Concord’s Early Access Beta has kicked off and the Firewalk team is so excited to finally be able to welcome players into the Concord galaxy. The team can’t wait to see who your favourite Freegunners are, or what combos and strats will cook up as players build their crew.

Before we head into both our Early Access and Open Beta weekends, PlayStation AU wants to share some more important information with players like, when you can pre-download, when the servers go live, some goodies you can earn from participating, and more.

We’re especially excited to announce that PlayStation Plus is also inviting all members to participate in the Beta Early Access weekend. Just look for the option to download and play the beta when you boot up your PS5!

With that being said, let’s dive in!

Concord Beta Early Access (July 13 – 15) and Open Beta (July 19 – 22)¹

The Concord Beta Early Access weekend on PS5 and PC will begin tomorrow, Saturday, 13 July, at 3am AEST. Players can pre-download the Concord Beta starting today!

Pre-ordering any edition of Concord will grant you access to the Beta Early Access weekend, as well as four extra codes you can share with friends so you can squad up with your own crew and take on rival crews together. Your extra codes will be for the same platform you pre-ordered on.

The Open Beta will begin next week, from Friday, 19 July, at 3am AEST, through Monday, July 22. You will also be able to pre-download on PS5 starting Thursday, 18 July at 3 AM AEST.

Get to know the Concord galaxy 

During the Early Access and Open Beta, all 16 of the launch Freegunners will be unlocked and available to play and customise. Whether you want to snipe from afar, lock down an area, provide support for your teammates, or… just dive head-first into the fight, the full roster of Freegunners has something for everyone. It’s been a minute since we’ve checked in with the Freegunners of the North Star, so the Firewalk team will also be sharing the first Vignette during the Early Access Beta and can’t wait for players to learn more about the crew and their tidy ship.

There will be three modes, Clash Point, Trophy Hunt and Cargo Run, available to play during the Beta Early Access weekend. It was important to Firewalk when developing Concord to make sure there were modes for everyone, so whether players are looking to queue up for a quick round of Trophy Hunt or want to prove you and your crew have the best strats to retrieve Blue Buddy in Cargo Run, there’s something for everyone. There will also be four maps players will get to explore and play on: Freewater, Star Chamber, Water Hazard, and Shock Risk.

Once players head into the Open Beta next weekend, a new mode will also be added, Area Control, and a new map, Bone Mines. Check out the original announcement of the beta to learn a little bit more about each of the maps and modes available during our Beta weekends.

Beta Rewards

If players plan on joining for both Early Access and Open Beta, their progress will carry over between the weekends. However, please keep in mind that the progress from either Beta will not carry over to our official launch on 24th August (AEST).

Life as a Freegunner is all about taking high-stakes jobs with your crew and reaping the rewards, so as a thank you, players will receive a few goodies for just participating: a Frog Weapon Charm (Frog, stands for “From Orbit to Ground”, and is the name of the Northstar’s drop ship, not a literal frog, everyone’s favourite amphibian), a Star Flare Icon and Business Card.

Beta PC specs and features 

The Concord Beta Early Access weekend and Open Beta weekend will support cross-play so players can play with your friends across both PS5 and PC. For players on PC, we’re excited to share the system specifications and just some of the supported features for the Concord Beta on PC:

The Concord Beta will also support:

• 4K*
• Ultrawide 21:9*
• Uncapped Framerate*
• KBM and DualSense Controller Support
• Custom Key Mapping
• FSR 3**
• DLSS 3.7**

* Compatible PC and display required.
**Compatible PC and graphics card required.

Please note these system specs and features are for the Early Access and Open Beta. Be on the lookout for more details about Concord on PC, including final specs and additional features, in the lead-up to launch in August.

We can’t wait for all players to experience the Concord galaxy this weekend, and we’re excited to hear who your new mains are and see all your hype clips and fan art. We will have more information about Concord in the coming weeks, like our accessibility settings. So be sure to follow Concord on Twitter/X, Instagram, and TikTok, and join the community in the Official Concord Discord so you can stay up to date on all things Concord.

For more information head to the PlayStation Blog here.