Independent developers, n-Space and Digital Extremes, announced that their upcoming game Sword Coast Legends, which will be a “party-based RPG set in the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) Forgotten Realms universe from Wizards of the Coast,” will offer an Early Access Program called Head Start Access for PC, Mac and Linux players. That means, starting on September 11th, players can try Sword Coast Legends, prior to the game’s release on September 29th.
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“We at n-Space have always intended for our pre-order customers to have a chance to try out the game prior to its September 29th release,” said Dan Tudge, President of n-Space and Director for Sword Coast Legends. “To that end, we are announcing the details of Sword Coast Legends’ Head Start access program.”
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In addition the developers announced, that Head Start will have three planned sessions. “The first is scheduled for the weekend of September 11th through 13th and will be available only to members of the Design Council – those that pre-ordered one of the Limited Edition Collector’s or Campaign Collector’s packs.” Further they say, that “the second will run September 18th through 20th, and will be open to all pre-order customers. These first two sessions will focus on the Dungeon Master modes of Campaign Creation and Dungeon Crawl. 
In order to avoid spoilers, the Story Campaign will not be available at this time. The third session will run September 24th through the game’s release on September 29th and will once again feature the Dungeon Master modes for all pre-order customers while Design Council members will also have access to the Story Campaign,” according to n-Space and Digital Extremes. They also confirmed, that PC, Mac and Linux cross-platform play will be supported.
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Players will have to opportunity to mingle with n-Space, Digital Extremes and Wizards of the Coast team members in each of these sessions. If you would like to join the Head Start program, you must have linked their game purchase to an account on SwordCoast.com. You also don’t have to wait too long. “Access details will be sent to the associated email account starting the week of September 11th.”
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“The Sword Coast Legends team welcomes your feedback! Feel free to share your experiences via your favorite forums, blogs and social media channels.”
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Sword Coast Legends is currently available for pre-order from Steam and the PlayStation Store for $34.99. In addition to the free DLC, Digital Deluxe and Collector’s Editions, which include a tome of knowledge, cloth map of the Sword Coast, the official soundtrack, numerous in-game bonuses, starter items and DM abilities, as well as a statue of the powerful demon Belaphoss (Collector’s Edition) are also available for pre order for $59.99 and $239.99, respectively, from www.swordcoast.com Details regarding the upcoming “Rage of Demons” DLC expansion for Sword Coast Legends will be announced at a later date. For more about the version, take a look at previous reports HERE.
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