From 15th to 19th, ShootMania Storm will be at Gamescom in Köln (Germany), the world’s largest traid fair and event high light for interactive games and entertainment.
On August 15th, ShootMania will be part of Ubisoft press conference dedicated to online and esport line up.
During this conference, 2 top teams will play a showmatch on ShootMania Storm Elite mode, which will be shoutcasted by the famous Joe Miller.
Four other teams will have a chance to join our already qualified teams for the finals on August, 17th.
So if you have not been given the opportunity to participate in our on-line qualifiers or if you were simply unlucky, you still have a chance to qualify your team for the finals by participating in the final qualifier which will be held Thursday, 16th August at the Gamescom.
This last qualifier will only include 16 teams. The best four of them win their place for the finals, which are going to be held the next day.
So, if you have the opportunity to go to Cologne and if you want to register your team for this “last chance” qualifier, here is how we will proceed:
8 teams will be selected by ESL & Nadeo according to various criteria, the results obtained during the four qualifiers. They will be contacted shortly.
8 other teams will be selected via a random drawing which will be held Friday, 10th August. Of course, if you want to give your team a chance to be selected, you must register.
Register your team for the random drawing here!
The signup will be close Friday 10th of August, at 15.00 CEST.
See you this Friday, to find out the names of the 16 teams who are going to participate in the Qualifier on August 16th at the Gamescom!
Source: ESL
Hello everyone,
Qualifying for the Op3n ShootMania tournament has been very competitive towards the end of last week, but now it’s over. It’s time to reveal you the teams who have successfully gained a place in the tournament.
Millenium (Strenx, aKm, theK1ng)
colwn (Stermy, Winz, link1n)
Dignitas (Zaccubus, Kowa, GaRpY, nvc)
redWave (OuTrag3, Kryw, XSOO)
With these teams competing we can guarantee the level of the competition will be very high! Though the qualifications for the Op3n are not completely over, there will be one last chance at GamesCom, before the final phase of the tournament.
The final qualification phase will allow four more teams to compete in the Op3n ShootMania GamesCom tournament which will take place during the event.
Be prepared to follow the rest of the competition during GamesCom, it’s gearing up to be a great show! GamesCom will be held from 16th to 19th August. We hope to see you at the Ubisoft and ESL booths!
ShootMania will be at Gamescom from the 16th to the 19th of August, with a European-wide tournament organized by the ESL boasting a prize pool of up to 8000€ !
From the 24th to the 31rst of July, European teams are able to register to the Op3n ShootMania Gamescom tournament on www.shootmania.com/esl. The first 4 qualification phases will take place online during 4 days between the 31st and 3rd of August, and the winning team of each phase will be qualified for the finals taking place on the 17th of August at the Gamescom show in Cologne, Germany. A last qualification phase will take place on site on the 16th of August, allowing 4 more teams to take part in the tournament.
All qualification phases will be broadcasted online and shoutcasted by Joe Miller from the ESL TV as well as the finals who will be livestreamed, allowing everyone to take part in the event.
Visitors at Gamescom will be able to discover ShootMania and and challenge pro-gamers on the ESL and Ubisoft booth throughout the show. More information on the Op3n ShootMania Gamescom 2012 can be found on www.shootmania.com/esl
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Hello everyone,
We are very happy to announce that it’s now possible to pre-order ShootMania Storm!
This pre-order will give you immediate and unlimited access to the Beta.
More good news:
20% off during the pre-order ($15.99/15,99€/12,79£ instead of $19.99/19,99€/15,99£)
3 & 5 Players Packs at reduced prices to play in teams or between friends
So don’t delay ! Go to the ManiaPlanet Shop.
Celebrate with us today and as always Good Luck and Have Fun!
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Hello everyone,
Yesterday we have sent out the first wave of invitations for the ShootMania Storm Beta. Of course some of you have several questions about the Beta so we made a FAQ about it:
I registered for the Beta on the official site but didn’t receive my key. Why have other people received their key?
That’s normal, we sent the invites chronologically from the time players registered for the Beta. Several waves of invitations will be sent through the coming days/weeks.
Apparently I received a key valid for only 7 days. Does this mean the beta last 7 days and that the game will release after? Am I able to extend this period?
The key that you’ve received is valid for 7 days from the day you use it, you have until 31th July to use it or it will be deactivated. The Beta will last more than 7 days but we wish that every player registered to the Beta have the opportunity to test ShootMania Storm.
A way to extend your beta period will be announced soon.
The key has an expiration date?
You can use your key until the 31th July.
Where can I download ShootMania Storm?
A unique download link will be sent to you by GamesPlanet, use the promotional code given to you by email on the website:
http://maniaplanet.gamesplanet.com/shop/shootmania-storm-beta-pass/
I can’t buy the game/beta access on the GamesPlanet shop.
It’s not possible to buy ShootMania Storm yet. The price is only here for informative purposes.
My Alpha login doesn’t work with the Beta!
