The Concord beta is now live for those who pre-ordered Sony’s upcoming hero shooter or are PlayStation Plus subscribers. If that’s you, you should be able to download the PC version from Steam and play from now until July 14th.
If you haven’t paid yet, don’t worry: the second beta, open to everyone, will start at the end of this week and will run from July 18 to 21.
To play Concord, you’ll need to have a PlayStation account linked to your Steam account. Yes, it’s the same requirement that caused a huge backlash with Helldivers 2, but here at least the requirement is present and communicated in advance rather than being introduced after launch.
If you’re having trouble getting your head around the upcoming hero shooter, you’re not alone. Concord is a 5v5 multiplayer first-person shooter where Guardians Of The Galaxy-style space mercenaries joke, shoot, and throw magical powers at each other. There’s a green alien, a lumbering robot, and a character named Star Child. One of the characters has the ability to jet or hover. There are hitscan weapons, including machine guns, sniper rifles, and revolver-like pistols, as well as ground-slams and area-of-effect fireballs.
And it’s all the work of Firewalk, Sony’s fresh studio.
Am I excited to play Overwatch again? Not really, but I felt the same way about Valorant and had a great time playing it when it launched. Maybe I like things that are similar to things I like? Maybe that’s why they make them that way.
I’ll probably wait for the full release to find out. Concord is set to release for real on August 23rd. For the less patient, you can find Steam beta system requirements.
