Eleventh Hour Games has announced that Last Epoch will be releasing patch 0.9 on Thursday March 9. This marks the near conclusion of the game’s Early Access beta.

To reward players, those who have purchased the game before the patch 0.9 release will receive a free Travelers Backpack cosmetic. This will allow beta players to flex their veteran status as the game enters its formal launch.

Last Epoch is an action RPG similar to Diablo and Path of Exile and has been in Early Access since 2019. After a successful Kickstarter campaign, the game got another injection of funds thanks to a “low-equity” investment by Chinese company Tencent.

You can find the rundown (via Steam) below:

Last Epoch combines time travel, exciting dungeon crawling, engrossing character customization and endless replayability to create an Action RPG for veterans and newcomers alike. Travel through the world of Eterra’s past and face dark empires, wrathful gods and untouched wilds – to find a way to save time itself from The Void.

MULTIPLAYER, TRADE & CYCLES
IN DEVELOPMENT

Key Features

• 15 Mastery Classes
  Begin your adventure as a base class which can then specialize into one of three Mastery Classes. When specializing into a certain Mastery you will be able to access new skills and specialize your playstyle!
• 100+ Skill Trees
  Every active skill has its own augment tree that can completely change how the skill functions. Transform your skeletons into archers, your lightning blast into chain lightning, or make your serpent strike summon snakes to fight alongside you!
• Hunt Rare & Powerful Loot
  Fill your arsenal with magic items you craft to perfection, change the rules of your build with powerful unique and set items, and always have that next upgrade just on the horizon with Last Epoch’s randomized loot system.
• Time Travel
  The world of Eterra is home to many factions and secrets. Travel to different points in time to change the world’s fate, and fight to set it onto a new path.
• Endless replayability
  With a wealth of classes and skills to customize, deep game systems, randomized loot, and continuing development, Last Epoch is a game that will keep you coming back.
• Easy to Learn, Hard to Master
  We’re committed to making our gameplay approachable through breaking up the required learning and being transparent. At the same time, overcoming some of the most challenging content will require deep knowledge and pushing your build to its limits.

Last Epoch is in Early Access for Windows PC, and Linux (both via Steam).