Hey everyone – We are just under two weeks away from Crossplay Beta on September 25! We’re continuing to get things ready, and releasing our .23 build, so you have a chance to see what’s new before Crossplay Beta officially kicks off.
Here’s what you can look forward to this week:
Tuesday, September 15
Ahead of this week’s release of the 0.23 build, patch notes go live on Tuesday so you can get your eyes on all of the updates. This patch contains all of the changes going into the Crossplay Beta build! There’s a ton to dive into with this patch, but a few highlights include:
A rework of the new player experience that makes learning the game more intuitive and accessible
Updates across Spires, from changes to the economy to the addition of a new mode, Bot Spires
A bunch of performance fixes, many of which were a direct result of feedback from Tech Tests
Thank you to everyone who played this month, reported issues, and shared feedback with us – we appreciate it all! For the complete list of updates and bug fixes, check out the full patch notes tomorrow on our website, Steam, and across socials.
Thursday, September 17
Since the last few playtests have been focused on Spires, we've been craving some Ascension time, and we know you have too! So on Thursday, Jeremy aka “SunsetLion” (Arkheron’s Game Director) will be hosting two custom Ascension matches – below are the windows:
North America: 5:00pm - 6:00pm PDT | 8:00pm - 9:00pm EST
Europe: 6:00pm - 7:00pm BST | 7:00pm - 8:00pm CEST
Friday, September 18 - Saturday, September 19
On Friday and Saturday, we’re back with more limited tech tests of Endless Spires, but now with the .23 updates! If you’re new to Arkheron, Spires is our 3v3 arena-style game mode with no limit on the number of Floors you climb. This will be the last tech test ahead of the Crossplay Beta on September 25! Similar to last weekend, this tech test will be limited to North America and Europe as we’re focusing testing on regions with higher player density so that we can get some of the technical insights needed to improve performance. And if you’re in Asia-Pacific and South America, you can still queue up by changing your region, just expect to see longer wait times. As always, you can join in on Bots and Custom Games.
Here are the server uptimes for each region:
North America: 5:00pm - 10:00pm PDT | 8:00pm - 1:00am EDT
Europe: 6:00pm - 11:00pm BST | 7:00pm - 12:00am CEST
See you in the Tower!