Gaming: Windrose developers ask players if they 'happen to know someone at a major ISP' who can help diagnose online co-op issues (2026)

Gaming: Windrose developers ask players if they 'happen to know someone at a major ISP' who can help diagnose online co-op issues (2026)

"To be completely transparent, we’re still trying to figure out what exactly is going wrong here." Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team. Unlock instant access to exclusive member features. Get full access to premium articles, exclusive features and a growing list of member rewards. Windrose is an entirely PvE focused co-op survival game, so it makes perfect sense that players are eager to party up and run their own Windrose dedicated servers. Overall launch has been pretty smooth for the early access game—on day two on Steam it reached a peak of nearly 100,000 concurrent players, and reviews remain very positive—but online connectivity has been bumpy. Bumpy enough, even, for developer Kraken Express to put out a call in Windrose's Discord server: Any ISP pros in the house? "If you happen to work with, or know someone at a major EU/NA ISPs who might be open to speaking with us, we would truly appreciate an introduction. It could make a real difference in improving co-op connectivity for everyone," the developers posted in the Discord on Wednesday. While playing Windrose myself with PC Gamer's Chris Livingston, huge, multi-second lag spikes and hangs were common. And we live only a couple hours away from each other by car in northern California, so our ping should be pretty good.

Source: PC Gamer