NetEase introduced Future Rising and revealed details about how gamers can pre-register for the shut alpha.
On July 31, Bungie laid off 220 staff, about 17% of the studio’s workforce. Future 2 gamers criticized the “inexcusable” layoffs and referred to as for the CEO to step down. Consequently, the title is shifting away from an annual launch mannequin due to declining growth gross sales.
As well as, Future 2 will solely obtain smaller content material packs shifting ahead as a substitute of standard expansions. We argued that this was the worst choice, because the Ultimate Form and Lightfall expansions considerably elevated the general participant depend.
Doubts over Future 3 ever coming solely elevated considerations about Future’s future. Amid a wave of uncertainty, followers have one thing to get enthusiastic about once more, as NetEaase revealed the primary trailer for Future Rising.
The Future Rising closed alpha begins on Nov. 1. Gamers can pre-register now on the sport’s official web site.
“For over a decade, we have now constructed this universe to include many distinctive and great tales, and we’re excited to see cellular avid gamers be capable of expertise this new tackle the Future universe from the artistic crew at NetEase,” mentioned Terry Redfield, Bungie artistic lead.
Future Rising contains a first-person or third-person view suitable with a touchscreen or controller. There’s a mixture of acquainted faces and new characters. Obtainable sport modes embrace marketing campaign missions, six-player cooperative strikes, together with PVE and PvP choices.
For strikes, gamers can create clans or invite buddies to informal occasion sport modes for a extra laid-back expertise. The icy, historical metro of Jiangshi and the Crimson Sea Rift present two biomes for gamers to discover as they observe a brand new Future storyline.
At launch, there’s a big range of unique weapons for gamers to check out and discover the precise one to match their play model.
Within the meantime, gamers can take a look at Episode Revenant, which simply began in Future 2.
