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Forts Pro League - Season 7 Opening Event!2026-04-18G’day, Forts fans!To kick off Season 7 of the Forts Pro League, we are planning to cast a handful of live matches from the first week of the qualifier stage. These matches are among the first of the FPL, and we will be covering them live with some of your favourite streamers.As a reminder, this season has the possibility to play with High Seas maps if the teams choose to, which should make for very entertaining matches.When?Live matches will start on Saturday April 25th at 7PM UTC, or12pm PT (West Coast USA)3pm ET (East Coast USA)9pm CEST (France/Germany)8pm BST (London)5am April 26th AET (Brisbane Australia)What is the program? We are lookin
Happy 9 Year Anniversary to Forts!2026-04-17G'day Forts fans!This weekend marks 9 years of Forts!For nearly a decade, players have been building, battling, destroying and occasionally discovering that their perfectly good fort was, in fact, not as perfectly sound as they thought. Through every match, mod, tournament, community event and unhinged discord exchange, you've helped make Forts what it is today.Thank you to everyone who has played, streamed, competed, created or simply spent time with the game over the years. We're incredibly grateful to still be here, celebrating this milestone with you on the lead up to the Firebird DLC, no less!Nine years in, and there's still more to come
Tournament 32 Winners2026-04-10G'day Forts fans!Tournament 32 ended with a blast, with team Artist in a 1v3 crushing their opponents in an uncontested 3-0 finals match! Some great shows of skill, and some luck on a couple doorsnipes from accross the map assured their domination for all games of the match.Team Artist in a 1v3 will split the 1st place prize of $150. Artist in a 1v3 bringing back the balance in the forts. Coming second place is Schiff, which despite getting blasted by Artist in a 1v3, still managed to climb up the bracket, while suffering a loss against Ragebait Mode.Team Schiff will split the 2nd place prize of $75.Schiff denies the prospect of having four f
Forts Ranked Multiplayer - Season 40 Champions!2026-04-07G'day Forts fans!Congratulations to Ryabzyk, winner of Season 40. Taking second is Nils, and in third is Александр. While the top 3 places receive Gold, Silver, and Bronze, every eligible player finishing within the top 20 will receive a Season 40 Medal. Congratulations to all medalists as well! 1v1 LeaderboardRyabzykNilsАлександрI am myselfAlesioDranistianInfinityPowerThe SnakeklauallesBrucepixarSamih al-QasimHypeBaumstaenderTTVJulianDr. GiggletouchHopserD1maredDozaa芝士草莓猫猫糕Matzi2.0 Ranked Trivia- Early aggression is still going strong, but all hail the triumphant return of the cannon stack.- To the surprise of many, Hurricane held the highes
Forts Update 1.372026-04-07G'day Forts fans!We're beavering away on the Firebird DLC, so this update is smaller than usual. It mostly includes important fixes, especially to population cap handling and portals. There's also a couple of new scripting functions for modders and a minor balance change to Overdrive. Cheers, EWG Change List 1.37.0 r21352Add: Script function to apply damage directly to a strut (dlc2_ApplyDamageToLink) Add: Script function to get selected node (GetLocalSelectedNodeId)Balance: (Overdrive) Increase downgrade duration from 4 to 6 seconds (+50%) Balance: (Overdrive) Reduce downgrade refund from 100% to 75% (-25%)Improve: (Sever & Seize) Clarify Bu
Forts Pro League - Season 72026-03-14G’day, Forts fans!Are you ready for Season 7 of the Forts Pro League? Everyone can sign up for the FPL qualifier stage and registration opens on March 14th! Register your team on Challengermode and Discord following the instructions below.Compared to the previous season, we are keeping the Swiss bracket system, as it has been a great success. We are swapping Ecliptic Threat with Green Breeze in the map pool, and trying something new by adding a couple of High Seas maps in the pool (Fort Falls 2v2, Windswept). These maps will be including the High Seas DLC for players to use, but teams will also be able to ban one more map each before the firs
Forts Modder Showcase: Fortships by AlexD2026-03-09This Month's Spotlight: Fortships(by AlexD) Inspired by Airships: Conquer the Skies, this flight-focused mod brings maneuverable aerial warfare into Forts using Suspendium lift, intuitive altitude controls, and a suite of devices built specifically for high-altitude battles. Instead of static defenses, you’re commanding airborne vessels by adjusting height, managing thrust, and engaging with weapons designed to thrive above the battlefield!With dedicated systems like the Fortship Controller, Altitude Controller, and lateral Jets, alongside aerial-ready tools like Carpet Bombs, Hanging Flak, and the Area Denial System, Fortships transforms the
