The Pangu Virus has been unleashed in San Francisco, turning thousands of innocent lives into mindless beasts that feel no pain and have no fear of death. With each passing hour, the Pangu Virus evolves, creating new and ever more horrific mutations with one goal in mind… Spread.
You are Captain Winter, a military officer fighting alongside the Center for Epidemic Research and Control(CERC). With a massive arsenal and the resources of the US Government behind it, you and CERC will stop at nothing to ensure the terror of the Pangu Virus does not escalate beyond containment, even if a whole city and millions of lives must be sacrificed.
- Cepheus Protocol is inspired by classic RTS games such as Company of Heroes and World in Conflict, alongside the book World War Z.
- Survive if you can against a relentless enemy that evolves and grows more powerful with each day.
- Build specialized units from a variety of bases that can be placed anywhere in the open-world map.
- Battle those infected by the Pangu Virus across four open-world islands, featuring unique and challenging environments.
- Choose from three combat tiers that play to your style. Each tier has specialized units, equipment, and weaponry.
- Engage a relentless horde of infected which numbers grow larger and stronger with each territory captured as you battle for control of San Francisco.
- Hunt Patient Zero, who races across the city seizing territory. Each capture zone increases her population as the virus spreads and possesses all organic matter.
- Form an alliance or side against the Anarchist and Police factions, which struggle to survive among the madness that has enveloped San Francisco.
Note: Steam Remote Play is for allowing your friends to try out the game if you already have purchased it. It's not for online co-op: that is is planned in the current roadmap, but is not complete yet
A few times each week, our developers host public multiplayer sessions where we jump into the chaos ourselvestesting, refining, and showcasing the true state of the game. These sessions are open for everyone to join, chat, and experience the evolving sandbox that Cepheus Protocol Multiplayer and Singleplayer has become.\\
[/p]The Battle of Half Moon Bay
This particular session started with twelve players splitting into multiple fireteams, each setting up forward operating bases (FOBs) across the city. One team established their base in the center, another fortified the soccer field, while a third entrenched themselves near the construction site. Once Chelseys location was discovered, the teams coordinated to divide the mapback-capping the right side and containing her forces to the left.
[carousel autoadvance=\"true\"][img src=\"https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33900595/80ca5973eac9cefac9d92792e13b575114f9b7c1.png\"][/img][img src=\"https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33900595/06b76e7c65870c6f7f6e5a66edb5e83a60033c03.png\"][/img][/carousel]The first major engagement came at the soccer field, where Chelseys infected army launched repeated assaults. Waves of brutes and juggernauts clashed against entrenched defenses while operators and RTS-controlled infantry fought street-to-street. When Chelsey shifted her focus toward the Bayfront Administration Center, the central fireteam held firm, repelling the push and stabilizing the front lines.
Meanwhile, Moros team conducted daring hit-and-run strikes deep in infected territorykeeping Chelsey off balance and forcing her to defend on multiple fronts. A few close calls nearly broke our lines, but through coordinated air support and precision strikes, we turned the tide. Soon after, our combined forces launched a decisive counteroffensive that pushed her back to the import-export district.
[carousel][img src=\"https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33900595/4859cb0d2b32f785bd1c9c9bdaf38f947ce692e4.jpg\"][/img][img src=\"https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33900595/91253f009cbf4f82e152f9862705f423998c37a0.jpg\"][/img][/carousel]The Final Push
At the climax of the battle, Chelsey unleashed everything she hadmassive infected hordes, explosive variants, and juggernauts charging the southern front. The push almost succeeded, but a quick call for reinforcements from Fords squad brought helicopters and operators roaring across the skyline. The ground units regrouped for a final unified assault, sweeping across the neighborhoods toward the lighthouse and satellite communications sectors.
In a storm of gunfire, missiles, and chaos, we finally pushed Chelseys forces back into the seasecuring a hard-fought victory. The battle ended with every surviving player lined up across the pacified coastline for a well-earned group screenshot.
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This match marked one of our most successful multiplayer playtests yetno crashes, minimal bugs, and over 90 minutes of pure, unscripted RTS/TPS mayhem. You can watch the full 1 hour and 28 minute playthrough below. Every week, sessions like this bring us closer to the vision of what Cepheus Protocol is meant to be: an RTS unlike anything else in the genrealive, unpredictable, and built on the stories that emerge when real players face impossible odds together.
Thank you for your continued support as we rebuild Cepheus Protocol from the ground up. Every match, every bug fix, and every chaotic moment helps shape the future of the game.
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How to Opt In
Heres how to opt into the Cepheus Protocol public playtest on Steam:
[olist]Open Steam and go to your Library.
[/*]Right-click Cepheus Protocol and select Properties.
[/*]In the left panel, click on Betas.
[/*]From the dropdown menu, choose public-playtest.
[/*]Close the window. Steam will automatically begin downloading the playtest branch.
[/*][/olist]Once the download is finished, youll be running the public playtest version.
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