EndWar Online Begins its Closed Beta

After a thorough Alpha phase, we’re delighted to announce that we’re finally ready for the next stage in our testing plan: the launch of the EndWar Online’s Beta! Starting today, version 0.6.0. will go live on a brand new server: BRAVO. Let’s take a look under the hood and examine some of the new content.

Reporting For Duty

For each faction, two new Rank 3 Commanders have been added – one Air Intercept and one Drone. These new Commanders introduce unique tactics and weapons to enable players to try and develop totally different battle strategies that surprise their opponents.

Whereas Jet Fighters perform a flying pattern around a designated area, seeking any incoming flying threat and creating disturbances to hinder the progress and effectiveness of other units with intensive lures and counter measures, the new Air Intercept Commanders are designed around the idea of Combat Air Patrol. These Commanders are ideal when facing a situation where you need to protect a group of units, by luring and diverting the enemy.

The new Drone Commanders’ units come equipped with long-range laser guided missiles. These missiles can target multiple units at the same time from afar, and unlike the other Drones, they can target all unit types – not just buildings and structures. It’s definitely a destructive weapon but here’s the catch: Unlike the other Drones, they will only attack at the player’s request, so they require more micro-management.

Challenge Yourself

With version 0.6.0, we’re introducing a brand new PvE mode: Special Operations. This mode consists of 75 new missions split into three types of challenges: Ground Units, Air Units and Combined Units that rotate, and open or close according to a weekly schedule.

We designed this mode to add more variety to the single-player campaign, and offer new challenges to the players by tweaking the battle scenarios and victory conditions. What if you had to win this battle using only tanks? What if you have to capture all uplinks? Maybe you need to destroy all units of a particular class? Although Special Operations missions can be quite challenging, they are also extremely rewarding, as they allow players to secure rare high-level blueprints for unit upgrades that are very hard to obtain through other modes.

Fortress Upgrade

Since its introduction in version 0.4.0, Fortress – Endwar Online’s asynchronous PvP mode where players fight for daily leaderboard dominance – has been extremely popular, thanks to the intense and fierce competition it fosters. However, because of its unusual set of rules, many players haven’t been able to enjoy the fun experience this mode has to offer. That’s something we hope to fix in 0.6.0 with a much improved presentation that focuses on clear player rankings and easier opponent selection.

Choose Not to Choose

Before 0.6.0, when you started a game in Endwar Online, you had to pledge your allegiance to a faction and forget about ever playing the other faction unless you were ready to start again from scratch. With the new version, we’re now letting players play two General characters from the same account, meaning they can play both the European and Russian campaigns if they feel like it. There is one requirement, though: You’ll have to fight your way up to Player Level 20 to unlock the second character slot.

It’s Not Over Till It’s Over

To celebrate the opening of our new server, BRAVO, and the release of our first beta, we’ve prepared a host of in-game events with high-value rewards for all players, whether they’re new to the game or battle-hardened vets. Complete the various objectives within the time limit to secure the rewards and improve your army.

More beta testers will be invited in the coming weeks, so if you feel like starting your career as a general now to help us build the best strategy game, you can still enlist at www.endwaronline.com and take a chance at the daily lucky draw to win your direct access to the beta.

For more details on how to join the beta, the new content, and launch events, visit the official EndWar Online website.

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