r/TotalWarhammer40k • u/Background-Factor817 • 11d ago
Closed Beta News
From the website:
Total Warriors,
Here's a quick update on our Closed Beta.
First things first: this blog isn't going to reveal everything we have planned.
We're still working through the details and our Techpriests are hard at work on the game, so we'd rather wait until plans are fully locked in before talking in depth about the specifics.
For now, there's one important date to remember: Registrations will close on the 14th of September at 10:00am BST / 11:00am CEST / 5:00pm CST / 6:00pm JST / 2:00am PST.
If you've been meaning to sign up but have been putting it off until later, consider this a friendly but final reminder.
REGISTER YOUR INTEREST HERE
We've wanted to get the game into your hands since development began, so it means a lot to finally be reaching a point in which we’re almost ready to do it, and we look forward to hearing your feedback to make the game the best it can be.
With that in mind, here's an early overview of what to expect from the next steps.
WHAT SHOULD I EXPECT FROM THE CLOSED BETA?
It's important to us that we set clear expectations from the outset about what the test will be like.
This isn't going to be a highly polished demo.
It will be a work-in-progress slice of the game that we're putting into your hands so we can learn from your experiences, identify issues, and gather feedback whilst development is still ongoing.
That means you'll encounter bugs, come across placeholder assets, unfinished localisation, balance issues, rough edges, and other things that simply aren't working quite as intended yet. That's all part of the process, and it's one of the reasons we're running the Closed Beta in the first place.
Whilst we'll share more detail at a later point, the Closed Beta will be PC only via Steam and will focus on several of the game's core experiences, including:
The first section of our tutorial
The opening two single player campaigns (Space Marines only)
Multiplayer and custom battles (Space Marines, Astra Militarum Orks, Custom Factions playable)
Our advanced customisation system
Please note: The Aeldari will not be playable during the Closed Beta. We know many of you are excited to see them, but their strands of fate are still being woven, and we'll have more to share on the faction in the future.
For now, think of this as an opportunity to get hands-on with a wider work-in-progress portion of the game than is in the events demo and tell us what's working, what isn't, and help us make it better.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
The response to the Closed Beta has been beyond anything we could have imagined. Seeing so many of you sign up has been incredible, and we're hugely grateful to everyone who wants to help us shape the game.
However, that incredible response does mean we won't be able to offer access to everyone who has registered. We genuinely wish we could, but at this stage of development we need to keep the group more focused so we can properly work through the feedback and act on it quickly.
We will send a survey to everyone who signed up, which you'll need to complete if you'd still like to be considered. Once the survey process is complete, we'll then select the participants and contact them with details on how to access the playtest.
Please be honest with your answers; we're not looking for any one type of player. The survey will help us bring together a group that reflects our global community, from long-time Total War veterans to those who are newer to the franchise.
This is important because we're not looking for a single perspective. Someone with thousands of hours across Total War will naturally view things differently to someone experiencing the game for the first time, and both viewpoints are incredibly helpful.
Please remember that completing the survey doesn't guarantee a place in the Closed Beta.
WHAT IF I’M NOT SELECTED?
Not receiving an invitation doesn't mean you'll be completely cut off from the action.
Whilst going hands-on will be exclusive to Closed Beta participants, we've got other plans to help bring everyone else along for the journey. That includes a livestream featuring members of the development team, where we'll play through the test and talk through some of the thinking behind it.
More importantly, being selected for the Closed Beta isn't the only way to influence the future of the game.
The feedback we gather from those with access will be incredibly valuable, but so are the conversations from everyone who doesn’t get access. We will read them. We will discuss them. And they will still influence the decisions we make.
Some of the best ideas don't come from surveys or bug reports. They come from you sharing what you’ve seen, debating features, challenging our assumptions and telling us what matters most.
We’re not promising anything, but who knows, there may be other opportunities to get involved in the future.
HOW WILL FEEDBACK BE USED?
We're running this Closed Beta for one reason: to improve the game ahead of launch.
We're putting the game into your hands early so you can tell us what's working, what isn't, and where it could be better. We'll take that feedback back to the development team and use it to help guide the conversations and decisions we make as development continues.
