Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced Turbine's "Infinite Crisis" will release its open beta on Mar. 14.
"Infinite Crisis" is a multiplayer online battle arena video game that includes heroes and villains from multiple universes in DC Comics, according to Polygon.
Three new characters- Mecha Superman, Green Arrow, and Aquaman- will make their debut in the open beta, Digital Spy reported. The addition brings up the roster to 27 champions with 15 available costumes. An additional character will be added once every three weeks, with a new costume to be added once per week on average.
According to Digital Spy, the game has been in closed beta for almost a year, having been initially announced during the Game Developers Conference last year. Executive producer Jeffrey Steefel said "Infinite Crisis" needed to be ready before having an open beta.
"There was a certain point where we need to be [before going open]," Steefel said.
The open beta will also feature a new Gotham Divided Map, Shacknews reported. The map merges modern Gotham City with the "Gotham by Gaslight" Gotham City, further representing the multiverse aspect of the game. The map also contains traditional MOBA map aspects, featuring three lanes instead of two in Coast City or Gotham Heights.
Steefel said Turbine is focusing on bringing "Infinite Crisis" to a larger audience while attracting MOBA players and DC Comics fans that have never played multiplayer online games before, according to Polygon.
"How do you support people that are used to playing these kinds of games that have a certain expectation?" Steefel said. "And at the same time, because of the franchise we're going to get a lot of new people trying [a MOBA], how do we make something that isn't too intimidating? We're still working on that to be honest. It's a long-term strategy."
Steefel said Turbine will focus on six core DC universes to expand the roster of the game, Polygon reported. The six universes include Prime, Gaslight, Arcane, Atomic, Mecha and Nightmare. Steefel said this will be just a starting point for future changes.
"I don't think there's any boundary that we've said we won't cross ever," Steefel said.
