Forts News

G'day Forts fans!

Are you ready to crown a 1v1 High Seas champion?

The new High Seas team strategies were on full display last tournament. Now it's time for the best individual players in Forts to show what they can do. Will they dare go for early orbitals without a teammate backing them up? Are deckguns the new old reliable? How will the High Seas weapons play out on vanilla maps? Join us as we find out together!

Tournament XXIV will be a High Seas 1v1 Deathmatch tournament. And for our friends in the EU we'll also be starting a few hours earlier this event so more of you can participate. To that end the tournament date is set for July 2nd at 1PM ET, which would be 7PM CET. We're planning for between 8-16 players, and either double or single elimination depending on turnout. As before, we will also be extending the match time limit to 20 minutes. Hosting the event will be Bobereto, Frazzz and Project Incursus.


On to the details.

Will there be qualifying

Not this time. With the earlier start time we've made spaces for up to 16 players.

Single Elimination or Double Elimination?

This will be based on the final number of participants. If enough players register to warrant single elimination the finals will be best of 3, time permitting.

How will players be seeded?

With High Seas being new and no competitors having an established High Seas record, seedings will be based on aggregated results from Tournament XXIII and the most recent ranked season.

What maps will be used?

Selected From Scratch High Seas and standard maps.

What about commander bans?

Yes, we will have commander bans this tournament.


If you have any additional questions please contact us on Discord.

[h2]How do I join?[/h2]

In order to participate, you must do the following...

• Join the Official FORTS Discord
  
• Your name on Discord and Steam must match
  
• Inappropriate competitor names will not be accepted
  
• Send a direct message on Discord to Romerolagus#9918 to register
  
• If you would like a different player icon than your Discord profile image, include a 128x128 pixel image with your registration
  
• Entries will be accepted up until July 1st 4PM ET (11PM CET)
  
• Maximum of 16 total participants for Tournament XXIV
  

• Tournament XXIV starts July 2nd, 2022 at...
  
• 10AM (PT West Coast USA)
  
• 1PM (ET East Coast USA)
  
• 6PM UTC/GMT +1 (London)
  
• 7PM CEST (France, Germany)
  
• 3AM AEST July 3rd (Eastern Australia)
  

• The FORTS Tournament lobby
  
• The Official FORTS Discord
  

• 1v1 Deathmatch
  
• Single or double elimination based on turnout
  
• Best of 3 Finals if time permits
  
• 20 minute time limit
  
• High Seas enabled (no capture ammo)
  
• Tons of Guns enabled
  
• Moonshot enabled
  
• Portals enabled
  
• Commanders enabled
  
• Commander bans! Each team selects 1 commander to ban at the start of each game
  
• Failure to honour the bans will result in immediate disqualification
  
• Draws decided by core damage inflicted (total damage if same core damage)
  
• Maximum of 16 teams
  
• Check-in on Discord at least 1 hour before tournament start
  
• Late or absent players forfeit their matches
  
• Use of exploits or bugs for self-charging or any other purpose is strictly forbidden.
  
• Earthwork Games reserves the right to make changes to this event as needed
  

Bobereto Frazzz Project Incursus


Selected From Scratch maps included with Forts.


Cheers,
EWG

G'day Forts fans!

The Season 17 results are here! And we have some new faces breaking into the top 20 for the first time. The podium is still crowded with veterans though, as Firework takes home another bronze, Matteo another silver, and EtaN another gold. Do any of our newcomers have what it takes to knock them off and claim a coveted trophy for themselves?

Some takeaways from last season. Pinchfist has stiff competition from Scattershot, Spook, and Architect for most popular ranked commander. Buzzsaws exist, sell metal at your own peril. And howitzers have overtaken warheads as the preferred weapon of base erasing.

While the top 3 places receive Gold, Silver, and Bronze, every player finishing within the top 20 will receive a Season 17 Medal. Congratulations to all medalists as well!

One final note, in keeping with our more streamlined approach to validating the ranked results several accounts with suspicious activity were stricken from the rankings.

1. EtaN#2700
   
2. Matte0o160
   
3. Firework
   
4. Finn
   
5. Armordillo
   
6. Teutonick
   
7. [NFC] Noha
   
8. [WIG]CID_73
   
9. mcc72k
   
10. 27777
    
11. [TF]Troupics
    
12. 老萌新
    
13. TiAntlAnG1OO9
    
14. [BTA]hchao2000
    
15. [WTF] Bowser
    
16. steffen
    
17. Salzwerk
    
18. WIG_籽岷妙妙屋
    
19. [BTA]Alesio
    
20. Sir Buzzalot
    

Season 18 is already underway and will run through July 31st.