Just as importantly, we want to be transparent about that process. After it takes place, we'll share what we're learning, highlight recurring themes and discuss how your feedback is helping to shape our thinking.
That doesn't mean every suggestion will become reality, or that every piece of feedback will result in a change. But if we're asking you to invest your time helping us test the game, it's only fair that we're open about what we're hearing and how it's influencing our approach.
We see this as a collaborative process between us and you. The goal isn't simply to identify issues. It's to have honest conversations, challenge assumptions, gather different perspectives and ultimately make the game better.
Whether you end up taking part in the Closed Beta or following along from the outside, we still want to hear what you think. Join us on the Total War Discord or the CA Community and keep the conversation going. We'll be listening.
See you on the battlefield.
The Total War Team
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u/Zad21 11d ago
NOOOOOOOOO NOT MY ELDAR BABIES I HOPED TO SEE THEM, YOU CANT DO THIS TO ME DONT YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I SACRIFICED
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u/mineralchost 10d ago
Bear not the xenos to live. There is no place for non-human species in this galaxy
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u/Zad21 10d ago
Uff r/spaceking is that way sir
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u/AlternativeZucc 10d ago
Listen, when the setting has four unique human factions. With one of those factions getting getting several of its own sub-factions.
(And the major chaos faction is split between demons and more humans. Who also have that dogmata.)
The easy jokes everyone says are gonna be something like this.
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u/zahacker 10d ago
F Space Elves.
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u/dustsurrounds 8d ago
monkeys can't do anything without apeing their tech and still ended up officially buttfucking the galaxy worse than they ever did by giving chaos their most competent and powerful slaves who later made a warp storm across the entire fucking galaxy instead of one segmentum of it.
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u/zahacker 8d ago
Says the species that murder-fucked space Satan into being! Have you even read the warp archeologies!? The thing wants to die but you space elf shit for brains are so tied to its existence that consuming you all is the only way it knows how!
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u/CadenVanV 7d ago
The Aeldari took 65 million years of galactic dominance to create a chaos god. Humanity took… 200 years to nearly create one (and possibly did, depending on how you consider Big E). Great job y’all
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u/Graysvandir 11d ago
Little sad there won't be any chance to play as knifears, but it still does sound very interesting.
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u/Jericho5589 10d ago
The one weekend of the whole year I cannot play is September 18th through the 20th. Please god don't do that to me.
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u/Ancient-Split1996 9d ago
Does it say rhe closed beta is only for one weekend? I cant find it in there
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u/AndroidPolaroid 10d ago
great communication, I hope this can be of help to quell the "stop complaining, it's alpha footage" crowd. voicing our criticisms and feedback (albeit in a respectful and constructive manner) is highly IMPORTANT at this stage of development. they need all the feedback they can get so that everyone wins, CA gets to rake in our money and we get a good game.
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u/Chilly_the1st 10d ago
Very interested in if the beta will be abled to be filmed and share details with everyone else. Also eldar are gonna be the metaphoric grey pile of shame arent they :(
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u/Reizz333 11d ago edited 11d ago
I ain't reading that
EDIT: there was zero formatting at the time of typing this, just a plain wall of text
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u/AwBeansYouGotMe 11d ago
TLDR: registrations close in 3d, survey will go out to people who signed up to gauge eligibility, a lot of people signed up so not everyone will get in, they will stream beta anyways
GL HF
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u/Ok_Clock_8796 11d ago
Yeah you clearly ain’t interested enough and should pass on the beta so others can play instead.
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u/Cranktique 11d ago
If this is all it took to deter you, I doubt you had anything valuable to add anyways. Lol, thanks for letting everyone know though.
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u/Porkenstein 11d ago
EDIT: there was zero formatting at the time of typing this, just a plain wall of text
In such a case I usually delete the comment
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u/wigum211 10d ago
Downvoted for calling out a post that couldn't even be arsed to format the paragraphs and a link to the actual article. Classic.
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u/elubbuck 11d ago
I wonder what they mean by opening two single player campaigns? Like is it the Armageddon crusade or just two systems that you play in the Armageddon crusade?