The developers of the highly interesting western MMORPG Wild West Online have revealed new details about their game.
Many are currently waiting to finally play the western online game Wild West Online. According to the developers, it won’t be long until it’s ready. In an interview with Gamespot, 612 Games CEO Stephen Bugaj stated that the alpha will start this summer.
During this testing phase, the server infrastructure and the core gameplay will mainly be tested. There will be little content available at that time, and only about 25 percent of the game world will be accessible.
Release is still planned for this year
Gradually, more content will be introduced and more parts of the world will be opened up, until approximately in the autumn the Closed Beta starts. A release is still planned for the end of the year.
However, this also depends on how the testing phases go. The content will revolve around group quests that you receive from NPCs, as well as PvP activities like duels. Solo players will not find a solo mode, but many quests you will be able to complete alone.
Train robberies are not part of the release version but will come with the first addon. You must get on the train at stations and then defend it against attackers. Attackers can ambush at predefined locations and stop the locomotive there. This will lead to intense shootouts where attackers try to gain control of the train and steal gold and cargo.
Read Dead Redemption 2 is not competition
Wild West Online is set to be released for around 40 dollars via Steam. It is likely a Buy2Play game. A console version is not planned at this time. There are no fears of competition from Read Dead Redemption 2. Rockstar Games is said to focus more on the single-player part, console players, and on a story. Moreover, the western genre is not currently overcrowded, allowing for two games on this theme to coexist in the market.
Here in the video from MMOHQ, there is some footage and several screenshots of the Wild West MMORPG:
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