For the Alpha we used a masterserver different from the one use for the regular ManiaPlanet players (playing on TrackMania² Canyon). With the launch of the Beta we have decided to bring the TrackMania and ShootMania players together and to use the regular masterserver.
If you don’t have a ManiaPlanet account, please create a new one to be able to play (which will be used for all the ManiaPlanet titles).
I don’t have access to the ShootMania Storm or the Titles Pack Joust, Elite & Heroes!
If you have a TrackMania² Canyon account, you only need to add the key through the Player Page: http://player.maniaplanet.com (“Account” -> “Player keys”). You’ll have the possibility to load ShootMania Storm in one of your stations at the next launch of ManiaPlanet.
Once you’ve download ShootMania Storm, if the Joust & Elite titles are not present in the titles list, you only need to restart ManiaPlanet to make them appear. Then you can load Joust or/and Elite in a station.
What are the official game modes in ShootMania Storm?
Actually there are 8 officials modes developed by Nadeo for ShootMania Storm:
Melee : Free for All, the player has a certain amount of hit to do to win the map
Royal : A survival Free for All, where the aim is to be the last man standing at the end of the round. It’s possible to activate a sphere which will shrink the playing field via a pole which is generally located at the center of the map.
BattleWaves : Variant of the Battle mode. From the moment where a player starts to capture a pole, a timer of 15 seconds begins for the offender team. The poles can be captured during the time. At the contrary, if the team in defense succed to push back the offender during the 15 seconds they can capture the pole of the opponent team.
Time Attack : The goal is to arrive to a pole located somewhere in the map by passing all the checkpoints as quickly as possible. The player with the best time at the end of the time period wins the map.
Elite : a 3 vs 3 mode. On the field there is an offender equipped with a laser gun (can eliminate an opponent in one hit) with 3 armor points, must survive 45 seconds against 3 defenders equipped with rocket launchers (one armor damage per rocket). Once the time expires, he has 15 seconds to capture the pole or eliminate the 3 defenders (he can also do it the 45 first seconds) to win the round.
Joust : 1 v 1 mode. Players have limited ammunitions. They have to touch one of the poles present in the map to reload their weapons. To win a round, a player must hit his opponent a certain amount of time.
Yet several game modes have already be created by the community!
What’s a station?
A station is the place where you can load a Title (like Joust, Elite and/or Heroes) but can be many things like a graphic mod, a campaign (collection of maps), a minigame created with the ManiaScript and more.
You can unload a station by pressing the “Del” key on a station but note that you can’t unload a major station like TrackMania² Canyon and ShootMania Storm. The working is like a DVD drive 🙂
Do i have to paid to get Joust, Elite and Heroes modes?
These modes are delivered for free with ShootMania Storm. Once you have access to ShootMania Storm, you’ll find the Titles in the carrousel (by pressing the “Page Up” key in ManiaPlanet, you’ll maybe have to restart ManiaPlanet to display them if you have registered a ShootMania Storm key ingame).
How can I create a dedicated server for ShootMania Storm (or TrackMania² Canyon) ?
Everything is explained on this page. The files of the dedicated server are located in this forum.
You’re now prepared to join us and have fun!
Feel free to talk about it on the forums 😉
Hello everyone,
We are happy to announce the ShootMania Storm Beta is about to begin. To any player wishing to test the game, you have until the 2nd July 2012 to register.
To begin the Beta, all of the Alpha players will receive a 7-day Beta key. So it’s very important that all Alpha players have indicated a valid email in their ingame profile.
Now for the best part… Every player who has registered for the Beta on the official site will receive a 7-day ShootMania Storm Beta key!
But that’s not all, a new mode will also appear in the Beta : “Siege”, a 5 vs 5 competitive mode.
So to everyone interested in playing ShootMania Storm, register now at www.shootmania.com before it’s too late !
Finally, don’t forget to watch this short video from the Alpha and to look at the three new screenshots:
See you for the Beta and feel free to talk about the news on the forum!
Hello everyone,
This is this saturday that the Cyberathlete Summit, featuring ShootMania Storm for its first edition, will take place at the Espace Pierre Cardin at Paris. This event gathering most of the best FPS players of the world will confront each other on the ShootMania Storm Elite Mode (3vs3).
Hello everyone !
You have not heard the last from us on the FPS eSport scene! We are happy to announce that ShootMania Storm will be present at DreamHack Summer this year!
For this special occasion, we have decided to offer everyone attending DreamHack an alpha access and invite them to participate in a ShootMania Joust mode tournament.
Hello everyone,
Don’t forget that today at 3pm PDT (6pm EST / 10pm GMT / 11.59pm CEST) the Ubisoft E3 Press Conference starts and will feature an exciting ShootMania showmatch between famous pro-gamers like veNema, marLa, SpawN, Stermy, Swifty and Ali.
Don’t miss the event and watch it live on the Ubisoft Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/Ubisoft