Frost Giant cofounders finally talk about gameplay for their real-time strategy title Stormgate
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The founders of Frost Giant Studios finally got their moment in the sunlight today as they revealed early gameplay for Stormgate at the PC Gaming Show.
Stormgate is a real-time strategy game that blends both science fiction and fantasy genres in one “science fantasy” storyline. It’s a free-to-play game coming in 2024 for the PC, and in my demo of early gameplay it felt a lot like StarCraft.
Irvine, California-based Frost Giant Studios was founded in 2020 by former Blizzard devs Tim Morten and Tim Campbell, who helped create some of the most acclaimed and best-selling PC games of all time–as well as some of the most-watched esports–including Blizzard Entertainment’s WarCraft III and StarCraft II.
Fans of real-time strategy games have been anxiously awaiting this game for its modern take on the classic RTS formula. Now they’ll finally see it in action during the upcoming Stormgate pre-alpha gameplay reveal.
Today, during the show, Frost Giant showed gameplay for the humans, one of multiple races in the title, where future space-faring humans discover an ancient race from a fantasy universe and the result is a clash of civilizations. We haven’t yet seen the fantasy race, which is called the Infernal Host – demonic alien invaders hellbent on claiming the Earth.
Stormgate closed testing begins in July and will continue into 2024. The founders said Frost Giant’s custom-built SnowPlay technology gives Stormgate the crisp, ultra-responsive gameplay that makes it more fun than ever to control the battlefield.
In addition to the story-driven solo or co-op campaign and the completely free-to-play 1v1 mode, Stormgate will
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