Tag Archives: Open Beta

Just a couple of weeks ago, Nvidia and Turtle Rock Studios announced that upcoming co-op zombie shooter, Back 4 Blood, will support DLSS at launch for RTX-series graphics cards. As it turns out, we'll be getting an early look at the performance gains DLSS brings during the beta, which kicked …

Earlier this month, Battlefield 2042 was officially announced, with DICE promising a beta ahead of the game's October release. Reportedly, the open beta will be taking place in September, giving anyone a chance to download and play the game ahead of release.  According to fan-site ‘Battlefield Bulletin‘, the Battlefield 2042 …

Turtle Rock Studios' upcoming game, Back 4 Blood, finally returned to the spotlight last night during Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest. During the event, the game's open beta was announced, which is now officially taking place in August.  Turtle Rock Studios has been working on Back 4 Blood for a …

Chivalry: Medieval Warfare was one of the most popular multiplayer PC games back in the early 2010s and over the years, the studio has been working on a big sequel to compete with the likes of For Honor and other modern multiplayer brawlers. Chivalry 2 is coming in less than …

We learned back in February that Final Fantasy XIV would be getting a free update to take advantage of the PlayStation 5's more powerful hardware. Now, the PS5 version of the MMO is in open beta, complete with new visual enhancements and smoother frame rates. Over on the PlayStation Blog, …

Asus is doing a massive update to its GPU Tweak app with the launch of the open beta of GPU Tweak III. Similar to MSI Afterbuner and EVGA PrecisionX, GPU Tweak III software allows users to monitor, tweak, and overclock their GPUs. To the users coming from GPU Tweak II, the …

League of Legends: Wild Rift is finally heading to new territories. Riot's mobile and console focused take on League of Legends is entering Open Beta in Europe next month.  Wild Rift was announced just over a year ago as a “redesigned 5v5 League of Legends MOBA” for consoles and mobile …

Following on from last weekend's closed pre-order beta, Marvel's Avengers is officially entering open beta today across all platforms, including PC, Xbox One and PS4. As you would expect, all of the content that has been available in the closed beta sessions remains available here, featuring several hours worth of …

Just as expected, Ubisoft announced the Hyper Scape open beta, which is now live. Currently, the beta is only available on PC via uPlay, but if you don't have a capable PC, you can also access the beta via GeForce Now.  As we learned last week, Hyper Scape is Ubisoft's …

After a very successful stint in closed beta, Riot's new shooter, Valorant, is ready to launch. The character-based tactical shooter will be available to everyone for free on the 2nd of June. If you were waiting for an open beta, then you are also in luck, as Riot Games will …

The open beta for Ninjala, an arena brawler for Nintendo Switch, will start next week. The open beta will be public and available globally on both April 28 and 29, in three different time periods, each for one hour. Ninjala is a multiplayer arena action game where you play as …

While the Resident Evil Twitter account has yet to announce the news, it would seem that the RE: Resistance open beta is now live once again. The game originally entered open beta on Steam on Friday but matchmaking issues forced the game to be pulled offline. Today, the Resident Evil …

The open beta for Resident Evil: Resistance was due to eat up some of our time this weekend but unfortunately, some unforeseen technical issues have been discovered and as a result, Capcom has pulled the beta from download and postponing it.  Resident Evil 3 Remake comes out in just a …

Starborne is a free-to-play MMORTS for PC. Developed by the Icelandic studio Solid Clouds, this game has been in development since 2014, and it has been in alpha since 2015. Now, with over 180,000 registered users and 211 years of gameplay time during alpha, Starborne is about to start its …

Over the course of this year, the ‘auto battle' genre has grown to be quite popular for MOBA titles. At BlizzCon this month, Blizzard announced it would be bringing a similar game mode to Hearthstone known as Hearthstone Battlegrounds, pitting eight players against each other in a last player standing …

Last week, Ubisoft announced the dates and unlock times for the Ghost Recon Breakpoint open beta. The follow up to Wildlands is swiftly approaching with an early October release date. Now after ironing out some last minute server connection issues, the open beta is live and ready to be played. …

Ghost Recon Breakpoint is Ubisoft’s upcoming co-operative shooter and sequel to the popular Ghost Recon Wildlands. The second Breakpoint beta offers an early hands-on experience of the game and is due to start this coming week, spread over four days. The beta will start on the 26th of September and continue until …

Modern Warfare returns this year for the Call of Duty franchise, bringing back classic multiplayer modes and a single-player campaign. The beta has already been live on the PS4 for a few days now but this weekend, the open beta also kicks off for PC and Xbox One players- we …

While there were some issues getting all major platform holders to open up to the idea of cross-platform multiplayer, we have now reached a point where everyone is on board. As a result, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will officially be making the jump, opening up multiplayer matchmaking to include …

Blizzard caught a lot of flack a couple of years ago for striking down private servers hosting Vanilla WoW. This year, the team will be making things right by launching WoW Classic, an official version of Vanilla World of Warcraft available to all active players. Classic is currently in closed …

After announcing The Division 2 in March last year, Ubisoft has been working away on getting the game up to scratch in time for launch. Last month, The Division 2 went through a closed beta test period and now today, we'll be getting a fully open beta. The Division 2's …

After announcing The Division 2 in March last year, Ubisoft has been working away on getting the game up to scratch in time for launch. Last week, The Division 2 went through a closed beta test period and now next month, we'll be getting a fully open beta just ahead …

Back in May, EA officially announced Battlefield 5, which will be heading our way on the 19th of October. As usual though, there will be a beta beforehand. If you would like to give the multiplayer a try ahead of launch, then you'll be able to do so very soon. …

There might be quite a bit of buzz surrounding Call of Duty: WWII but the jury is still out on how good the game will actually be. If you would like to get a feel for the game's multiplayer ahead of time, then you can jump in to the open …

Late last week, Bungie's Destiny 2 beta opened up for all players on console and we have already heard some of the changes being implemented into the final game as a result of this testing. While the beta was initially set to end yesterday, it is now being extended a …

It has been almost a year since we got our first look at Quake Champions but all of id Software's work appears to be coming to a head as the game is now ready for the public to get its hands on. There have been a few rounds of closed …

Since announcing Quake Champions at E3 last year, id Software has been working away on getting the game ready for the eyes of the public. We've had a couple of rounds of closed beta tests up to this point and now, a ‘large scale' open beta is coming at the …

Today is the day that For Honor gets one last round in beta form before fully releasing to the world. The Open Beta has officially gone live on PC, Xbox One and PS4 but there will be some changes compared to the closed beta just a couple of weeks ago. This …

While excitement for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare has taken a hit this year, things seem to be at an all-time high for Battlefield 1 right now, which will see DICE turn back the clock to an alternate history version of World War I. If you have been waiting to give …

While the bulk of Bethesda's 2015 E3 presentation focussed on Fallout 4, the studio did also announce an Elder Scrolls themed spin-off card game known as Elder Scrolls: Legends. After sitting in closed beta for just over a year, Bethesda has now opened the floodgates, allowing anyone to download the …