Quantic Dream, the French studio behind the likes of Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls, and Detroit: Become Human — games that have all been very closely tied to PlayStation — has just launched its first beta for Spellcasters Chronicles on PC.
If you haven't been keeping up, Spellcasters Chronicles marks a dramatic pivot away from the developer's typical story-driven output. It's a free-to-play, competitive multiplayer game with a live service model.
Announced back in October, it's fair to say that the project didn't make a great first impression — especially amongst fans of the company's past work. As we all know, breaking into the world of live service is incredibly difficult, and so onlookers were immediately questioning the game's potential.
The reveal trailer was decent enough, but does Quantic Dream really have the experience to make it in the multiplayer space? It's a fair question, and we may catch the glimpse of an answer over the next few days.
The aforementioned beta is now live — again, only on PC — and it runs until the 8th December. In other words, first impressions will be dropping in the very near future, and it'll be interesting to see whether Spellcasters establishes any kind of early foothold.
You can catch some gameplay in the following video:
What's your take on Quantic Dream's latest pursuit? Is Spellcasters Chronicles doomed to fail like so many over live service wannabes, or does it actually look pretty cool? Don't flub any QTEs in the comments section below.