Man O’ War: Corsair is a video game of high adventure, naval combat and exploration based on the Games Workshop classic Man O’ War table top game. Play as a rogue Captain of the Empire or Champion of Chaos, personally navigating your vessel in third person across the Great Western Ocean while plundering enemy ships, visiting ports, trading and making legends of your deeds across the land and sea! Engage in boarding actions, with direct control over your Captain and take the fight to the enemy.

In Man O’ War: Corsair, players will explore a vast continent featuring over 50 unique ports. Featuring customisable characters, fleets of sailing vessels, cannons, spells and mystical creatures all clashing on an epic scale, but beware the very waters beneath your bows…

Here there be monsters....

Man O’ War: Corsair Early Access update 0.3 will introduce new mechanics as well as expand the open world experience of sailing the Great Western Ocean.

We’ve been blown away by the response to Man O’ War: Corsair so far, and our growing and positive community have already been incredibly supportive, so we'd like to extend a big thank you to everyone! We’re big believers in the power of fan feedback and collaboration so we’re excited to be able to announce the game has now launched with an entirely new Melee mechanic, allowing characters to engage in hand to hand combat with their enemies. This is the first of the major updates based entirely on user response.

• New Weapons: We’ve added 9 shields and 12 new melee weapons for your character to obtain, including: Warhammer, Rapier, Longsword, Black Leviathan Eye Lens Shield and Megalodon Tooth Axe.
• New Enemies:
  • Chaos Warriors: Terrifying chaos warriors now lead the chaos fleets. 
  • Chaos Spawn: Dangerous and unpredictable, the only process left in their brain is the desire to kill.
• Crafting: Put the bits and pieces you’ve retrieved from the terrifying sea monsters to good use - find a skilled smith to turn them into powerful weapons for your captain.

We are hard at work on the next update which is going to be a big one! We are not only bringing some familiar faces to the fray but we will introduce some major changes to how you play the game. You are going to be able to access some very powerful enhancements, but remember the enemy will as well. We will keep you updated as we go!

Full list of changes:

Patch 0.3.0
- Added melee combat for the captain
- Improved ranged weapon mechanics
- Better spacing in boarding actions
- Improved performance of menu screen
- Fixed a bug that could reposition ship wrecks on reloading a save game
- Peasants in the tavern will no longer try to sell you the same map more than once.
- Added a character weapon reload indicator
- Fixed a bug preventing characters using the hatches on board ships.
- Boarding mid-wind tutorial now clears the tutorial graphic
- Streamlined hull is now a multiplier instead of a fixed boost (less effective when sailing into the wind)
- Fixed dialogue in the Blockade Runners quest
- Dead crew tell no tales (fixed a dialogue bug)
- Character weapons now have availability dependent on the port you visit, ports will produce additional weapons over time (in preparation for individual crew weapons)
- Captain’s Mate will inform you when you’ve reached your waypoint if you are in autopilot
- Sacking pirate/orc ports no longer makes you infamous
- Added screen in captain menu for choosing your captain’s equipped weapons and shield

Patch 0.3.1:
- Updated melee combat, fast click will give a light attack, holding longer will perform a heavy attack
- Characters changing between melee weapons no longer put away their shield
- Increased speed of changing weapons
- Tab lock-on whilst using a melee weapon has a much shorter range
- Backing off far enough from current target will remove the lock (if using a melee weapon)
- Character interaction key once again defaults to ‘space’ instead of E.
- Can no longer walk through Wargalley front cannons
- Fixed a number of bugs involving a dead sharpshooter
- Added the Club and Mace of Striking
- Characters can be knocked over by ship impact damage
- Ship now tilts noticeably whilst turning
- Fixed a bug which could keep the player’s ship in combat and unable to dock
- Waypoints can no longer be set far inland
- Fixed an issue with fear-effects on weapons and shields
- Chaos spawn are now immune to fear, and cause fear themselves
- Megalodon will no longer try to return home mid-boarding
- Added additional dock points on Erguy’s western side
- Reload and crosshair show properly on sharpshooter
- First mate no longer tells you you’ve reached your destination on cancelling a waypoint
- Fixed a bug with the ship you’re boarding being sunk.
- Fixed an issue with Portsall and AI navigation
- Overwrite save now gives the correct message
- Additional cannons now show the increased number in the ship information screen
- Fixed docking issues around Mousillon
- Escort quests will now cope with the target port being undockable for the escorted ship

Key Features:

• Sea based warfare - Engage in thrilling broadside battles and take command of your captain as you board enemy ships from an on deck perspective!
• Huge game world to explore with over 50 ports
• A huge variety of customisable vessel types and characters
• Trade and fight with other Captains, vessels and ports
• Hire wizards and other magical beasts to do your bidding
• Command allies from different races and fight deadly enemies including: Orcs, High Elves, Dwarfs, Dark Elves, Skaven, Pirates, Chaos, Sea Monsters and more!
• Travel the huge environment day and night, and in all weathers.

Man O’ War: Corsair is available now in Steam Early Access, GOG's Games in Development, as well as via Humble.