Warhaven
Warhaven lore page “World of Warhaven” has launched
We're pleased to announce the launch of the Warhaven lore page “World of Warhaven”.
You can find the Warhaven lore page in the category [Game Introduction]-[Universe] on the homepage, and we hope you enjoy it!
▶ [Visit the Warhaven lore page]
For a while ago, we have already introduced you in Dev Log #2.
The World lore page contains the cultures of Warhaven world and the battlefields based on them,
As well as the gameplay elements like immortals, bloodstones, teams, Relics.
You'll find a vast variety of in-depth stories about Warhaven.
In addition, the media category on the Warhaven lore page contains artworks and music material available for download,
so please feel free to make use of them.
We hope you enjoyed this preview at Warhaven and the story behind it.
And stay tuned for next week's Steam Next Fest!
▶ [Link to the Steam Next Fest participation page]
Thank you.
Steam Next Fest Extended, Reminders on How to Participate (6/18 - 6/26)
For those of you eagerly awaiting Steam Next Fest, we have some great news.
We've extended the participation period, so you can play the Warhaven demo version for a little longer than the previously announced timeline.
▣ Warhaven demo play schedule (PDT)
Before: June 19(Mon) 10:00 ~ June 26(Mon) 10:00
After: June 18(Sun) 18:00 ~ June 26(Mon) 18:00
On Sunday, June 18 at 18:00 am, we'll be ready to provide Warhaven demo version.
Please check the instruction of game installation below, so you can play the game without any delays.
▣ Instructions on how to install the Warhaven demo version
1. Log in to your Steam ID in the Steam Warhaven store
▶ [Go to Warhaven page]
2. Click the "Warhaven Demo" button that will appear in the center of your store on June 18(Sun) 18:00
※ You can only participate with your Steam ID, (not your Nexon ID) and you must have the Steam Launcher installed.
※ If the Steam homepage is displayed in a different language, you can change the language setting by clicking the “Language button” in the top right corner.
▣ FAQ
Q: Will the usernames and game data I created during Steam Next Fest be remained when the game goes live?
A: No. They will be reset after Steam Next Fest ends on June 26(Mon) 18:00
Q: Can I broadcast to YouTube, Twitch, or upload videos to my channel?
A: Yes, you can. You can upload to various social media channels as well as broadcast channels.
You can also download key art materials and music from the lore page (World of Warhaven),
so please enjoy Warhaven in a variety of ways.
▶ [Link to Warhaven lore page]
▣ Notes
※ The game data such as username created during the global beta has been reset.
For further information and upcoming news, please visit the official Discord channel.
▶ [Go to Warhaven Discord]
Thank you.
3 major Social Media Events during Steam Next Fest (6/8 ~ 6/28)
We're excited to announce an upcoming event on Warhaven's official Twitter and Discord.
These events are starting today, so please take a look at the details below and join us.
▶▶ Go to Warhaven Twitter
▶▶ Go to Warhaven Discord
[ Event Title & Period ]
🎁 Warhaven Trailer Retweet Event > June 8(Thu) 19:00 ~ June 17(Sat) 19:00
🎁 Warhaven Discord Sign-up Event > June 8(Thu) 19:00 ~ June 17(Sat) 19:00
🎁 Warhaven Discord Invite Friends Event > June 8(Thu) 19:00 ~ June 28(Wed) 19:00
1. Warhaven Trailer retweet Event
1) Event period (PDT)
June 8(Thu) 19:00 ~ June 17(Sat) 19:00
2) How to participate
① Follow @WarhavenGame twitter [Go to @Warhaven twitter]
② Retweet ‘SGF Trailer’ [Link]
※ If you click the quote button and send a retweet with your discord username, your chances will increase!
3) Event Rewards
① Ten winners will be randomly selected among those who retweet, and they will receive an Amazon gift card worth $30.
② If we reach 500 retweets, an in-game coupon code will be distributed, allowing you to obtain the "Wooden Plank Door" profile card background.
[Wooden Plank Door Profile Card Background]
4) Notes
- The coupon code for the ‘Wooden Plank Door’ Profile Card Background will be announced on June 18(Sun) in the announcement and the Discord #coupon-drop channel.
- The ‘Wooden Plank Door’ is a background item that allows you to customize your profile card in-game.
- Earned game items will be reset after the end of Steam Next Fest.
- The winners of the Amazon gift card will be announced on Discord on June 28(Wed).
- The winner must be older than the age of 16 in order to receive the event rewards.
