Resolution Games has released the “Acquisitions Incorporated” update for cooperative tactical adventure game Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked in cooperation with Penny Arcade.
“‘Acquisitions Incorporated’ brings a completely different energy to Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked,” said Resolution Games CEO Tommy Palm in a press release. “Where our core campaign leans toward the more heroic and grounded, this update fully embraces chaos, comedy, and the kind of plans that sound brilliant right up until everything goes horribly wrong in true Acquisitions Incorporated fashion.”
Penny Arcade co-creator and writer Jerry Holkins added, “We have been big fans of the Demeo franchise since the original launched in 2021. Seeing our pretend franchise grow into a real partnership with Dungeons & Dragons and being able to work with the Resolution Games team toward the launch of ‘The Acquisitions Incorporated Update’ has been such a blast and really something that fans from every plane of existence will love.”
Here is an overview of the update, via Resolution Games:
About the Update
Launching today as a free update across all supported platforms (trailer here), this all-new questline invites players to risk life, limb, and basic financial stability in pursuit of one thing: gold. And possibly “adventure”… but mostly gold. True to “Acquisitions Incorporated” form, the journey is driven as much by get-rich-quick schemes as it is by heroics, though players may find the results don’t always go as planned.
At the center of it all is Omin Dran, CEO of famed and fictitious adventuring company Acquisitions Incorporated and voiced by Jerry Holkins himself as he does in the famous Acquisitions Incorporated podcast and stage show. Omin can be found in the Emerald Tavern in Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked in Campaign 1 and is out to recruit brave (or gullible) adventurers into a series of increasingly questionable business ventures. What begins as a simple job quickly spirals into a full-fledged operation involving infiltration, arcane experimentation, and a business model that absolutely will not be explained in detail.
Five Quests. One Questionable Plan.
Woven into the events of Campaign 1 as a sort of “B Plot,” this new storyline features five side quests that can be tackled alongside the main adventure or played as a continuous arc for those who have already proven themselves capable of defeating Campaign 1’s final boss. Across two to four hours of new gameplay (depending on skill level), players will revisit familiar locations, face off against multiple factions, and discover that when Acquisitions Incorporated is involved, success is… relative. If everything goes according to plan, you’ll be filthy rich. And it will, that’s a Dran guarantee!
Expanding the Battlemarked Experience
This update continues Resolution Games’ commitment to deliver ongoing content for the award-winning digital tabletop experience that brings players into the world of Dungeons & Dragons like never before. Built on the Demeo Action Roleplaying System, Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked brings friends together for fast-paced, turn-based tactical adventures in the Dungeons & Dragons universe where no dungeon master is required, but plenty of table talk is encouraged.
With ongoing updates and even a paid downloadable content on the horizon for later this year, there’s never been a better time to gather your party and roll the dice.
Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked is available now for PlayStation 5, PlayStation VR2, PC and SteamVR, and Quest.
Watch a new trailer below.