Harmony, the brand new team-based hero shooter with Guardians-of-the-Galaxy-meets-Overwatch vibes, is playable this weekend as a part of the sport’s early entry beta take a look at. And when you’re a PlayStation Plus subscriber, you may get into that early entry beta on PlayStation 5 and Home windows PC with out having to pre-order the sport.
Beforehand, Sony’s plan for stepping into the Harmony beta early entry weekend on PS5 and PC was restricted to pre-orders solely. However Sony Interactive Leisure and developer Firewalk Studios are sweetening the deal, inviting all PS Plus members to play this weekend. Pre-loads for the PS5 model of the Harmony beta are actually dwell, and the beta will go dwell Friday, July 12 at 10 a.m. PDT and run by way of Sunday, July 14.
A second beta take a look at, open to all PS5 and PC gamers, will run July 18-21.
The Harmony-curious who’ve pre-ordered the sport will nonetheless get an early entry code, in addition to 4 further codes for associates. Harmony is a 5v5 first-person shooter, in order that’s sufficient to place a full staff collectively.
Harmony’s beta early entry weekend will embrace three modes:
- Trophy Hunt, described as a “respawn-based mode the place you combat to take down members of the rival crew and accumulate their bounty playing cards to earn factors to your staff” — so, mainly, Kill Confirmed
- Cargo Run, during which gamers don’t respawn and groups compete to retrieve a bundle, plant it at a zone, and defend it towards the enemy staff
- Conflict Level, a round-based recreation mode the place groups combat to regulate a seize zone at a central location on the map
Harmony’s open beta weekend will provide a fourth mode, Space Management, during which groups combat over a number of seize factors and try to carry them.
Sony and Firewalk revealed the primary gameplay from Harmony — and its colourful forged of alien and robotic characters generally known as Freegunners — throughout a State of Play showcase in Might. PlayStation followers have been launched to the forged of heroes and misfits (Haymar, Vale, Lennox, 1-0FF, Star Youngster, It-Z, Teo, Bazz, and others), and the sport’s irreverent humorousness throughout that occasion. The builders additionally confirmed a launch date for Harmony throughout that showcase: Aug. 23 on PS5 and PC. Harmony prices $39.99.
