{"id":6608,"date":"2026-07-28T00:22:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T16:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/beastlink-steam-early-access-august-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T00:22:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T16:22:54","slug":"beastlink-steam-early-access-august-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/beastlink-steam-early-access-august-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"BeastLink Sets August 18 Steam Early Access Date \u2014 GTA Trilogy Devs Go Full Kaiju"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The studio behind <em>GTA: The Trilogy \u2013 The Definitive Edition<\/em> is pivoting hard into kaiju territory. Grove Street Games has confirmed that <strong>BeastLink<\/strong>, its multiplayer monster-versus-humans action game, will launch in Early Access on PC via Steam on <strong>18 August 2026<\/strong>. The date was announced on 27 July alongside updates to the game\u2019s Steam page, giving fans just over three weeks to prepare.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is BeastLink?<\/h2>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/beastlink-human-combat.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A massive mandrill-type kaiju roars between city skyscrapers as military helicopters close in \u2014 BeastLink\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><figcaption>Image courtesy of Grove Street Games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Set in a post-apocalyptic world where colossal creatures rule the ruins of civilisation, BeastLink drops up to <strong>32 players<\/strong> into fully destructible urban environments and divides them across two radically different scales: human soldiers and vehicle operators on the ground, and city-shaking kaiju above.<\/p>\n<p>Players begin each session as human survivors, fighting through war-torn cityscapes to collect a rare biological compound called serum. Gather enough, and you can trigger a <strong>BeastLink<\/strong> \u2014 a full transformation into one of the game\u2019s enormous kaiju, flipping the experience from tactical ground combat into pure monster mayhem. Die in beast form, respawn as a soldier, and you earn your way back to godhood all over again.<\/p>\n<p>Built on Unreal Engine 5, the game runs on Grove Street\u2019s proprietary <strong>SuperDestruction<\/strong> engine layer, packing maps with over 250,000 individually destructible objects. Buildings collapse with physics simulation; walls become rubble that reshapes the battlefield in real time, turning every city block into both a battlefield and a weapon.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gt-video\">\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BpuPu2glfhA\" title=\"BeastLink - Official Reveal Trailer\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;\" allow=\"accelerometer;clipboard-write;encrypted-media;gyroscope;picture-in-picture;web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><figcaption>BeastLink \u2014 Official Reveal Trailer, via IGN on YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>How the BeastLink Loop Works<\/h2>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/beastlink-city-destruction.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A military aircraft banking away from a kaiju firing an energy beam across a burning city skyline at sunset \u2014 BeastLink\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><figcaption>Image courtesy of Grove Street Games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The mechanic that sets BeastLink apart from earlier asymmetric games like <em>Evolve<\/em> is fluidity: players are never locked into a single role for the full match. Earning your way to beast form by collecting serum as a soldier means the transformation feels earned, not handed to you. The shift in scale \u2014 from squad-level tactics to monster-scale destruction \u2014 is the payoff.<\/p>\n<p>Each kaiju plays differently enough that squad coordination matters. Do your whole team race for beast form and turn the match into a kaiju clash? Or does one player stay human and helicopter, using vehicle firepower to harass enemy beasts while teammates transform? That improvised decision-making is where the depth lives.<\/p>\n<h2>The Four Launch Kaiju<\/h2>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/beastlink-kaiju-battle.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Bull Shark and Vampire Bat kaiju clash in a forested mountain environment near a dam \u2014 BeastLink\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><figcaption>Image courtesy of Grove Street Games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Grove Street has confirmed four playable kaiju for the Early Access launch, each with a distinct combat identity:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Horned Lizard<\/strong> \u2014 heavily armoured close-range brawler, built for sustained punishment and crowd control<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bull Shark<\/strong> \u2014 fast and aggressive, best for charging through structures and disrupting enemy formations<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vampire Bat<\/strong> \u2014 aerial predator; high mobility but lower durability, designed for hit-and-fade attacks from above<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mandrill<\/strong> \u2014 versatile primate-type kaiju with terrain manipulation abilities, capable of reshaping the environment mid-combat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Additional kaiju are planned during the Early Access period, though Grove Street has not yet published a content roadmap. The full 1.0 launch is currently targeting Summer 2027, with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series versions arriving alongside the commercial release rather than the Early Access build.<\/p>\n<h2>What Singapore Gamers Need to Know<\/h2>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/beastlink-beast-gameplay.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Human survivors face a Horned Lizard kaiju inside a cathedral-like interior \u2014 BeastLink Early Access\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><figcaption>Image courtesy of Grove Street Games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>BeastLink goes live on Steam on <strong>18 August 2026<\/strong> \u2014 accessible to Singapore players the moment Early Access opens. Early Access pricing has not yet been confirmed; check the <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2962780\/BeastLink\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BeastLink Steam page<\/a> to wishlist and track the launch price once it is set.<\/p>\n<p>For Singapore\u2019s gaming scene the kaiju genre is having a genuine moment. <em>Kaiju No. 8<\/em> has turned giant-monster fiction into one of the most-discussed anime and manga properties in Southeast Asia over the past two years, and the appetite for kaiju games has followed. BeastLink\u2019s proposition \u2014 playing <em>as<\/em> the beast, not just fighting one \u2014 taps directly into that power fantasy. The 32-player scale also makes it a natural candidate for local Discord communities and gaming caf\u00e9 sessions when the full launch eventually arrives on console.<\/p>\n<p>For more upcoming PC and console game news, see our <a href=\"\/blog\/category\/game-news\/\">Game News section<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--GT-SCOUT source=\"Web (English)\" theme=\"Video games\" flags=\"Early Access price to be confirmed\"--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BeastLink, the multiplayer kaiju action game from Grove Street Games, launches in Steam Early Access on 18 August 2026. Here&#8217;s what Singapore PC gamers need to know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":6603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[11],"tags":[427,964,438,124],"class_list":["post-6608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-news","tag-early-access","tag-kaiju","tag-pc-gaming","tag-steam"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/beastlink-featured.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p13AlF-1IA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4776,"url":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/gigabash-ultraman-zero-dlc-july-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":6608,"position":0},"title":"GigaBash Ultraman Zero DLC Out July 9 \u2014 Two Iconic Ultras Enter the Kaiju Arena","date":"July 3, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Malaysian developer Passion Republic Games adds Ultraman Zero and Ultraman Belial to GigaBash on July 9 \u2014 two iconic rivals from the Ultraman 60th anniversary roster.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Game News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/gigabash-ultraman-zero-dlc-key-art-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4077,"url":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/empulse-early-access-1047-games-movement-shooter\/","url_meta":{"origin":6608,"position":1},"title":"EMPULSE Launches in Early Access Today \u2014 1047 Games&#8217; No-Battle-Pass Movement Shooter","date":"June 24, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"1047 Games (Splitgate) launches EMPULSE in Early Access today \u2014 a 6v6 movement shooter with wall-running, mechs, and no battle pass. 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