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[ashecitism]

Stumbled on this in the Steam thread. Totally forgot about it. Launched on the 21st. Currently there's a dev stream going on.

Been watching my brother play Nosgoth since it left early access and entered open beta.

It look surprisingly awesome and he's loving it. We both were also pleasantly surprised at how fair and NOT pay-to-win its F2P model was. Its like a better version of the Blacklight:Retribution model.

I'd describe it as a 3rd person version of Aliens vs. Predator with a Vampire/Steampunk/Legacy of Kain skin.

I know lots of LoK fans aren't too excited about this (to say the least), but hey, still a heads up for people interested.

http://steamcommunity.com/games/200110/announcements/detail/248030624149824279

Nosgoth’s Open Beta has officially started. This marks a huge milestone for Nosgoth as the game is now available for all users to play, for free, right here on Steam!

For this first week’s celebration, everyone that plays will receive double XP on all matches played, giving you even more reason to jump right into the action. This double XP will end at midnight (PST) on January 28th (3am EST / 8am GMT / 9am GMT – January 29th).


You'll find a few new game packs that have launched today on the website and in the game, too. They're a great way to unlock extra in-game content in one go, and support Nosgoth's development in the process. We'll run through those in more detail in another blog soon.

With our Open Beta launch we can now finally share an extra special trailer we've been working on, focusing on real gameplay, real Nosgoth fans, and using our in-game camera tool (NosCam). To create this top secret trailer, we drafted in some community members to join us for some play sessions. A big thank you goes out to them all again. We’re so proud of our dedicated and passionate community, we think this trailer is a great way to shine a spotlight on you guys!

Trailer

Don’t forget, we will be streaming a live session on our Twitch channel[www.twitch.tv] from Psyonix’s studios in San Diego, California, on Friday - 23rd of January 2015. We’ll be talking about the journey so far, taking questions from the chat, showing off our upcoming Vampire class (the Summoner), revealing the next Human class that is currently in development, and more! Full details are in the blog[www.nosgoth.com], tune in at 11.30am PST / 2.30pm EST / 7.30 pm GMT / 8.30pm CET on Friday 23rd of January 2015.

All that remains now is to extend a huge thank you. The team at Psyonix have put together an Open Letter[www.nosgoth.com] addressed to our community, because we wouldn’t be here without you, and we’re so excited to share this journey with you all.

Now, I think it’s about high time we all jump into a Nosgoth match, don’t you? See you in-game!

Vae victis!

 

[Aikidoka]

I've been looking forward to Nosgoth. I find asymmetrical multiplayer to be a great idea, and the Vampires vs Humans setting sounds like a great fit for the genre. My only concern would be the free-to-play elements and what exactly they sell.

I don't really understand why a Legacy of Kain fan would not like Nosgoth (other than the game being mechanically bad). I really like the series, and Kain from Blood Omen has to be one of the better anti-hero protagonists in gaming history. The series hasn't gotten any attention since Defiance has it? So, there really is no way for Nosgoth to have a negative impact on the series. On the other hand, if Nosgoth is successful, it may very well provide incentive for remakes/reboots.

 

[Waffl3z]

Just tried this out and it's surprisingly a lot of fun. Definitely worth a look for the low cost of zero. Between this and evolve I'm pretty excited for asynchronous multiplayer this year.

 

[Burt]

Awesome game, although I haven't put any time into for a month or two. Can't imagine it's done anything but get better though.

Protip: If you're ever playing against a team with a tyrant that has leap smash, play the archer and equip the knockdown bow. Nothing more fun than picking those guys out of the air right before they smash you.

 

[Syril]

I've been looking forward to Nosgoth. I find asymmetrical multiplayer to be a great idea, and the Vampires vs Humans setting sounds like a great fit for the genre. My only concern would be the free-to-play elements and what exactly they sell.

I don't really understand why a Legacy of Kain fan would not like Nosgoth (other than the game being mechanically bad). I really like the series, and Kain from Blood Omen has to be one of the better anti-hero protagonists in gaming history. The series hasn't gotten any attention since Defiance has it? So, there really is no way for Nosgoth to have a negative impact on the series. On the other hand, if Nosgoth is successful, it may very well provide incentive for remakes/reboots.

To their credit, they seem to have been really careful to not step on the existing story. It's way more respectful than what Blood Omen 2 did at least.

 

[DeFrank]

Probably be playing a good portion of the day with my kid. If anyone wants to party up with us fee free to add me: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197970640035/

 

[K.Sabot]

Despite my distaste of this game existing, I can't deny that it looked very fun on streams.

They were smart to buy the sponsored spot on twitch for a while.