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Counter: Side has since begun accepting pre-registrations for its global release, as well as announcing a change in date to allow for pre-downloads.
Hitting pre-registrations milestones will as usual give out goodies, with Counter: Side global players able to get:
- 10,000: 270,522 x Credits
- 30,000: 2 x Employment Contract
- 70,000: 30 x Counter APT Core
- 100,000: Frame: Boss, 500 x Quartz
- 150,000: 1 x Sylvia Lena Cooper
- 200,000: T4 SSR Counter Gear Set
- 250,000: 10 x Launch Celebration Recruit On Demand (Mail)
The website for the sign-ups can be found here. You’ll be able to sign up until 25 May 2022, UTC -5, previously 26 May, which as mentioned, is to accommodate pre-downloads. While you’re at it, you can try your luck in the raffle event with 9 winners total able to win themselves a set of Counter: Side merchandise. The set includes:
- 1 x Counterside Administration Licenced Visual Appendix Artbook
- 1 x Soundside Vol.1 CounterSide Original Soundtrack LP
- 1 x Soundside Vol.1 CounterSide Original Soundtrack CD
The raffle will end 26 May 2022, UTC -5.
Players may choose to move over to the global servers which are expected to run a separate release schedule compared to the rest. The SEA servers also remain an option for those who really wanted to play the game in English. In any case, it won’t be too long now until the server goes live.
