After four intense years of constant development, the alpha stage is now finished and it's nearly time to release this bad boy officially. The 1.0 release is just around the corner (planned for February) so it's time for the final beta test. In our eyes, beta means that all major bug fixing and balancing is already complete and that the game is finished with only final testing required. Beta build 0.98 is now live. For those that haven't been following recent development the last few months have been spent on behind the scenes stuff in preparation for the 1.0 release. For example, two months alone were spent preparing a new trailer. This means that the Beta release doesn't bring with it a host of new features like previous updates. That's not a bad thing though because the last build released was already feature and content complete and that build proved to be rock solid across all three platforms. During the development of the new trailer a few things did however get some minor visual tweaks and some developer only systems were added into the game to make capturing the new trailer footage possible. Whenever we add in new systems, there is always the possibility that something else gets broken. There's also been a couple of recent bugs discovered that have also been fixed. The main purpose of the Beta release then is to ensure that we have a rock solid stable game before the final review code version of the game goes out in January next year. That gives us a month of testing to iron out any last minute glitches that may have appeared due to recent changes while hopefully being able to relax and unwind a little over the holiday season. It's unlikely that we introduced any major new bugs but it's always a possibility so if you can help to put the game through it's paces one final time it would be much appreciated and help to create a flawless 1.0 release. Another change that is coming soon is the new game branding. This is already designed but it's not planned to go live until the new trailer is released early next year. This Beta build does give a sneak peak at the new branding though. The loading screen when booting up the game has been replaced with the new branding image. Thanks so much to everyone who has supported, playtested and given feedback on the game over the last few years. It's been both a stressful and amazing experience but we are so proud of the final result. The game is beautifully balanced and plays better than we ever imagined it would and that's all we ever strived for. Soon enough we'll be handing over our baby to you guys to share with the world. We couldn't have done it without you. <3 you guys and we wish you all an amazing 2016.