Quantic Dream addresses toxicity, tech bugs and tutorials for Spellcasters Chronicles closed beta 2 – here’s how to get a key

Quantic Dream has opened up its upcoming fantasy MOBA for a second closed beta weekend starting from today, January 29, until 9AM UTC on Monday February 2.

The closed beta is for PC only in Europe, Asia and North America and potential players can register to join the waitlist for a key at the game’s official website or on the Spellcasters Chronicles Steam page. Players who had access to the first closed beta will automatically have access to the second, but you can sign up on both the site and Steam to increase your chances of entry.

The MOBA genre is competitive in every sense and Quantic Dream is trying to break into it with a Magic the Gathering-esque spin on the format. Players build a deck of cards before queuing into teams of 3, then face off as battling mages, summoning creatures, building fortifications and casting spells rather than choosing a Hero with unique abilities in the traditional MOBA style.

Beta content includes a new map, 6 new spells and 5 new summon creatures for your deck, as well as 3 new buildings too.

Also new for this second closed beta is an introduction and tutorial for some of the game’s finer details, as well as a text chat for strategising and much-needed player reporting system to go with it. It will also feature early versions of the Spellcaster customisation system and ranked matches.

Quantic Dream has said that this closed beta places a strong emphasis on performance, memory usage and overall gameplay stability to create a smoother experience, so with that in mind, here are the minimum and recommended PC specs:

Minimum System Requirements

• CPU: Intel Core i5-10400 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600 or equivalent (6 core / 12 threads).
• GPU: NVidia GeForce RTX 2070 or Radeon RX 5700 or equivalent with at least 8 GB of VRAM
• Memory/RAM: 16 GB of RAM.
• Storage: SSD NVMe
• Operating System: Windows 11

Recommended System Requirements

• CPU: Intel Core i7-10700K or AMD Ryzen 7 2700 or equivalent (8 core / 16 threads)
• GPU: NVidia GeForce RTX 3070 or Radeon RX 9060 XT or equivalent with at least 10 GB of VRAM
• Memory/RAM: 16 GB of RAM.
• Storage: SSD NVMe
• Operating System: Windows 11

Spellcasters Chronicles is the first ever multiplayer online game from Quantic Dream, the French studio best known for cinematic narrative games like Detroit: Become Human, Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls.

A TV adaptation of the latter game is reportedly in development, or the rights for one have been acquired at least. Elsewhere, Quantic Dream’s long-rumoured game in the Star Wars franchise was revealed as Star Wars Eclipse, a return-to-type narrative action game set in the High Republic era of a galaxy far, far away.