Studio of former Blizzard employees announces free-to-play rts Stormgate

Frost Giant Studios has announced Stormgate. That is a free-to-play real-time strategy game set in the future. The game is made in Unreal Engine 5 and can be played alone, against each other or in co-op. A beta should start next year.

Stormgate has been announced with a cinematic trailer, showing no gameplay. On a steam page there are some screenshots of an alpha version. The strategy game takes place during a war between humanity and aliens. More factions will be available, but they haven’t been announced yet. The game will have both casual and competitive pvp online modes and co-op options. The game also gets an editor.

The game is made by Frost Giant Studios† a studio made up of veterans who worked on Warcraft and StarCraft games at Blizzard. The studio was founded by Tim Morten and Tim Campbell. At the beginning of this year they achieved $25 million in investment to create ‘the next great RTS game for PC’.

In the trailer, the team announces that players can sign up for a beta at playstormgate.com, which is set to launch in 2023. The website is not available at the time of writing because of the large crowd† The details about the revenue model have not yet been disclosed, but Steam states that it will not be possible to get a benefit by paying.