Developer BetaDwarf has introduced its latest recreation, Vaultbreakers. Beforehand recognized beneath the codename “Project F4E,” Vaultbreakers is described by its developer as a “hardcore top-down PvPvE ARPG,” and choose gamers will be capable of entry a closed playtest on the finish of the week.
“The sport is about in an evolving world that challenges gamers to assume tactically, adapt dynamically, and battle fiercely,” recreation director and BetaDwarf CEO Steffen Kabbelgaard mentioned in a press launch saying the sport. “With unpredictable occasions triggered by Changelings or different gamers, and with a give attention to participant talent and information, I consider we’re providing a contemporary new multiplayer ARPG expertise.”
BetaDwarf additionally shared a reveal trailer, which reveals Vaultbreakers’ gameplay together with a cinematic animation. In it, two gamers are proven battling a pair of enemies. One participant falls, whereas the opposite escapes by a portal, which serves as the sport’s extraction level.
“Many people within the workforce love the extraction recreation’s mechanics, however all of them are at the moment shooters,” lead recreation designer Nikolaj Wendt mentioned of the selection to mix extraction with a top-down ARPG. “Sadly, we’re additionally very unhealthy at shooters, however there wasn’t any various in the marketplace, so we determined to make our personal!”
A closed Vaultbreakers playtest encompassing the primary and second chapters of the sport’s narrative marketing campaign will start on January 31. Gamers who need to get their arms on the present construct can request entry by way of Steam or the official Vaultbreakers website. Entry keys may even be obtainable by Twitch Drops from choose content material creators, and in response to BetaDwarf, playtest contributors may even earn Legacy Factors, an in-game forex gamers can use to unlock rewards that may carry over to the sport’s closing construct when it formally launches.
Vaultbreakers’ official launch date has not but been introduced, however it’s at the moment obtainable to wishlist on Steam.