Wildgate Patch 1.5 went live April 28, and PlayStation's launch trailer gives Moonshot Games' crew-based PvPvE shooter a fresh push at a useful moment. This is not a new platform reveal or a sequel tease. It is a content update aimed at making Wildgate easier to re-enter, especially if the game's mix of ship management, boarding raids, first-person firefights and extraction-style pressure bounced off you at launch.
The main change is a redesigned Treasure Hunt mode. In the official Update 1.5 preview, Moonshot says Treasure Hunt has been reworked with ship progression and five zones to explore, each harder than the last. The studio frames the mode as a more substantial PvE experience and a better learning space for players who want time to understand Wildgate's systems before getting thrown into its most chaotic crew fights.
That is a sensible target for Wildgate. The game's pitch has always been unusually busy in a good way: one crew keeps a ship alive with fuel, ice and ammo while rivals fight, board, sabotage and chase the Artifact across a procedurally generated map called the Reach. Artifact Brawl and Fleet Battle lean into that competitive mayhem. Treasure Hunt gives the same toolset a softer landing, with salvage, hazards and escape pressure taking more of the spotlight.
Patch 1.5 also adds new Starlogs to unlock and a custom live lobby browser. According to Moonshot, players can browse, search and join public lobbies, send or receive private match invites and use custom tags to find the kind of match they want. For a multiplayer game that depends on crews finding the right rhythm, that kind of quality-of-life change can matter as much as another weapon or cosmetic drop.
Solo play is part of the update's pitch too. Moonshot says the Treasure Hunt redesign and a rear turret gunner on Solo Outlaw are meant to make the game friendlier for players queueing without a regular crew. The update also includes boarding nerfs and defender crew bonuses, which should make ship invasions harder to force and easier to answer.
Wildgate launched on July 22, 2025. Store pages list Dreamhaven as publisher and Moonshot Games as developer, with the game available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. On PlayStation Store, Steam and Xbox, Wildgate is described as a PvPvE multiplayer shooter with three modes: Artifact Brawl, Fleet Battle and Treasure Hunt.
The trailer earns a standalone look because Patch 1.5 is more than a routine balance pass. It changes how one of Wildgate's core modes is positioned, gives solo players more support and adds a lobby tool that directly affects how people group up. For a smaller multiplayer game trying to keep crews in orbit after launch, those are the kinds of updates that can decide whether players give it another night.