Closed Beta Weekend Three Update

We had a blast playing during our second Beta weekend with players from all over the world, and we’re gearing up to do it all again today. We’ve taken a lot of player feedback to heart and are starting to implement changes based on what we’ve heard from you. Our team is hard at work and Beta Weekend Four will see even more improvements!

This weekend, you can look forward to:

• Tank improvements. We’ve made a pass on both the Abrams and Stryker to improve the way they control and behave.

• New PvP mode. Hazard Pay joins the PvP lineup this week. Select PvE or PvP when entering Convergence to be placed on a server rotating game modes of that type.

Weekend Three will see us adding another round of players and running through the end of Memorial Day.

WEEKEND THREE DATES:

Starts: Friday, May 22nd at 12:00pm EST / 4:00pm UTC

Ends: Tuesday, May 26th at 10:00am EST / 2:00pm UTC

PLAYABLE MODES:

Tutorial - Learn the ropes of controlling a Beast in this single player tutorial experience.

Battle Arena - This Beasts-only mode lets you play versus friends or the CPU. Start the mode by yourself with no CPU and level the city for fun!

Hazard Pay (PvE & PvP) - Scientists need to gather important data on wild Beasts. Find them, help them collect their data, and return them to safety.

Beast Brawl (PvE & PvP) - Make the city your dominion. Link with a Beast, then take down and keep down the enemy Beasts to win.

Colony Purge (PvE & PvP) - A team-based scenario where players compete to locate and eliminate hidden Brute nests and lay claim to the city.

PLAYABLE BEASTS:

Horned Lizard

Mandrill

Bull Shark

NEW CONTENT & FEATURES:

• Hazard Pay PvP mode (available in Convergence).

• Tank improvements! Another pass was made on the Abrams and Stryker, they should feel a lot better to control now.

• First pass on Matchmaking implemented and server browser removed.

PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS & FIXES:

• Improved destruction performance at low & medium graphics settings.

• Fixed various issues that caused loss of control in-game.

• Adjustments to default graphics settings.

• Option to turn off Frame Gen added in Settings (defaults to On).

• Numerous crash fixes.

BEAST IMPROVEMENTS & FIXES:

• New audio SFX across many Beast moves.

• Further improvements to Beast combat.

• Improvements to Wild Beast behavior.

GAMEPLAY IMPROVEMENTS & FIXES:

• Improved Kill Cam.

• Added tooltips to Upgrades on Lobby screen.

• Numerous UI improvements.

• Battle Arena has more match configuration options to play with.

• Water now damages players & beasts.

• Fixed spiders & weapon parts appearing outside the map in Colony Purge.

• Improvements to haptic feedback on controller.

• More props and vehicles added to Wharf map