CosmicBreak Universal Beta Test Has Started on Steam

CyberStep has opened the Beta Test for CosmicBreak Universal on January 20, 2021. The online game client is available on Steam as an Early Access title. [Thanks, 4Gamer!]

CosmicBreak Universal is the improved successor title to CosmicBreak, a massively multiplayer online shooter game that supports PvP battles of up to 30-vs-30 players. It is also known for letting players customize their avatars to either a chibi-sized robot or a humanoid girl. As implied by the title, this new game will be available worldwide with multiple languages under a single client.

The original CosmicBreak launched in Japan in 2008. It was noted to last 12 years in the country, until the game was shut down in August 2020 to make way for the new Universal. Although the online game was also released in other countries, none of them lasted as long as it did in Japan. The North American client of CosmicBreak was launched in 2010 and shut down in March 2019.

In 2015, CyberStep put up a Kickstarter campaign for CosmicBreak 2, a sequel to the original game. Although the online shooter was eventually released in the West as Cosmic League, it didn’t last long and was outlived by the original CosmicBreak in both America and Japan. The North American version closed in April 2017, while the original Japanese client lasted until June 2020.

The beta version of CosmicBreak Universal is immediately available on PCs via Steam. CyberStep expects the early access to last approximately 3-5 weeks before the full game is launched. The users’ save data will be reset on the full launch.