Dirty Bomb enters open beta on June 2nd
Splash Damage and Nexon America have announced that their upcoming team based shooter Dirty Bomb goes into open beta on June 2nd. It's been in closed beta for a while now on Steam but the developers clearly want as much feedback as possible before the game launches in the fall. They also have a new dev diary up explaining their shift from class-based gameplay to a more individual MOBA-style setup.
Splash Damage are talented people but after reviewing Quake Wars and Brink I sort of realized that they've been remaking the same game for years now--that game being Wolfenstein Enemy Territory. They try to integrate story into a class-based multiplayer environment but I've never felt that the plots to their games were terribly well implemented. Hopefully dirty bomb, with its story of high-scale looting in a terrorist-besieged London, will integrate the plot a little better.
DIRTY BOMB DROPS NEXT WEEK
Get Ready to #PLAYDIRTY in Dirty Bomb??s Open Beta, Live on Steam June 2
LOS ANGELES and LONDON ?? May 27, 2015 ??Splash Damage??s first-person shooter, Dirty Bomb, opens its floodgates on Tuesday, June 2, so prepare to get rich and die trying! For a behind-the-scenes look at what to expect from Dirty Bomb, check out the new video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxXbunzkSns.
??Dirty Bomb takes us back to our roots as a company dedicated to making competitive multiplayer shooters for hardcore gamers,?? said Paul Wedgwood, CEO of Splash Damage. ??Twenty years ago I played obsessively in a clan, competed in tournaments, made a mod for Quake 3, and as a result, founded Splash Damage with clan mates and friends. We??re grateful to have Dirty Bomb shaped by our players from an early alpha stage - With their dedication and feedback, along with the support from Nexon America, we think we??ve created something special.??
Dirty Bomb is a return to the classic FPS PC feel with frenetic run ??n gun action built for players with an appetite for heated competition, and the first in a new generation of games published by Nexon America. Free-to-play, and more importantly, free-to-win, Dirty Bomb is a unique asymmetrical team-based game in which players will select from a diverse group of Mercenaries, each with their own shining personalities, assorted talents and super-cool weapons, to create specialized squads to take into the fray on a quest for riches and bragging rights.
Dirty Bomb is currently in closed beta on Steam, but will be open to the public beginning Tuesday, June 2, 2015
About Dirty Bomb
London is enjoying the world??s worst hangover after a string of mysterious radiological attacks.
Now the city??s streets are the playground of Private Military Companies (PMCs) who battle to control its abandoned riches. After all, what??s a little radiation sickness when there??s money to be made?
Turns out the capital is a great place to make capital. You want in? Get ready to #PlayDirty!
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About Nexon America, Inc. http://www.nexon.net
Nexon America, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NEXON Co., Ltd. (??Nexon??) (3659.TO) a worldwide leader in free-to-play online games. Based in Los Angeles, Nexon America was founded in 2005 to bring the best of online entertainment to the North American audience. The company's growing library of titles includes fan-favorites MapleStory, the classic side-scrolling MMORPG; Vindictus,an action-packed combat MMO; and Dirty Bomb, Splash Damage??s multiplayer online first-person shooter, soon in open beta on Steam. Upcoming titles from Nexon America include a first-person shooter based on the critically acclaimed ??Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex?? IP; the first title from Cliff Bleszinski??s studio Boss Key Productions; and an unannounced title from United Front Games.
About Splash Damage http://www.splashdamage.com
Based in London, England, Splash Damage® Ltd is an independently-owned developer dedicated to AAA multiplayer experiences. The studio most recently released the #1 hit Batman: Arkham Origins® Multiplayer, and is currently working on Dirty Bomb, a brand new free-to-play multiplayer shooter. Other recent Splash Damage titles include the acclaimed worldwide #1 hit RAD Soldiers® for iPhone and iPad, and the worldwide #1 best-seller BRINK® for Xbox 360®, PlayStation®3 and PC. Splash Damage is best known for having developed the popular Enemy Territory franchise for id Software, including the world??s first free-to-play shooter Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory® and its PC sequel, the UK and US #1 hit Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars®.
