At least I do not have her unlocked and have no memory of ever seeing her Avatar before. I have the 9 Avatars from previous OpenDevs unlocked.
Anyway, I guess those who have pre-ordered Humankind can jump in and play the beta directly. It seem others can watch Twitch Streamers for 2 hrs (not 3 hrs like in previous opendevs) who stream Humankind gameplay and have drops actived to earn access via drops to the Closed Beta (linking their games2gether account to their twitch account of course, then link their games2 gether account to their steam account).
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Latest News As Of 2021-06-13 20:09:00 CEST / 18:09 GMT / 11:09 AM PDT
The latest official Tweet from Humankind (posted approximetly 3 hrs ago when I took this screenshot) !!!
Disclaimer: I find all the time conversions a bit confusing. Not to mention that two diffent channels on Twitch has a bit different times in their schedules. So please make sure You check for Yousrelves to not miss anything. Please do NOT blame me if You miss the stream. I have tried to relay the below information to the best of my ability.
The PCGamingShow will be streamed live tonight at 23:25 CEST / 21:25 (9:25 pm) GMT / 14:25 (2:25 pm) PDT/Pacific Daylight Time (which is the currently is in effect and not pst).
It will stream for 2 hour and end at 01:25 CEST / 23:25 (11:25 pm) GMT / 16:25 (4:25 pm) PDT/Pacific Daylight Time.
At the TwitchGaming Channel it acctually says it starts 5 minutes later at 23.30 CEST / 21:30 GMT / 14:30 PDT, according to the schedule here, link: https://www.twitch.tv/pcgamer/schedule (which is a bit confusing)
On that channel it says it will stream for 1 1/2 hour and end at 01:00 CEST / 23:00 (11:00 pm) GMT / 16:00 (4 pm) PDT/Pacific Daylight Time (which again is a bit confusing).
Somewhere during that stream more official news will be announced about the upcoming Humankind Closed Beta. Hopefully an announcement of when exactly it goes active. :)
On the TwitchGaming Channel there are acctually other live streams and trailers being broadcasted from E3 right now. All evening I think they will have live streams on it.
Note: I will try to update this post with more official info about the upcoming Humankind Closed Beta as soon as I find any more info being released.
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Latest News As Of 2021-06-12
There was an interview with Jeff Spock from Amplitude at Saturdays PC Game Show Live Stream (approximately 10 hours ago when I'm writing this) on Twitch Gaming. Even the streamer @BurkeBlack was participating and gave his own feedback and impression of Humankind.
That link also includes the Closed Beta Trailer which the shorter highlight clip does not include.
Yes, during the interview Jeff Spock also Announced the upcoming Humankind Closed Beta !!! No details of when it is starting yet, but Jeff said to keep Your eyes out/open and stay tuned for more info.
In another thread I gathered as much info as I could, in a reply, to help people find info. I will include that info here for easier access and in hopes that this info will answer some of Your questions.
Humankind wrote: Play through 5 eras of human history in the HUMANKIND™ Closed Beta. To gain access, pre-purchase HUMANKIND on Steam or Epic Games Store and coming to a cloud near you with GeForce NOW OR watch Twitch streams with OpenDev key drops enabled
Here is a screenshot of it as well (below). I'm refering to the text below the video written by Amplitude/Humankind themselves. You can enlarge the screenshot by right+clicking it and chose to open it in a new tab or window.
However the advantage with pre-ordering is of course that You won't have to wait and find Twitch Streamers streaming Humankind with drops enabled and watch them for 3 hours to start playing the "Closed Beta" version of Humankind. You can jump right in as soon as it is active (which is still to be announced when that is), if You have pre-ordered the game
So, according to that info, once it is started You can either gain access to the Closed Beta directly by pre-ordering Humankind, or watch various streamers that has Humankind "!drops" enabled to gather points towards the drop. Usually that means watching streamers for a total of 3 hours. You can switch and watch different streamers to accumulate the 3 hrs that unlocks earning the drop. As I said that is how it usually have worked anyway.
Usually alot of Twitch Streamers have "!drops" enabled during these events. Like @DevildogFF/eXplorminate, @MordredViking, @Enigmaticrose4, @LordLambert, @2DKiri, @WritingBull, @shenryyr, @Munchie, @Venalis, @Cringer, @bokoen, @RepublicOfPlay, @Gigau and so many others. At least these streamers have streamed Humankind during previous OpenDevs as well as have had "!drops" enabled. The list would be enormous if I tried to list all streamers that have streamed Humankind in the past.
Also I assume the various content creators that have unlockable in-game avatars, might have the drops for those activated as well. So time to earn those unlocks as well. Unless You already have them all. In game Avatars from:
To unlock the content creators Avatars You need to watch each streamer exclusively for 1 hr (I think it has been in the past anyway). You can only earn and unlock for example GamerZakh's Avatar by acctually watching GamerZakh streaming Humankind gameplay.
I would also imagine that Amplitude/Humankind will have "!drops" enabled on their stream during the upcoming Thursday.
I hope some will find all the above info helpful.