If you haven't already, join our Forts Official Discord server for discussions on weapons, strategies and modding with our friendly and helpful community!

Cheers,
EWG

G'day Forts fans!

The long awaited season 16 results are finally here. Once again, we apologize for the delays. Some difficult decisions needed to be made that will have an impact on future seasons as we move forward. We were unable to validate some of the results and have reluctantly decided to remove some players from the season 16 rankings. This should not be taken as evidence of foul play on the part of the affected players.

On to the results. Taking the bronze this season is Noha making his way back onto the podium. Taking silver is another familiar face, Matteo, who along with AlexD won Tournament XXIII and is now the most badge laden player in all of Forts. Hoisting the gold trophy once again is EtaN who simply could not be stopped, pushing his rating past the matchmaking range of all but six of his fellow competitors. Congratulations once again!


While the top 3 places receive Gold, Silver, and Bronze, every player finishing within the top 20 will receive a Season 16 Medal. Congratulations to all medalists as well!

1. EtaN
   
2. Matteo
   
3. Noha
   
4. Firework
   
5. Malme
   
6. Bowser
   
7. Ready2BeBeaten
   
8. Teutonick
   
9. VonRIchthausen
   
10. mcc72k
    
11. hchao2000
    
12. Troupics
    
13. LunaticLunA
    
14. bl00dparasite
    
15. Cloud
    
16. Fluffiges Jo
    
17. Domy
    
18. YumKaaX
    
19. Kriegseule
    
20. Arza
    

Season 17 is already well underway and will run through May 31st.


If you haven't already, join our Forts Official Discord server for discussions on weapons, strategies and modding with our friendly and helpful community!

Cheers,
EWG

G'day Forts fans.

Congratulations to team Seep, winners of Tournament XXIII, our first official High Seas tournament! You may remember Seep placing second last tournament behind Sussles, but in a surprise twist the two teams dissolved and reformed themselves between tournaments, trading partners in the process. AlexD and Firework combined to win Tournament XXII over EtaN and Matteo. In Tournament XXIII it was AlexD and Matteo against EtaN and Firework as ex-partners faced off against each other in a round robin tournament.

There's no escape in round robin. The seedings and bracket can't help you and there's no avoiding unfavorable matchups. Team Seep ran the table, scoring a perfect 3 - 0 against the competition. In second place, Team Death Fridge took second, notching 2 victories along the way. And relative newcomers Team No, playing with a last second replacement player, acquitted themselves admirably performing above expectations to claim third.

We saw a little everything this tournament with the High Seas meta shakeup. Booming deckguns. Teams gambling on their ability to both land and defend Orbital strikes. Dominant AA and map control falling suddenly to relentless waves of planes. The judicious use of surprise howitzers and missiles. Clutch domes. And of course, the same high level sniper and laser and cannon play Forts tournaments are known for, now with 50% more shotguns.



[h3]1st Place[/h3]
Seep
[XD] AlexD
[XD] Matteo

[h3]2nd Place[/h3]
Death Fridge
[KV2] EtaN
[KV2] Firework

[h3]3rd Place[/h3]
No
[YES] Gengar
[YES] Flinnshadow

Challonge Bracket

If you enjoy high level Forts we highly recommend watching the replays, now available from the Featured tab of the Forts Replays menu. Watch the builds step by step and see the level of coordination on display as the teams execute. Also track their resources live, courtesy of Ximsa's Observer tools.

As always, thank to our hosts and casters, Bobereto, Frazzz and Project Incursus with Special commentator Noze.

Tournament videos now available:
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[h2]Discord[/h2]
If you haven't already, join our Forts Official Discord server to connect with other players, share strategies, create maps and mods, and for more information on upcoming events.

Cheers,
EWG

G'day Forts fans!

If you told us in 2017 that Forts would still be going strong in 2022 we would have told you to drop your core! On April 19th Forts turned five years old, and what a ride it has been! We are eternally grateful for all your fantastic support. The Forts community is a credit to the game, be it welcoming and helping new players on Discord or creating inventive and exciting mods and maps. We thank you all!

To celebrate we have initiated a sale across our entire catalogue, offering existing players with a great opportunity to expand their Forts library, as well as enticing players on the fence into the Forts fold. This sale runs from April 30th for ten days.




[h2]Forts Five Year Health Check[/h2]
So what are the numbers looking like after five years? Let's take a look!

