Five days on a show floor: the only build anyone has played
A hard alpha, three of six classes, no tutorial — and why a stand build is not a demo and predicts nothing about one.
The game was playable for five days at a trade show in late August 2026, on a stand in Hall 9, and that is the only time anybody outside the studio has held a controller.
What was on the machines
An alpha build, starting characters somewhere around level 30 rather than at the beginning, with three of the six classes selectable and no tutorial in front of them.
That percentage is the shakiest number attached to this game and it is repeated more than anything else about it. One account, no methodology published, no confirmation from anyone who ran the stand. Treat it as the impression of a difficult demo rather than as a measurement.
Why a show build is not a demo
A build at a stand is assembled for a ten-minute queue: it starts mid-game so a visitor sees abilities rather than a tutorial, it is balanced for a spectator, and it is not shipped anywhere. None of that carries over to a public demo, and the existence of one does not imply the other.
The store listing carries no demo entry and no playtest attached to it.
More: demo and beta — when? and the release date .