Tripwire Presents Signs Agreement with Second Shift Games to Publish Starforged Legacy, Now in Early Access on PC via Steam

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Second Shift Games has also released free new content with the Hangar & Arsenal update. Headlining the update is Combat Circuit, a focused twelve-sector mode that trades Star Map navigation for a faster fight, extract and shop loop. Players choose routes that shape each coming sector and its rewards, decide when to begin extraction as enemy pressure rises, face bosses in sectors six and twelve and can Press On into Endless after victory.

The update also adds three new ships with four loadouts each along with four unique weapons. Loadouts are curated starting builds that give ships a distinct opening playstyle, but do not limit how a player chooses to build from there. New weapons include the Flak Cannon, a close-range weapon with high spread designed to thin nearby enemies, the Arc Cutter, which fires a sweeping beam that penetrates targets as it sweeps across, the Gravity Missile, firing a projectile that creates a small gravity well before detonating, and the Compression Field, expanding around the players ship before contracting and relocating surviving enemies. New ships include:

• STARWARD: Guardian Frigate: A fast escort frigate whose self-fabricating Aegis capacitors intercept incoming fire and strike enemies that breach its orbit. Features the FLAKSCREEN, RINGWALKER, BREAKER CIRCUIT and BREAKWATER loadouts.
• SUNDER: Riftblade Cruiser: An assault cruiser that tears space open with every Micro Warp, carving a damaging corridor through the enemy formation. Features the FAULTLINE, SHOCK FRONT, EPICENTER and RUPTURE loadouts.
• DREADWING: Retaliatory Carrier: A retaliatory carrier that deploys growing Fighter wings as its Shields fail, then recalls and rebuilds them as its defenses recover. Featuring the SCRAMBLE, OUTER RING, CRUSH DEPTH and DEAD RECKONING loadouts.

Starforged Legacy is a single-player, sci-fi action roguelike bullet hell experience where players must forge a single starcraft into a fleet-leveling warship through the combination of salvaged weaponry and strategy-defining augmentations. Navigate across a 2D combat plane, weave through asteroid fields, aid galactic denizens and use resources collected from each failed expedition to become permanently stronger. The ultimate goal is survival; the legacy left behind is inevitable.

Features:

• Intense Bullet-Hell Combat: Obliterate endless swarms of combatants on the journey to challenge the enemy flagship. Evade devastating bombardments with unique movement abilities and return fire automatically or manually.
• Customizable Starcraft: Master nine ships, each with four distinct starting loadouts, armaments and combat styles. Customize each ship’s systems to fine-tune the strategy with unlockable alternate loadouts.
• Weapon and Ship Augmentation: Forge endless builds with 16 core weapons and over 190 augments and enhancements.
• Galactic Navigation: Navigate a galaxy that changes with every expedition—traverse sectors with treacherous, gameplay-altering conditions to complete missions that are no less dangerous.
• Meta Progression: Exchange salvaged resources for permanent enhancements, new starcraft, and more across future runs.
• Dynamic Narrative Events: Gamble for glory across 30+ unique encounters. Measured risks could reap vital rewards or fatal consequences.

Find out more about Second Shift Games and Starforged Legacy on the official website, on social media on Bluesky, X, or YouTube and join in the discussion on Discord.

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