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God damn this game is looking good! Stormgate is in my top 5 most anticipated games and we just had a huge news drop! Seeing that Frost Giant is basically just made up of former Blizzard RTS devs (hehe, Frost Giant/Blizzard. I see what they did there) I can't say I'm surprised that Stormgate heavily looks like StarCraft with some Warcraft 3 flavor in there like a Paladin hero unit that I'll show below, and they've said the game is sci-fi fantasy.
The second faction, the Infernals (not Zerg) were on full display with a hands-on preview by IGN with a LOT of new gameplay. I'm loving what I'm seeing aside from the unit portraits being static rather than animated. Hopefully it's something that will be added further in development.
Hopefully we get more gameplay from the human Vanguard from IGN going forward. There will be a new trailer at The Game Awards next week, so I'm guessing we'll see the third faction reveal and possible release date. Frost Giant said, "This may be our biggest moment since announcing Stormgate at Summer Game Fest last year. . . we're excited to share that a new Stormgate trailer will be presented on stage at The Game Awards on December 7.
We have no way of knowing where we'll be in the show (immediately following Grand Theft Auto VI, maybe?), but what we do know is that we'll be sharing some of the first footage of our 3P co-op mode as well as some new 100% in-engine cinematics.
Please tune in and show your support for the future of RTS!"
Leaning into the Warcraft 3 side of the game, Frost Giant revealed today that the next Closed Beta will be on December 5th and that playtesters will get their hands on the games first co-op hero, code-named Blockade. They say he's a sci-fi Paladin wielding a powerful hammer.
"Blockade's diverse toolkit allows him to leap into combat, perform a devastating spin-to-win attack, heal nearby allies, and even teleport wherever he's needed to save the day. Play him as damage-dealer, frontline tank, or clutch healer--it's up to you."
Ngl, he looks like Reinhardt from Overwatch 
There's a Kickstarter happening on December 5th as well that will allow early adopters guaranteed access to the beta and also access to the Collector's Edition. Frost Giant made it clear that they have the necessary funding to release the game, and that this Kickstarter is purely for "extras" that many have requested.
The CE will include a Vulcan statue from the human faction, Vanguard.
Other than that, Frost Giant added that their engineering director Andrew Sabri "recently sat down with the tech gurus at Digital Foundry to geek out over Stormgate and SnowPlay--the powerful technology that powers its unmatched responsiveness, rollback netcode, and more. Tune in to Digital Foundry's YouTube channel on Sunday, December 10 to watch."
And finally, "if you're attending DreamHack Atlanta on December 17 (or watching online), you'll be witness to history in the making--the first-ever live Stormgate showmatches!" so I'll definitely be watching this event live!
Anyone else excited for Stormgate? With Age of Empires going strong, a Command & Conquer spiritual successor releasing soon called Tempest Rising, and Stormgate, we seem to be in a bit of an RTS renaissance and I'm loving it!
Last edited by G2ThaUNiT - on 29 November 2023
