Demigod "turning point" this week

By Robert Purchese Published 5 May, 2009

Connectivity problems gone - Stardock.

Stardock boss Brad Wardell reckons the Demigod connectivity issues will be cleared up this week.

His team has set up a proxy server to host online matches, he writes on his Impulse blog, plus he suggests some NAT port numbers to forward to routers to help peer-to-peer connections. Most of the proxy servers are hosted in the US or the West, however, so people connecting from afar may prefer a P2P solution.

"I feel confident that this next week is going to be the turning point for those people who have had connectivity difficulties - plus the whole range of stat stuff, pantheon stuff, etc. will come into line because, as I've said elsewhere, the connectivity thing was our number-one priority," writes Wardell.

"Everyone, including the people who would resolve favour items and favour points and accurate win/loss stuff has been pulled onto this," he adds, revealing that even the art team were even tasked with speeding up NAT connections.

Demigod was released in April as a digital download, and can be bought from the Stardock store now.

Developed by Gas Powered Games, Demigod is a competitive online real-time strategy game with RPG elements, based around the popular Defence of the Ancients mod for Warcraft 3.

Wardell reveals that marketing for the game has been held back until the launch teething issues are overcome, and expects the push to begin mid-May. That date, incidentally, will be when moderators are to begin overseeing the action.

Furthermore, Wardell says anyone purchasing the game now will be offered a second copy of Demigod for half-price for "a limited time".

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (8) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • Benno #1 3 years ago

    anyone got a beta key/account they wouldn't mind giving out?

    I am dying to try this game

  • skillian #2 3 years ago

    I'm guessing beta keys will no longer work. GPG have said they're working on a demo, but I'd imagine that's quite low on the priority list at the moment.

  • Gearskin #3 3 years ago

    Excellent. Although, to be honest, connectivity has been vastly improved for a short while now.
    It's a great game. Where is Eurogamers review?

  • Ryuken #4 3 years ago

    It's only out in Europe at retail by May 15th, right in time for all the connectivity problems to be solved I guess. Europe is probably the biggest PC retail market in the world as well so I don't find the lack of a Eurogamer review to be so illogical.

    Atari is doing the marketing for the EU version so maybe they haven't sent out a copy yet.

  • KreyAtiv #5 3 years ago

    I bought the game when it first came out on Stardock, wasn't very pleased with it whatsoever.
    If you do the tournament you do 8 different maps with either capture the flag or destory their citadel thing on it.
    Once that is over, that's it. Not so much as a cutscene with the chosen Demigod once you win the tournament.
    Also whatever upgrades you had gotten on the previous map doesn't carry over, you have to start all over again.


  • Gearskin #6 3 years ago

    Maybe. But then you do see Eurogamer reviewing imports from time to time. Sins of a Solar Empire was reviewed before it even had an EU publisher.

  • sherpa1984 #7 3 years ago

    "Furthermore, Wardell says anyone purchasing the game now will be offered a second copy of Demigod for half-price for "a limited time".

    I went to their digital site and 2 copies cost twice as much as 1.

    Anyone know how to get this "2 for 1.5" offer?

    [EDIT]

    Seems you get a voucher when you buy it.
    Edited by 1 at 05/05/09 @ 18:30

  • viper_h #8 3 years ago

    Awesome game, well worth getting.