The SF-MMO shooter Rising Fire has entered closed beta in China. The game could be the gaming giant Tencent’s answer to Destiny.
We recently reported on the gaming division of the Chinese conglomerate Tencent. It is enormous and has earned as much in 3 months as Ubisoft and Take-Two did in the whole year of 2016 combined.
The gaming market in China has developed differently than in Europe and North America: consoles like PS4 and Xbox One play no role there. The PC is the dominant platform – mobile gaming is skyrocketing. Especially multiplayer online games with a free-to-play model are in demand in Asia. There is a lot of money to be made there.
Many games are being developed in China, one of which we want to take a closer look at today. It draws comparisons to Destiny, albeit in the “3rd-person alternative.”
To be fair, it must be said: The game has been compared to all sorts of things, including games like Firefall – which no one talks about anymore.
Rising Fire – Gameplay and Trailer
The Asia-focused gaming site 2p now reports on Rising Fire. YinPei Games is developing this SF-MMO shooter. This is the Chinese studio of Epic Games, the creators of the Unreal Engine. Consequently, Rising Fire also runs on the Unreal Engine.
Tencent serves as the publisher. Rising Fire was first presented in May 2016. It has now entered closed beta in China.
Rising Fire takes place in the future. Humanity fights against an alien invasion, the aliens are called Shaia.
Similar to Destiny, Rising Fire offers MMORPG elements such as dungeons and PvP content. Players take on the roles of five super soldiers, complete missions, gather resources, and upgrade their equipment.
So far, there have only been 4 super soldiers, with the fifth class “Succuba” being newly added.
The closed beta now expands the differences between the individual classes – each of the 5 super soldiers receives a special weapon. Additionally, a new city and dungeons are coming.
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