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WARNING - Beta builds are not fully tested and should only be used by people who are OK with the near certainty of encountering bugs. If you just want to play the game - please wait until we release the Evolution formally.

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This update makes some significant changes to multiplayer - adding new features and tweaking balance. The primary focus is to increase the threat posed by the cure when multiple diseases are infecting the world. This should enable multiple new strategies - especially for experienced players.
Please send in lots of information letting us know how you find it :)

To get the beta version of the game, right click on the game's name in your Library, select 'Properties' then the 'Betas' tab and then enter the code 'Curestrikesback1' to get access. You can then select the beta called ""Evolution16"" from the dropdown list in this tab.

FYI - player numbers will be lower during the Beta (as most people will be playing the released version), so if matchmaking is going a little slow for you, get a friend to play a private match with you.

Some questions:

Did you win?
What was your strategy?
Did you experience any bugs?
How good do you think you are at the game?
Is there anything in the game that you don't understand?

If you have any technical / lag issues - please immediately get the log (instructions here) and send it to us at multiplayer@ndemiccreations.com (playing a new game will overwrite it).

Let us know if you have any other feedback too!

The beta test is live now and will be up until further notice.

Look forward to hearing from you

James