Publisher NACON and studio ACE Team are pleased to announce a closed beta for the cooperative horror game The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu. It will run from Friday, June 5th at 8 AM Eastern to Monday, June 8 at 4 AM Eastern. PC players will have the opportunity to venture into the cursed jungle before the Steam Next Fest and the official release, scheduled for July 15, 2026.
Registrations for the closed beta are open here: https://my.nacongaming.com/en-GB/playtests
This closed beta is the perfect opportunity for players to get a sneak peek at the unique, horrific, and cooperative experience of The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu. As a team, they will have to collaborate to complete the various contracts assigned to them and survive unimaginable threats. The monsters and supernatural entities that populate the jungle are one threat, but the loss of sanity is another: as they delve deeper into the jungle, hallucinations will become more numerous and dangerous, causing panic within the group and potentially leading to accidental mission sabotage.
Alongside this closed beta, pre-orders for the PlayStation®5 and Xbox Series X|S versions are now open. To accompany this announcement on the PC side, a special promotion has been set up: the launch price on Steam will be discounted based on the number of wishlists reached at release. With over 400,000 wishlists on Steam already, the community can rally to unlock a bigger discount!
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Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s cosmic horror short novel, The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu invites players to form a squad of 2 to 4 members to embark on an uncharted continent in search of a legendary city containing invaluable treasures.
The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu will be available on July 15, 2026 on PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.
