History Videogame / Dawngate

* BonusBoss: The Parasite is a powerful creature, that, when slain, can provide the team with bonus vim, powerful buffs, and heavy Striders that siege enemy Bindings (towers).

* StandardStatusEffect: Par the course for a MOBA. There are slows, roots, silences, stuns, suppressions, shields, and steroids. Knowing which enemy to disable, or which ally to save, can make or break a team fight.

Dawngate was a [[MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena MOBA]] developed by Waystone Games. First released mid-2013, the game entered open community beta a year later.

Pitting two teams of five "Shapers" against each other, Dawngate seeks to "break the meta" with the inclusion of such features like the role system (Gladiator, Tactician, Hunter, and Predator), a two-lane map, and objectives like Spirit Wells. Instead of a defenseless objective you must destroy to win, you work to defeat the enemy Guardian, a powerful titan who can almost fend off an entire team without assistance, and easily sway the outcome of a fight with its damaging area-of-effect attacks. Items are very neatly categorized and ColorCodedForYourConvenience, and only offer passive effects so players don't [[AntiFrustrationFeature forget to use an active effect.]]

Shapers are creatures who are bonded to a Vitality, or spirit. The Vitality a Shaper actually binds to is generally determined by their personality, philosophy or occupation. Relevant abilities are bestowed.

The game's story is called the Living Lore, literally written by and for the community. The creative team at Waystone gather stories written by fans of the game and have the community vote on which outcome they most prefer. Great efforts are taken to avoid GameplayAndStorySegregation; a character will generally only use skills and abilities that are represented in the game, and the cast of Shapers is presented to have varied, but equal strengths and utilities.

Dawngate was downloadable at [[http://www.dawngate.com/ Waystone's main site]]. Fan-made resource sites such as [[http://www.moba-champion.com/ MOBA-Champion]] and [[http://theshapersguild.com/ The Shaper's Guild]] also exist to better explain the game and its intricacies.

Despite a healthy player base and an ongoing tournament, Electronic Arts cancelled the project on November 4, 2014. In February of 2015, the servers were shut down -- the Dawngate closed.

Dawngate was a [[MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena MOBA]] developed by Waystone Games. First released mid 2013, the game has since entered open community beta a year later.

* TheUnreveal: The released lore primer enlightens planned and never-before shown information on all the characters we know about so far. But information on "The One", leader of the Nine was deliberately removed from the public release (it even says so in the document itself). If there's one thing they want to hold from the public for if they ever get a chance to tell the story again, it was that.

* PlotArmor: The internal lore primer released after the game's cancellation discusses this point, in that through the entirety of the chronicles all playable characters are never ''truly'' at risk. The proposition was instead to give focus to the non-playable supporting characters, who could be legitimatelly threatened and killed if the story called for it.

* TheUnreveal: The released lore primer enlightens planned and never-before shown information on all the characters we know about so far. But information on "The One", leader of the Nine? Deliberately removed from the public release (it even says so in the document itself). If there's one thing they want to hold from the public for if they ever get a chance to tell the story again, it was that.

Dawngate is a [[MultiplayerOnlineBattleArena MOBA]] developed by Waystone Games. First released mid 2013, the game has since entered open community beta a year later.

Dawngate is downloadable at [[http://www.dawngate.com/ Waystone's main site]]. Do note that an EA Origin account is required for registration, though one does ''not'' need to download and install the Origin client. Fan-made resources sites such as [[http://www.moba-champion.com/ MOBA-Champion]] and [[http://theshapersguild.com/ The Shaper's Guild]] also exist to better explain the game and its intricacies.

EA intends to pull the plug, and all updates have ceased since November 4, 2014. Sometime in February, service will be cut; the Dawngate closes.

* TheUnreveal: The internal lore primer was released publicly after getting canned, and it enlightens planned and never-before shown information on all the characters we know about so far. But information on "The One", leader of the Nine? Deliberately removed from the public release (it even says so in the document itself). If there's one thing they want to hold from the public for if they ever get a chance to tell the story again, it was that.

* TestosteronePoisoning: No shirt could possibly contain the raw, overwhelming machismo of Renzo.

EA intends to pull the plug, and all updates have ceased since November 4, 2014. 90 days from November 4th (sometime in February), service will be cut; the Dawngate closes.

EA intends to pull the plug, and all updates have ceased since November 4, 2014. 90 days from November 4th (sometime by the end of January), service will be cut; the Dawngate closes.