Sunday February 23 @ 9:20am PTÂ Wonderful Seasun Video games apologizes for the preliminary server issues, and says it can compensate gamers with three batches of 5 Final Upkeep Containers delivered by way of in-game mail.
One other day means one more shock Steam launch has rocketed up the charts. In the present day itâs the Mecha Break demo, as gamers are getting a style for the PvP and PvE robotic fight sport. Itâs already topping stalwarts like GTA 5, and has even managed to squeeze previous the constant participant numbers of Marvel Rivals too. As of writing itâs the fourth-biggest sport on Steam, with fairly the climb wanted to succeed in third place.
Developed by Wonderful Seasun Video games, Mecha Break is a multiplayer sport scheduled for launch later this yr. Proper now, nevertheless, thereâs a free demo that anybody can become involved in on Steam. You possibly can fly round in 3v3 or 6v6 fights, and totally customise your mecha with paint jobs, decals, and an array of various patterns. Itâs pure chaotic adrenaline, and itâs already exploding on Valveâs platform.
Because the demo dropped, gamers have been preloading Mecha Break in time for the launch on Sunday February 23. Now that itâs right here, the sport has nearly immediately shot as much as a staggering excessive of over 300,000 gamers. Within the time itâs taken me to assemble that info Iâm nearly sure the concurrent participant quantity can have gone up once more, although. For reference, a playtest for the sport in August 2024 peaked at simply over 50,000 concurrents.
This implies Mecha Break has, within the house of only a few hours, flown previous most video games on Steam. It already has extra gamers than Rust, GTA 5, Marvel Rivals, and Apex Legends. It’s nonetheless behind stalwarts like PUBG, Counter-Strike 2, and Dota 2, nevertheless. The final of these is sitting at round 700,000 gamers, so it would take some time for Mecha Break to catch up.
Itâs not all on the spot success for Wonderful Seasun Video games and Mecha Break, nevertheless, because the Steam critiques inform a unique story. The demo web page at present sits at 18%, or âoverwhelmingly damaging,â from round 1,700 critiques. Many of those critiques are in Chinese language, which means that a lot of gamers flocking to the sport are logging in from China. Virtually all the critiques spotlight the identical difficulty: server disconnects.
Discuss of connectivity and operational points are rampant within the Steam critiques. The Mecha Break demo has solely been reside for a couple of hours thus far, however the immediately skyrocketing playercount might recommend that Wonderful Seasun Video gamesâ servers had been rapidly overloaded by demand.
The developer has additionally already put Mecha Break into server-wide upkeep, which means nobody has been capable of play the sport for a short while. The staff doesnât present a cause for the speedy and temporary shutdown, and itâs already again up, however my educated guess is that the studio is aiming to repair any server issues.
You possibly can obtain and play the Mecha Break demo on Steam proper now, with the complete sport set to launch this yr. Youâll discover it proper right here.
Because the demoâs launch, Wonderful Seasun Video games has apologized for the server points and supplied compensation:Â âAs our Open Beta went reside earlier at this time, we had been overwhelmed by your enthusiasm, witnessing over 300K concurrent gamers inside hours. This posed a problem to our server capability and resulted in damaging critiques from gamers. We apologize for any inconvenience and have addressed the server points.
âTo compensate your time, we’re issuing [Ultimate Maintenance Box *15] in three batches (5 per batch), delivered by way of in-game mail.â
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