2. Warhaven Discord Sign-up Event
1) Event period (PDT)
June 8(Thu) 19:00 ~ June 17(Sat) 19:00
2) How to participate
Sign-up Warhaven Discord [Go to Warhaven Discord]
* If you've already signed up for the Warhaven Discord, you're automatically included in the event.
3) Event Rewards
Distribute in-game coupon codes to unlock ‘Overlapping Republic Symbol’ profile card backgrounds.
[Overlapping Republic Symbol Profile Card Background]
4) Notes
- The coupon code for the ‘Overlapping Republic Symbol’ Profile Card Background will be announced on June 18(Sun) in the announcement and the Discord #coupon-drop channel.
- The ‘Overlapping Republic Symbol’s is a background item that allows you to customize your profile card in-game.
- Earned game items will be reset after the end of Steam Next Fest.
3. Warhaven Discord Invite Friends Event
Double the fun with friends! Invite your friends to Discord.
Each week, we will be giving away Warhaven merchandise kits through a draw among those who have invited the most friends or have invited 10 or more friends.
1) Event period (PDT)
The announcement of the winners will be conducted in the #community-news channel on Discord.
Week 1
① Period : June 8(Thu) 19:00 ~ June 15(Wed) 19:00
② Announce the winners : June 15(Thu) 19:00
③ Condition : 1 winner with the most invitations during the event time period.
Week 2
① Period : June 15(Thu) 19:00 ~ June 22(Wed) 19:00
② Announce the winners : June 22(Thu) 19:00
③ Condition : 1 winner with the most invitations during the event time period.
Week 3
① Period : June 22(Thu) 19:00 ~ June 28(Wed) 19:00
② Announce the winners : June 29(Thu) 19:00
③ Condition : 8 winners with more than 10 invitations during the event time period.
2) How to participate
① Join the official Warhaven Discord on your PC. [Go to Warhaven Discord]
② Click on the "Invite" button on the left side of the channel or right-click on the Warhaven banner and select "Invite."
③ Click on the "Link Settings" button.
④ Set the "Max Uses" to 100 and click on "Create a New Link."
※ Only one link with a maximum of 100 uses will be counted.
⑤ Send the personalized link to your friends to invite them to join the official Discord using that link.
3) Event Rewards
Warhaven Goods Kit (Photo card, desktop pad, mug, t-shirt, sticker, umbrella)
4) Notes
- You'll need to create your own invite link as described above to see your invite count.
- Generating invitation links is not possible on mobile devices.
- If your invited friends leave the Warhaven Discord server, it will not count towards your invitation count.
- The invitation count rankings will be announced just before announcing the winners for each round.
- If there is more than one person at the top of the invite count rankings, a lottery will be held to select the winner of the reward.
- If you change your Discord nickname after participating in the event, you may be disqualified from winning.
- The winner must be older than the age of 16 in order to receive the event rewards.
Thank you.
Warhaven New Trailer Reveal!
We are delighted to announce that the long-awaited new trailer for Warhaven is here!
Prepare for an immersive experience that will leave you captivated.
But that's not all! We have partnered with some of the biggest gaming shows to bring you closer to Warhaven.
Alongside the Summer Game Fest Trailer, we will also be showcasing special videos from IGN Summer of Gaming, Future Games Show, and PC Gaming Show. We hope this stream will get you excited for the upcoming Steam Next Fest!
We’ll come back with more interesting contents. Stay tuned!
Thank You.
[Updated] Announcement of Participation in 3 Global Gaming Shows
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Hello, this is Warhaven Team.
We would like to announce the participation of Warhaven in 3 global gaming showscases.
Each game show will showcase a different piece of Warhaven footage.
The videos will showcase a variety of aspects of Warhaven,
from the training center to combat play to get a feel for each character and battleground.
We're excited to showcase the many facets of Warhaven!
1. IGN Summer of Gaming
▶Broadcast Schedule:
# Full Cinematic
- June 8 (Thu) 14:31 PDT
# Partner spotlights
- June 11 (Sun) 8:29 PDT
- June 12 (Mon) 9:20 PDT
- June 13 (Tue) 8:44 PDT
▶Watch the broadcast
Visit IGN's Summer of Gaming homepage (added on 6/8)
▶ Contents:
Total 2 videos. A full cinematic trailer and a video focusing on combat in the new map.
2. Future Game Show
▶Broadcast Schedule:
June 10(Sat) 10:00 PDT
▶Watch the broadcast
Visit the Future Game Show homepage (added on 6/8)
▶ Contents:
A rhythmic controller playthrough video that follows the player from starting the game,
through training camp, to entering game play.
