Developer posts and news about this game.
Hi all, this update is a bit of a mixed bag with our transition away from live service and some nice QOL & game updates from the community team. Offline Transition As a first step towards de-coupling from Stormgate's existing server infrastructure, this patch disables live se
Over the past two weeks, there have been some experimental and incremental PTR updates. Playable in today's patch, these are the recent highlights: Performance/FPS has been improved by about 30%. We've optimized some expensive systems that were scaling poorly with large unit coun
To coincide with the community update, we have started a new ranking season, so ladder rankings have been reset for 1v1 & 2v2. Who will rise to the top in each faction? Refreshed 1v1 leaderboards can be viewed on Untapped: This hot fix also addresses: Fixed a balance-breaking
Hey everyone, We’re finally here. After four months of building, testing, iterating, and working side-by-side with an incredible group of community members, the Stormgate Community Update has officially left the PTR and is now live for all players. This is the biggest update to V
The Stormgate main game may be periodically unavailable while we work to roll out an update. In the meantime, players can play on the PTR by right-clicking Stormgate > Properties > Game Versions & Betas and choosing community_patch_ptr. PTR is updated with a the followi
PTR has been updated to build 107469. This is a release candidate for the community patch going live, We've been refining the localization process and making improvements with community design & map update workflow. This patch includes bug fixes and map updates. Added TreeFor
With this patch we've uploaded some localization files for updating tooltips in various languages.
PTR Update 2026-02-16 It's been a few weeks since a PTR update, while we fixed some build errors and a UI crash that was causing delays. Meanwhile, balance refinement and localizing tooltips has been underway. New Maps: Big Gate Hunters Voidlife Heroes RPG Storm Scourges RPG Auto
We're everting the PTR back to the previous build (#107316) while we investigate a crash when accessing the versus menu. Hopefully this will be resolved soon.
Updated to build 107334 Map Updates New custom map: AutoGate Coop New custom map: Obelisk Offensive New custom map: Storm Scourges RPG New custom map: Voidlife Heroes RPG Furious Resolve converted to FFA Lost Hope converted to FFA Temple of the Lost Gate FFA map updates. New 1v1
We're testing and debugging a crash that happens when scanner casts tag. To avoid this crash, don't research tag or play against AI that might use it. It still likely is happening in this patch but we plan to send a fix shortly or revert to a working build from a couple days ago
Reverted the shroud visual radius change, it had unexpected consequences in testing. Fixed an AI behavior where they would sometimes prioritize Therium too much and not bank enough Luminite to expand. Map updates to Mystic Peak Scanner Fix bug with Tag autocast that prevented the
A quick hotfix for a few issues: Prism Health increased from 75 back up to 85 for now. Health was previously 85 before the most recent patch that reduced it to 75, but that created a potential balance issue ahead of an upcoming tournament finals. We'll re-evaluate this change soo
General Wellspring, Voidheart Shrine heal increased from 2% per second to 2% plus +2 flat hp per second. Hid their healthbars, in case the UI option to always display them is enabled. Bug Fix: Celestial co-op heroes now have 300 supply for real. Celestial AI improvements Map upda
Improvements to Celestial AI expanding behavior Increased co-op supply cap from 200 to 300. Increase maximum concurrent ragdoll deaths. This is regulated by graphics settings: Low & Medium setting remains unchanged with ragdoll deaths disabled for performance reasons. High ha
1/23/26 PTR Update Balance Changes Therium Generator Footprint decreased from 3x3 to 2x2 (reverting the change from a few days ago) Command Post Supply granted increased from 10 to 12 Sentry Post Build time decreased from 55 seconds to 50 seconds (note: there was a bug that was i
PTR 2026-01-20 Update Hornet has an enhanced anti-air attack FX and new SFX to better represent the fact that it is more powerful than its ground attack. Added some idle and work animations for celestial structures. We're in the process of iterating through these to add visual in
PTR 2026-01-16 Balance update To start, we'd like to highlight a nice QOL update we've introduced for the Atlas and Hedgehog: Redeploy and Targeted Deployment. With these new commands, players can now tell these deployed units to deploy at a new location in a single command. They
PTR Update 2026-01-14 Added two new community maps to the custom games list: 1v1 Avant-Garde Stormgate Battle Arena - a custom tug of war/MOBA-style game with a ton of customized hero characters. Added the latest updates to existing community maps, including: Holodeck Frostline B
7 January 2025 PTR Update Patch Notes Generic Destructible Sharp Rocks set to 5HP from 10HP. Increased max zoom for the observer camera (Needs some shadow adjustments still, as they can clip out at max observer zoom currently) Alert minimap target size increased. Lighting on all