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Dreamhaven has been gradually ramping up its gaming portfolio.
There are shades of battle royales, extraction games, and more.
But really, Wildgate feels all its own in practice.
Because yes, other crews can board, attack, plunder, and sabotage your ship.
Each crewmate can launch into space and attempt to get onto other ships if they see them.
I have no idea,'" Browder tells me in an interview.
“It could have been anything, right?”
Crew combat
This chaos ramps up fast.
So as the action ramps up throughout the match, everything gets more intense.
Thoughtful approaches can be good, but so can bull-headed determination.
As Browder describes it, there’s an up and down.
It’s not just shooting cannons and guns, though.
Browder highlights that putting crosshairs on heads is only a fraction of what makes a winning space crew.
Space route
As far as progression and game-over-game evolution goes, Wildgate takes some interesting cues.
Moonshot doesn’t want to pigeon-hole its players with those archetypes.
“We’re intentionally avoiding things like the piloting character, right?”
“The gunnery character.
‘No, I am!'”
For now, it seems like Moonshot Games is focusing on getting Wildgate launched.
Even absent any progression, though, Wildgate has its hooks in me.
It’s not just the fact that it feels like a sandbox for creating space-faring chaos and incredible moments.
For a debut project, Wildgate certainly doesn’t feel like a scrappy new effort.
It shouldn’t either, as it’s got some big talent, Browder and Chayes included.
But live-service games have sometimes been boom-or-bust.
For everyMarvel Rivals success story, there is aConcord-shaped failure to launch.
When asked about whether this is a concern for Moonshot though, the pair gives an interesting answer.
The team also doesn’t want to take player commitment for granted.
“Y’know, we’re at a point now where we’re not at Blizzard anymore.
We’re at a small start-up, and we have to earn it,” Chayes says.
“Like, we’re not there yet.
Time will always tell, but for now, Wildgate is charting its own path through the stars.
A chaotic, scrap-filled, laser-ridden mad-dash for the Artifact that’s worth undertaking.
