The evolution of the Barbarian IP: From Pixel Wind to Today's Transformation

May 08 2025

【From pixel mushrooms to phenomenon IP】

In the summer of 2017, when "The Battle of the Barbarians" was released, no one expected that this "little barbarian" with only a few dozen MB would set off a frenzy among players around the world.

In the mobile game market at that time, the big manufacturers were fighting fiercely, and the MOBA category was regarded as the exclusive battlefield for leading manufacturers.

However, an unknown new IP uses a combination of pixel style and light competition to open up its own path in the road surrounded by giants...

【First Legend: The Birth of a 5-minute Magical Fight】

In the MOBA era, when the game lasts for 20 minutes, "The Barbarians" subverted tradition with the "5 minutes" blitz concept.

The first generation of "Barrien War" deeply integrates the swallowing growth mechanism of the io game with MOBA competition, creating a magical experience of "eating while fighting".

Players control the barbarians and upgrade by swallowing mushrooms. They can also obtain random talents when upgrading, and form their own genres through repeated upgrades - and this Roguelike-style talent system makes every game full of unknown surprises.

The game map design is even more mysterious. The compact battlefield forces players to encounter team battles every once in a while. In addition, the rich modes are perfectly adapted to fragmented scenes such as subway commuting and lunch breaks.

The collision of magical pixel style and arcade melee déjà, made this "small bag body" with less than 100 megabytes gain 500,000 downloads in 10 days of TapTap's online, and it also topped the download list in more than 100 countries and regions around the world.

【When the pixel meets the last generation】

However, the wave of times has never stopped. As mobile games enter the next generation, the pixel style of the first generation products gradually reveals a sense of time, and the gameplay content is also facing iterative pressure after five years of consumption.

Sentences are precious, but IP evolution is also imminent.

The "Barbaric War 2", scheduled for May 28, 2025, gave a standard answer to IP evolution.

The art style has been fully upgraded to 3D American cartoons, and the character modeling accuracy is improved to the naked eye. Every part of the barbarian world is lifelike, far exceeding the visual expression of the past.

Built-in emoticon package system

Especially, the game's UI, character model and other parts adopt rounded corner design, which highlights the swelling and cute feeling of the barbarian to the extreme, and has a completely different viewing from the original "Barbarian Battle".

【Sequel innovation: Dimensional leap from fighting to strategy】

While retaining the essence of "short, flat and fast", the core gameplay of the new work also added a large number of settings to the talent system, and also launched many new heroes that were not available in the first generation, which further upgraded the fun of the game's combat!

And also achieved a qualitative breakthrough in the depth of gameplay.

For example, there are interesting ways to play "crazy gold grabbing" and "captain hook hook" in the mode;

In the classic battle for mushroom tyrants, the circle shrinking mechanism has also been upgraded to "map collapse", further deepening the stimulation of the game;

Are more combat props with different functions;

A variety of random events may even occur in the game, and the magic will be implemented to the end from art and gameplay!

From pixel style to 3D, from light competition to both strategy and pleasure, from the first pioneer test of "Barwives 2" in 2023, to the iteration of the co-research server and Jidong test, the evolution and transformation of the Barbarian IP...

The ultimate purpose is to "make fun games and convey happy emotions" so that the sequel is more in line with the expectations of old and new players.

【About "The Barbarians' Battle 2"]

Hi, do you still remember the bearded Baba Liu? Fusion competition���The adventure magical fight mobile game "Barrien Battle 2" is here!

Funny and funny barbarian hero, magical and weird prop pet;

A new chapter of classic 3v3v3 fighting creativity, the entire high energy of Happy Competition can't stop!

Are you ready? Become the barbarian chief Babaliu and start a battle journey in a barbaric world full of joy!