Xbox Game Studios and Forgotten Empires have quietly revealed that Age of Mythology: Retold will be getting a multiplayer stress test on 26th July.
The beta for “Age of Mythology: Retold Premium Edition” will be available to everyone and will conclude on the 28th of July. There will be limited 3-hour time slots each day.
Age of Mythology: Retold is due to be released on the 4th of September for the Xbox Series X/S and PC, and Premium Edition owners will get to play 7 days early with advance access.
Age of Mythology: Retold Multiplayer Stress Test
- Friday, 5:30 am PT (8:30 am ET / 12:30 UTC) to 8:30 am PT (11:30 am ET / 15:30 UTC)
- Saturday, July 27 – 5:30 am PT (8:30 am ET / 12:30 UTC) to 8:30 am PT (11:30 am ET / 15:30 UTC)
- Sunday, July 28 – 5:30 am PT (8:30 am ET / 12:30 UTC) to 8:30 am PT (11:30 am ET / 15:30 UTC)
You’ll be able to download the stress test early, starting on Thursday, July 25th 11:30 pm PT (2:30 am ET / 06:30 UTC on July 26th) but unable to play until the start of the stress test.
Here’s the steps you need to take in order to play:
- Simply navigate to the Age of Mythology: Retold Steam Store Page to sign up.
- Click on the green “Request Access” button.
- You will receive a pop-up message within Steam to confirm your access to the stress test.
- You will also receive an email from Steam when you get added to a Playtest. You will also see your status on the store page for the base game.
- Then keep an eye out for an email notification from Steam when we are ready to accept more participants!
The multiplayer beta is open to everyone, even if you haven’t pre-ordered Age of Mythology: Retold.
Greek, Norse, and Egyptian will be the playable factions, and testers can try out the multiplayer or Skirmish matches using the standard map pool.
“While our primary focus during closed beta is to ensure stability and lend overall polish to the game by conquering impactful bugs, we’re also eager to hear your thoughts.”
“The Age of Mythology: Retold team is dedicated to continually improving and growing the game while making sure it stays true to the roots of the Age of Mythology you know and love. As a beta participant, you help guide our vision for post-launch content.”
Beta known issues: * Not all localization is present for supported game languages. * Brightness options are not yet available in the Settings options. * It has been observed that the player is unable to access the “Villager Priority” menu during a skirmish or campaign match after exiting the tutorial. * Steam Deck Users will be unable to join multiplayer matches hosted by non-Steam Deck users. * Villagers may get temporarily stuck between other villagers when gathering in narrow spots. * Villagers may get periodically stuck in the dropoff animation in rare cases. * Villagers may poorly distribute across trees when tasking a larger group onto a single tree. * Building Rally Points are not visible. * Units may rarely get stuck when pathing near corners of buildings. * Player colors may mismatch on the Spectator mode panels.
The Age of Mythology: Retold Beta can be downloaded from Steam this weekend.
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