Pillars of Eternity - Backer Beta Preview Video

Eurogamer posted a new video preview of the Backer Beta of Pillars of Eternity.

Pillars of Eternity - Let's Play the Backer Beta - And Die! - Eurogamer

Imagine a world in which a beetle - nay, a nasty mob of beetles - could utterly and completely destroy your party of armed adventurers, some capable even of using magic. This is that world: Pillars of Eternity. And man, can this game be challenging.

It's all as intended by developer Obsidian Entertainment, of course, because this is a game for old-school RPG fans - fans of Baldur's gate, Icewind Dale. Those are the people who funded the game on Kickstarter after all.

The game is in Backer Beta form now, which means you can play it if you backed the game with your money. You can't buy in, as with an Early Access program.

There's loads about the game that will still change. This process of allowing people to play is intended to reap lots of feedback, and to alter and hone the game based on it.

Pillars of Eternity, the full version, has a winter 2014 release date.