As the worst year of 2024 – late stage capitalism –She continues her horrific rampagesome developers are looking to more innovative approaches to avoid the publishing industry's need to self-sabotage for impossibly endless growth. Storm Gate Creator of Frost Giant – a studio created by the former Starcraft 2 devs — is following up on its recent success on Kickstarter by now inviting players to invest in the company directly.
There's a good reason why people are excited Storm Gate. Big name RTS games have been few and far between lately, and given the popularity of eSports scenes and an increasingly desperate audience, a new title from the people who created Starcraft 2 It's a big deal. A demo was released during The latest Steam Next Festival proved very popular, The second most played eventjust beaten by Dungeon.
via Start the engine, Storm Gate It's looking to bring in more money by letting people “own a piece of the Frost Giant.” Why exactly is an interesting question, given how much money Frost Giant has already raised for the RTS and which has reportedly received over half a million wishlists on the steam. According to its own campaign page, the former Blizzard team has already received $34.7 million from investors, including big names like Riot Games, with just in February receiving a whopping £2.38 million from investors. The Kickstarter was very successful.
In general, when you see a project running multiple investment schemes simultaneously, this is a warning sign. cough-Star Citizen-cough. However, all the signs Storm Gate Looks good, even She just finished her first streaming tournament Despite the early code. Although the details on the Start Engine page are very scant as to what investors will end up getting. Right now, you can only 'hold', meaning no actual money will be taken if you register your interest in a $494 investment, with the option to hold it at an unspecified point in the future.
according to VG247Frost Giant says it does this because of “big publishers.” [are] Apparently, hundreds of in-game workers are being laid off every day, making decisions that prioritize near-term profits rather than the happiness of workers and players. The press release continues, “We are choosing to control our own destiny and self-publish our game in the West with the direct support of our player community.”
The scheme only interested eight people at the time of writing, which given that virtually no money was committed doesn't count as a great success. But it's also incredibly vague and non-specific, especially regarding the types of returns shown here for your pseudo stocks. It will also be interesting to see how much developers own the company after $34 million in outside investment. Presumably, more clarity, and a push that has yet to happen on social media, will attract more attention, and we've reached out to Frost Giant to request more information.
The game is scheduled to enter early access in the third quarter of 2024, and will be free-to-play. If he could really capture a spirit Starcraft 2, but with a more modern mindset, this could be a massive revitalization of the RTS esports scene. Although whether you want to gamble investing in this is up to you.
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