Mirage: Arcane Warfare

Mirage: Arcane Warfare was a multiplayer action game developed by Torn Banner Studios. The game launched on Windows PCs in May 2017, but was shut down one year later.

Mirage: Arcane Warfare
Developer(s)Torn Banner Studios
Publisher(s)Torn Banner Studios
EngineUnreal Engine 4
Platform(s)Windows
Release23 May 2017
Genre(s)Action
Mode(s)Multiplayer

Gameplay

Mirage: Arcane Warfare was a team-based multiplayer action game played from a first-person perspective. Combat was melee-focused with magical abilities.[1] Players had the freedom to choose from six different classes, character archetypes that had different abilities and skills.[2] The game featured deathmatch and objective-based game modes, like capture the flag, capture points, and payload.[1]

Development and release

Mirage: Arcane Warfare was developed by Torn Banner Studios.[1] The game was developed in the Unreal Engine 4 game engine.[3] The game was released for Windows on 23 May 2017.[1][4] Torn Banner offered players access to a closed beta as a pre-order incentive.[4] Post-launch, Torn Banner supported the game with free updates by adding features requested by players, such as AI opponents, new maps, and new modes.[5]

Reception

Mirage: Arcane Warfare received "mixed or average" reviews from professional critics according to review aggregator website Metacritic.[6] PC Gamer reviewer T.J. Hafer found the combat to be fun and gameplay systems to be well-designed. However, due to the game being a multiplayer-only title, he was hesitant to recommend it because of the lack of player activity.[1] Arnold Burgess of PC PowerPlay agreed that the game's primary issue was its current lack of players. He praised the character design, the combat, and the environments of the levels.[2]

Commercially, the game was a failure. In September 2017, Torn Banner noted that launch sales of Mirage were poor, which led them to run a promotion that offered the game for free for a limited period and subsequently dropped the game's price permanently.[7] Torn Banner removed Mirage from sale and shut down the game's official servers in May 2018 in response to the EU's implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation.[8]

References
  1. Hafer, T. J. (30 May 2017). "Mirage: Arcane Warfare review". PC Gamer. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  2. Burgess, Arnold (17 August 2017). "Review: Mirage: Arcane Warfare". PC PowerPlay. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  3. Crecente, Brian (21 March 2016). "The blood, beauty and magic of Mirage: Arcane Warfare". Polygon. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  4. Glagowski, Peter (27 March 2017). "Mirage: Arcane Warfare gets a release date, Chivalry: Medieval Warfare free for two days". Destructoid. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  5. Chalk, Andy (21 July 2017). "Mirage: Arcane Warfare's free Gladiator update adds bots, new maps, and more". PC Gamer. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  6. "Mirage: Arcade Warfare for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  7. Wilde, Tyler (6 September 2017). "Mirage: Arcane Warfare is going free for a day, and you get to keep it". PC Gamer. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  8. McAloon, Alissa (24 May 2017). "GDPR changes prompt Torn Banner Studios to shut down Mirage: Arcane Warfare". Gamasutra. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
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