<s>
Mordhau	B-Application
is	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
medieval	O
hack	B-Application
and	I-Application
slash	I-Application
fighting	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
independent	O
Slovenian	O
studio	O
Triternion	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
prominent	O
aspect	O
of	O
skill-based	O
competitive	O
play	O
and	O
customization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
29	O
,	O
2019	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
via	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X/S	I-Device
are	O
in	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Mordhau	B-Application
,	O
players	O
engage	O
in	O
hand-to-hand	O
combat	O
with	O
medieval	O
weapons	O
such	O
as	O
swords	O
,	O
spears	O
,	O
shields	O
,	O
hammers	O
,	O
bows	O
,	O
siege	O
weapons	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
built	O
using	O
Unreal	B-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Marko	O
Grgurovič	O
,	O
a	O
Slovene	O
PhD	O
student	O
of	O
computer	O
science	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Primorska	O
,	O
began	O
development	O
of	O
Mordhau	B-Application
alone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
no	O
experience	O
in	O
game	O
development	O
,	O
Grgurovič	O
had	O
begun	O
building	O
a	O
prototype	O
in	O
Unity	B-Application
called	O
Project	O
Slasher	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
next	O
three	O
years	O
,	O
Grgurovič	O
was	O
joined	O
by	O
other	O
programmers	O
,	O
graphic	O
designers	O
,	O
and	O
animators	O
from	O
all	O
over	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
many	O
of	O
whom	O
enjoyed	O
playing	O
video	O
games	O
like	O
Chivalry	B-Application
:	I-Application
Medieval	I-Application
Warfare	I-Application
and	O
wanted	O
to	O
make	O
something	O
similar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
time	O
period	O
,	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
switched	O
from	O
using	O
Unity	B-Application
to	O
Unreal	B-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
renamed	O
the	O
project	O
to	O
Mordhau	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
29	O
,	O
2019	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
scheduled	O
to	O
launch	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X/S	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mordhau	B-Application
became	O
a	O
success	O
,	O
selling	O
200,000	O
copies	O
in	O
less	O
than	O
a	O
week	O
,	O
then	O
exceeding	O
500,000	O
copies	O
sold	O
by	O
7	O
May	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
reached	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
sales	O
charts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
About	O
a	O
month	O
after	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
Mordhau	B-Application
had	O
sold	O
1	O
million	O
copies	O
;	O
to	O
celebrate	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
released	O
a	O
new	O
map	O
alongside	O
new	O
weapons	O
and	O
cosmetics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mordhau	B-Application
has	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
81	O
on	O
Metacritic	O
based	O
on	O
21	O
critic	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
release	O
,	O
Mordhau	B-Application
received	O
praise	O
from	O
early	O
reviewers	O
for	O
its	O
fighting	O
system	O
,	O
the	O
chaotic	O
but	O
fun	O
gameplay	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Swinbanks	O
wrote	O
that	O
Mordhau	B-Application
did	O
not	O
provide	O
adequate	O
feedback	O
to	O
strikes	O
,	O
which	O
made	O
the	O
game	O
feel	O
like	O
a	O
"	O
slow	O
,	O
merciless	O
grind	O
of	O
death	O
after	O
death	O
"	O
as	O
you	O
learned	O
how	O
to	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
T.J.	O
Hafer	O
from	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
worried	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
complexity	O
might	O
alienate	O
players	O
who	O
wanted	O
to	O
play	O
a	O
supporting	O
role	O
in	O
battle	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
Mordhau	B-Application
"	O
does	O
n’t	O
support	O
that	O
playstyle	O
especially	O
well	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
July	O
2019	O
,	O
article	O
in	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
,	O
Samuel	O
Horti	O
described	O
Mordhaus	B-Application
player	O
base	O
as	O
having	O
toxicity	O
problems	O
,	O
claiming	O
that	O
many	O
players	O
who	O
use	O
homophobic	O
,	O
racist	O
or	O
sexist	O
language	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
or	O
on	O
Mordhaus	B-Application
forums	O
were	O
not	O
adequately	O
punished	O
by	O
Triternion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
prompted	O
by	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
for	O
clarification	O
,	O
a	O
Mordhau	B-Application
developer	O
confirmed	O
the	O
stance	O
,	O
saying	O
"	O
it	O
depends	O
how	O
[	O
the	O
Mordhau ]	O
community	O
is	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Mordhau	B-Application
moderator	O
's	O
post	O
on	O
Mordhaus	B-Application
Steam	B-Application
community	O
forums	O
dated	O
April	O
2019	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
developers	O
"	O
might	O
add	O
a	O
simple	O
client-side	O
toggle	O
"	O
for	O
players	O
concerned	O
about	O
character	O
realism	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Subsequently	O
,	O
Triternion	O
released	O
a	O
statement	O
on	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
denying	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
considered	O
adding	O
the	O
option	O
for	O
players	O
to	O
disable	O
characters	O
based	O
on	O
their	O
ethnicity	O
.	O
</s>
