It's time to take flight! The Marvel's Avengers Open BETA is now LIVE until August 23 on Steam! Invite your friends to build your Strike Team. Download for free now!

Tomorrow we will be releasing a patch for Marvel’s Avengers Beta, build 26.1. We have been paying close attention during the Beta last weekend and this patch aims to address a lot of player feedback and issues players ran into during that first closed Beta.

Fixes included:

• We have seen how some people struggled with severe stutters/lag and irregular performance and we have made several fixes that will solve or at least improve those.
  
• A variety of fixes for crashes seen during last weekend have been implemented, which includes certain older systems not being able to launch at all, but also some that occurred rarely during gameplay. We will keep monitoring for other crashes and will release updates as we have them.
  
• Multiple improvements and optimizations made to matchmaking.
  
• Changed default settings to wide combat camera distance, heavy targeting assistance (for gamepad) and matchmaking disabled.
  
• Added an option in Settings to adjust Camera Shake Sensitivity.
  
• Decreased amount of motion blur during sprint and flight.
  
• We have made fixes for issues surrounding microphone handling and muting other players.
  
• We have addressed some graphical issues, for example when using SSSR while having TAA turned off.
  
• We have solved issues with the Dynamic Screen Resolution feature, especially when it was combined with HBAO+. With those fixes we recommend turning on Dynamic Screen Resolution again (at your desired minimum frame-rate) to ensure you are able to stick to your desired frame-rate no matter how hectic the game gets.
  
• Improvements to vaulting.
  
• Decreased delay of loot drops.
  
• We have brought in some initial improvements to our support for ultra-wide and super-ultrawide screens, with us planning more for launch.
  
• Various other smaller fixes and improvements.

During the weekend we will keep monitoring for feedback and will release further patches as it seems required. We always welcome your feedback!

Pre-loading for the Marvel's Avengers Open BETA is now live on Steam! Pre-load the BETA so you're all set when it's live from August 21st to August 23rd.

TWO DAYS until the final Marvel's Avengers Open Beta for Steam opens up! We have updates and patch notes coming that will fix issues from last week's Beta. We'll be posting them before the Open Beta begins.

Sign up early for a Square Enix Member's account, which is required for the BETA: playavengers.games/6j3

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Show us the moments in time you captured in Photographer Mode while playing the BETA! Photographer Mode can be found in the main menu and contains options to amp up each picture you take.

Assemble your team of Earth's Mightiest Heroes, embrace your powers, and live your Super Hero dreams.

August 14 – 16

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Pre-loading for the Marvel's Avengers Pre-order BETA is now live on Steam! Pre-load the BETA so you're all set when it begins on August 14.

What's in the BETA? Take a look at our deep dive below!

We’ve been hearing a lot of questions surrounding the PC Specs for Marvel’s Avengers, which makes us excited to finally discuss them! Like other platforms, we wanted to maximize the PC’s capabilities in order to make the best version on Steam that we can.

First of all, the PC version offers an optional 30GB high-resolution texture pack, bringing the richest, highest-detailed visuals throughout the game world. Forests will feel lusher, the tundra more frigid, and AIM facilities all the more sinister to really bring the experience to life. Additionally, there will be support for ultra-wide resolutions as well as multi-monitor configurations so Marvel’s Avengers will look good no matter your set up.

In order to give you the smoothest experience we can that fits your particular gaming comforts, there will be fully unlocked framerate to support extremely responsive 144hz gameplay on capable systems. There will also be fully configurable keyboard and mouse controls with many customization options to tune them to your playstyle and the ability to seamlessly switch between controllers and keyboard/mouse and use our recommended controller configuration or have the option to fully customize their layout to your liking.

Of course, you need to make sure Marvel’s Avengers runs on your PC, so here are the minimum and recommended specs.

Minimum Spec:
• OS: Windows 10 64-bit
• CPU: i3-4160 or AMD equivalent
• 8GB RAM
• NVIDIA GTX 950 / AMD 270 (min 2GB video ram)
• DirectX 12
• 75GB HDD space

Recommended Spec:
• Windows 10 64-bit
• CPU: Intel Core i7 4770K, 3.4 Ghz or AMD Ryzen 5 1600, 3.2 Ghz
• 16GB RAM
• NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB or AMD Radeon RX 480, 8GB.
• DirectX 12
• 110GB SSD space

The Pre-order BETA for Steam takes place between August 14-16. The Open Beta will be from August 21-23 for all Steam players! Who will you be playing come BETA day? We built the Marvel’s Avengers BETA to give you a slice of the full game experience: single-player content from the original campaign, co-op War Zone missions, hero and world progress, and even more!

Hero progression is one of Marvel’s Avengers main systems, and the BETA gives a taste of earning experience to level up your unique Hero. In the BETA, you’ll have access to the starting Skill page for Iron Man, Hulk, Kamala, and Black Widow. You can reach up to a Hero Level of 15 and a Power Level of 45 in the BETA.

You can also unlock two exclusive Nameplates for participating in the Marvel’s Avengers BETA, which will be carried over to launch. Other progress – such as story progress, gear, and character leveling, will not be carried over to the final game. However, your progress will carry over between weekends! Still have BETA questions? Check out our FAQ for more information!

Get ready to Embrace Your Powers on September 4 when Marvel’s Avengers launches on Steam!

Join us on June 24 at 10AM PT for the first Marvel’s Avengers WAR TABLE stream where we’ll be showing off electrifying gameplay, story missions, co-op, and much more.