64b6e3e3c074e2a99cb67b4494bce03.jpg Greeting Strategists! First of all, thank you all for continuing to be very supportive of the project and creating such a fantastic community. Many of you wanted and voted for a new campaign focused on the Romans, so it is a pleasure to announce its launch, along with new features and improvements, which I hope will help you enjoy the game a little more. Below is the list with all the content of this update: New features/content: New Campaign: Romans - The Beginning of an Empire Worker system: After constructing a buildin
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