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Press release:
GUANGZHOU, China – (November 17th, 2022).
NetEase Games and Starry Studio are today very thrilled and proud to announce that they are going to kick-off a brand-new PC beta for their upcoming post-apocalyptic survival game “Once Human”, and the date has been set to January 6th next year! (2023)

Furthermore, Starry Studio and NetEase Games has also just announced that they have released a brand-new gameplay video for “Once Human” (as announced during the PC Gaming Show 2023 Preview event). So be sure to check that one out! (you can watch the said gameplay trailer further down the page)

“Once Human” is a sandbox survival game developed by Starry Studio, where teams of players use firearms and supernatural abilities to survive against the Aberrant: grotesquely mutated monsters that decimated humanity and left ruined cities in their wake.

Themed around “New Weird”, a genre that combines the aesthetics and themes of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, the game evokes a powerful sense of unease with its awesome and powerful opponents that threaten the last remnants of mankind.

Conflict is also closer to home, as hard-headed rationality compels the remaining humans to fight each other for the dwindling resources that remain. Players must band together to unite mankind, defeat the Aberrant threat, and uncover the mysteries of their enemies, or risk total destruction.

The Once Human trailer at the PC Gaming Show 2023 Preview featured a battle demo largely recorded in-game. Compared to the first trailer that was shown during the IGN Summer of Gaming event, the graphics and performance have been much improved, with the combat system enhanced to make it more fluid and reactive to the player’s actions. Inspired by the works of H.P.Lovecraft, the New Weird aesthetic of Once Human wants to evoke that same feeling of beauty and horror, contained within a survival sandbox game.

The new Once Human trailer demonstrates some of the large variety of gameplay mechanics that players can expect to see in the final version of the game. These include being able to drive around the post-apocalyptic world, explore monster-filled ruins, fight epic boss monsters for loot, craft new equipment, and even take on other human players in order to plunder their gear. Once Human will also give players the chance to create buildings anywhere in the open world map and collect/modify an arsenal of over 100 firearms.

The trailer ended with the announcement of the new Once Human Beta Test on PC which is set to launch on January 6th, 2023. To participate in the beta, be sure to head to the official Once Human website (https://www.oncehuman.game/) or click the link (https://bit.ly/3wYkJdJ) to fill out a questionnaire to qualify for the test. To learn more about Once Human, follow the game’s social media pages and Wishlist it on Steam.

Once Human is planned to launch in Q4, 2023, but those who sign up now can get an early glimpse into the New Weird and experience Once Human for themselves.

To learn more about Once Human, visit:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OnceHuman-108731781483917/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OnceHuman_
Discord: https://discord.gg/oncehuman
Website: https://www.oncehuman.game/

About ONCE HUMAN
Once Human is an open-world sandbox survival game based on the genre of the New Weird. Craft firearms, build territory, ward off monsters and rebuild human civilization. Every choice you make would affect the fate of this apocalyptical world. It is time to wake up, Meta.

About NetEase Games
NetEase Games is the online games division of NetEase, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTES and HKEX: 9999), developing and operating some of the most popular mobile and PC games in markets including China and Japan. As one of the world’s largest incubators of quality online game content, NetEase Games is dedicated to supporting the growth of innovative studios around the globe and growing an international presence along the way. To complement its self-developed games and world-class R&D capabilities, NetEase Games also partners with other industry leaders including Blizzard Entertainment, Mojang AB (a Microsoft subsidiary) and other global game developers to operate some of the most popular international online games in China. For more information, please visit neteasegames.com.