inXile have published a new Bard's Tale IV Kickstarter update, the second one this month, to announce that the Backer Beta will be out in July. This comes several days after the launch of a fancy new official website, where the game is now available for preorder. What the update doesn't mention is that the website also features two new videos - the alpha teaser trailer that Brian Fargo showed at the THQ Nordic event earlier this month and a full playthrough of the alpha narrated by creative director David Rogers. It's nothing we haven't seen before, but it's good to have official versions of these.


As is customary these days, Bard's Tale IV has a couple of preorder-exclusive items - Kael's Axe and the Fire Horn, both famous artifacts from the original trilogy. Kickstarter backers will of course receive these for free. See the update for details.