The Han are a new Asian faction in Battlecry.
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Bethesda shows a refined Battlecry, drenched in blood — and with a new Asian faction

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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LOS ANGELES — Bethesda Softworks shed more light tonight on Battlecry, the big online combat game that the company hopes will establish a new franchise in the drenched-with-blood genre. This included the announcement of a beta test and a new faction, The Hans — an Asian group.

Lucas Davis, the design director of BattleCry Studios, said that the studio is now accepting beta invites at BattlecryStudios.com for a global test. It’s playable on the show floor this week at the Electronic Entertainment Expo gaming tradeshow. It debuts later this year for PC.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.