Sci-fi Action Roguelike with Bullet Hell Elements Gets ‘Hangar & Arsenal’ Update, Adding an All-new Game Mode, Ships, Weapons and More
ROSWELL, Ga. — Sept. 1, 2026. Tripwire Presents, the developer-first publishing division of Tripwire Interactive, today announced plans to globally publish Starforged Legacy, created by a team of industry veterans at independent developer Second Shift Games. Starforged Legacy is a single-player sci-fi action roguelike game in which players pilot a variety of experimental warships across a 2D combat plane as they battle through a series of increasingly difficult missions while creating new builds from gathered resources including weapons, augments and Ship Upgrades, turning smart positioning and buildcraft into a late-run power fantasy. The game launched on PC via Steam Early Access on June 1 and is available for purchase for $7.99. Currently boasting an 88% positive user score, the title offers a free demo featuring three ships, six loadouts, two difficulties and a limited Skill Tree.
Second Shift Games has also released free new content with the Hangar & Arsenal update. Headlining the update is Combat Circuit, a focused twelve-sector mode that trades Star Map navigation for a faster fight, extract and shop loop. Players choose routes that shape each coming sector and its rewards, decide when to begin extraction as enemy pressure rises, face bosses in sectors six and twelve and can Press On into Endless after victory.
The update also adds three new ships with four loadouts each along with four unique weapons. Loadouts are curated starting builds that give ships a distinct opening playstyle, but do not limit how a player chooses to build from there. New weapons include the Flak Cannon, a close-range weapon with high spread designed to thin nearby enemies, the Arc Cutter, which fires a sweeping beam that penetrates targets as it sweeps across, the Gravity Missile, firing a projectile that creates a small gravity well before detonating, and the Compression Field, expanding around the players ship before contracting and relocating surviving enemies. New ships include:
- STARWARD: Guardian Frigate: A fast escort frigate whose self-fabricating Aegis capacitors intercept incoming fire and strike enemies that breach its orbit. Features the FLAKSCREEN, RINGWALKER, BREAKER CIRCUIT and BREAKWATER loadouts.
- SUNDER: Riftblade Cruiser: An assault cruiser that tears space open with every Micro Warp, carving a damaging corridor through the enemy formation. Features the FAULTLINE, SHOCK FRONT, EPICENTER and RUPTURE loadouts.
- DREADWING: Retaliatory Carrier: A retaliatory carrier that deploys growing Fighter wings as its Shields fail, then recalls and rebuilds them as its defenses recover. Featuring the SCRAMBLE, OUTER RING, CRUSH DEPTH and DEAD RECKONING loadouts.
Starforged Legacy is a single-player, sci-fi action roguelike bullet hell experience where players must forge a single starcraft into a fleet-leveling warship through the combination of salvaged weaponry and strategy-defining augmentations. Navigate across a 2D combat plane, weave through asteroid fields, aid galactic denizens and use resources collected from each failed expedition to become permanently stronger. The ultimate goal is survival; the legacy left behind is inevitable.
Features:
- Intense Bullet-Hell Combat: Obliterate endless swarms of combatants on the journey to challenge the enemy flagship. Evade devastating bombardments with unique movement abilities and return fire automatically or manually.
- Customizable Starcraft: Master nine ships, each with four distinct starting loadouts, armaments and combat styles. Customize each ship’s systems to fine-tune the strategy with unlockable alternate loadouts.
- Weapon and Ship Augmentation: Forge endless builds with 16 core weapons and over 190 augments and enhancements.
- Galactic Navigation: Navigate a galaxy that changes with every expedition—traverse sectors with treacherous, gameplay-altering conditions to complete missions that are no less dangerous.
- Meta Progression: Exchange salvaged resources for permanent enhancements, new starcraft, and more across future runs.
- Dynamic Narrative Events: Gamble for glory across 30+ unique encounters. Measured risks could reap vital rewards or fatal consequences.
Find out more about Second Shift Games and Starforged Legacy on the official website.
About Second Shift Games
Second Shift Games is a small independent studio of industry veterans pursuing their passion for creating games, even during their free time. As players themselves, the team is focused on creating games that they’d want to play, with meaningful choices, emergent stories and that “just one more run” feeling. The studio’s approach to making games combines professional experience with genuine enthusiasm for game development, taking the time needed to get things right. Second Shift is currently developing Starforged Legacy, a sci-fi action-roguelike built in Unreal Engine 5 currently in Early Access on PC via Steam.
About Tripwire Interactive
Formed in 2005 as a humble independent developer founded by gamers who found success in the video game modding community, Tripwire Interactive has developed and self-published multiple critically acclaimed titles in the wildly popular Killing Floor and Rising Storm franchises, which have collectively sold over 30 million units to date. The original Maneater broke new ground in the popular action RPG genre, putting players in the role of a deadly shark with the ability to evolve as it feeds. Since its release in 2020 and official DLC Maneater: Truth Quest in 2021, the Maneater franchise has amassed over 14 million players worldwide.
Tripwire Interactive has expanded its business with the publishing division, Tripwire Presents, turning its experience and resources to include publishing titles spanning multiple platforms and genres from other talented independent studios. Tripwire Presents aims to help like-minded independent studios bring their titles to market, including Chivalry 2 developed by Torn Banner Studios, Espire 1: VR Operative and Espire 2 developed by Digital Lode, DECEIVE INC. developed by Sweet Bandits Studios, Road Redemption developed by EQ Games and Pixel Dash Studios, Rogue Waters developed by Ice Code Games, The Stone of Madness developed by The Game Kitchen and NORSE: Oath of Blood, developed by Arctic Hazard. Most recently, Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire developed by BEF Games and Starforged Legacy from Second Shift Games have been added to the publishing lineup. Tripwire Presents continues to grow their portfolio, and are always on the lookout for the next great team and game. Tripwire Interactive is a standalone entity within the Embracer Group.
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