'Laser League' update: Early Access available at 30% off

A screenshot of the Early Access game "Lase League," now available on Steam with a 30% discount. Laser League official website

"Laser League" is now available in Early Access on Steam with a 30% discount for $10.49.

According to the Steam page of the upcoming futuristic arcade-style multiplayer game, the 30% discount is available until Feb. 20.

The Early Access pack contains over 60 characters from five unique brands (Empire, Gen Hao, Silvertip, Al Shama and Beyond) and six classes — Blade (has a short-range attack that will eliminate enemies), Smash (has a longer-range dash attack that sends a hit enemy flying across the pitch), Snipe (drops a marker that sees a tracer line drawn on the pitch and teleports back to it, consequently eliminating everything in its path), Ghost (activates few seconds of invicibility to grab lasers or revive team mates), Thief (steals laser nodes activated by enemies) and Shock (creates an area of electric shock which stuns enemies). The game modes for "Laser League" are up to four players per team in Local as well as two-versus-two and three-versus-three matches online. The initial pack will also contain two ability modifiers per class, 16 available power-ups that include switch, drain, revive, reverse and speed up and over 250 character customization.

"Laser League's" Early Access pack will contain three international stadiums with 12 laser maps. The first stadium is the Empire Campus (London, United Kingdom) that contains four maps — Gauntlet (restrictive; quickly escalates in complexity), Nine Club (hypnotic; features slow escalation with space for combat), Spin Cycle (defensive; has perpetual long lasers) and Arrowhead (mesmeric; features slowly shifting border). The second stadium is the Geng Hao Megaplex (Tianjin, China) that contains four maps — Crusher (pressure; has short moving lasers to trap enemies), Warzone (shooting; features multiple short firing nodes), Battleground (end to end; has multiple long-beamed nodes) and Ricochet (hectic; has figure of eight moving nodes). The third stadium is the Silvertip Arena (Detroit, United States of America) that contains four4 maps — Carousel (clockwise; features slow escalation with space for combat), Y Control (orbiting; has long central lasers as well as short rotating ones), Prime (interlocking; players can expand control by owning the center) and Rotator (restrained; features close combat with dead zones).

It was also announced on Steam on Feb. 12 that a free Beta Bonus Pack will be added to the game a week after the Early Access launch.

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