The Kickstarter marketing campaign for Stormgate, a religious successor of Starcraft by Frost Big Studios, has simply concluded efficiently.
28,143 backers pledged $2,380,701 for the sport on Kickstarter, which is 2380% of the pretty modest authentic $100,000 objective.
The marketing campaign instantly confirmed itself as a winner, reaching and overtaking its funding objective in quarter-hour when it launched again in December.
The modest authentic objective is defined by the truth that the event of the sport itself was already funded. The Kickstarter marketing campaign’s fundamental goal was to provide a bodily Collector’s Version. But, the success of the crowdfunding marketing campaign signifies that loads of gameplay and content-related stretch objectives have been unlocked.
These embrace an Arctic Tileset, HUD skins, extra 3vE weekly Mutators, a brand new participant help software, a 3v3 mode early preview, expanded bot personalities, profile portraits, superior hero customization, a WebToon collection, and an early preview of the editor.
Curiously, you need not wait lengthy to offer Stormgate a strive. Whereas the sport had a number of closed testing rounds, an open beta is coming for Steam Subsequent Fest on February 5 all through February 12.
It will embrace a 3-player co-op vs. AI mode that includes two playable heroes and aggressive 1v1 with no heroes. Customized lobbies can even be out there.
You probably have not heard about Stormgate earlier than, it is a classic-style RTS that may definitely convey again recollections of Blizzard’s Starcraft.
That is not shocking, contemplating that it is being developed by a workforce constructed round a core of Starcraft 2 and Warcraft 3 veterans. It was introduced in June 2022 after which showcased at a number of occasions together with the PC Gaming present in June 2023 and Gamescom in August 2023.
The sport is coming to Steam and it is made un Unreal Engine 5. You may already wishlist it. For the second, it doesn’t but have a agency launch date.