Developer Picroma has announced that its very-long-in-the-works voxel-based action-RPG, Cube World, will be holding a closed beta next week, ahead of its official launch later this year.
Cube World, which first surfaced all the way back in 2013, is designed to deliver an exploration-focussed take on the action-RPG genre, with its procedurally generated open-world promising a different experience on every play-through.
While Cube World's $15 USD alpha version, released in 2013, was enjoyable in its own right, its successes have long been overshadowed by the fact that its developer, Wolfram von Funck, embarked on an extended period of radio silence not long after launch, with whole years passing between social media posts. von Funck attributed this to mental health issues in a recent, candid blog post.