NARAKA: BLADEPOINT News

Melee battle royale Naraka: Bladepoint launches a closed beta today

Naraka: Bladepoint is an upcoming battle royale game looking to mix verticality with fierce melee combat and grappling hooks "that can be aimed at anyone, anywhere...". Developed by 24 Entertainment, it's described a "next-generation battle royale game", and it's getting ever closer to launch - a North America closed beta launches today.

As announced in a dev post on the multiplayer game's Steam page, the Naraka: Bladepoint closed beta launches today (November 3), and runs through November 9. The server opening times for those with closed beta keys are as follows: 16:00 - 22:00 PT / 19:00 - 01:00 (next day) ET / 00:00 - 06:00 November 4 UTC/GMT. It's worth noting, as highlighted in a previous dev post, players with keys based outside of NA can still participate in the beta, but "your gameplay experience may differ from those in that region (i.e. you may suffer with some lag and high latency issues during the game)".

As for what the game will hold, Naraka: Bladepoint sees you take on the role of a warrior, armed with melee weapons - images show options like greatswords, katanas, daggers, and other similar tools - and a grappling hook to battle it out, using acrobatic skills to traverse its vertical environments.

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NARAKA:BLADEPOINT NA Beta Starts Tomorrow

Date: Nov 3 - 9

Server Open Time:
PST 4 PM - 10 PM
EST 7 PM - 1AM
UTC 0 AM - 6AM (+1 Day)

See you in the game!

#From the Dev Team - 1

Dear players,
Thanks for all your interest in NARAKA: BLADEPOINT. We’re now preparing to release our first closed beta on Steam!
You first saw NARAKA over at The Game Awards 2019. Since that day, we’ve continued working tirelessly despite the pressures of COVID-19 to come up with all kinds of wonderful ideas and concepts—some of which you’ll get to experience for yourself in the beta. As for the rest, there’s a great deal that we’re still developing and perfecting; and of course, some of which we’ve already cast aside. In any case, there’s one thing that we’re certain of: it’s about time you got hands-on with NARAKA!

The main goal of this beta is to collect player feedback.
In this closed-beta edition of the game players will get to experience a wealth of exciting content, an armory of different ranged and melee weapons, and numerous characters each with their own unique skills—not to mention the grappling hooks that everyone’s been talking about. There’s a whole world of other content just waiting to be discovered, too. We hope that each player will find something that piques their interest, and that you’ll provide us with detailed feedback and suggestions.

Feedback channels:
• The in-game survey.
Please fill out our survey with your honest opinion; we’ll be reading each and everyone to see what you think!
• Discord.
Everyone is welcome to join the feedback conversation in our Discord, where you can share your experience and suggestions with other players.

• Twitter.
You can always just shoot us a DM over on Twitter, too.

We’ll be keeping in close contact with our online community as release approaches. Come chat with us over on Discord!

Head over to the official site to sign up for beta access. Keys are given out daily on our Discord, too.

See you in the game!

Cheers,
NARAKA: BLADEPOINT Dev Team

#IMPORTANCE - NARAKA: BLADEPOINT's first Closed Beta starts on Nov 3rd

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Dear players!
1. From our development team:
We’ve been talking to everyone across our growing community on Twitter for a while and we’re happy that we’re finally able to announce that players can join us and try out NARAKA: BLADEPOINT in the closed beta next month!

2. Closed Beta schedule:
North America — the beta starts on the 3rd of November and the servers will stay open until November 9th.

For more information:
Website: https://www.narakathegame.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NARAKATHEGAME
Discord: https://discord.gg/narakabladepoint

3. How to get a closed beta key
Apply for a beta key on our website and keep an eye on our Discord for key giveaways!

*Please be aware, if you’re outside of North America, we’re happy for you to take keys but your gameplay experience may differ from those in that region (i.e. You may suffer with some lag and high latency issues during the game).

Naraka: Bladepoint is running a closed beta next month, and we'll have keys

We caught our first glimpse of Naraka: Bladepoint at the Game Awards late last year, and now it's gearing up for a closed beta. 24 Entertainment has announced that it will run its closed beta for Naraka: Bladepoint November 3-9, and we'll have a few keys to hand out next week.

Naraka: Bladepoint is a battle royale game based on surgical melee combat and high-flying grappling hook acrobatics. 24 Entertainment says its Morus Island is designed with vertical movement in mind, and you'll be able to grapple your way to just about anything - or anyone - you can lay eyes on.

Unlike the grappling hook found in Sekiro, Naraka: Bladepoint's grapplers can hook onto anything, so you can pull yourself through cover toward an enemy, pouncing on them from an unseen vantage point, or use it as a ripcord to escape an encounter that hasn't gone in your favour. There's plenty to see on Morus Island, too - a massive shipwreck, abandoned mines, a giant Buddha statue - and all of it can be traversed using your hook and climbing abilities.

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