Dirty Bomb Closed Alpha Officially Begins - Join Today!

(badman) #1

A new blog post has been added:

Dirty Bomb Closed Alpha Officially Begins - Join Today!

Get ready to deploy, Soldier! We’re hugely excited to announce that the Dirty Bomb Closed Alpha has officially begun, and we’ve started mailing out alpha keys to members of the Dirty Bomb Founder’s Club. If you’ve already joined up, keep checking your inbox. If you’re dying to get into the Closed Alpha, visit the Founder’s Club website. You’ll be directly supporting Dirty Bomb’s development, and are able to shape what the game becomes through your feedback.

Dirty Bomb is powered by a great little tool we call Echo, and it’s a big part of why we’re able to give you access to Dirty Bomb this early in development. Developed by the talented chaps over at Fireteam, Echo basically collects and visualises detailed data from all of Dirty Bomb’s multiplayer servers, allowing us to balance and optimise the game in ways we couldn’t before.

We’re so excited by Echo that we’ve put together a brand-new video showcasing its role in Dirty Bomb’s development. Take a look:

//youtu.be/zYvMOpV2Rjs

Thanks to Echo, every single match that’s played in Dirty Bomb actively contributes to making the game better. If you’re itching for a chance to help test Dirty Bomb and give us your feedback during the Closed Alpha, check out the Dirty Bomb Founder’s Club. We hope to see you online in Dirty Bomb!

Dirty Bomb Founder’s Club

(zeroooo) #2

still nothing in :confused:

(barbaresh) #3

till when I can get the Ledendary and the access for the alpha?

LOL bought the Legendary pack moment ago :slight_smile: waiting for tha alpha invite.

(Christophicus) #4

Fear not Zeroooo, it may simply be taking a while for the mail server to send out everyone’s invite. I’m still awaiting mine as well.

Can’t wait!

(xarQi) #5

great news ! looking forwards to play this :frowning: do not have alpha acces though!:frowning:

(Paul) #6

Echo is amazing

(ImageOmega) #7

Awesome job on this! That “Echo” analytics system looks freakin’ sweet! I can only imagine how invaluable a tool that must be for mappers. Really amazing stuff and makes me even more excited for the future of this game.

(Nemesty) #8

Realy good job on Echo SD :wink:

(Humate) #9

cool video badman :slight_smile:

(potty200) #10

I have the $30 pack. Is there a way to upgrade it?

(Kendle) #11

If you go through the process of purchasing whichever other pack you want it automatically deducts what you’ve paid so far, so to go from Veteran to Legendary (for example) costs $90, not $120.

(potty200) #12

Cheers kendle. Might upgrade today! :smiley:

(DarkangelUK) #13

Looks awesome!

(potty200) #14

Darkangel, loving your comment on the main page! Catch you on sunday RTCW ACTION!

(DarkangelUK) #15

heh yeah, guess I can’t really hide it now. I always look forward to the Sunday RtCW action \o/

(Ruben0s) #16

Glad to see that darkangel and some other respectable persons are in the closed alpha. Know I at least know that the game will get good feedback.

(TwwIX) #17

lol You have the gall to ask people for money to gain access to your games after how you poorly handled BRINK?

Stay classy, Splash Damage!

(shirosae) #18

[QUOTE=TwwIX;422950]lol You have the gall to ask people for money to gain access to your games after how you poorly handled BRINK?

Stay classy, Splash Damage![/QUOTE]

Alternative interpretation: They realised why Brink tanked. So they ditched publishers, built a crapload of interlinked systems designed to make player feedback their single biggest informer, and then went out of their way to make it possible for the community to help them make the game amazing. And then they added a fee up front so they filter out everyone who isn’t willing to put their money where their mouth is.

You don’t spend $120 on playing the game early. You spend $120 on having a game developer make a game based on your specifications. This is not a small thing. Think of it like a kickstarter. Help pay to make something great happen.

(montheponies) #19

mebbe explain the absence from the forum :wink:

where’s the rtcw action at btw?

(k0k0nat) #20

Looks great. Congratz to all the guys who are in the alpha! :slight_smile:

Btw guys:

Dave Johnston (Map Creator in this video) is THE GUY behind de_dust and de_dust2 and also did maps for Brink as far as I can think.

Really great News.