Rust Xbox One Closed Beta Appears (But Don’t Hold Your Breath)

Since being announced for a console release sometime this year, it’s been a little quiet where the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of Rust are concerned. The port, which is being handled by Double Eleven, has had no new info since the announcement, though it has recently popped up randomly on the store for the Xbox One.

Eagle-eyed fans noticed late last week that Rust Console Edition – Closed Beta had been added to the store, though without any information on a release date or how to access the beta itself.

While this may have excited patient console players, it turns out that this was for internal testing only, as noted by Facepunch’s Garry Newman on Twitter.

This isn't an awesome joke so we can suprise you.

It's in closed beta so we can test internally.

We have many struggles to overcome until any kind of open beta is possible.

— garry (@garrynewman) April 11, 2020

The latter part of the second tweet ties into what Newman has said previously, that they wouldn’t be releasing the game on console until they’re comfortable with the results. There’s been a lot of half-baked survival games on PS4 (I’m not calling you out here, DayZ, but I’m not not calling you out, either), so it’s good to see a developer trying to maximise how good a resource intensive game can be on console.

As for when we might get to play a beta, just hold tight and wait for official confirmation from Facepunch. You could even play one of the million other games currently available to you while you wait. We hear Animal Crossing is good fun.

Rust is an open world survival game currently available on Steam. Players spawn on a beach with a rock in hand, and what they do from there is up to them. On a similar note, we recently spoke to Facepunch about where Rust is at right now and where they hope it will be not too far from now.

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