You play as the coolest and most charismatic pirates in the galaxy! Each character has a unique attack, defense, and movement attributes: it's up to you to find the one that suits you best!

Lead your team into intense and epic battles! Take on enemy teams that are just as classy and bloodthirsty as yours! Steal as much of their gold as you can, turn them into space dust, and become the most feared and respected pirate in the four corners of the galaxy!

Between battles, dock at Tortuga, a space station that has become the lair and meeting-place of the worst buccaneers in the Milky Way! Find new team members or invite your friends to play, check the online scores, and take part in the ongoing community challenges…

Beginning Thursday,  January 19 at 11: 00 am (EST) , and running through Sunday, January 22 at 11:00 am (EST), DontNod Eleven is hosting a test for players in North America and Western Europe. The closed beta test will introduce new gameplay updates as well as additional improvements based on consumer feedback from previous tests.

Players who participate in the closed beta provide most precious developer feedback. Following the end of the closed beta, the DontNod Eleven team will work to implement changes based on consumer input ahead of the Early Access launch at the end of January 2017.

Interested fans can sign up here for the chance to participate.

BattleCrew is more than just a shoot 'em up - it's alive! Players can unlock characters, environments, and game modes by winning regularly-updated community challenges!

Lift off and join in on the wildest galactic adventure for light years around!

Key Features

• Fast and addictive gameplay designed for competition: in BATTLECREW, games are based on skill and cooperation with up to 8 players!
• A richly-colored cast of cool and charismatic pirates! 4 character classes, each with different playing style!
• Tortuga, the game community’ hub, is where pirates live and meet, check the game statistics and leaderboard, customize their avatar, check the community challenges, and launch games.
• Pirate Bounties: BATTLECREW regularly challenges the community! Maps, new characters, skins, taunts, game modes… All the unlockable content makes BATTLECREW a packed and evolving universe!
• 2 game modes to start out: Gold Rush, where you and your team have to collect as much gold as possible to win, and the classic Team Death Match where you have to vaporize as many of the enemy pirates as you can to claim victory!

BattleCrew Space Pirates, will be launching soon on Steam Early Access. The Early Access release will give gamers the opportunity to experience a major part of the game prior to release and provide invaluable feedback to the small team of DONTNOD Eleven.