Upcoming indie BeastLink reminds me of Rampage, but this time you get to fight back as humans

I'm always a sucker for some destructive kaiju action, so a newly revealed game caught my eye immediately.

BeastLink is a new title from Grove Street Games, a studio best known for working on ports like ARK: Survival Ascended and the GTA Trilogy: Definition Edition. But this project is something quite different, and it sounds like a really fun concept.

The dev says that BeastLink utilizes "SuperDestruction" technology, which is "a groundbreaking destruction system where everything can be reduced to dust," across large maps where 32 players do battle both as humans and as giant monsters.

"BeastLink is a brand new experience where humans, vehicles, and colossal beasts collide in fully destructible cities at unprecedented scale," the game's Steam page describes. "Fight your way through war-torn urban cities, amass the coveted serum, and use it to Link with towering Beasts, each with unique abilities and combat styles."

The studio teases the ability to "deploy vehicles like cars, helicopters, tanks, and aircraft to unleash chaos, bringing everything crashing down" in what sounds like it could be a hoot with friends or random players in multiplayer lobbies.

The premise excites me because the big kaiju give off Rampage vibes, except this time, you can play as humans and fight back. The teaser and screenshots show humans running around on ground level as the massive monsters destroy buildings and each other, and I'm already fully sold on the concept in general. We'll see how the execution goes, which is fair to call into question, given the studio's limited and questionable track record (I'm looking at you, GTA Trilogy remaster).

BeastLink will launch into early access this year, but a beta test begins this week for players to try out. You can apply on the Steam page and hope to get in when it begins on May 8, but the game is also scheduled to come to consoles as well.

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