Behaviour Interactive is entering a milestone marker in the development of Warhammer 40K: Eternal Crusade with the commencement of the closed alpha phase beginning on Monday, September 14th. Captain Pack + backers will gain access at that time, with other backer levels to be added (hopefully) in October.
The alpha will include the first look at the "shooter" aspect of WH40K:EC, with the "massive" to come later with the addition of more and more players. Later, other features including visual personalization options, more game modes, PvE and the last factions will be added over time.
Besides many of the core systems mentioned above, what you will find is a very traditional entry into individual maps basically. These are individual outposts or fortresses with various game modes. Soon there will be different biomes like snow or lava and “mutators” as we call them, like a warp storm or night mode, which highly affects the factions abilities to fight on the same map. You will enter a queue and jump straight into the fray.
Read the entire State of the Crusade letter on the Warhammer 40K: Eternal Crusade site.
