In the lead-up to the release of , a second open beta for the game has been announced — but it has one big problem that might hurt the game's full release.
Set for release on February 28, is the newest of the «modern» series, which started with the 2018 release of — a game which massively increased the series' mainstream popularity outside of Japan, and was also the first mainline game in the series to get a PC release.
With now serving as one of developer Capcom's flagship franchises, more eyes than ever are on the series' upcoming release — the first beta for had a higher peak player count on Steam than both and.
Unfortunately, however, the attention drawn by the game's open betas might turn out to be a double-edged sword, as the poor optimization of ' first beta already has many players cautious about the full release, and the second beta is going to run into the same issues again.
Along with the announcement of a second open beta for , which will run from February 6 to February 9, and again from February 13 to February 16, it's also been announced by the official X (formerly Twitter) account that the beta unfortunately will not include any of the promised improvements from the original playtest in November 2024.