The game finally hit Early Access one day earlier than expected on March 30th. Bannerlord was announced way back in 2012, with a Steam page existing since 2016. Bannerlord is the long-awaiting follow-up to the 2008 RPG Mount & Blade and its 2010 standalone expansion Mount & Blade: Warband. A new patch for Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord focuses on fixing several of the Early Access release's crash problems.