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Hands of Necromancy is on a Winter Sale!
It’s Steam Winter Sale time! Perfect time for some Necromancy! That’s why Hands of Necromancy is at an 80% discount until the 5th of January! [dynamiclink href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1898610/Hands_of_Necrom…
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BOOMSTOCK 2025 is officially live!
It’s time to lock, load, and dive headfirst into the loudest, fastest, and most explosive corner of gaming – the realm of boomer shooters! Steam post image Until September 27, we’re celebrating the genre that never dies…
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GIVEAWAY: Raise the Dead, Not Your Expenses
Dear Necromancers, Today is a special day, as the dark first-person adventure GRAVEN is featured in a Steam Daily Deal with an unparalleled 80% off (the biggest discount so far)! Its action-packed boomer shooter sibling…
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New Patch is Live Now!
Hello everyone! It's patch time today! We have a few important fixes that needed to be done, thank you all for keeping your eyes open and for reporting the issues! Please, keep doing so on our Discord server, we're keen…
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Hands of Necromancy Forms a Bundle with Freshly Launched Hands of Necromancy II
Hello everyone! The day has finally come, as a part of the BOOMSTOCK event, Hands of Necromancy II is launching today! Watch the launch trailer now: It has been an awesome journey, and we can't describe how happy we are…
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Hands of Necromancy Gets an Update, Hands of Necromancy II Gets a Release Date!
Greetings Everyone, Today we have two major announcements for you: 1) Hands of Necromancy has received an update! V3.0 of the game brings many quality of life improvements, various bug fixes, and most importantly, suppo…
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fixed Mac startup script
This should make the game more likely to startup properly on Mac OS.
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Expansion now live
A few minor fixes - Expansion is now available for all players
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2.1.0 "Easy Hubs" update
"The "Easy Hubs" mode of Hands of Necromancy is now live! If you want focus less on an exploration hexen-like but something closer to heretic/doom, this mode is for you, in each of the 4 maps of the hubs, you have 1 key…
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Easy Exploration mode available!
The Easy Exploration mode is available on the Beta Branch of the game, you have to choose "Beta" and redownload the game. Beta Branch option: https://i.imgur.com/WFnH57A.jpg What is the Easy Hubs mode? The "Easy Hubs" m…
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Hands of Necromancy v2.0 released!
Hands of Necromancy version 2.0 is released! Adds a new third attack for the monster morphs! (default key: F) • Adds an alt-fire for all the other weapons • New weapon animations by BeardedDoomGuy • Fixes and improvemen…
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Version 2.0 is in the works, our plans going forward
Hello! The game is receiving a major balance rework that adds a lot of new functions and attacks for the players, which will be labeled Version 2.0. Since this update will fundamentally change many aspects of the game,…
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Hands of Necromancy v1.5.3 mini-patch released!
GZDoom engine updates, mostly fixing the shell folder open. Now works the same on all platforms and should be more secure. • Sword is now flagged as a melee weapon for mods/bots that need access to this info
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Patch v1.5.2 Released
Patch v1.5.2 released • Some improvements to controller support • Ability to browse local config, screenshots, and save files • A few recent GZDoom engine fixes • Improvements to the new movement code
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Patch v1.5 released!
Introducing Map Markers for Key Doors and Portals • Fix for the switch of one of the map13 lifts • Pull fixes from GZDoom, post-4.8.2 • New movement code - the player starts and stops moving a lot quicker, less "sliding…
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Update v1.4
Announcement: New update of the game, it fixes the last important stuff and some details. _Map02 The Farmhouse: Fixed deactivated enemies. _Lord Gargoyle and Undead Dragon are now immune to rip damage from Ring of Ice.…
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