Forts - 3v3 High Seas Tournament 322026-02-28G'day Forts fans!After the great success of the latest Legacy tournament, it is time for a more standard event.Tournament 32 will be a 3v3 High Seas tournament, and will be held on March 28th at 7PM UTC for the first round, and April 4th 7PM UTC for the other two rounds. Up to 8 teams may register, with quarterfinals, semifinals and bronze match being Best of 3, while the FInals will be best of 5. Registration will open at 7pm UTC on the 1st of March. In order to register, every participant should ping 42scientist on the Forts Official Discord server with their challengermode team link, steam profile link, logo, and then be invited on Challen
Forts - Legacy 1v1 Tournament Winners2026-02-21G'day Forts fans!Last week, emerging from a pool of 16 players fighting for glory, a few fought their way to the top, in the first of its kind Legacy Tournament. Congratulations for Alexandr for winning 1st place in this tournament, where each round removed a DLC, until nothing but the base game was left!Alexandr will gain the 1st place prize of $50.Alexandr casts cannon rain from his towerFighting with cannon on cannon violence during the finals, Ryabzyk was not one to go down so easily, even snatching a victory against Alexandr himself.Ryabzyk will get the 2nd place prize of $25.Ryabzyk revisits wooden doorsMeanwhile, after being defeated b
Forts Ranked Multiplayer - Season 39 Champions!2026-02-18G'day Forts fans!Congratulations to Carrygan (more widely known as Julian), winner of Season 39. Taking second is Александр, and in third is Vykro's Brother (aka Dranistian). While the top 3 places receive Gold, Silver, and Bronze, every eligible player finishing within the top 20 will receive a Season 39 Medal. Congratulations to all medalists as well! 1v1 LeaderboardCarryganАлександрVykro's BrotherRyabzykLuisklauallesI am myselfThe SchnakeNilsHopserBaumstaenderTTVAlesioBrucepixarニャミ•キメラMatzi2.090315Hype7891DomyInfinitypower Ranked Statistics- Early aggression is back! Mortar, rocket, and missile aficionados rejoiced at recent balance change
Forts Update 1.362026-02-07G'day Forts fans!After a well earned Christmas break we got back to work. We hope you got to enjoy time with friends and family too.This update features some much needed bug fixes and improvements. The context menu has received some attention, as well as ranked play and various gameplay bugs and exploits.Ranked ImprovementsTo make the season rollover more predictable, fair, and to make an event of it, we've automated the process. The new season starts at midnight UTC on the first of every second month.Also, when there are technical issues such as disconnection or desyncs, there will be no score change unless a player appears to have manipulat
Forts Modder Showcase: Birdie's GUNS by SamsterBirdies2026-01-17This Month's Spotlight: Birdies' GUNS(by SamsterBirdies) Birdies' GUNS is a massive weapon expansion built for players who like to push Forts a little (or a lot) past the sensible limit. Adding 50+ weapons and variants, it leans fully into experimentation.From upside-down guns and sky-raining mortars to beam weapons, drones, helicopters and quite frankly irresponsible amounts of explosives, the mod encourages creative builds and unpredictable battles. It also plays nicely with a wide range of popular mods (that you'll hopefully see here soon)! A chat with SamsterBirdies:I like gaming (ofc), ASMR, anime and VN’s. I like creating things, and da
Forts - Legacy 1v1 Tournament2026-01-10G'day Forts fans!Now that the sixth season of the FPL has concluded, we want to have something a little different in between seasons.For this "Legacy" Tournament, as the name suggests, you will be fighting each other while the game returns progressively towards a vanilla state.The first round will include every DLC up to High Seas, quarter-finals will include everything up to Moonshot, semi-finals will only include Tons of Guns, while the finals (and bronze match) will be played in full vanilla. This means no munitions plant, no firebeam, not even the repair station.Since it is a 1v1 tournament, we will allow up to 32 players. There will be a
