Stormgate News

The biggest event in gaming today is gamescom, a massive spectacle held annually at the Koelnmesse in Cologne, Germany. This year, RTS fans can celebrate the recent Early Access launch of Stormgate a couple different ways!

[h2]Stormgate at the gamescom LAN[/h2]

Stormgate Early Access is free-to-play and available to download on Steam, and it’s also playable on the show floor in the gamescom LAN booth in Hall 10.1., so drop in and play a game or two if you’re attending.



[h2]HeroMarine Plays Stormgate at gamescom[/h2]

Be sure to check out pro RTS player Gabriel ‘HeroMarine’ Segat who will be playing Stormgate LIVE from the gamescom LAN booth in Hall 10.1.

[h3]Play Schedule (Central European Summer Time)[/h3]

• Wednesday 8/21: 16:00-18:00
  
• Thursday 8/22: 14:00-19:00
  
• Friday 8/23: 9:30-13:30
  

[h2]TakeTV Stormgate Battletime Event[/h2]


If you’re going to be in Germany this weekend, you won’t want to miss this!

TakeTV Stormgate Battletime is a free event and open to the public. The action begins on Saturday at 11:00 CEST at the XPERION and will feature four exciting RTS players duking it out, LIVE.

To watch online, visit:

• English: https://www.twitch.tv/rotterdam08
  
• German: https://www.twitch.tv/taketv
  

You can find the XPERION in the heart of Cologne at Hansaring 97. The best way to reach the venue is by public transportation via lines RB25, S6, S11, S12, S19, STR 12, STR15 or the 127 bus line at the Hansaring stop. A parking garage is also available.

Good luck and have fun!

Stormgate is now LIVE in Early Access and free to play for everyone!

Now available to play for free on Steam, we invite you to dive in and join the fight!

Included for free to all players:

• Unlimited 1v1 ranked matches
  
• Unlimited 3 Player Co-op Missions
  
• All Heroes for Co-op up to level 5
  
• Blockade Hero fully unlocked to max level
  
• Custom games (including 2v2 team games)
  

You can also take an early look at our initial Campaign missions, which are still in development. Please see this developer blog for more on the future of Campaign.

Stormgate is in Early Access, which means it is unfinished. We plan to be in Early Access for at least a year. Your feedback plays a crucial role in Stormgate’s development, so be sure to submit all feedback and bug reports in the Steam Discussion forums.

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Join up today on Steam and be sure to invite your friends: Victory loves company!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2012510/Stormgate/

Live from the Esports World Cup festival is a world-class invitational to celebrate Stormgate's Early Access launch.

The double-elimination exhibition tournament begins with the start of Early Access on August 13 at 8 p.m. local time in Riyadh (10 a.m. Pacific, 1 p.m. Eastern, 7 p.m. CEST) and can be watched online at https://twitch.tv/PlayStormgate


EWC Stormgate Invitational Competitors

• Won "PartinG" Lee-sak, from Korea;
  
• Grzegorz "MaNa" Komincz, from Poland;
  
• Hu "MacSed" Xiang, from China; and
  
• Derek "TheoRy" Travisano, from the United States
  

Coverage of the EWC Stormgate Invitational features a stellar lineup of esports broadcast talent including host James "Kaelaris" Carrol, the iconic casting duo of Nick "Tasteless" Plott and Dan "Artosis" Stemkoski, alongside Jessica "ZombieGrub" Chernega and Kevin "RotterdaM" van der Kooi.
Don't miss out!

WATCH ON TWITCH: https://twitch.tv/PlayStormgate

Stormgate becomes free-to-play at 10am Pacific on August 13, but you can get in today by watching Stormgate on Twitch!

It’s finally here! Stormgate Early Access becomes free-to-play for all players at 10 a.m. Pacific time on August 13, but for any players who can’t wait to jump in, we’re running a special Twitch Drop & Steam Drop today that will give you a head start so you can get in today! Read below to learn more.

[h2]Launch Times Map[/h2]

We’ll be turning Stormgate’s free-to-play switch online at 10am PDT on August 13, but for our players around the world, you can check the map above to see when the game will go live in your city.

[h2]Stormgate Head Start Twitch & Steam Drops[/h2]

Like we mentioned in our first Twitch Drops blog before the Preview Period began, we’re running a special drop on Twitch today that will provide a free head start access key to Stormgate before it becomes free-to-play tomorrow.

To start earning progress towards your Twitch Drops, head to the Drops & Rewards button in your Twitch menu and search for Stormgate. Once you find our Drops campaigns, click Connect to head to our account linking website, where you’ll be prompted to link your Twitch and Steam accounts. Once you’ve done that, you’ll be able to start earning progress towards your rewards while watching Drops-enabled streams. To earn the drop on Steam, you can watch a broadcast offering the drop here.

While the Head Start Twitch Drop is running today, we’ll be pausing the cosmetic Twitch Drops (including the Rizzy Kitty pet) until Stormgate is released to Early Access at 10am Pacific on August 13. Afterwards, the cosmetic Twitch Drops will continue to run until the end of the month.