I'm not usually a big crafting-survival game guy but Nightingale has me intrigued, both for its premise—neo-Victorian explorers plunging through portals to investigate dangerous otherworldly realms—and its pedigree: Developer Inflexion Games is headed up by former BioWare general manager Aaryn Flynn, and has a number of other BioWare veterans on staff. After a handful of delays, it's now set to launch into early access in February, and ahead of that the studio is planning an open server stress test.
To get into the test, head over to the Nightingale page on Steam and mash the "request access" button. You don't need to pre-purchase the game to get in, but you will need to sign up even if you've participated in previous playtests, as keys for those sessions won't get you into this one. Emails about how exactly the stress test will run, and when, will be fired out when it's closer to happening.
