The builders of the newly-launched Gigantic: Rampage Version have apologized for persistent server points which might be stopping gamers from becoming a member of the sport, and say they’re placing collectively a “compensation package deal” to make up for all of the complications.
After closing its doorways in 2018, Gearbox’s MOBA-hero shooter Gigantic made a shock comeback in 2023, a purportedly one-off occasion that finally blossomed into this week’s launch of the up to date Rampage Version. In gameplay phrases it is basically an identical to the unique, with some new content material added; the large change is that as a substitute of counting on microtransactions, it is a single-purchase, pay-and-play recreation.
The response up to now is “largely optimistic” throughout virtually 1,400 Steam person evaluations—not an enormous quantity, however not unhealthy for day one both. However as soon as once more, recreation servers are inflicting complications for everybody.
Issues first appeared with servers in Asia, however whereas Abstraction Video games was in a position to get that sorted pretty rapidly, disconnection troubles have been quickly widespread. Publish-launch updates appear to have improved the scenario for some gamers, but it surely’s clear there are nonetheless points to deal with. Some gamers have been in a position to entry the sport following the newest replace, which rolled out earlier this afternoon, however others are nonetheless struggling to get in.
Apparently, a lot of the gamers responding to the Gigantic replace messages on Twitter do not appear to thoughts ready, a minimum of for now: Some are crucial of assorted facets of the sport however the general feeling appears to be gratitude that the sport is again—and for these in a position to get in, happiness with the expertise.
That’s maybe not shocking: The final consensus is that the unique Gigantic did not fail due to its gameplay, however because of over-aggressive microtransaction pricing. (After all, squaring up with the then-hot-and-fresh Overwatch did not assist.)
“We’re making ready some server updates that needs to be rolling out later in the present day, we’ll have additional bulletins on our social media channels and Discord then to maintain you up to date,” the studio stated in an announcement posted on Steam. “Moreover, we’re making ready a compensation package deal for all gamers to make up for all of the troubles and misplaced time, which we’re seeking to roll out after these updates.”
The latest up went reside only a couple hours in the past, at round 3 pm ET, and whereas it is too quickly to name the server issues mounted, it does appear to be issues are headed in the correct route: Steam Charts signifies Gigantic: Rampage Version has now climbed to an all-time peak concurrent participant depend of roughly 6,000.