3. PC Gaming Show
▶Broadcast Schedule:
June 11(Sun) 13:00 PDT
▶Watch the broadcast
Visit the PC Gaming Show homepage (added on 6/8)
▶ Contnts:
Exciting gameplay trailer focusing on multiplayer combat and character-specific combat motions
For those unable to watch the shows in real-time,
the videos showcased in each Showcase will also be uploaded to the YouTube official channel at a later time.
Please stay tuned and refer to it accordingly.
[Go to Warhaven Youtube]
We hope you enjoy these new videos and look forward to the upcoming Steam Next Fest.
Thank you.
Warhaven will be featured at Summer Game Fest 2023!
We have some good news for our eager fans. Warhaven will be featured at the global gaming expo Summer Game Fest 2023! Pop in the live stream to watch a brand new cinematic trailer for Warhaven's debut.
▣ Live Stream Schedule
June 8, 2023 (Thu) 12:00 PDT
More information will be available on our official Warhaven Discord server.
※ Summer Game Fest [Link]
For those who missed out, the newly unveiled Summer Game Fest cinematic trailer will also be uploaded to the official YouTube channel for Warhaven at a future date.
※ Official Warhaven YouTube channel [Link]
But that's not all... Warhaven's official website is also getting a makeover!
While we can't spill the beans just yet, the main page's image gallery will feature a slice of the battlefield.
It will be unveiled at 7 PM on May 16 (Tue) PDT. (Game information category will be provided later.)
We're putting in our all for everyone who is looking forward to Warhaven,
so we kindly ask for your interest and participation in Summer Game Fest and Steam Next Fest.
We hope to see you soon!
※ Steam Next Fest [Link]
Thank you.
Join us for June's Steam Next Fest
We understand you've been waiting for the sight of smoke rising and the resonating clash of swords on the battlefield of Warhaven.
To share a glimpse of the moment with you, we are honored to announce that we will be participating in the upcoming Steam Next Fest!
▣Event Schedule
June 19 (Mon) 10:00 ~ 26 (Mon) 10:00 PDT
Warhaven is a free-to-play game which is available to all Steam users who are interested in joining the festival.
We are eagerly anticipating the excitement and participation from all of you during the event.
More detailed information will also be provided in the upcoming announcement, so please stay tuned for further news.
If you haven't added Warhaven to your Steam wishlist yet, now's the time!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2107670/_/
We have been working tirelessly to enhance the quality of the game, aiming to meet your long-held expectations.
For those of you who have patiently waited, the upcoming Next Fest with Warhaven will deliver an exhilarating experience.
We always appreciate your ongoing support and enthusiastic response to Warhaven.
Thank you.
Dev Log - Vol. 2
Hello everyone,
I’m Eunyoung Choi, the art director of Warhaven.
I've had the opportunity to showcase Warhaven to you through a few previous playtests.
Today, I'd like to introduce you to the world of Warhaven through an artistic perspective, and I'm excited and thrilled to share this moment with you.
As you can see from the game video, Warhaven is an action PvP game based on medieval fantasy. Therefore it of course features knights, swords, and magic.
These classic elements are imbued with Warhaven's own unique world and style.
As you already know, "Medieval" doesn't always mean only the European medieval period, and "fantasy" has its own magical world depending on how you create it, too.
Our talented writers and members of our art team have worked hard over the past few years to create this unique and wonderful world to make it feel even more natural in the game.
First of all, the two main pillars of the Warhaven’s art design are "Swordpunk" and "Military".
Swordpunk refers to the use of olden-time, mass-produced weapons like swords and spears in all aspects of life, while Military refers to the incorporation of modern military elements into the design.
These two pillars weren't created in one fell swoop, but rather evolved alongside the game to become what they have today.
I'll explain a little bit more about how the two pillars evolved with the in-game world and how they were blended into the game.
The world of Warhaven is naturally full of magic. Just as our real-world Earth naturally has gravity, electromagnetism, and so on.
In the Warhaven lore, these magical, natural forces gave birth to transcendent beings called Immortals, and they are the supernatural masters of this world.
OK, we may have heard these types of stories before, and it also sounds like a common tale.
But ironically, in Warhaven, the rulers of the world; the Immortals, are created by humans.
In our lore, magic reacts differently with 'information' and ‘input’. When there is an external stimulus which touches on magic, something happens.
Sometimes, that external stimulus can be a physical phenomenon, like lightning, or sometimes it can be just an idea of a human.
The people of Warhaven are religious by nature. To survive in the ruthless wilderness, people long created stories to give themselves hope.
Such as praying for a successful hunt after days of failure, or crouched in a cave, mortally wounded, hoping for a miracle of survival,
The desperate wishes of many were soon fleshed out and told. When the stories grew large enough, magic responded.
