Bandai Namco will begin a closed beta period next Friday for Rise of Incarnates, the two-on-two fighting game from the Tekken and Soul Calibur creators. Those in Europe and Australasia can get in the testing phase by signing up on the game's official website. The doors to the beta program open at 9:00 a.m. CET (8:00 a.m. UTC) on Friday, August 8. It will last ten full days, ending at the same time on Monday, August 18.
Another one of Bandai Namco’s free-to-play titles is being abandoned.
The publisher has announced that Rise of Incarnates will be terminated on December 15th 2015. The game’s currency is, as of today, no longer available to download.
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Rise Of Incarnates bears all the hallmarks of a modern videogame – a free-to-play business model, online-focused design and a setting ripe for further commercial exploitation. Yet beneath these features, the core of the design goes back to the early days of 3D combat games. That’s not actually a bad thing though – Rise Of Incarnates borrows a lot from Sega’s Virtual On series, a fact that can be traced back to its roots as a Westernised take on Bandai Namco’s own Gundam Vs Mech combat games.
Players of the Co-op Action PC title can now play as a new character