Grove Street Games has announced BeastLink, a kaiju multiplayer game where armed human squads face off against player-controlled giant monsters across maps with fully destructible buildings. The BeastLink kaiju game is the studio’s first original project, a departure from the licensed remaster work it has been known for, including Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition.
The central mechanic turns in-match performance into a power-up. Players begin each round as soldiers, fighting in squads with conventional weapons and vehicles. Earn enough serum through combat, and you can link with a dormant kaiju, taking direct control of a colossal beast. Once there, you become the largest threat on the battlefield, capable of demolishing buildings and overpowering any human player in direct confrontation.
What the BeastLink kaiju game includes
Grove Street Games has laid out the core feature set ahead of the closed beta:
- Human soldiers and vehicles share the battlefield with active kaiju in team-based combat
- Maps designed for up to 32 players, with multiple beasts active at the same time
- Physics-based destruction runs across the full network, so every player sees the same collapse in real time
- Each kaiju type carries distinct abilities that change how the monster role plays
- A narrative thread about a world-ending kaiju outbreak gives the multiplayer a setting and story context
The networked destruction system is the most technically demanding part of what Grove Street Games has shown so far. Running full structural physics across a live 32-player session is a substantial engineering challenge. The announcement trailer builds its spectacle around exactly that: buildings fall, debris flies, and the environment reshapes around each kaiju. Whether that holds under real multiplayer conditions is what the beta is designed to find out.
Platforms and closed beta date
BeastLink is confirmed for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Grove Street Games has not announced a release date or launch window. A closed beta opens on May 8th, 2026. Grove Street Games has not shared sign-up details or what the beta will cover in terms of maps, modes, and available kaiju.
Grove Street Games’ move to original IP
The studio’s most prominent prior release, Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition, launched in 2021 with widespread technical problems. Rockstar Games responded publicly, and the collection improved through subsequent patches. BeastLink is a different kind of project: an original multiplayer game built around a new concept rather than the restoration of an existing franchise.
The kaiju-versus-humans format has parallels with the Earth Defense Force series, which places small human squads against massive alien threats in destructible environments. BeastLink’s distinction is putting the monsters under player control, converting what is usually a PvE survival format into competitive PvP. That design choice changes who the game is targeting and what a successful match looks like, which the beta should begin to answer.