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Happy 8th birthday Forts!

Thank you to everyone who has joined us on this now 8 year journey of construction, destruction, and reconstruction. Perhaps the real fort we've been building was the friends we made along the way? Numbers and graphs and words alone can hardly express how much the Forts community means to us. Every stat represents countless stories from everyone who has ever played or watched Forts. We are honoured to share this ongoing story with all of you.

And to further celebrate, the entire Forts catalog is on sale now until April 26th. It's the perfect time to expand your own Forts library or to share Forts with friends. Here's to year 9!

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From the casual Corporals to the completionist Commanders. Whether an Engineer just dipping their toes or a dedicated Fabricator. If you're still a newly minted Private, fresh from the barracks and stilll learning which end of the cannon to point towards the enemy, or a seasoned Sergeant who has definitely never collapsed their own fort, your contributions show up in these totals. Where will you be in year 9?

EWG Lifetime Steam Units: 1,750,018
All-time peak players: 2583 (7280*)
Workshop Mods: 3260
Workshop Maps: 31166
Discord Members: 9730
Updates: 74

Most popular commander - Overall: Architect
Most popular commander - Ranked: Pinchfist
Players completed Black Gold campaign on hard: 8657
Players completed Moonshot campaign on hard: 2815
Players completed High Seas campaign on hard: 1444
Battles fought: 106.3 million
Hours spent: 26.7 million

*Free multiplayer weekend

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If you haven't already, join our Forts Official Discord [discord.gg] server to connect with other players, share strategies, create maps and mods, and for more information on upcoming events.

Thanks for playing Forts, and here's to eight more years!
EWG

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Want to know how season 5 of the FPL is going? Join the mid season livestream, to see some of your favorite teams battle!

The group stage has been going for a few weeks, and about 40 matches have been played so far. This week marks the halfway point for the group stage, so we wanted to show you some matches, as well as give a recap of the scores up to now.

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Saturday 12th April 2025 at

• 12pm PDT (West Coast USA)
  
• 3pm EDT (East Coast USA)
  
• 8pm GMT (London)
  
• 9pm CEST (France, Germany)
  
• 5am April 13th AEST (Brisbane Australia)

We will be livestreaming 4 matches from the 4th round of FPL matches:

• Good Geese (Александр & TNV) VS Smaugsense (Baumständer & Lord Wahlter)
  
• Beaten (EtaN & butterdog) VS Underwater Hogs (Doriepixar & Brucepixar)
  
• Green Leaf (Dranistian & Taretar) VS Anime Gun Team (Odasan & Dieerel)
  
• ecks dee s1gma (Ryabzyk & zvxq) VS Famfulínci (spaghetsie & kuba)

During the matches, casters will also recap some of the matches from previous weeks, give the current scores, as well as some stats[docs.google.com] from the commander and map pick&bans.

• FPL Season 5[www.challengermode.com] at Challengermode
  
  
• The Official Forts Discord[discord.gg]

Project Incursus

Salzwerk[twitch.tv]

Communauté Forts FR (Gusteagle & Pile Rouillée)[www.twitch.tv]

Cheers,
EWG