Crystal Dynamics has held another War Table briefing for Marvel’s Avengers, and the developer has detailed the content players will be able to access in the Marvel’s Avengers beta as well as what to expect post launch. The post launch content is led by the addition of Hawkeye and he will have his own abilities as well as mission set to play through to learn more of the Marvel’s Avengers story. Hawkeye has been a key figure in the Avengers so his inclusion is welcome though not too surprising.
In the Marvel’s Avengers beta players will be able to play through a few campaign missions, the HARM challenge rooms, and access some War Zones content. The first campaign mission will be the Golden Gate Bridge during the A-Day event. In this mission, players will be able to play as Thor, Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, and Black Widow as they face off against Taskmaster. The second mission is called To Find Olympia and this sees Hulk and Ms Marvel team up as they look for JARVIS. The third mission is called Missing Links and continues with players controlling Hulk and Ms Marvel.
HARM Challenge Rooms will test player skills as waves and waves of enemies come in to take down the Avengers. In the beta there are three of these rooms to play through, with completion earning a nameplate that will be available to use in the full release. When it comes to War Zones there will be five in the beta, as well as five Drop Zones which are smaller versions of War Zones. In the full game, War Zones can last anywhere between 10 minutes and two hours but it is unclear what the length of the beta ones will be. Iron Man, Hulk, Ms Marvel, and Black Widow will be the playable characters in War Zones. As you play through the missions characters will level up and you will earn gear for them. This progression will carry over through the beta weekends.
The beta dates are as follows:
- August 7th – PlayStation pre-Order beta
- August 14th – Xbox and PC pre-order beta, PlayStation open beta
- August 21st – Open beta for all platforms
Source: PS Blog
