Ancient Frontier: Steel Shadows Steam news

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• Release dateDec 11, 2018
• DeveloperFair Weather Studios
• PublisherFair Weather Studios

Genres: Strategy

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Ancient Frontier: Steel Shadows Steam news

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• Steel Shadows - Trading Cards are now Live - 9 October 2019

  Greetings Commanders We are happy to announce that Steam Trading Cards are now available for Steel Shadows. Have fun collecting the whole set. This also means that all new badges, backgrounds and emoticons are ready to be earned. We hope everyone continues to enjoy their adventures on the Frontier. Good luck out there. Thank you for playing our games!

• Steel Shadows - Patch 1.07 - 13 May 2019

  https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F32982353%2Fc34da7df7b61c789d8c77f9738570df6d3a01585.png 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 large number of balance changes. First off we lowered the difficulty in all sectors but the very first area. The first area we still feel is offering the right level of challenge to introduce players to the game. Secondly, as we recently did for Ancient Frontier, we reduced the number of ships you face in the second half of the game so that portion is less of a grind. Third, we inc…

• Steel Shadows - Patch 1.06 - 29 April 2019

  https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F32982353%2F79a9f7fca59f1b04682178fae0279c49bb69d2fb.png Greetings Commanders! We hope that everyone is enjoying their exploits on the Frontier. Today is a huge update as we finally reveal the voice acting. We also bring you new events and a few balance changes. Voice Acting! We are very pleased to finally bring full voice acting to all of the lines in the game. We know this is a feature many of you have been requesting. After months of work this feature is now finally fully realized. We want to extend a huge thank you to the voice actors and actresses who poured their energy into bringing these characters to life. Your talents are very appreciated. Also a special thank you to all of the returning characters who reprised their roles from the first game. Be sure to let us know what you think of the voice acting in the forums…

• Steel Shadows - Patch 1.05 - 28 January 2019

  https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F32982353%2F3016d2288a239050bb8255118856d2f576226089.png 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 the game, and we hope to continue to bring you more events. This patch adds another 5 random events to the pool. Quality of Life Improvement Today we have also added a pop-up box to inform you whenever new ships are available to be purchased. We know that it could be tedious checking the market after each story mission to see if there were new ships to buy. Bug Fixes Fixed a bug w…

• Steel Shadows - Patch 1.04 - 5 January 2019

  https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F32982353%2F3787352dabcf71f60b83682d160a238e95e6b0da.png 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 to support this feature now in this title like in all of our other games. New Mercenary Mission We have added another unique ship, the Hellraiser, who is sneaking around Crosius. This unique pirate carrier is sure to help late game fleets who are able to find and unlock it. Tweaks We slightly altered the deployment values of several of the mercenary ships. In addition we fixed th…

• Steel Shadows - Patch 1.03 - 29 December 2018

  https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F32982353%2Ff6459dcf4a20f3adb724fb90f5cedc278edc0ea5.png 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 Mission Display A user suggestion was that we hide all optional missions when there are none available, as they clutter up the interface. After talking about it, we saw no advantage to displaying all of the Optional Missions when a player has no Optional Deployments remaining. So, we have tweaked the display to hide optional missions when you can't take them. Final Dialogue Some o…

• Steel Shadows - Patch 1.02 - 24 December 2018

  https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F32982353%2F0f4f7ef55049d2292b2feab39e563af3ea6e3e84.png 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 where upgrading torpedoes on the Heartless could freeze the game. Fixed a bug where two bounty missions could spawn without enemies. Fixed a bug where the Find the Derelict Cruiser mission could take you to a late game cutscene. Fixed a bug where the game could freeze while examining certain late game enemies. These were the most critical issues impacting our players. We hope you can…

• Steel Shadows - Patch 1.01 - 17 December 2018

  https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F32982353%2F3fdf0ed1f3c1c36cba71d31b2ea1627409d14f87.png 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 crew members. Fixed a bug that could crash the game on the dialogue after Story Mission 8. Fixed a bug that could cause the mission to crash on the Collect Energy bounty mission in Externus. Slightly lowered the difficulty of the Midnight Star mercenary mission. We want to let you all know how much we appreciate those of you who found these problems and reported them to us in the fo…

• Steel Shadows is now available! - 12 December 2018

  https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F32982353%2Fdf12ed5142e05b8fd668a6e28a13fe8acf3e4bc5.png 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.

• The Beta is now closed. Thank you for playing. - 6 December 2018

  https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F32982353%2F71c0ca16972f57617176d1296396d1a00a00cf52.png 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!

• FREE Steel Shadows Beta is now live! - 24 November 2018

  https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F32982353%2F5c3a39df84c20b54ba99ddf98c1fbd3c2ed4bdd9.png 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.

• Unit Preview - Interceptor Light Fighter - 29 October 2018

  https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F32982353%2F9fce40673ba3694d09b21015c57f8e4d2f838867.png 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 against enemy light and even heavy fighters. The Interceptor fits perfectly with the design philosophy of most ships that make up the pirate fleet - it's fast and does damage. The Interceptor is capable of outputting significantly more damage than either the Federation Sabre or the civilian Explorer light fighter designs. It sports a bare bones shield system and the sleek design and…

• Unit Preview - Smuggler Light Escort - 4 October 2018

  https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F32982353%2F4879b415e12339c984d04f0b50eb47f542a24724.png 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 is likely to rely on her speed to outrun and avoid larger capital ships. Smugglers are found in fair numbers in pirate fleets. The Smuggler is a versatile escort that can pose a threat to fighter squadrons or single escorts. Smugglers don't normally hold up well against capital ships, but they are fast with a good evasion ability for their ship class. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd…

• Unit Preview - Gunship Heavy Fighter - 18 September 2018

  https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F32982353%2F2e9334696cd55a6b4bc80f9b58c27b57a53d6ffd.jpg 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 most popular designs ever manufactured by Icarus Industries. Despite recent advancement in weapons and shield technology the gunship remains a reliable favorite across the Frontier. The diverse weapons loadout and offensive focus makes these fighters the perfect compliment for a commander that is looking for firepower over speed. The gunship is especially deadly against Escort…

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