We collected amazing feedback and we were overjoyed to see so many players get their hands on the beta build and have tons of fun.
We’re now ready to top that: on January 31 we’ll re-open the beta on Steam.
What is it?
It will be an Open Beta, meaning that everyone will be accepted automatically and immediately. It will also mean you will be able to stream the game, make videos of it and upload them, talk about it with your friends. Simply put, there will be no NDA restrictions. The Open Beta will be available until February 16.
It will be a multiplayer beta only and it will contain no single-player content whatsoever. The game at launch will contain single-player scenarios and single-player campaigns, but the purpose of this playtest phase is to test online play.
The beta build currently contains 6 multiplayer maps playable in 5vs5 with only 4 out of the ten specializations the game will contain at launch, for the two playable factions, USA and Russia.
If you pick the USA you will play as USMC and Armored and if you pick Russia you will play as VDV and Guard tanks. Each faction will propose 3 additional specializations at launch.
Multiplayer challenge
We have decided to challenge the community with a contest: during those 16 days players will have the chance to climb two unique leaderboards: K/D ratio and Win/Loss ratio.
At the end of the open beta we’ll know who the winners and top players among the community are. We will also reward the most active player for the duration of the beta.
Victory will be rewarded with the possibility of taking part in a special live round table with the developers: those who manage to get in the first five positions of each leaderboard will get the chance to take part in this live event with Steel Balalaika and they will be able to talk with the developers, offering them feedback and opinions and asking whatever they want about the game. We’ll make sure to update you daily on Discord on who is leading each leaderboard.
December’s closed beta in numbers
We have prepared some infographics to showcase some of the numbers from the closed beta testing phase in December. We’re really proud of them, but do let us know if there are specific stats you would like to know and we’ll see what we can do.
