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HISTORICAL FACTS: Stormgate - The Untold Story

RTS game loses online support as AI company buys out its servers

AI is coming for the servers next.

Destructoid

Stormgate, the StarCraft-like RTS that launched last summer, is losing online multiplayer support because its server partner was bought by an AI company

Frost Giant Studios says it will patch Stormgate so it can be played offline, but its online modes will be gone at the end of April.

PC Gamer

Ex-StarCraft and Warcraft veterans' new RTS is losing online features as server partner is sold to an AI company, and devs don't know when or if they'll be restored

"We hope to restore online play in a future patch," says Stormgate dev Frost Giant Studios

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It's brutal out there: Deus Ex and Unreal composer says he's submitted 50 resumes and gotten one interview in the last year

AI's impact on audio production has, of course, become a hot topic in the game music world.

PC Gamer

"Players have less time than ever" — StarCraft successor Stormgate tanks; industry is blamed. Steam reviews say otherwise.

Half of Stormgate players like the RTS — but that’s not enough. Frost Giant blames external industry issues, while users have other complaints.

Windows Central

Is the AI backlash overblown? One dev says players are "fine with it"

And it doesn't have to mean job losses.

Creative Bloq

'Stormgate' Isn’t 'StarCraft 3', But It Definitely Scratches The Itch

'Stormgate' is a new RTS from veterans behind 'StarCraft' and 'WarCraft', and it's an easy-to-pick up but difficult to master strategy game that'll soak up your time.

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Stormgate, the RTS from ex-Starcraft and Warcraft devs, launches out of Steam Early Access with perfect balance, by which I mean with 50% positive user reviews: "We plan to be in active development for a long time"

Stormgate's Necrolyte update introduces not-really-1.0 with the Ashes of Earth campaign

GamesRadar

$35 million in crowdfunding later, Warcraft-inspired RTS from Starcraft devs is leaving early access unfinished at version 0.6, not 1.0 – so it's replacing numbers with codenames, which is worse

What's closer to completion, Mammoth or Frigate?

GamesRadar

Stormgate is leaving early access before it's technically finished: 'We believe that our campaign and 1v1 are ready for a broader audience'

Both the co-op mode and terrain editor are still in active development.

PC Gamer

Almost a year after launch, Frost Giant's StarCraft wannabe has finally added the feature it's named after: 'We called the game Stormgate, yet we didn't actually have any stormgates'

"Long-requested" feature arrives to shake up the troubled RTS.

PC Gamer

As promising RTS Stormgate nears 1.0, the 'entire narrative structure of the campaign' has been rewritten, says Frost Giant

It'll completely replace the currently available campaign.

PC Gamer

Dev behind StarCraft "spiritual successor" Stormgate says the strategy game's mixed reviews are fine, but players shouldn't expect StarCraft devs to make StarCraft quality straight off the bat

It hasn't been the best start for Stormgate

GamesRadar

Here's the official Stormgate launch time for early access

After a couple weeks of "early access" prior to Early Access, Stormgate is indeed launching on August 13.

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Stormgate review: "A little messy and a little too complicated"

PC Gamer

StarCraft 2 spiritual successor Stormgate launches to a mixed rating on Steam, but Frost Giant is undaunted: 'Mixed reviews are to be expected at this stage'

Stormgate's full early access launch happens next week, but Kickstarter backers and 'early access pack' purchases are playing right now.

GamesRadar

New RTS from StarCraft 2 vets raised over $35 million in crowdfunding and investment, but its Mixed early access reviews suggest it needs a bit more time in the oven

Stormgate released in early access for backers yesterday

PC Gamer

Stormgate developers say they want to lower the RTS skill floor, not the skill ceiling: 'It's okay to be a high-skill game'

In a PC Gaming Show documentary, Frost Giant says it wants "all players, of all skill levels, to be able to enjoy what we love about the RTS genre."

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CEO behind Warcraft and StarCraft vets' new strategy game defends asking players to invest in the studio, even after raising $35 million across fundraising efforts

Almost one million dollars has been raised via equity funding

PC Gamer

Stormgate developer Frost Giant Studios is now asking fans to invest in the company

A reservation page for an upcoming "crowd-equity campaign" is now open to all.

GamesRadar

After a $2m kickstarter on a fully-funded game, the strategy game from former Warcraft and StarCraft devs is now looking for even more funding

Frost Giant is looking for investors

GamesRadar

This Steam Next Fest was dominated by two massive strategy games, and that feels weird for an event all about discoverability

Opinion| Homeworld 3 and Stormgate were huge hits in the latest festival

GamesRadar

New RTS from Warcraft and StarCraft veterans smashes through nearly every stretch goal in $2m Kickstarter campaign, even though it was already fully funded

Stormgate's devs must be happy with this result

PC Gamer

Stormgate was already fully funded—then it earned $2M on Kickstarter

Frost Giant's RTS was the top videogame Kickstarter of 2023.

PC Gamer

Stormgate mashes up StarCraft 2 and Warcraft 3 with a few fresh twists

Hands on with Frost Giant's promising new RTS.

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