Millions of viewers were treated to the first live trailer for Stormgate™the highly anticipated real-time strategy game from Frost Giant Studios.
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The California-based studio was founded in 2020 by Tim Morten and Tim Campbell, two industry veterans who have helped create some of the best-loved and best-selling PC games of all time, as well as some of the most-watched titles in competitive gaming such as WarCraft® III and StarCraft® II from Blizzard Entertainment. « Our goal with Stormgate is to bring together the real-time strategy gaming community of yesterday, today and tomorrow, » said Frost Giant Studios CEO and Production Director Tim Morten. « Our goal is to create a social experience that breaks down the barriers that have held people back for far too long, but also to satisfy those who are waiting for the next benchmark RTS. We want to prove that the genre can return to the forefront. » Stormgate will be released on PC (Windows®) via Steam and will be free-to-play. Players will enjoy a wide range of game modes and activities including:
- A scripted campaign playable solo or with friends
- A fully integrated esport client offering, among other things, 1-on-1 ranked matches in the competitive ladder and 3-on-3 team play with original victory conditions
- A cooperative mode in 3vE (three humans against the AI) with a meta progression in addition to the possibility to customize the abilities of your army to create powerful synergies
- An editor to express your creativity and design skills
- Custom matches created by community members
- The ability to watch matches and improve with advanced learning tools
Frost Giant Studios has dedicated its early efforts to the essential pillars of any good, self-respecting RTS: core mechanics and gameplay fundamentals. Its custom-developed SnowPlay™ simulation technology allows for crisp, responsive gameplay in addition to elaborate pathfinding. Made with the Unreal Engine 5, Stormgate will feature high-resolution graphics up to 4K and hundreds of different unit models. All of this little world actively participates in large-scale epic battles on a wide variety of different maps and settings. The interface has also been designed to make this RTS more accessible by eliminating unnecessary inputs, automatically assigning units to control groups and streamlining gameplay as much as possible. Stormgate ‘s powerful editor gives content creators the same tools Frost Giant uses to build the game, in an accessible ecosystem that rewards effort and creativity. « The Stormgate universe blends science fiction and fantasy. It benefits from a character-driven narrative that gives us several years of narrative development that our players will enjoy over the long term, » said Tim Campbell, President and Game Director at Frost Giant Studios. « Our team is building the best real-time strategy game possible with the ambition to continue the tradition of high-level competitive RTS, while innovating in key areas such as interface and cooperation. The genre has never been more accessible. » Science fiction and fantasy collide in the post-apocalyptic world of Stormgate. Hundreds of years in the future, humanity is on the verge of extinction. The Infernals, a playable alien race of demonic invaders bent on taking over the planet, are responsible for the disaster. They have come to Earth through the Stormgates, long dormant portals that have begun to unleash hordes of demons during powerful solar storms. While the Infernals still threaten humanity, the few survivors must summon up all their courage, climb into six-meter-high robots and try to save the world. RTS fans won’t have to wait much longer to learn more about the game. Stormgate is part of PC Gamer ‘s PC Gaming Show, which will take place on Sunday, June 12 at 9:30 p.m. PT and will be hosted by Sean ‘Day[9]’ Plott from day9.tv. Stormgate is currently in pre-alpha development and intends to launch its first beta in 2023. Visit playstormgate.com to learn more and register for the next beta!
