Frost Giant Studios has announced via its official Discord that it is ending online services for its game, 'Stormgate'. Frost Giant is the studio founded by Tim Morten, who led the development of StarCraft 2, and Tim Campbell, the former lead campaign designer for Warcraft 3.

Frost Giant Studios announced on the 1st (KST) that the online services for its real-time strategy (RTS) game, Stormgate, will be shuttered by the end of April. This decision follows the acquisition of their server orchestration partner, 'Hathora', by an AI firm, resulting in the temporary suspension of all multiplayer and online modes for Stormgate. Frost Giant Studios plans to release a separate patch to allow the game to be played offline once the online service is discontinued.

While the development team has expressed their intention to resume online services, the outlook remains uncertain. Frost Giant stated in their announcement, "We hope to restore online play in future patches, but this depends on finding a new partner capable of supporting ongoing operations." In other words, if negotiations with a new infrastructure provider are unsuccessful, the possibility of a prolonged absence of online modes cannot be ruled out.

Stormgate positioned itself as the successor to Blizzard-style RTS games and secured significant investment, but this situation has failed to dispel the criticism that 'RTS games from Blizzard alumni consistently underperform compared to StarCraft'. Frost Giant will share specific details on how the offline mode will function and the schedule for additional patches before the service ends. The development team plans to release further updates sequentially through their official community channels.