TaleWorlds Entertainmentis proud to announce the next installment in the acclaimed Mount & Blade game series, entitled: Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord. This sandbox action-RPG strategy hybrid will take players on a journey into a fictional world of up-close and personal medieval combat on a huge scale, bigger, bloodier and more intense than ever before. Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord will build upon the popular Mount & Blade franchise bringing in many exciting and highly requested new features.

The game takes place following the death of the heirless Emperor of the Calradic Empire. The empire splits into three factions fighting for power while criminal bands watch closely, looking to profit from the chaos.

The player will shape its future, reuniting the empire or eliminating it.

This seems to be a repeat of history, as the "Calrad Empire" fell before the beginning of the previous games, leading to the various independent factions.