First Campaign Emerging From Early Access
Hello everyone,
Today, we’re excited to share that our biggest milestone yet is fast approaching. Our next big step, coming in update 0.6, is the full release of the Vanguard campaign–which we’re calling Stormgate: Campaign One - Ashes of Earth.
This campaign release will no longer be in Early Access, but that won’t mean that our work on Stormgate is done. Far from it. This is not version 1.0 of Stormgate and this isn’t the finish line.
We’ve come a long way since opening the gates to Stormgate’s Early Access release just over a year ago. That initial release was a rough foundation without polish, lacking many features, and it didn’t even include Stormgates!
With your feedback and support, we've made significant improvements across the board. This includes a major overhaul of our art style, customizable hotkeys, campaign, huge design and balance updates, adding Stormgates (which brought excitement and unpredictability to our 1v1 matches), and even the recent launch of the Terrain Editor Alpha, which sparked a wave of creative maps from our incredible community. Creators are already building things we didn’t imagine were possible with this early iteration of the tools.
This release will include lots of changes and improvements to the game over our recent 0.5 update, but the biggest change players will see is our first full campaign. We’ll also be welcoming even more players to join us in experimenting with some of the upcoming features and game modes that we’re actively working on.
You’ll find these by visiting the Sigma Labs section of the Stormgate client in the upper nav bar. This will include the new Terrain Editor Alpha, currently in testing with a very limited group, but soon available to everyone with our 0.6 release. Sigma Labs is where you’ll also be able to play our Co-op Missions, and we’ll be releasing even more experiments in the months to come, like our Team Mayhem 3v3 mode. More on that soon.
If you’ve been waiting for the perfect moment before diving in or inviting your friends to try out Stormgate’s campaign and 1v1 modes, this will be the best time to dive in. The launch of Campaign One - Ashes of Earth will be in our next major update.
On behalf of the Frost Giant team, thank you for being part of our journey. Stay tuned for more details about the launch of Stormgate: Campaign One - Ashes of Earth, and as always, good luck and have fun!