Whether the story was simple or complex, when people believed in it, magic flowed.
It permeated various objects, creatures, and ideas, giving them life and entity.
Immortals are such beings who were created in these ways.
Reality blossoms from a strong belief. Don't you think that’s the essence of fantasy?
As befits the mythologies created by the imagination of people, Immortals have supernatural and transcendent powers. But they are not so-called ‘immortal’.
Immortals are born and die based on the beliefs and faiths of the people. When the faith grows weak and fades, their stories are forgotten and so are the Immortals, who simply fade away and die out.
That's why, despite their earth-shattering powers, Immortals are always concerned with their survival, too.
How do Immortals strengthen people's faith in them?
How do Immortals remove the voices of doubt that are sprouting from within and create blind loyalty from people?
We've also seen this method many times in real-world history.
It's by waging and encouraging war.
The Immortals intentionally split the world in two to remove any unholy suspicion of "aren't Immortals just magical entities too?". The Immortals created situations where peoples’ focuses were instead on hating their enemies, instead of pondering on the mortality of the Immortals.
The Warhaven was thus divided into two factions, the Mara and the Alliance, who fought against each other in religious battles.
The victor of the wars would establish the doctrine of the human world; justice itself.
Throughout the war, people's beliefs were hardened; whether through coercion or self-rationalization.
In a world where religion is everything, what's not to love about waging an extra crusade? In order to win, people in Warhaven produce an endless supply of weapons,
Technology developed disproportionately, focusing solely on warfare rather than human life.
During the long war, the overproduction of weapons and mass indoctrination of the culture of warfare permeated every aspect of people's lives.
This can be seen in many countries of the real world, and this is particularly true for Koreans. The 6.25 Korean War lasted three years and left many scars that remain till this day.
During the war, Koreans built makeshift shelters on top of tombstones because there were no other places to live amidst the devastation of war. The phrase "the cold dead body of a comrade-in-arms" came to be used in the lyrics of a folk song, and the culture of Budae-Jjigae (spicy sausage stew) was left behind by the American GIs who came to Korea’s aid during the war.
(Refugees have converted a cemetery for a shelter)
(Photo provided by Busan Seo-gu District)
In Warhaven, swords and shields are familiar tools to the people. They came to symbolize power, victory, and people started to embellish their homes with old, leftover weapons as a sign or worship, or a will for victory.
People don’t just refurbish old swords to repair wartime weapons. They actually make household tools and decorate their homes with these weapons, and give them a strange new life.
This is the concept of Swordpunk in Warhaven.
You'll see it all over the lands in the world and maps of Warhaven.
Swordpunk can also be understood as being a medieval fantasy version of the modern day world as we know it. Elements of Swordpunk look similar to what we have in our everyday, modern lives, but their makeup, technology and operating principles are expressed through fantasy interpretations.
For example, this thing that looks like a dish-type radar tower of the modern day is actually a pigeon house for wartime carrier pigeons. It's a "communications center" in the Warhaven universe. We tried to create a new definition of fantasy which mixes modern and past elements.
There are also some fun and exciting ideas like the transport dragon carrier warship.
I hope our team has the chance to show them in-game one day.
(Warhaven's communications center; carrier pigeons are homed in a dish-type structure.)
(Transport Dragons Carrier Warship; similar to modern day aircraft carrier ships)
In these battles full of fantasy and warfare, you’ll live out your lives and play as soldiers such as Blade, Spike, Guardian, Warhammer and Smoke.
Although you'll also be able to experience the adrenaline rush of becoming an Immortal and have fun with them too, at the heart of Warhaven is the normal, everyman soldier. We play as them and we live as them, and we share shedding the same blood and tears of joy together in every moment.
So how were characters such as Blade, Guardian, Warhammer, Smoke, Spike, and more created?
To represent a world where war is everywhere, we brought in modern-day military designs.
This military, tactical concept is first applied to the soldier characters of our game.
In the early days of prototyping Warhaven, soldiers were not given individual characteristics; they were more generalized ad more grunt-like, more so your normal, forgettable figure.
They didn't even have individual names, and they were called swordsmen, guardians, priests, spearmen, etc.
We wanted to capture the adrenaline rush of finally becoming a super Immortal, after being thrust into warfare as a nameless grunt.
To emphasize the climactic feeling of heroism, we tried to reduce the human, individual elements of each soldier as much as possible.
We initially even covered their faces with helmets to give them an ordinary, bland appearance and a friendly, next-door neighborly look, which helped us hide their individuality but emphasize their roles.
We gave them each a more soldierly look and unique silhouettes with their weapons to represent being a soldier.
