| Mirage: Arcane Warfare | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | Torn Banner Studios |
| Publisher(s) | Torn Banner Studios |
| Engine | Unreal Engine 4 |
| Platform(s) | Windows |
| Release | 23 May 2017 |
| Genre(s) | Action |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
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 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]
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]
| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| Metacritic | 74/100 [6] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| PC Gamer (US) | 74/100 [1] |
| PC PowerPlay | 8/10 [2] |
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]
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