The closed beta for team-based shooter Paladins kicks off today

We’re happy to announce that Paladins Closed Beta starts today… and that you could earn a FREE trip to Spain!

TL;DR:

Paladins Closed Beta is finally here!
You get instant access to Paladins (plus all the Champions we ever release, forever) when you buy the Founder’s Pack – 10% off the normal price!
Paladins console eSports starts now. And we’re sending the two best PS4 teams to Spain to participate in DreamHack Valencia 2017.

What is Paladins?

Never heard of Paladins? It’s one of the hottest new shooters on PC, with more than seven million players. Hundreds of thousands of people play Paladins every single day, consistently placing it among the top 10 games on Steam.

Paladins is a fantasy team-based shooter. It’s a world of knights with flamethrowers, dragons with rocket launchers, and furry alchemists who turn enemies into chickens. As you can probably tell, we don’t take ourselves quite as seriously as the other guys.

But Paladins is a game that has a lot more depth and customization than other hero shooters. It’s the only game where you can play how you want to play.

Unique to Paladins, you can build your own loadout of cards to amplify and augment each Champion’s core set of abilities, so he or she becomes exactly the Champion that you want to play. And your Champion looks exactly how you want him or her to look, thanks to our multi-part skin system.

How can I play?

Easy: Starting today, you can buy the Paladins Founder’s Pack on the PlayStation Store!

As a welcome gift to new players dying to get into the Realm, you can get the Founder’s Pack at a discount through March 28th… and PlayStation Plus members will get an even better discount!

The Founder’s Pack doesn’t just give you Closed Beta access. It also includes:

Every Champion we ever release. Ever. Forever.
A Beta-exclusive Skin Collection and Mount.
10 Radiant Chests, each containing Cards, Skins, and more.
72,000 Essence to craft the cards you want.
A Paladins-themed skin for Ares in Smite on PS4.

One big note: The Founder’s Pack only gets better as more Champions are released… And we release Champions all the time. We’re on track to release at least 15 new Champions this year!

Don’t have money to spare at the moment? Don’t worry – like all Hi-Rez Studios games, Paladins will be free-to-play for everyone when it is released into Open Beta at a future date. In the meantime, you can sign up for a Beta code here.

Paladins Esports? Free Trip to Spain?

Since we first announced Paladins was coming to PlayStation 4, we’ve heard the same question over and over: “Can I play competitive Paladins on PS4?”

Today, we’re happy to reveal our answer is a resounding YES: You and your friends could win the Paladins Console Wars at DreamHack Valencia, 13th – 16th July in Valencia, Spain!

Two PlayStation 4 teams will qualify for the tournament: The best team in North America, and the best team in Europe. Those two teams will face off for the title of best PS4 Paladins team, and then things get really interesting.

The victorious PS4 team will square off against the best team on that other console. And finally the age old question will be answered: Does blue or green reign supreme?

So to sum it all up: