Digital Extremes has announced that its opening up access to its upcoming fantasy action RPG Soulframe, allowing anyone who signs up for access to its alpha prelude tests to jump in.
Anyone who signs up between now and the end of this weekend will be able to download the game and hop in to its latest update. This open period coincides with Tennocon, where this announcement was revealed alongside a suite of surprises.
This announcement comes alongside a new trailer for Soulframe, showing off an overhauled combat system as well as a new quest. In it, the player character ventures deep underground to fight a big bear with the help of a French witch. Love it.
In an interview with Eurogamer, Soulframe creative director Geoff Crookes explained the reasoning why Digital Extremes decided to throw the doors open. “I think a big part of it is sentiment and feedback we got. We didn’t realise the queue was so big, and when we started to let people in, a lot of the people who were immediate sign ups kind of got left behind. Some people, out of frustration, didn’t check their emails. So we thought lets be aggressive and give people an opportunity.”