![]() ![]() You can follow the game on Twitter or access the official Discord server. In case you missed it, Phoenix Point will release as an Epic Games Store timed-exclusive at some point in December. They encourage all fans and backers to communicate with them as much as possible, sharing feedback and opting into the in-game analytics, in order to help tune and balance the game as much as possible in the coming months. According to the developers, this is a much more robust version of Phoenix Point, so they’re in for a treat. The silver lining is that crowdfunding backers will get to try a new beta build, called Backer Build 5, on September 3, which was the previously-planned release date. Backers get to try a new build in September It’s always better to wait a few more months for a thoroughly refined game that won’t bug out because the developers had to rush it. Snapshot Games is aware that fans will be unsatisfied with yet another delay, but it seems they have the best of intentions as they intend to keep improving it. ![]() The more complexity a game features in its systems, the more likely it is to experience bugs, which require much more extensive playtesting and bug-squashing. That makes Phoenix Point “a much more dynamics, systems-AI-driven world,” which probably explains why its development is going through so many delays. In a 2017 interview with, Julian Gollop said that Phoenix Point “probably deviates most on the strategic level of the game.” It’s much more of a traditional 4X strategy game with an open-world universe full of different factions and groups, each with their own objectives and technology. This time around, the beta will include tutorials, expanded base and personnel management, new research and manufacturing features. Phoenix Point aims to be a spiritual successor to the X-COM series, more specifically the original titles such as X-COM: UFO Defense. A new development update for Snapshot Games Phoenix Point informs us that in a couple of days, on Septemto be precise, the game's backers will be getting access to the fifth version of the Backer Beta. A year later, in June 2017, the Fig crowdfunding campaign raised $765,948 to help support the project. Julian Gollop first teased Phoenix Point on Twitter in March 2016.
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