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Stellaris Nexus - aka “Stellaris in an hour” - delays its early access release for a week-long open betaPlay for free for a week
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Instead, tomorrow will see thelaunch of an open beta via Steam. In terms of what that means you’ll be able to play, it seems like not much will change. The game’s makers say that the open beta will include everything set to feature in the early access release. On top of that, players’ progress will carry over from the beta to early access. “So what’s actually changed?” I hear you ask.
Well, as far as I can read it, the main difference will be that the early access version will cost $15 when it arrives, but the open beta will be free - effectively giving players a free week to try the game before they have to cough up any cash.
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I’m assuming that there are some semantic benefits in having the first week be an “open beta” rather than “early access”, too, in case anything breaks on the multiplayer server side, for instance, and people get angry - now you haven’t paid a penny and any hiccups can be put down to open beta hijinks rather than actual early access.
We’ll all be able to chow down and see if we’re up for the main course when Stellaris Nexus’ open beta kicks off tomorrow.
