Developer Everstone Studio and publisher NetEase have announced that Wuxia-inspired action RPG Where Winds Meet‘s closed beta will be kicking off on May 16, and will go on until May 19. Players interested in trying the game out can register for the beta until May 15 through the official website. The closed beta will be available on PC and PS5, and will support English, Japanese and Korean languages.
It is worth noting that the beta will only be available in four regions: United States, Canada, Japan, and Korea. Players that end up getting selected for the beta will know that they have been picked through an email. On PC, being selected means that the players will be whitelisted for access to the beta. PS5 players, on the other hand, will get an access code for the beta through email.
PC players will also have to keep in mind that access to the beta will be limited to the first device they sign into the game on. This means that PC players can’t switch between different PCs and laptops. Everstone has also detailed the PC specs that will be required to run the Where Winds Meet closed beta.
When it comes to desktops, the bare minimum required CPU is either an Intel Core i7 4770K or AMD Ryzen 5 2400G equivalent, while the required GPU is either Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 750 Ti, AMD’s Radeon RX 550, or Intel’s Arc A380. The minimum required RAM is 8 GB, while 60 GB of storage is also required.
The studio recommends that players run the game on an Intel Core i7 10700 or an AMD Ryzen 7 3700X or equivalent CPU, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER, an AMD Radeon 6700 XT, or an Intel Arc A750 or equivalent GPU, 32 GB of RAM, and 100 GB of SSD storage.
To max the game’s graphics settings out, the studio recommends either an Intel Core i7 12700K or AMD Ryzen 9 5950X CPU, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 or AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT GPU, and 32 GB of RAM.
As for players that might be using a laptop for the Where Winds Meet closed beta, the studio recommends one running on a Ryzen 7 5800HS or equivalent CPU, an MX450 or equivalent GPU, 8 GB of RAM, and 60 GB of storage.
Along with all of these details regarding the closed beta test for Where Winds Meet, Everstone has also released a new trailer for the title that reveals that it will be coming to PC and PS5 in 2025. The PC version of the action RPG will be available through Steam and Epic Games Store. Check out the trailer below.
Where Winds Meet was first announced all the way back in 2022 with a trailer. The game, heavily inspired by the Wuxia genre, takes place in the final days of the Ten Kingdoms era of Chinese history. It will be an open-world title featuring a massive world for players to explore that weighs in at more than 20 square kilometres in area.
For more details, check out our interview with the studio behind Where Winds Meet.