We planned the outfit concept by reinterpreting camouflage patterns and tactical vests from modern day silhouettes.
(When none of the characters had any names.)
(The completed appearance of the mil-sim tactical look)
However, we realized that the more you spend time playing as a soldier in the game, and the more they’ll take up the majority of your gameplay time.
Soldiers indeed form the most important foundation of the game, and they became increasingly important as the gameplay design became more concrete and robust.
And then we started to wonder more deeply about them.
Don't you also wonder about the story of that one single Stormtrooper, wading through the thick cannon smoke? How he ended up on this battlefield? His or her personal backstory?
As the lore of Warhaven grew with the gameplay design, along with the stories of the Immortals and their struggle to survive, so did the stories of each of the individual soldiers.
Going back to square one, we decided to give them names and callsigns.
Then we gave them unique backstories for each of them. .
Each of their full stories can be found on the Warhaven Official Discord in the Dev-doodles (Told by the Warhaven Writers) section.
Here I’ll share with you some brief intros of some of the fun and unique Soldier characters we have in Warhaven, and whom you can play for yourselves.
Blade comes from a middle class family serving higher nobles. The king, coveting the nobles’ fortune, accuses them all of the treason and executes Blade’s entire family.
The young Blade is the sole survivor, and he is sent into exile.
Even in exile, he dreams of bloody revenge, but his enemy, the king, is now long dead.
Does this mean it is the end for Blade's vengeance?
While being held captive and ransomed as a prisoner of war, Warhammer lost touch with both fiancée and his best mate.
This was all because Warhammer's prison guard had lied to them, saying Warhammer had already died.
But Warhammer escaped, and was able to reunite with his friends, alive.
However, his friends were married to each other at that point. In an uncharacteristically optimistic manner, Warhammer gave his blessings to his friends and moved on in life.
Though he did take revenge on the prison guard who had lied about his death.
Smoke was once a noblewoman who had learned to read and write. She was someone who dreamed of freeing the serfs from the nobles. She had a strong and righteous cause.
She was also happily married, and gave birth to a daughter whom she eventually lost to a terrible disease.
She was blamed for the death of her daughter and was accused of not following the doctrine of the Immortals. Something inside Smoke broke that day, and now Smoke is clinging to the strength of her faith in the Immortals, her beliefs now stronger than ever. .
Is there salvation in sight for her?
Spike was once a well-respected peacekeeper. Her life was good, but with one misfortune; her partner was a skilled artist, but a good-for-nothing soldier.
When her partner was about to be sent off to the battlefields of the Immortals, Spike became concerned that he might get killed on day one. So, she confronted her partner, and the very next day, she herself decided to enlist in the army on his behalf.
They were once madly in love, but their relationship is now facing its doom now that Spike is out on the battlefield.
Guardian grew up in a mystical cult. He was indoctrinated from a young age by his overly pious parents.
War and religion in his childhood made for an unfortunate and heavy-hearted upbringing, but still has hope in his heart as he now acts a caring foster father to many children who have lost their parents to the war. He fights out on the battlefield to end the mess, confusion and attrition to protect the next generations of children.
The history of the Warhaven universe may be continued through the intrigues and political conflicts of its Immortals. Immortals dominate the hearts and souls, minds and bodies of the soldiers, and so history may be written only remembering them.
But in the midst of it all, Blade, Smoke, Guardian, and other soldiers are fiercely living their own lives.
Fighting deadly wars because of their own personal reasons, interests, and beliefs.
Aren't you curious to hear the stories of these small, everyday soldiers who will live on in the grand scheme of history? How they soldiers approach their futures?
Aren’t you intrigued to know what's inside the minds of our Immortals?
So far, we've given you a glimpse into the world of Warhaven and the basis of our artwork.
It's definitely a world that can be portrayed as gruesome and as miserable as it wants to be.
You could even think of it in a dystopian way, which fits the word "punk" in ‘swordpunk’, which is our theme.
But we wanted Warhaven to be approachable and agreeable, so we wanted to keep things bright and light for you in our artistic choices.
Today I was able to share with you all a very quick overview of the artwork and worldbuilding. I’d love to have the opportunity to talk about it in more detail in the near future.
Until then, please enjoy being a part of the world of Warhaven! We’re glad to have you by our side here on the battlefields!
Director Interview Main Video
where our Game Director will be answering Warhaven realated questions in only 100 seconds!
Will he answer all the questions and survive until the end?
Watch the video now to find out!
Director Interview Teaser Video
To give you an heads up of what's to come,
an interview video with our Director Paparang is on the way.
Stay tuned for the full video next Friday, April 14!