Quantic Dream is usually identified for its single-player, narrative-heavy video games like Detroit: Turn into Human and Heavy Rain, so it was a shock when the studio introduced a 3v3 enviornment multiplayer sport referred to as Spellcasters Chronicles. Now, the studio has revealed a brand new NPC named Ozdam Devam, the Chronicler of Ashkenon, who appears to be arrange because the keeper of the sport’s narrative parts.
When Spellcasters Chronicles was first introduced final October, Quantic Dream mentioned that it will nonetheless preserve its signature story focus by way of a “community-driven narrative.” The Chronicler appears to be one other piece of that puzzle, with a press launch referring to him as a “mysterious in-world narrator” and an “middleman between the group of Spellcasters and the world of mortals.”
Quantic Dream has launched a video to introduce Ozdam and his function, through which the wizened Chronicler addresses participant suggestions from the primary open beta with out breaking from his character or the in-game lore. Whereas the video is a cute method to deal with participant suggestions and ship patch notes, it appears to be establishing Ozdam as a personality who can translate participant suggestions or actions in-game into selections that may influence the continued story of Spellcaster Chronicles.
With the open beta now behind it and the suggestions analyzed, Quantic Dream has introduced that the following closed beta weekend can be going down between January 29 and February 2. The second beta will embody a brand new 5-lane enviornment map referred to as the Nordic Shore, a brand-new onboarding tutorial, new spells, summons, buildings, and extra.
For gamers who need to assure a spot within the subsequent beta, the studio has introduced numerous founder’s packs starting from $9 to $70, every of which embody unique beauty objects and a key for the second beta.
Gamers who miss out on the beta will not have to attend too lengthy to check out the sport, with the early entry launch coming subsequent month on February 26. The free-to-play Spellcasters Chronicles would not conform to any specific style of aggressive multiplayer, taking parts from MOBAs and deckbuilders to construct its personal distinctive fashion of 3v3 enviornment gameplay.