Grove Street Games, the Florida-based studio still shadowed by its GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition debacle, has unveiled BeastLink—a multiplayer kaiju action game targeting PS5, Xbox Series, and PC with Early Access slated for this summer.

PC players can test the waters via a closed beta starting May 8, with signups open now on Steam. The pitch: massive urban battlegrounds for up to 32 players, where humans in vehicles clash with players who've BeastLinked into kaiju using collected serum, unlocking beast-specific powers amid proprietary SuperDestruction physics that promises to pulverize hundreds of thousands of objects per map.

Initial beasts include Horned Lizard, Bull Shark, Vampire Bat, and Mandrill, each with distinct playstyles in team-based modes like Convergence and Battle Arena. CEO Thomas Williamson frames it as a community-driven push for the 'ultimate kaiju experience,' citing the studio's technical chops despite its small, independent status.

Early Access will launch with three maps, four beasts, multiplayer core, progression systems, and dedicated servers—no pay-to-win credits or loot boxes, though optional cosmetics loom. The full 1.0 aims for summer 2027 with expanded content, banking on player feedback to navigate uncharted multiplayer asymmetry.

This comes years after Grove Street's GTA Trilogy launch drew fire for bugs, poor upscaling, and a credits erasure spat with Rockstar—issues that left many fixes in limbo. X buzz is cautiously optimistic so far, led by kaiju enthusiasts and deal-spotters, but the beta will reveal if SuperDestruction holds up better than Liberty City's draw distance.