The closed beta for Mirage: Arcane Warfare, Chivalry's spiritual successor that trades realism for magical explosions, has now finally begun. In order to drum up a bit of excitement, but also introduce new players to the series, Torn Banner Studios has just made Chivalry: Medieval Warfare completely free!

There is no catch and there are no free-to-play elements to worry about - the entire game is completely free to grab until March 28th, 10AM PST. So if you have even a tiny bit of interest in Chivalry make sure to head over to Steam and press that shiny Install Game button. You don't even need to actually install it, but just make sure its added to your account so that you can always come back to it later.

If you have no idea what Chivalry is even all about, allow me to share with you one of the gameplay trailers. Chivalry has advanced a lot since this video was made, however, so I would still advise you give it a try for yourself and see whether its something you might enjoy. Anyway, here's the video: