Space Punks early access is now available to purchase, exclusively on the Epic Game Store.
In a media briefing that MP1st took part in, publishers Jagex revealed some details around Flying Wild Hog’s upcoming ismotetric looter shooter, Space Punks. While we’ve known for a few days now that the title would be launching in an early access phase, with the full release coming next year, what we didn’t know is where exactly it had planned to launch. Well thanks to information provided to us during the briefing, we can confirm that Space Punks is indeed an Epic Game Store exclusive.
To talk a bit about this deal, Jagex own VP of third-party and partnership, Jeff Pabst had this to say during the briefing.
“We’re delighted to announce that we’ve signed an exclusive deal with Epic Game Store for the PC launch of Space Punks, for both early access and open beta. The deal is for 12-months…we’ll be launching Space Punks on Jagex own platform when the time is right.
There are many great things about having Epic Games as our launch partner for Space Punks. Not only do we benefit from their skills and expertise in helping games reach a massive audience, it shows huge faith in a game we absolutely love and can’t wait to get it into the hands of players around the world. We believe independent studios can benefit from platforms and publishers that allow their vision become a reality, and then the player benefits and so does the wider industry.”
For those wondering, the open beta will be launching this Winter on the Epic Game Store. As we previously revealed, Space Punks early access is launching next week on July 14. There are a couple of different ways a player can participate in the early access phase of Space Punks, one by following Flying Wild Hog social media accounts for a chance to win a code, while the other is through purchase of one of the two founder packs. Details on those packs can be found below.
Space Punks Founder Pack – Swag Pack ($29.99)
- Early Access to Space Punks
- All 4 Space Punks characters unlocked
- The full Season 1 Premium Battle Pass – Starts during open beta in Winter
- Exclusive Swag and Splendor Avatar Backgrounds
- Exclusive Epic Cape
- Exclusive Epic Dash VFX
- Exclusive Epic 4x Emote Pack
Space Punks Founder Pack – Splendor Pack ($49.99)
- Early Access to Space Punks
- All 4 Space Punks characters unlocked
- The full Season 1 Premium Battle Pass – Starts during open beta in Winter
- 25 Tier Battle Pass skip
- Exclusive Swag and Splendor Avatar Backgrounds
- Exclusive Epic Cape
- Exclusive Epic Dash VFX
- Exclusive Epic 4x Emote Pack
- 4 Exclusive Epic Character Skins
- Exclusive Epic Player Entrance
Space Punks early access begins July 14 with a planned open beta launching this Winter. The full launch, which will be free-to-play is expected to launch in 2022 with the console versions.