Greetings Commanders! Today we bring you a large balance patch and a few polish improvements. Read on for the details. Balance Update - The Whole Game is Easier As mentioned in our last patch we looked over all of the player data to see if changes needed to be made. It seemed very clear from the data that there were multiple areas where the experience needed to be improved. Today we bring a lar…
Greetings Commanders! We hope that everyone is enjoying the new year. We bring you a patch today that adds two new features and a group of bug fixes. New Events We continue to expand the number of random events in the game. This should continue to make each playthrough even more unique and immerse you in the life of being a fleet commander on the Frontier. This has been a popular addition to th…
Greetings Commanders and Happy New Year! Today we bring you Steam Achievements, a new Mercenary, and several minor bug fixes and tweaks. Steam Achievements 75 Achievements are now live and working. Almost all of these were already being tracked by the game, so when you first load up a new game you should automatically get credit for the ones you have already completed. We are happy to be able t…
Greetings Commanders! We have not had any more major bug reports since the last patch, and so we were able to spend a little time working on balance tweaks and small quality of life improvements. We are still listening to all feedback in the forums and by email. Now that we have several weeks of player data we have made a few adjustments. Read on for all of the tweaks in this patch. Optional Mi…
Greetings Commanders! We hope you are all enjoying the holiday season. Today's patch brings a host of minor and one major bug fix. Thanks again to everyone who has been active on the forums and by email to let us know about these problems. Bug Fixes · Fixed a bug that caused the dialogue to sometimes not play. The entire story should always play on every setting combination now. · Fixed a bug w…
Greetings Commanders! Thank you to each and every one of you that decided to engage in a new adventure on the Frontier. We hope that everyone is enjoying their time with the game so far. Today we have for you a small patch to fix a number of minor issues that have been reported. Bug Fixes · Fixed a bug that stopped some games from loading. · Fixed a bug that could stop Corsair's from equipping…
It has been a long road, and now Steel Shadows is available! Dive back into the world of Ancient Frontier playing as an all new faction through a new campaign. Let us know what you think! Be sure to drop us an email, comment in the forums or leave us a review. We really appreciate your feedback. Thank you for playing our games.
We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who played the beta, and especially those who submitted feedback and bug reports on the forums and by email. The beta is now closed and is no longer accepting new players. The game will be available in full on December 11th. We hope to see you there!
Great news! A free demo of Steel Shadows is now live. If you are curious about the game go ahead and give it a test drive. Let us know what you think in the forums. Thank you for playing our games.
The Interceptor is a surprisingly high tech light fighter that is heavily deployed by pirates on the frontier. Ripper guns are short range high fire rate weapons that allow the Interceptor to take down fighters or escorts that might protect valuable merchant convoys. The Interceptor has good straight away speed but is not as agile as other light fighters. It can hold its own in a dogfight again…
The Smuggler is well named, and often used for moving illicit cargo or breaking blockades. Surprisingly fast for her ship class the Smuggler is also well armed. Three Ripper guns allow her to quickly dispatch fighter patrols that may try and stop her, and ion cannons and short burst quad auto cannons make short work of escorts. Long range sensors allow her to pick her battles, and the Smuggler…
One of the oldest, toughest fighter models ever designed. The gunship has found its way into almost every civilian and mercenary force. Standard loadouts feature twin Light Autocannons for ranged engagement, a Mini-Gun for short range dogfights, and a light torpedo for area damage. Gunships lack in mobility but excel in reliability with good armor and easy maintenance. The gunship is one of the…
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