Why Early Access?

“We are in Steam Early Access to be able to take into consideration the players’ ideas on the game and implement them early in the development stage, creating the final vision of Prime Arena together with our community.
We are working hard to make sure Prime Arena gives an unique gaming experience -- a crazy and fun mixture of MOBA, PUBG and Survival -- and we want to scan the emotions the players have and make this new meta-genre truly fun.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“Right now we can not name the specific date Prime Arena will come out of Early Access. We are not rushing it, since the quality if the game and the experience it gives is our top priority. Most probably Prime Arena will be in Early Access for a significant portion of 2018. Of course, our teams have general ideas on what needs to be done before Early Access finishes, but this vision can also be greatly influenced by the players’ feedback.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“Right now there are about 25 Heroes in the game, this number will be extended tremendously in the Full version - we are planning on increasing it several times. Yet we expect the Full version to differ from the current Early Access stage not only with a number of Heroes in the game, the map quality, and other evident issues. We are also planning on adding some features, that might create an additional gameplay level, as well as develop leaderboards and other competitive features.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“Right now the game is absolutely playable and stable. We present our core gameplay, which is hopefully fun and can give you a general idea on the genre mix we are developing. There is a weekly heroes rotation so that all the characters will have a try out and we will be able to get your impression on most of them. Silver Key grants an access to the game only and is a subject to weekly heroes rotation (five different heroes available each week). Gold Key - or the DLC upgrade to it -- grants its owners all the heroes without limitations (including future ones) as well as some special trailbreaker’s features, such as your name in the game credits and other special stuff. This Gold Key offer is limited of course and will not be able at the later stages of the development.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“Prime Arena price might go up, down, or stay the same during and after Early Access. We are also thinking about making it free-2-play after the release.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“We are constantly reading our players everywhere - here on Steam, in Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/primearenagame/), on Twitter (https://twitter.com/prime_arena), there is a VK page (https://vk.com/prime_arena) for our Russia audience, we also follow and watch all the video reviews on Youtube and Twitch. Besides reading the feedback we are throwing different poles on different game issues, asking people’s opinion.”