Didn’t get enough of Arkheron during Steam Next Fest? Neither did we, so we’ve decided to reopen the tower for a few hours every Friday!

Starting Friday, March 13th, we’re kicking off weekly Friday Night Fights on our Experimental Client. While we’re heads down working toward Closed Beta, we wanted a dedicated time every week for the community to jump into Ascension and play together. 

How to Join In 

• Step 1: Grab the Arkheron Experimental Client by signing up here. 

• Step 2: Join our Discord for live updates and a place to drop your feedback.

Regional Play Times

To make sure the ping and matchmaking time stays low, we’re setting up designated windows where Arkheron will be live in each region. A quick heads up: Queuing up during these times will connect you to that specific region’s servers, no matter where you are in the world.

Asia / Pacific - 12PM - 2PM UTC

• 9PM - 11PM JST/KST

Europe - 8PM - 10PM UTC

• 8PM - 10PM GMT

• 9PM - 11PM CET

South America - 11PM - 1AM UTC

• 8PM - 10PM BRT

• 7PM - 9PM AST

North America - 2AM - 4AM UTC

• 7PM - 9PM PDT

• 10PM - 12AM EDT

Custom Games are Here!

We’re also officially deploying our .17 Update, which introduces the Custom Games feature. Want to run your own lobby outside of Friday Night Fights? Now you can. Plus, Training Mode will be live 24/7 so you can run mini-matches and polish those skills whenever the mood strikes. 

Expect Things to Be… Weird. 

Because these Friday playtests happen on our Experimental Client, you’re seeing the game exactly as it is behind the scenes - scrappy prototypes and all. 

This is live development, which means we’re iterating on Arkheron in real time with you. Things will break. Sometimes they’ll break in hilarious ways; other times, they might just crash. We’ll be adding, removing, and tweaking things constantly. Matchmaking and modes may be different week to week - we'll look to keep teams balanced, and may split up high skill trios if that means a better experience for the community. If you’re okay with a little chaos in exchange for helping us shape Arkheron, you’re in the right place.

A note on language: Because we’re iterating so quickly, new experimental features might not be localized yet. We usually handle translation closer to a feature’s final “shipping” state, so thanks for bearing with us in English for now. 

Can I share this? 

Yes! There’s no NDA to sign or anything like that. You’re welcome to stream your matches, clip your best (or buggiest) moments, and talk about it openly. We love seeing what you all get up to in-game. 

Jump In Now

The Experimental client is live right now if you want to get some training in. We’ll be deploying .17 with custom games in the next day or two!