Beyond the Battlefield: The Making of Tempest Rising - Episode 1
Welcome back, General.
Launch is only weeks away! Tempest Rising is launching Thursday, April 24, 2025, with a 7-day early unlock window starting on April 17 for those who pre-order the Deluxe Edition.
While you wait, check out the first episode of our mini-documentary series, Beyond the Battlefield: The Making of Tempest Rising, and learn about the development journey of Tempest Rising. This episode gives you an inside look at the origins and inspirations for the game from our studio in Denmark.
7-Day Early Unlock (Pre-Order Content): Be one of the first players to conquer the battleground a week early before the official launch.
The Commander Pack (Pre-Order Content): A pack of cosmetic goods designed to add a modern military flair to your visuals and enhance your experience, granting players additional options for in-game menus, selection boxes, the look of their structures, and more.
Tempest Rising Digital Artbook: Page after page of curated artwork, concepts, and stories hand-chosen by the team behind the game!
Tempest Rising Original Soundtrack: The full digital game soundtrack features 41 tracks from a swath of artists. Led by the legendary Command & Conquer composer Frank Klepacki plus community favorites like Michael Markie, Hexenkraft, Music Imaginary: Cielecki/Skorupa/Wierzynkiewic and Sigurd Jøhnk-Jensen.
Commander Pack Content
Pre-ordering either the Standard or Deluxe editions will provide you with the bonus Commander Pack, which includes:
Share your feedback with the team and chat with the devs and other players in the community!
Next Fest Singleplayer Demo Available Now!
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Hi everyone, a new singleplayer demo for Tempest Rising is available to download NOW during the Steam Next Fest! This demo will be playable from February 24 to March 10!
What's included in this demo?
4 Campaign Missions
Dynasty mission 1 (Harvest the Tempest) and mission 2 (The Informant)
GDF mission 1 (Signal Lost) and mission 2 (The Hornet's Nest)
Skirmish Mode
Play against AI bots in custom offline matches
3 maps: Altitude, Overgrown Oasis, and Alps.
Community feedback changes
Thank you to everyone for participating in our last Multiplayer Demo during Steam RTS Fest! We received a lot of great feedback from the community during this demo and we've made some changes to address some of the most common feedback. We've outlined the changes made below.
Zoom distance increased: This change is available in our Skirmish mode; this is not available in our campaign due to the way our missions are designed.
Rebind Build Grid Menu: We received a lot of feedback about our default hotkeys and addressed a frequent request to be able to rebind the Build Grid Menu; we're currently working on adding more rebind options for the future.
Improved Harvester behavior: GDF Harvesters will now go to the nearest refinery and will also queue if that is the fastest option. If too many units are queued, they will travel to the second closest refinery.
Improved visibility of Ammo and Health bars: This change was made to improve the readability of key unit info during matches.
Join the Tempest Rising Discord to share your feedback with the team and chat with other players in the community!
Tempest Rising pre-orders are now live! We are also very excited to announce that we are participating in the Steam Real-Time Strategy Fest with a new demo. Play the multiplayer demo NOW until February 3!
Pre-order Editions Breakdown
Pre-ordering either edition will provide you with the bonus Commander Pack.
In addition to the Commander Pack, pre-ordering the Deluxe Edition will also provide you with:
One week of advance access to the full game, including multiplayer and skirmish modes
A digital artbook showcasing the art and lore of Tempest Rising
The full digital game soundtrack, featuring 43 tracks from legendary Command & Conquer composer Frank Klepacki as well as community favorites like Michael Markie, Hexenkraft, The Witcher composer Adam Skorupa, and Sigurd Jøhnk-Jensen
Join the Tempest Rising Discord to share your feedback with the team and chat with other players in the community!
Multiplayer demo starts Monday as a part of the Steam Real-Time Strategy Fest!
Prepare for wargames, Commander!
Get ready to dive into the global battlefield during the Tempest Rising multiplayer demo starting on Monday, January 20 as a part of the Steam Real-Time Strategy Fest!
This demo will be available to everyone until February 3 and will allow you to experience our modern take on classic RTS multiplayer against other players around the world.
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Sign up for the upcoming Closed Multiplayer Beta Test!
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We're excited to announce that we'll be running a Closed Multiplayer Beta starting on Thursday, November 7 to Thursday, November 21, 2024!
There are limited slots available for this test, so be sure to sign up early to secure your spot. In the coming weeks, we will email those who have been selected for the test to confirm their entry and provide further instructions ahead of the November 7 start date.
Online Multiplayer mode - This mode will include Ranked matchmaking (public rank shown in the leaderboard) and Unranked matchmaking (casual, does not affect ranking) options for multiplayer.
AI Skirmish mode - For this test, you'll be able to play on your own against bots in skirmish matches. In the full release, you will be able to create online custom matches with your friends that also include bots. Bot difficulty can be set to Easy, Medium, or Hard.
2 Factions - Players will have both the Global Defense Force (GDF) and the Tempest Dynasty (DYN) factions available to play in Multiplayer or Skirmish modes.
3 Maps - The included maps are Alps (2v2), Overgrown Oasis (1v1), and Altitude (1v1).
Tempest Rising will be at DreamHack Atlanta from Oct. 4-6!
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Commander, we've set up a new temporary base of operations for you. Tempest Rising will be playable at DreamHack Atlanta! Test your battle prowess against other event attendees at our booth in Multiplayer mode from October 4-6 🖥️🖥️🖥️.
Thank you for playing the TactiCon Tempest Rising Demo!
Mission accomplished.
Hey everyone, the latest Tempest Rising demo featured in TactiCon 2024 was a great success!
Over 29,000 players downloaded the demo and nearly 4,000 players filled in our feedback survey. The team was ecstatic seeing everyone playing and enjoying the game, and we received loads of valuable feedback during the demo period that will be using to improve the game during development!
Demo Playthrough
In case you weren't able to play the demo and wanted to see what you missed, we recorded a full no-commentary playthrough of both the GDF and Dynasty missions and uploaded it to YouTube.
Watch the full demo below ⬇️
RTS Panel
Also, our Lead Game Designer on Tempest Rising, Brandon Casteel, joined a panel during TactiCon and discussed the history and resurgence of the RTS genre. He was joined by other RTS developers working on Rogue Command, Dune Spice Wars, and CHAOTIC ERA.
Watch the full panel below ⬇️
You'll be hearing from us a lot more often in the months to come. Thank you again from everyone on the dev team for the tremendous support for Tempest Rising to this point!
Over and out.
We want your feedback about the new Tempest Rising demo!
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We hope you've been enjoying the new Tempest Rising Demo during TactiCon 2024!
We’d love to hear your thoughts about your gameplay experience! Feedback from our players is very valuable to us and will play a crucial role in helping us improve the game during development. Thank you for playing the demo and supporting Tempest Rising!
We encourage you to complete a brief survey about your experience here: https://sabr.gg/TR-Feedback
Discord
Join the official Tempest Rising Discord to chat about the game with other players from our community!
