{"id":2303,"date":"2026-04-01T15:08:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persist.online\/blogwp\/?p=2303"},"modified":"2026-04-02T16:26:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:26:40","slug":"first-pre-alpha-playtest-of-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persist.online\/blog\/first-pre-alpha-playtest-of-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"First Pre-Alpha Playtest of 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2303\" class=\"elementor elementor-2303\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfffcef e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dfffcef\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8310617 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8310617\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Greetings Scavengers,\u00a0<\/p><p>the time has come: the next Persist Online playtest is just around the corner!\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Start Date:\u00a0<\/strong>Tuesday, 7. April 2026 &#8211; 04:00 PM (CEST)*<br \/><strong>End Date:\u00a0<\/strong>Sunday, 12. April 2026 &#8211; 11:59 PM (CEST)<\/p><p><em>*<\/em><em data-end=\"339\" data-start=\"254\">Please be aware that the scheduled start time of the playtest is subject to change. 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