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Subscribe to the world's #1 PC gaming mag Try a single issue or save on a subscription Issues delivered straight to your door or device From£35.99View Memorial Day Deals Computex 2025 TES4: Oblivion Elden Ring: Nightreign Recommended reading Survival & Crafting Skyfaring survival sandbox Lost Skies launches into early access, built from the bones of PvP cousin Worlds Adrift Rematch passes 100K Steam concurrents in open beta as 'Rocket League but with feet' turns out to be a winning idea Survival & Crafting After suspending development in 2024, People Can Fly brings Project Victoria back to life as survival-extraction shooter Lost Rift Third Person Shooter Arc Raiders, the extraction shooter that might finally bring the genre to the masses, is holding a new playtest at the end of April Splitgate 2 open beta test kicks off in May with a 'massive amount of new content' A dead MMO that launched with a now-cancelled TV show in 2013 is coming back 4 years after servers were shut down Rematch, the soccer game from the maker of Sifu and Absolver, is holding an open beta this weekend Battle Royale Super People, the 'PUBG with superpowers' battle royale that closed in 2023, is somehow back from the dead and doing a closed beta test in June Andy Chalk 22 May 2025 After crashing out of early access, Super People is headed back to early access. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Wonder People) Rather like the Death of Superman, it appears that the death of Super People was not as permanent as it was presented. After being shuttered for good in mid-2023, the 'PUBG with superpowers' battle royale has sprung back to life, and is planning to hold a closed beta test in June. Super People, developed by Korean studio Wonder People, first came on the scene in 2021 and made a splash with gameplay that seemed a little more grounded than, say, similarly hero-focused battle royale Apex Legends. It also borrowed a bit from MOBAs by enabling players to level up during their adventures with experience earned primarily through defeating enemies, encouraging aggressive action over run-and-hide tactics. An appearance at the PC Gaming Show in 2022 announced a final beta set for August of that year, and an early access launch followed in October. In December 2022 the game was renamed to Super People 2 for some reason, but by May 2023 it was all over: Wonder People announced that Super People would be shut down on August 21, 2023. You may like Skyfaring survival sandbox Lost Skies launches into early access, built from the bones of PvP cousin Worlds Adrift Rematch passes 100K Steam concurrents in open beta as 'Rocket League but with feet' turns out to be a winning idea After suspending development in 2024, People Can Fly brings Project Victoria back to life as survival-extraction shooter Lost Rift Well, that happens—it happens a lot, unfortunately. What doesn't happen so often is a comeback, and yet that's what we're looking at here. On May 2, a new Super People listing appeared on Steam, along with a message from game director Hur Min saying the team is trying again. It's time to Back and shine Super Soldiers,Super People is officially BACK!https://t.co/2g60wXDc4TMay 2, 2025 The Super People comeback "is not just a restoration" of the old game, Min wrote, but rather "our promise to confront the moments when we were at our best and to bring the excitement and emotion of those memories back to life." Which sounds pretty grandiose in the context of a videogame that flamed out pretty quickly, but the team seems serious: In a subsequent update, Min touched on Wonder People's priorities for the resurrected Super People, including efforts against cheaters, achieving better character and weapon balance, improving the sense of progression (and avoiding the frustration of sudden loss), and making the game more accessible to newcomers. The first look at how that work is coming next month: The first Super People closed beta test is set to begin at 3 pm PT/6 pm ET on June 18, and—barring catastrophe or changed minds—will run until June 26. If you'd like to check it out, head around to the Steam page and hit the "Join the Super People playtest" button; there's no guarantee you'll get in, but I can guarantee you won't get in if you don't. The biggest gaming news, reviews and hardware deals Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsorsBy submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. 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