Forward of its upcoming STX3 playtest, PC first-person extraction shooter Shrapnel has unveiled quite a few new gameplay options.
Spanning throughout three days, the STX3 playtest will begin twenty third Might and finish on twenty sixth. For the primary time the occasion will run repeatedly for your complete 72-hour occasion.
Probably the most anticipated options being launched is the flexibility to craft weapon skins. Gamers can accumulate totally different fragments which may be mixed to create a pores and skin, utilizing three distinctive fragments of the identical rarity. These fragments may be obtained by way of gameplay and are then tradable on the in-game market.
Furthermore, the 1 million SHRAP prize pool will probably be distributed primarily based on missions as a substitute of rating on the leaderboard. Accomplished in-game missions comparable to reaching a sure variety of kills, extracting fragments, and crafting, will probably be rewarded with SHRAP and weapons skins.
In associated information, Shrapnel-developer Neon Machine just lately introduced it’s built-in a brand new function that allows gamers to get SHRAP tokens immediately through its web site utilizing credit score/debit playing cards as a substitute of buying by way of an trade.
At the side of the playtest, a brand new rewards system referred to as Enlistment, will even be launched. Enlistment permits gamers to earn off-chain METAL factors, which is able to present future in-game utility, for locking SHRAP tokens to Shrapnel’s subnet. Regardless of being locked, SHRAP can nonetheless be used in-game to purchase and craft skins or different objects by way of the in-game market.
Neon Machine CEO Mark Lengthy commented, “The power to craft distinctive skins and the introduction of Enlistment, our modern SHRAP staking system, provide thrilling new methods for gamers to personalize their expertise and be rewarded for his or her funding within the Shrapnel ecosystem. We’re dedicated to creating a really immersive and interesting Web3 world for our gamers, and STX3 is one other step ahead in attaining that imaginative and prescient.”
Uncover extra about Sharpnel and the way the sport is coming alongside in our current interview with Neon Machine head of studio Don Norbury.
Keep up-to-date on Shrapnel through its web site and X account.
