Game development
Gameplay and systems design, engine and network engineering, environment and character art, animation, audio, and QA — produced in-house on Unreal Engine 5.
The Studio
Impact Forge LLC
An independent video game developer and publisher. We make one game, and we make it ourselves.
Who We Are
Developer and publisher, both
Impact Forge LLC is a Limited Liability Company registered in the State of Minnesota, United States. We were founded in 2020 to build tactical multiplayer shooters that take their players seriously.
We are the developer of Battlespace: the game is designed, built and maintained in-house by our own team using Unreal Engine 5. We are also the publisher of Battlespace: we own the intellectual property, hold the storefront and platform relationships, set pricing and distribution, and are the party responsible to players under our published terms. There is no external publisher involved in the title.
That combination is deliberate. It means the people writing the netcode are the same people answering support mail, and it means decisions about the game are made by the team that has to live with them.
- Legal Name
- Impact Forge LLC
- Entity Type
- Limited Liability Company (State of Minnesota)
- Country
- United States
- Founded
- 2020
- Industry
- Video game development and publishing
- Role
- Developer and Publisher of Battlespace
- Current Title
- Battlespace — In Development
- Engine Licence
- Unreal Engine 5 (Epic Games, Inc. licensee)
- Official Website
- battlespace.dev
- General Contact
- [email protected]
What We Do
Everything that goes into shipping a game
Publishing
Storefront and platform relationships, age-rating submissions, pricing and distribution, marketing, community management and the player-facing legal terms for our titles.
Live services
Dedicated game servers, account and sign-in integration, matchmaking, moderation and anti-cheat, patching, and direct player support.
How We Work
Principles we hold to
- Depth over spectacle. Systems that reward learning beat systems that reward reflexes. We would rather a player win because they read the map correctly.
- Honest communication. We say what is in development and what is not. We do not announce dates we cannot hold, and we do not sell what does not exist yet.
- Fair monetisation. No pay-to-win. Nothing sold in Battlespace confers a competitive advantage in a match.
- Respect for player data. We collect what the game needs to run and to be supported, we say exactly what that is, and we do not sell personal information.
- Accountability. Support requests, privacy requests and legal notices reach the studio directly and are answered by us.
Technology
Unreal Engine and Epic Online Services
Unreal Engine 5
Our titles are developed with Unreal Engine 5 under licence from Epic Games, Inc. Impact Forge LLC is an Unreal Engine licensee and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Epic Games, Inc.
Epic Online Services
Battlespace integrates Epic Online Services, including Epic Account Services for Epic Games account sign-in, plus friends and matchmaking features. See the Online Services section of the game page and our Privacy Policy for details.