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Stormgate rushing offline mode after losing server access to an AI companyFrost Giant Studios is urgently implementing an offline mode for its real-time strategy game Stormgate after its multiplayer provider, Hathora, was acquired by an AI company and announced service shutdowns. The acquisition by Fireworks AI means Hathora will cease supporting gaming customers by early May, impacting Stormgate's online play. Frost Giant is working on a patch to enable offline play and is seeking a new partner for future online operations.
Stormgate, the StarCraft-like RTS that launched last summer, is losing online multiplayer support because its server…Frost Giant Studios' real-time strategy game Stormgate will lose online multiplayer support on May 5 due to its server provider, Hathora, being acquired by Fireworks AI. While the developer hopes to restore online play in the future by finding a new partner, an offline patch will be released to preserve campaign and solo modes.
Starcrafty strategy game Stormgate is about to lose its multiplayer modes, due to an AI company buying up Frost Giant's server providerFrost Giant Studios announced that Stormgate's multiplayer modes will go offline at the end of April due to its server provider, Hathora, being acquired by an AI company. The new owner, Fireworks AI, plans to discontinue Hathora's game server services to focus on AI inference. Frost Giant hopes to restore online play in a future patch after finding a new partner.