Earlier this week, at Gamescom 2015, Motiga, developer of upcoming MOBA, Gigantic revealed that a closed beta is forecasted for later in the summer. The beta will have more players accepted into the testing, than previous testing sessions which have been highly restricted. The beta will be available on Xbox One and Windows 10, similarly to the platforms supported at release.
The beta will be playable for the first time, on August 28, just three weeks from today. The servers will be active over the weekend, and then taken down afterwards. Each following weekend the beta will be playable, until further notice.
To participate in the beta, you must fill in the registration form, and players will be selected before the date. From statements given by Motiga, it is likely most players will be accepted into the beta. They have confirmed that ‘hundreds of thousands’ of players will be given a chance to test the title.
While Xbox One players who are accepted can easily download the title from the store, requirements for the PC beta are much more restricted. As advertised previously, Gigantic will be playable only with Windows 10 on PC, and this will be the same with the beta build. While earlier builds have supported Windows 7 and 8, it is now a requirement to play on the newest edition of the operating system. To play, you must be using Windows 10 64-bit, and have a GPU compatible with DirectX 11 or 12. For a full list of system requirements, click here.
Current beta testers are restricted by an NDA, therefore opinions and footage cannot be shared. The NDA is likely to be dropped for the newest wave of testers, due to the following vague statement on the game’s site.
“Wondering when we’ll drop the NDA and let all testers tweet, stream, and blog about Gigantic to their heart’s content? Stay tuned, because we’ve got big plans.”
To sign up for the Gigantic beta on Xbox One or PC, click here.
Matt was a regular ICXM contributor in 2015, publishing 110 articles across game reviews, Windows and PC, and Xbox news. Their work focused on hands-on reviews, platform commentary, and breaking-news reporting during the Xbox One’s first full year of post-launch coverage, including the early days of Backwards Compatibility and Windows 10 gaming. They post on X as @RTEnvi.