''Rogue Stormers'' (originally ''DieselStörmers'') is a

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, initially developed by

Spellbound Entertainment Spellbound Entertainment AG was a German video game developer based in Offenburg. The company is best known for the '' Desperados'' series. They also developed '' Arcania: Gothic 4'', part of the ''Gothic'' series and later its expansion, '' A ...

. It was revealed at the Game Developers Conference 2010, in San Francisco under the project name ''Ravensdale'', and it has been in development since 2007. In 2012,

went into administration, emerging as

Black Forest Games Black Forest Games GmbH is a German video game developer based in Offenburg. The company was founded in July 2012 by a team of 40 staff members, including chief executive officer Andreas Speer, previously employed by Spellbound Entertainment, wh ...

. They have since planned on continuing the development under the name ''DieselStörmers'' until the developer changed the name to ''Rogue Stormers'' in 2015.

History

The game has been in development since April 2013, but the concept already existed in 2008, before Spellbound received the rights for '' Arcania: Gothic 4''. It was shelved at the time so that the team could focus its attention and resources on Arcania. After the successful release of '' Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams'', Black Forest Games turned its attention back to ''Ravensdale'' and decided to fund the project via

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. In 2013,

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for the game was cancelled. In 2014 the game was renamed to ''DieselStörmers'', and the team started a second Kickstarter campaign which was successful. The game was released on Steam Early Access on July 17, 2014. Due to a successful

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lawsuit by

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, who owns the trademark "Diesel" in relation to video games, Black Forest Games is required to drop the title ''DieselStörmers''. It was announced on October 17, 2015 that Black Forest Games changed the name ''DieselStörmers'' to ''Rogue Stormers'' after

successfully opposed Black Forest Games’

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of ''DieselStörmers''.

Gameplay

''Rogue Stormers'' is a multiplayer platformer focused on a cooperative style of gameplay. Players team up with their friends, fighting hordes of orcs and goblins with customizable weapons. As a reward for completing missions, the players receive crafting materials and gun parts, which can be assembled to fit their personal playstyle (e.g. affecting stats like range or rate of fire, bullet patterns like ''shotgun'' or ''cannon'', or additional effects (rebounding shots, piercing shots, incendiary ammunition etc.). The game supports online- and local co-op, as well as single-player.

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