On February 19th, Beta 3 of Demigod will be released. A week after that, the window will close for new people to join the beta.
The purpose of Beta 3 of Demigod is to nail down balance and begin trying out the Pantheon – the persistent multiplayer universe.
Initially (as in the shipping game) the Pantheon will include the Forces of Light vs. Forces of Darkness tournament. As time goes on (and depending on how well the game does obviously) we’ll talk to the multiplayer community to see what kinds of other persistent online games they’ll want.
The goal here is to create something that people can keep playing online for years to come.
Beta 3 will deal with the various balance issues that this introduces and will give players a real opportunity to start really ripping apart exploits and things we haven’t thought of.
It will also be the final phase for us to make the multiplayer matchmaking not suck (In Beta 2D, it’s “better” but it’s a far cry from anything that could be shipped).
So stay tuned. We’ll have more to come soon.