As usual You must link Your Games2Gether account to Your Twitch account to activate those unlocks from "!drops". Also link Your Steam account to Your Games2Gether account. Then once they are fully earned on Twitch, usually You once more need to refresh the link between Your Twitch account to Your Games2Gether account. Then refresh the link between Your Games2Gether and Your Steam account. Just to be sure the latest drops are activated and accessible.
Note: Do note that the Humankind Closed Beta event is NOT live yet (when I'm writing this). It will be announced when it goes live, so keep Your eyes peeled. Maybe at the PC Game Show live stream on Sunday, or Humankinds official Twitter Account etc, for more details. Due to NDA I can not give any more details at this point. All info included in this post has already been officially announced and released by Amplitude at this point in time.
Links to some of the Twitch Streamers channels whom at least I have watched streaming Humankind during some of the past OpenDev events. Streamers who usually also have "!drops" enabled. Just to help people find Humankind streams a bit easier. I will also add a link to their YouTube channels. At least of the creators that I know of their YouTube channels. Some of the content creators are very active on both Twiych and YouTube, others are more active on one of them. You will have to check for Yourself who is most active on which Platform.
Note that "!drops" can only be earned during Twitch streams, not during YouTube streams.
That is only a handful of all the streamers I have seen stream Humankind in the past. There are plenty of others, but these are the ones I have added.
Then there is of course the official Amplitude Twitch Channel which streams on Thursdays 6 PM/18.00 CEST. They usually have "!drops" enabled too during Humankind OpenDev/Test events.
Thanks for putting this together! I was going to scour the discord and twitter and everything else myself, so you've really saved me some time :D I'm really looking forward to being able to play again.
So, this time we won't get to play Humankind from Twich drops. But well will have Streemer AI Avatar persona on Twich.
Great~
You can still get into the beta trough Twitch.
"Play through 5 eras of human history in the HUMANKIND™ Closed Beta. To gain access, pre-purchase HUMANKIND on Steam or Epic Games Store and coming to a cloud near you with GeForce NOW OR watch Twitch streams with OpenDev key drops enabled"
My date guess is sometime late June, as I think they'd want a little over a month before release to make any changes related to Beta feedback. But we'll just have to wait and see.
Thanks for putting this together! I was going to scour the discord and twitter and everything else myself, so you've really saved me some time :D I'm really looking forward to being able to play again.
@workswithdragons You're welcome !!! After all what is a community for, if not to help each other. ??? :)
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So, this time we won't get to play Humankind from Twich drops. But well will have Streemer AI Avatar persona on Twich.
Great~
@Kaecilius Just like @isle9 wrote, the way it has been announced and worded under the official Closed Beta video on YouTube it definetly seems like You can gain access to this Beta from Twitch Drops as well. Just like I wrote in my original post. Unless that is some text only copied over from older videos since it says "OpenDev key drops enabled" and was unintentional. However the rest looks new as they have written "Closed Beta" in the sentence before that, so I think it is intentional. It could just be that the name of the "!drops" is still called "OpenDev" in the Twitch drop system (like before), while it is now giving access to this Closed Beta as well. However as for now I have just gathered the official info as it stands when I found it.
You can look for Yourself if follow this link and read the video description on YouTube under the video, link:
Humankind wrote: Play through 5 eras of human history in the HUMANKIND™ Closed Beta. To gain access, pre-purchase HUMANKIND on Steam or Epic Games Store and coming to a cloud near you with GeForce NOW OR watch Twitch streams with OpenDev key drops enabled.
Here is a screenshot of it as well (below). I'm refering to the text below the video written by Amplitude/Humankind themselves. I just took this screenshot a few minutes ago and the text is still the same as yestertday. You can enlarge the screenshot by right+clicking it and chose to open it in a new tab or window.
Unless something else has been stated/announced somewhere else since then ???
I will add that screenshot to my original post as well now.
However the advantage with pre-ordering is of course that You won't have to wait and find Twitch Streamers streaming Humankind with drops enabled and watch them for 3 hours to start playing the "Closed Beta" version of Humankind. You can jump right in as soon as it is active (which is still to be announced when that is), if You have pre-ordered the game.
Do you think this closed beta will have all the content creators avatars unlocked? I am hoping so because I have no idea how the scheduling works for that.
Do you think this closed beta will have all the content creators avatars unlocked? I am hoping so because I have no idea how the scheduling works for that.
I think (note that this is just what I think right now and not an absolute fact) that You will have to unlock the Avatars the usual way, by watching the creators stream Humankind on their own Twitch Channels while they have drops activated.
You can always refer to that list for more info and how to easier find their channels. Then You will have to check their schedule tabs for when they plan to stream, once the Beta goes active.
Usually also AmplitudeStudios official Twitch Channel activate drops during these events. You can check their schedule tab regularly for when they will stream during this upcoming Beta event as well. They almost always stream on Thursdays. We can only hope they might have more stream events during the upcoming Beta event.
I added the latest official info I could find out there to the original post at the top of this thread !!!
Note: I will try to update the original post with more official info about the upcoming Humankind Closed Beta as soon as I find any more info being released. I don't sit 24/7 and hit refresh, but at least with regular intervalls I try to see if there is any new info out until we acctually get the official info announced of when the upcoming Beta goes active.
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