The exciting survival ARPG Gatewalkers has been in open alpha since June 2020. Following important player feedback, the beta is set to start soon.
What’s happening: The survival ARPG Gatewalkers from Polish developer A2 Softworks will remain in open alpha until January 8. This means the title has been in alpha for over half a year and has reportedly attracted around 80,000 unique players who have given a positive rating of 83%.
Our MeinMMO editors Benedict Grothaus and Leya Jankowski were also thrilled while trying it out.
The feedback from players will now be implemented in the upcoming beta, which starts on February 3.
What will change: The developers have not yet mentioned what exactly will be adjusted, but they give us a little insight:
- Character customization
- Balance
- Skill tree
- Chargeable skills
- Improved graphics
- Revamped interface
- And much more
They are also planning to add new things:
- Solo combos
- Healing items
- Conditional skills
- Background music
The upcoming beta test is mainly to gather further feedback on the changes. However, there is still no release date for Gatewalkers.
This is the survival ARPG Gatewalkers
Gatewalkers is a survival action RPG for up to four players. As is typical in ARPGs, for example in Diablo or Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem, it is played from an isometric perspective.
This is how Gatewalkers plays: You move your character through the various areas of the game world, take on various quests from your main base, and fight monsters and challenging bosses while following the story. In the game world, you also encounter puzzles to solve and, survival-style, collect resources like wood or stones to craft items, weapons, and equipment.
In Gatewalkers, there is no fixed class system; instead, the equipment you wear determines what abilities you can use. You can develop the skill tree freely to support your playstyle.
Your weapons can also be enchanted with elements to combine your attacks into powerful combos with other players. Similar to how it works with elemental concatenations in the co-op RPG Genshin Impact.
Currently, Gatewalkers is being developed for PC and MAC, but a PlayStation and Xbox version will follow. The developers would also like to see a Nintendo Switch version.