Forts Update 1.352025-12-20G'day Forts fans!The focus of this update has been game balance. Making early game weapons more compelling and buffing some of the weaker commanders. We've also added a slot system for campaign saves, and made a bunch of important fixes.Weapon BalanceSeveral weapons have received a boost to make them more viable. The incendiary mortar is more damaging, while costing a little more to fire. Similarly, Swarm Missiles have an additional projectile, each one being more damaging, but it costs more to fire. Miniguns do more damage to bracing and have a more flexible aiming arc. Smoke Bombs are more responsive and are better at blocking Plasma Lasers
FPL - Season 6 Grand Final - WINNERS!2025-12-19G’day, Forts fans! Congratulations to Goldgoldgold! Winners of the sixth season of the official Forts Pro League. With the addition of the swiss bracket system, every team had to fight against increasingly powerful teams in order to make it to the next round. Even the winners of this season, team Goldgoldgold, Julian, Nils, and sub WoodyS, as well as their final opponents team Ro, Der Benzinpreisvergleicher and klaualles, along with their sub Salzwerk, all had to suffer two losses during the main stage, despite getting to the litteral top of the league in the end. Meanwhile, team Hazeorb, Taichu and Taretar, somehow won every single match, ap
Forts Ranked Multiplayer - Season 38 Champions!2025-12-11G'day Forts fans!Congratulations to Ryabzyk, winner of Season 38. Taking second is Julian, and in third is klaualles. While the top 3 places receive Gold, Silver, and Bronze, every eligible player finishing within the top 20 will receive a Season 38 Medal. Congratulations to all medalists as well! 1v1 LeaderboardRyabzykJulianklauallesDranistianPoolboywIND\ DomyI am myselfhhhhhhhhhhhhbilibili_模组小白InfinityАлександрThe SnakeNumenororBanaBanManBaumstaenderTTV木棉kuramaNilstho15rider Ranked Statistics- Firebeams + mortars was increasingly the method of choice to break stalemates at the top ranks.- Spook remains the most popular commander maintaining
Forts Pro League - Season 6 - Quarter-Finals2025-11-25G’day, Forts fans!The time has come at last, to decide which team wins it all!FPL Season 6 is coming to an end, but before that, we need to get through the Playoffs! After an extremely intense main stage, 8 teams have emerged, and will have to fight against each other in a single elimination bracket, to determine the ultimate champions.As usual, you can watch the playoffs live following your favourite streamer. The quarter finals are happening this Saturday 29th of November, at 7PM UTC! When is it going to happen?Saturday 29th November 2025 at 11am PST (West Coast USA) 2pm EST (East Coast USA) 7pm GMT (London) 8pm CET (France, Germany) 6am No
Forts Modder Showcase: Landcruisers by DeltaWing2025-11-15G'day Forts fans! The Forts community has always been full of creative minds building everything from crazy new weapons to full blown gameplay overhauls. These creators shape how we all continue to experience the game, and they often do it out of passion.As a team, we've come to recognize how that passion can come with its challenges. We've heard the feedback, we understand the frustration, and we want to make sure our modding scene feels supported, appreciated and celebrated for what it brings to Forts.With that in mind, we are introducing the Forts Modder Showcase:A Monthly Steam Spotlight that highlights one community mod and its creator,
Forts Pro League - Season 6 - Midseason event2025-11-02G’day, Forts fans!Now that we are almost at the halfway point of FPL Season 6, we would like to show off some matches from the main stage.Speaking of the main stage, it might also be the moment to remind everyone of the structure of this season, and speak a bit of what has happened so far! When is it going to happen?Sunday 9th November 2025 at 11am PST (West Coast USA) 2pm EST (East Coast USA) 7pm GMT (London) 8pm CET (France, Germany) 6am November 10th AEDT (Brisbane Australia) What's the status of this season?As a reminder, this season uses the swiss bracket format: teams fight each other and are seeded depending on how many wins/losses the
Happy Hallowe'en!2025-10-30Hallowe'en grows nigh, We terrify the dark elves, To stick to their word, To get Firebird on the shelves! With the end in sight, They delight in its heat, But until it’s done, Everyone works until beat! Fiendish Fire Alarm Ghoulish grievers fill the fire alarm! Demented Reactor Souls burn for eternity in the demented reactor, unless unleashed if their tomb is destroyed! Blood & Studs It's raining blood in the Cursed Landscape. Which team are you on? Team Gargoyle or Team Skull? Haunted Main Menu Halloween themed front end image! Hallowe'en Party Crashers Skullbags, Witchy Warheads, Ghost clouds and Cobweb cladding & cables join the hallowe'en