What is Crucible?
Crucible is a free-to-play battle royale third-person shooter, where players duke it out in a choice of three different game modes where they have to survive both each other and a hostile alien environment.
We’ve already played it, so read our Crucible preview to find out what we think after dipping into a few rounds.
What platforms is Crucible on?
For the time being Crucible is PC-only, so console players are fresh out of luck.
When did Crucible come out?
It will be followed later in the summer by New World – itself originally due in May as well, but now delayed to August. Read our preview of New World to find out what we think after getting time on the game at Gamescom.
Watch the Crucible trailer
How does Crucible play?
At its core, Crucible is a fairly simple free-to-play third-person shooter, with both PvP and PvE elements. You’ll get a choice of ten colourful characters to pick from, and will have to play in teams to both defeat your human opponents and survive the AI threats on the planet. There’ll be levelling, loot, and all the usual stuff you’d expect from a game like this.
At launch there are three game modes:
Heart of the Hives – A 4v4 mode in which two teams compete to collect Hearts, only obtained by defeated the dangerous Hive bossesHarvester Command – Eight teams of two fight to be the last men/women/robots/aliens left standingAlpha Hunters – Two teams of eight fight to capture and hold Harvester control points to build up their store of Essence
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