Team-Shooter Paladins Enters Closed Beta

<p><em>Paladins<&sol;em>&comma; the newest title from Hi-Rez Studios&comma; has been released into a closed beta on PC&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The fantasy game&comma; which is listed as a team-based&comma; first-person shooter&comma; notably utilizes a collectible-card-based progression system to allow players a variety of strategical advantages in online competitive matches&period; Players control a champion armed with a primary weapon&comma; character-unique combat abilities&comma; and a customizable deck of cards which create opportunities throughout the match&period; Gameplay sees players join teams and capture tactical points on a large map to assist in moving a &&num;8220&semi;siege engine&&num;8221&semi; across the map to the opposing teams gate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;youtu&period;be&sol;VUc7wX0rIiI">https&colon;&sol;&sol;youtu&period;be&sol;VUc7wX0rIiI<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"line-height&colon; 1&period;5&semi;">Gamers who may wish to join the closed beta can visit the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;paladins&period;com&sol;">official website<&sol;a> to request a free invite&comma; though instant access to the beta can be purchased for &dollar;19&period;99&period; This purchase also includes a Fiery Warhorse mount and 20 card chests&period; The beta will only run on <em>Paladins&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;em> servers from 9am PT to 9pm PT&comma; though 24-hour testing is said to begin as soon as possible&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hi-Rez Studios COO Todd Harris shared this&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We’ve been giving gamers hands-on play time with <em>Paladins<&sol;em> at select events around the world since we unveiled it in August&comma; and the response so far has been incredible&period; We’re excited to get the game out into the community so we can fine-tune it further into a truly spectacular multiplayer experience&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Paladins<&sol;em> is set to launch on PC and current generation consoles as a free-to-play game in 2016&period; For more information on <em>Paladins<&sol;em>&comma; click <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;paladins&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">here<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source &&num;8211&semi; Hi-Rez Studios Press Release<&sol;p>&NewLine;