[h3]Community Numbers[/h3]
EWG Lifetime Steam Units: 986,142
All-time peak players: 2583 (7280*)
Workshop Mods: 1,561
Workshop Maps: 17,471
Discord Members: 6,210
Updates: 57

[h3]In-game Numbers[/h3]
Most popular commander - Overall: Architect
Most popular commander - Ranked: Pinchfist
Players completed Black Gold campaign on hard: 2602
Players completed Moonshot campaign on hard: 753
Players completed High Seas campaign on hard: 212
Battles fought: 54.2 million
Hours spent: 12.9 million

*Free multiplayer weekend


[h2]Forts Timeline[/h2]


Let's take a look back at some of the notable events over the past five years.

1 - April 2017 - Forts Launched - 1,362 peak players
After 14 years of development, Forts finally sees the the light of day, on April 19th 2017.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/410900/view/5262975441861685929

2 - May 2017 - Forts First Tournament - 1,079 peak players
Having found a small, but passionate player base, Forts' first community-led tournament is arranged six weeks after launch.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/410900/view/5262975441861684005

3 - September 2017 - Steam Workshop Integration - 197 peak players
The first phase of Steam workshop integration arrives, allowing players the ability to upload their custom maps for other Forts players to try out.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/410900/view/5262975441861681619

4 - October 2017 - Tons of Guns - 835 peak players
Six new weapons and two extra tech buildings are added in the free Tons of Guns DLC, expanding the tech tree significantly.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/410900/view/5262975441861681194

5 - November 2017 - ADGA Award Winner - 424 peak players
At Melbourne International Game Week, EarthWork Games is recognised by their Australian game development peers at the AGDAs, receiving The Best Defence is a Good Offense award.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/410900/view/5262975441861680990

6 - December 2017 - BPO Commanders - 543 peak players
The Commander roster is pushed out to 12 with the addition of three Black Penguin Oil characters: Scattershot, Seep & Shockenaugh in another free DLC.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/410900/view/5262975441861679990

7 - May 2018 - Campaign Mods - 258 peak players
Players are granted the ability to create and share their custom campaigns with the campaign mod workshop upgrade.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/410900/view/5262975441861678455

8 - June 2018 - Ranked Multiplayer & Repair Station - 7,280 peak players
The multiplayer scene receives a boost with the introduction of ranked multiplayer, allowing players to wrack up points in competitive matches and find appropriately skilled opponents. The Repair Station device is added to ease the APM demands, should players need it. A free multiplayer-only weekend brought in a slew of new players also saw the record of concurrent users increased to 7,280.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/410900/view/5262975441861677709

9 - June 2019 - Forts - Moonshot DLC - 971 peak players
just over two years after launch, Forts first paid DLC is launched. Moonshot adds a whole new campaign, new faction, weapons and Capture Point game mode.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/410900/view/2429044061346460933

10 - July 2019 - Ranked Season 1 - 626 peak players
The ranked multiplayer scene is reorganised and reinvigorated with the formalisation of seasons, complete with end of season leaderboards and medals.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/410900/view/1593627410377653536

11 - December 2019 - Multiplayer Training Missions - 940 peak players
In an effort to help onboarding of new players into the multiplayer scene, training missions are added, complete with new environment set and drill instructor.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/410900/view/3726097246760899467

12 - May 2020 - Forts Trading Cards - 776 peak players
Steam trading cards finally make an appearance for the owners of Forts.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/410900/view/2198263022930076515

13 - June 2020 - Forts Pro-HUD - 775 peak players
A new Pro-HUD mini-DLC is launched, allowing players to support the game further with the purchase of HUD reskin and medal.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/410900/view/2212902906123604321

14 - October 2020 - Commander Update - 741 peak players
The fifteen-strong commander roster is given an overhaul, with rebalanced abilities and new powers for many characters.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/410900/view/2864810353838512443

15 - January 2021 - Welcome Romerolagus - 1,989 peak players
Dedicated community member Romerolagus is drafted into the EWG team to help moderate Discord and other areas of interaction with the growing Forts player base.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/410900/view/2914357483128102177

16 - March 2022 - Forts High Seas Launched - 2,583 peak players
Almost five years after its' initial release, Forts second full paid DLC is launched. High Seas drastically expands its' appeal with the addition of water tech, ships, weapons and ammo.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/410900/view/3094542765846692775

[h3]Discord[/h3]
If you haven't already, join our Forts Official Discord server to connect with other players, share strategies, create maps and mods, and for more information on upcoming events.

Thanks for playing Forts, and here's to five more years!
EWG