Kory Postma

Audio/FX/Game Programmer, Military Simulation Programmer, Satellite Scheduling, Data Scientist, Software Engineer, Appleseed Shooting Instructor

[Bellum @PlayBellum]

We are excited to announce that we have been invited to participate in The FPS Games Show! Join us September 3rd @ 2PM EST on our Twitch channel where we will be co-hosting the event alongside many other great studios.

Thank you to @FPSGamesShow for inviting us!

[Bellum @PlayBellum]

Bellum continues to evolve.

[Bellum @PlayBellum]

Reconnaissance

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Take a closer look at our brand new map, Tsavo, through @OperatorDrewski's latest video! https://t.co/iSMclL7971

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Tsavo

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We’ve released the full recording of our Closed Beta Month 1 Debrief, where we cover the most pressing questions players have asked so far.

Our fourth Closed Beta weekend is live now and runs until Sunday at 11:00 PM CST!

[Klean 🧽 @Kleanisklean]

.@PlayBellum Hits different

[Tomographic @ItsTomographic]

Bellum is one to keep an eye on. Peak Milsim.

Full vid 👉 https://t.co/Y3CGMQt9aG

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RPG!

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Today we are once again going live over at our channels. We will be giving away more Bellum keys throughout the stream. Come hang out!

[Klean 🧽 @Kleanisklean]

Beware of Al-Salami rocket man @PlayBellum

[Haebyung Dance @HaebyungDance]

Congrats to the @PlayBellum team on wrapping up their first Closed Beta weekend! A lot of new people jumped in, a lot of people were learning, a lot of people were teaching, and most importantly, people were having fun. Here’s 3 minutes of me trying to prepare new players for the chaos:

[Bellum @PlayBellum]

Thank you all for an absolutely amazing, memorable Beta Launch weekend. The support was unreal... In the aftermath, here are our top 10 players by in-game hours!

[Haebyung Dance @HaebyungDance]

Having played a lot of @PlayBellum 's alpha, my honest take before the closed beta is this:

Bellum isn’t for everyone. Not even for everyone who likes tactical shooters or milsim.

It has a very specific vision, and it commits to it. It doesn’t reward the appearance of tactics as much as their actual function. Maneuver without fire gets you killed. Fire without maneuver gets you nowhere. Over and over, the game pushes you back to the same fundamentals: shoot, move, communicate.

It’s a game about coordination under pressure. Leadership matters. Teamwork matters. Being able to create some order out of chaos matters. None of that is especially glamorous, but when it comes together, the payoff is real.

For all the ways Bellum might look like milsim from the outside, what makes it feel different is that it strips away a lot of the fluff and cool factor and forces players to deal with the hard, unglamorous basics of small-unit combat.

Simple in theory. Difficult in practice.

A lot of people probably won’t like Bellum. But for the people it clicks for, I think it’s going to be very obvious why it feels different.

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[OperatorDrewski @OperatorDrewski]

Tons of new players jumping in to learn Bellum's mechanics the night before the Closed Beta begins!

[Bellum @PlayBellum]

We're super proud to share that we've partnered with @RegimentGG and @Games4Vets to bring Bellum closer to veterans looking to join the fight!

See you all in the AO. 🫡

[Bellum @PlayBellum]

Tomorrow, we’ll be going live with another devcast stream, now in Closed Beta.

Join us to get a bird’s-eye view of Bellum, hear from the developers, and participate in the multiple key giveaways we have planned. You won’t want to miss it.

See you in the AO.🫡