Mirage: Arcane Warfare has been removed from sale on Steam (and third party marketplaces).
We have made this change in part due to the new European Union privacy law, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), that comes into effect May 25, 2018. We unfortunately have run out of options for keeping Mirage alive.
Official servers will remain running until May 31. Players will continue to be able to host their own public or private servers after this point.
Thank you for your support and for enjoying Mirage's journey up to now. We look forward to seeing you in our future titles. Our other games, Chivalry: Medieval Warfare and Chivalry: Deadliest Warrior, will not be affected.
- Torn Banner Studios
Mirage Community Bazaar 2
Play a weird new game mod for one week only!
Find a “Ninja Arena - Limited Time Mod” server to play now until Oct 17
Fast swings
Super fast movement speed
Fast HP regen
We held a popular vote in our update last week, to celebrate the release of Patch 5. It ended with a dead tie, but we decided to let QA Guy John, creator of those mods, cast the final vote.
We’re giving away random legendary weapons in Mirage to the below content creators. Get a weapon yourself by submitting today and getting featured in the next roundup.
Here’s an example of a weapon you could win:
https://i.imgur.com/CzSWCq4.png
Want to get featured next time? Share your stuff here on the Steam Community under the Artwork, Screenshots or Videos tabs, or post in the Discussions area.
Talk to us!
Mirage Discord: https://discord.gg/7dbUdDn
Twitter: http://twitter.com/miragegame
Facebook: http://facebook.com/miragegame
Mirage Patch 5 - Custom Game Support Update
This patch adds support for custom servers, allowing community members to host their own Mirage servers anywhere worldwide. It also adds spectacular custom game options!
To celebrate, we’re taking a community vote for a new wacky game mod to be hosted on an official server for one week only.
Watch the video for a preview of three mods to vote on:
https://youtu.be/ULyJAA8kUtQ
Vote by leaving a comment below (by Oct 7) and mention one of the following mods:
Run or Die
Joust
Ninja Arena
Issues related to the backend (affecting Training and XP display) are also fully resolved. Previously, the high player population during Mirage’s Steam Free Day temporarily knocked this backend out of service. Any experience earned during this period (and/or anytime afterward) should now display properly, character customization options are back on track and the Training/tutorial level is now online.
How to host a dedicated server in Mirage: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1117529610
Read on for full patch notes:
NEW
Added custom server setting support
Dedicated server support
BUG FIXES
Fixed a crash that occurs when going through screens in the main menu or shortly after loading into a match.
Fixed a crash in steam dll
Fixed a crash related to leaving and joining matches
KNOWN ISSUES
<*>AMD GPU drivers may crash (recommended turning down display settings, gore, ragdolls and blood if you’re affected)
<*>Serverbrowser sometimes over reports the number of players in the server
<*>Gore mesh or customization items may appear to stretch on death and dismemberment
Mirage Community Bazaar
Check out some highlights of content submitted by Mirage community members recently. Want to get featured next time? Share your stuff on the Mirage Steam Community under the Artwork, Screenshots or Videos tabs, or post in the Discussions area.
Very funny guys, now who’s gonna clean this up?
Via InquisitorAles
Flame on, Taurant.
Via PEREMPTOR
Some great multi-kills in this compilation kills video.
Via Vitality https://youtu.be/FjNdMHNKJ8Y
This ragdolls compilation video, from our earlier Beta, is a glory to behold.
Via SenorBeef0 https://youtu.be/NP1fSLa-qLY
https://www.reddit.com/r/MirageAW/comments/6z16p8/tips_and_guides_on_mirage_combat_for_beginners/
If you’re a new player, we recommend reading this “Tips + notes for incoming Chiv players” guide.
Via Hysm
Want to watch a true killer at work? Catch this great highlights reel from Wizardish’s recent Twitch stream
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/173805380
Via Wizardish
Sweet panoramic shot of TO map Bazaar’s first stage
Via Direwolf
Swiggity swooty, he’s coming for that boot-kickin’
Via Wilt
Ok, this one’s a cheat (it’s by Lucas, an environment artist here) but it’s still a beaut!
Via darbeenbo
Question is: did they drown in water, or their own blood?
Via InquisitorAles
Interested in joining a community-organized competitive ladder in Mirage? Join the Mirage Discord #community-content channel to find out more information.
https://discord.gg/7dbUdDn
Mirage - Post-Free Day Community Update
Mirage Free Day was a huge success!
On September 6th, Mirage went temporarily free-for-a-day on Steam.
http://steamcommunity.com/games/368420/announcements/detail/1452830226782492235
Our primary reason for doing this promotion was to bring new players in, to keep Mirage playable for its (originally) small but dedicated community. We’re very pleased to say that was a huge success.
Player numbers got massive, and much bigger than we expected! Almost a week later, server population is still very healthy, hovering at around 1000 concurrent as of writing.
