Developers Fatshark released a brief video intro to the beta: The beta began yesterday and runs until October 16th. You can request access over on Steam, where more players will be granted access in waves. Key drops are also enabled for certain streamers over on Twitch, if you want to hang out there and hope you get a key that way. Darktide has been delayed several times, most recently back in July when these tests were first announced. Ed had a chance to play it at Gamescom though and found it fun, if familiar: My suspicion is that the wave-bashing genre has not progressed, but also that it doesn’t matter. I like bashing waves with pals. Darktide is currently aiming for release on November 30th, with a base edition costing £33/€40/$40.