Mike Bantick
Tuesday, 20 January 2009 06:12
Opinion and Analysis
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3) What can you tell us about the content of the beta?
The Beta will allow you to play as all four initial races – Space Marines, Orks, Eldar and Tyranids.
Skill-based matchmaking will be tested as will the party system that allows players to invite and search for matches with up to two friends. Leaderboards and player stats for ranked games will be available in-game for you to track your progress against other Beta players.
Players will also be able to host public custom games in case they want to play on a particular map with a particular group of people.
The Beta will include five multiplayer maps - two 1v1s and three 3v3s.
4) The beta will only be available to
Soulstorm owners this week? When will the beta be offered to the general public?
The Beta begins January 21st with exclusive priority access for Soulstorm owners. To get in on the 21st, you simply need to own a valid copy of Soulstorm (either digital or physical), log into Steam and enter your product key. Steam will recognize the key and give you access to the Beta.
As of January 28th, the Beta will be made publicly available on Steam as well as the Games for Windows – LIVE Marketplace.
5) How long will the beta run?
The Beta will run up until DOWII ships to stores, so roughly about four weeks.
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