If you missed the free day, you can still get Mirage for a new low price of $9.99 (down from $29.99 USD).
http://store.steampowered.com/app/368420/Mirage_Arcane_Warfare/
If you got Mirage for free and want to show us some monetary love, consider grabbing the $10 Special Edition upgrade DLC. This gets you a free copy of Chivalry: Medieval Warfare (to the same Steam account), the soundtrack, art pieces, exclusive armor unlocks and more!
http://store.steampowered.com/app/548660/Mirage_Arcane_Warfare__Special_Edition_Upgrade/
Finally, if you have played Mirage and want to tell others about your impressions, please leave a review on Steam!
What’s next?
Resolving features temporarily affected by Free Day traffic
Our top priority is getting the Mirage online backend functioning properly, which (among other duties) applies earned player XP to each player’s copy of Mirage. XP is being tracked and earned; just displayed incorrectly. As detailed in this thread, the high player population wrought havoc on this backend. Since then, we’ve had it working on and off. We’ll update this post when it is completely resolved, which will require a patch.
Patch 5 (coming very soon) - Support for private servers will allow any player to host their own servers, anywhere!
- Custom server support will allow both official and private servers to experiment with their own crazy configurations. For example (yes, we tried all of these):
Mirage Madness: All players move at 2x speed, but have only 15 hitpoints.
Jousting: Attack and try to poke the enemy before they poke you! All players have very slow attacks, 30 hp and 1.5x movement speed.
Tanky Taurant: One Taurant has 600 hp, all other players have 30 hp. Kill the Taurant to become… the Tanky Taurant!
Min and Max player count and class limits. Anyone want to try 24 player TDM, Alchemancers only? Maybe a little 1v1 action?
We welcome players to submit bug reports and gameplay suggestions to our forum.
Mirage launch sales were poor. That sucked, and we know it. Our company's doing fine, and we'll be able to continue to make awesome games in the future.
More than anything, we're disappointed for the players who stuck by us and did buy Mirage - but who have struggled to find people to play against. We just want people to play the game we spent years making.
We have faith that Mirage can find a larger audience still, so we’re being aggressive about getting it into people’s hands.
We think Mirage is a great game, but don’t take our word for it - we encourage you to check out press reviews before you commit to trying or buying:
Since launch, we’ve added new maps, new character abilities, new features like bots, more class customization options - and we have set various patches live to continue to improve performance and player experience.
Give it a shot while it’s free! We hope to see you on the battlefield soon.
Torn Banner Studios
Mirage: Arcane Warfare Patch 4
This patch improves bot pathing on some maps, improves stability and fixes some localization issues.
Read on for full patch notes:
BUG FIXES
Fixes an effects crash that occurred during gameplay
Fixed an issue where Chinese locals were defaulting to English
Fixed an issue with admin permissions
Fixed some text scaling and placement issues in Russian
Fixed some text case issues across all languages
Fixed localization of ar_thepit
Improved bot pathing in TO_Academy
Improved bot pathing in TO_Ravine
KNOWN ISSUES
<*>AMD GPU drivers may crash (recommended turning down display settings, gore, ragdolls and blood if you’re affected)
<*>Ribbon particles may not always display
<*>Serverbrowser sometimes over reports the number of players in the server
<*>Gore mesh or customization items may appear to stretch on death and dismemberment
Mirage - The Gladiator Update
Mirage's first free Content Update is now available for all players!
View trailer:
https://youtu.be/9w6qbCf03XA
Bot-assisted servers
Play against AI opponents in select 6v6 and 3v3 maps and modes. Bots are added/removed as players join or leave.
2 new Arena maps
Fight 3v3 until the last fighter stands in The Pit and Old Arena.
Release a set of explosions along the ground in front of you.
Vypress - Pincer
A brutal melee attack that takes a long time to wind-up but delivers a crushing blow to a single enemy.
Vigilist - Surround Parry
Puts up a magical armor barrier around you that stops all incoming attacks.
New Greatsword
A two-handed sword is now available as a third weapon for the Taurant class.
Plus, more:
High rank armor unlocks
Unlock exclusive armor at ranks 70 and 80. Get exclusive colour gradients per team.
10 new languages
French, Italian, Spanish, German, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Portuguese Brazilian (joining US English and Russian)
Get additional savings if bought with Chivalry (or if either game is owned) with the new Magic + Melee Bundle: http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/1931/Magic__Melee_Bundle/
Mirage post-launch support continues with a large content update in July.
New two-handed Taurant sword
- 2 new Taurant sword types (with dozens of total variants)
2 new arena maps (The Pit, Old Arena)
4 new magic abilities
High player-rank armor variant unlocks (exclusive colour gradients per team)
Full text localization in 11 languages
- Russian (added in Patch 2)
- French, Italian, Spanish, German, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Portuguese Brazilian