Planetary Annihilation beta planned for release later this month

According to Uber Entertainment's latest update to Kickstarter backers , the alpha RTS Planetary Annihilation is on course for a beta release later in the month. Alongside the expected fixes and features that are planned as part of the milestone, the beta will also give players the ability to cause planetary annihilation. Hey, that's the name of the game!

"Our current timeline is to see the beta released later this month. And as we've mentioned before, the beta has some cool mechanics and concepts that you haven't experienced in the alpha." Planned additions include the introduction of interplanetary warfare, as well as colonisation and the ability to blow up planets. This is all part of the roadmap towards the game's projected full release in December.

In another post , Uber pointed to a video from Reddit user "npc92" showing what the game looks like when you detonate 166 nukes in one place. It looks like this:

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