Battle Nations is a free turn-based military strategy game for mobile phones developed by Studio Z2Live, taken from us on September 28, 2016. Obviously, I'm not the only one who feels that the game doesn't have enough time in the sun, as the new version of the game is back to the mobile game store on May 30, 2025, on May 30, 2025 – nearly twelve times – in the next ten times, nearly ten times reduced the approach time.
I returned to high school with my friends to form a War Congress to carry out some raids of the game, but we were always seriously under-enough and far out of the numbers of enemies. At the height of mobile games, the release of combat states completely changed what I thought the platform could do. Endless runners like Jetpack Joyride and Subway Surfer gave way to afternoon battles with the country, filled with our group conquests, which was glorious.
A group of fans gathered together to form their own game studio, Madrona Games, completely rewrites a new iteration of the game called Battle Nations Rettent. The team has over the past few years eliminated legal lawsuits with the game's original publisher King to gain the right to use warrior trademarks. Madrona’s developers honed their skills by releasing another game, Tack Tactics, while publishing Beta to build betas for its Patreon subscribers.
A closely-connected warrior fan community approached a large company with its old property, but did not land their fan projects. Z2Live was acquired by King in 2015, the company was acquired by Activision Blizzard in 2016, and later Microsoft was acquired by Microsoft in 2023 – Despite this, Madrona Games was able to live in peace with Battle Novations' parent company regardless of its preference for IP.
Now the combat nations are back to all previous glory, allowing a new generation of players to build an outpost and expand their army in the name of the emperor.
Local wildlife is prehistoric and downright dangerous.
What is the battlefield?
The combat state is mocking the fascist empire before Hell 2 cools it. You are the captain of the 95th Rifle Company of the Imperial Army, which once enjoyed a famous military presence and began to break down under the siege of the rebel army.
As the flames of conflict approach the capital, the teenage emperor sends your department to a distant continent in search of resources to create new superweapons. Your job is to develop the budding outpost into a sprawling military complex, fighting insurgents, vicious local animals and magical warriors in tanker masks, your chauvinist lieutenant is considered a “raider.”
Your allies are very cruel people, but their ignorance often makes jokes in combat state narrative writing a butt. Raiders and Rebels are always better and more capable than your team, which forces you to work harder to keep fighting as you move further into the game.
With part of the city construction simulator and part of the grid-based tactical fighter, the combat state attracts many different types of strategic players. I personally love making Zany units and using them to defend my outposts as my city-country economy grows.
Once players reach a high enough level, they can learn from Raider Allies to master mammoths and raptors, conduct medical experiments, turn their base units into zombies, and even hire Team Fortress 2 mercenaries in a bizarre intersection with the valve. (The launch trailer seems to hint that the famous mercenary will return to the fan version.)
Battle Nations Base Building will make City Sim players feel at home.
These advances can only be achieved through economic prosperity and a strong supply line. Players need to create warehouses, expand their boundaries to resource deposits, and build facilities to process raw materials into stronger forms if they want to build the best units. I have never had a talented plan, but the best city planners will find a good framework to create efficient (and beautifully-looking) army bases.
As the outpost foundation grows strong enough, you will start replenishing infantry with tanks, helicopters and other heavy vehicles. I remember when I was shut down during wartime, I felt like I was a real military force.
I can't wait to get back to the round-based battles of the war country, even if that means I have to start with a swamp standard rifle.
As the war is rewritten and developed, players and players’ professions may return.
What's next for a war country?
The new combat state has not shipped every multiplayer feature included in the original game.
Madrona Games has guaranteed that subsequent updates will restore many of the social elements missing from the startup build.
This means that friends lists and guilds will be added soon. One of my favorite features of the original country is the ability to get allied attack resource deposits on your Outpost Foundation to help them replenish their lower material, and it's nice to see the collaborative gameplay that can be returned.
The boss' strike also returns quickly in the case file, allowing the player to combine the strength of the army in the health of the boss' enemy bar (if they can beat it completely and get a sweet reward).
In addition to the return feature, the developers plan to add “new narrative arcs, seasonal operations, time-limited events and more to keep the war moving.”
The war states of Madrona Games are rewriting each platform where the original combat states are located. This means you can now download games from the App Store, Google Play Store, and Steam for free.
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