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Fatshark has announced that the upcoming squad based rpg Krater is now in Beta testing.The top down game takes place inside a giant impact crater where the inhabitants live on in the aftermath of a bomb. The game will be available for Windows PCs on June 12, while a Mac version will be available in July.

“The Beta testing of KRATER begins today, and it’s exciting times with the release only weeks away” says Martin Wahlund, CEO and Executive Producer, Fatshark. “We will now allow people to explore a larger part of the KRATER and with the team management system in place, people can start to build a squad and switch in and out characters for different encounters, if you want to play the game all up to the release on June 12, 2012, you should visit the KRATER web shop.”

KRATER is a lush post-apocalyptic top down RPG and the base pillars are crafting, exploration and consequence. Consequence brings not only the ability for the characters to level up and improve themselves, but also permanent injuries and death. The grim reaper never been so grim!

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[the Battle Cat]

Permanent injury = rage quit.

[Wumpus]

Hmm, normally not a big fan of permanent injury stuff, but I still want to try the game out and see how it works. Could end up being fun and tense instead of frustrating.

[Thain Esh Kelch]

Permanent injuries = tons of saves and reloads.

Unless they can somehow make it worth it not to.

[the Battle Cat]

Be ready for an arrow to the knee.  Thanks to this game, you can become an NPC in a village who talks to actual adventurers that are still sound of body.