Dates: closed test Aug 31, public test Oct 15
Over 600,000 sign-ups. The public test was meant to set the Early Access date, with servers worldwide, not just in the US and Europe. (Oct 15 was later called off.)
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Gamescom video: an evening with the campervan
Narrated gameplay: a trailer full of supplies, digging a garden bed, cooking on the stove. Ardem as quiet survival.
Summary by Ardem Info. The linked original source by Techtive Games is authoritative.
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Closed playtest “Patient Zero” begins
First test wave under NDA with a few hundred randomly picked players. Around 20,000 applied; streamers get no preference.
Hygiene, a motel and the first UI
Skip washing yourself and your clothes and you're more likely to get sick. Plus zombie facial animation, a military checkpoint and tools like lighter, GPS and compass.