Across the frozen wasteland that was once North America and Europe, life is what most would consider 'hectic'. Polar shift has decimated life as we know it, and the one people foolish enough to live in these vast tracks of land are the scientists working diligently in the attempt to reverse the scarring changes and the armed factions fighting to control the scientific work. Some do it because they believe the end of the world, Ragnarok, has come, and only those who are the strongest will be chosen to build the world anew while others simply want to rebuild the world. Everyone else just enjoys the bloodbath.

Ragnarok Arena is a sidescrolling multiplayer shooter developed on the Source Engine, famous for it's use in Half-Life 2, Team Fortress 2 and multiple other games. Gameplay is brutal and fast paced, with realism being thrown to the side in exchange for adrenaline-fueled arcade action. Relive the joy of playing in the style of older titles like Mega Man, Contra and metal Slug with friends in eye-popping HD, and with a new control scheme custom-tuned for a keyboard and mouse.

  • >> Multiple Game Modes
    Including Capture the Flag, Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch with more gamemodes coming with each update.
  • >> A Return to Form
    Powerups, vertical combat and the speed of a bullet, just like you remember it. Random weapon and powerup spawns prevent camping and keep players on the move.
  • >> 32 Player Mayhem
    Play with your friends in combat that most people would describe as "Completely Insane".
  • >> Completely Free
    Using the Orange Box Base, only Steam and a Source game are required to play this game. This means owners of Counter-Strike Source, Left 4 Dead and even Portal can get down on the sidescrolling action. For a complete list of supported games, please refer to the Steampowered website.
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Are First Person Shooters getting you down? No? Well, you should still check this out anyway.

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For those of you not in the know, Ragnarok Arena is a sidescrolling multiplayer game built on top of Valve's Source Engine. The version that we're preparing for release will have three gamemodes, Free For All, Team Deathmatch and Capture the Flag.

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Now, for a time-frame. While I don't want to make the mistake of setting a specific time and missing it, I am confident in the team's ability to get the first version out the door around the time everyone is either blitzed or hung over from New Year's. Of course, we could use your help! If you enjoy special recognition and breaking things, we are currently looking for beta testers! Please see this thread for more information.

From your friends at Exploding Dog Entertainment, we wish you Happy Holidays, and we hope to see you at New Years for some Sidescrolling Multiplayer Action.

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Ragnarok Arena Remastered - Beta 2

Ragnarok Arena Remastered - Beta 2

Dec 16, 2009 Full Version 2 comments

This is the OLD version. Reuploaded because I'm a fool and deleted it on accident. The legacy version of Ragnarok Arena Remastered, released in April...

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MatthewD
MatthewD Dec 21 2009, 6:19pm says:

Ragnarok is the bomb diggity! Although may I suggest a name change? Ragnarok: Rising Arcade Combat

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DOLBYdigital
DOLBYdigital Dec 21 2009, 12:40pm says:

Yeah I checked out the older version and really liked what I saw. Can't wait for this next release and hope to see others online. 32 players in a side scrolling online CTF game sounds absolutely insane, just the kind of insane I like too :)

Don't forget to vote everyone, that will help get exposure to this and many other great mods!

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Phalxor
Phalxor Dec 21 2009, 6:58am says:

great news

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Ryswick17
Ryswick17 Dec 21 2009, 3:11am says:

good luck for MOTY!

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Kasplatt
Kasplatt Dec 21 2009, 2:22am says:

I played it when the first version got released. Haven't seen anything from it in a while, so this is just awesome.
Best of luck! Update looks great.

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ceriux
ceriux Dec 20 2009, 11:29pm says:

id play it if others did

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Rawket
Rawket Dec 16 2009, 9:42pm says:

Why is work still being done in this mod and yet no one plays it? Lot of work for nothing it looks like!

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Ackart
Ackart Dec 16 2009, 9:46pm replied:

Because the last version was little more than a proof of concept and came out a year ago.

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shaun10656
shaun10656 Dec 16 2009, 9:14pm says:

why must my computer break on this day noooooooo......

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Ackart
Ackart Dec 16 2009, 9:34pm replied:

It's a pretty normal day, the file uploaded is the old version. :V

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