{"id":898373,"date":"2025-12-24T03:04:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T03:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/finding-the-best-characters-in-the-concord-beta-gi-live\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T03:04:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T03:04:06","slug":"finding-the-best-characters-in-the-concord-beta-gi-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/finding-the-best-characters-in-the-concord-beta-gi-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding The Best Characters In The Concord Beta | GI Live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/finding-the-best-characters-in-the-concord-beta-gi-live.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Concord is in beta this weekend and Alex Van Aken and I decided to jump in, play a few rounds, and figure out which characters we liked from the impressive roster. Together we discovered that <a href=\"https:\/\/gmedia.playstation.com\/is\/image\/SIEPDC\/concord-character-carousel-lennox-01-en-22may24?$600px--t$\">Lennox<\/a>, the hot sauce eating green man seen in the game&#8217;s trailer shouts &#8220;exploding knife!&#8221; when he throws his exploding knife, but he had nothing on <a href=\"https:\/\/gmedia.playstation.com\/is\/image\/SIEPDC\/concord-character-carousel-it-z-01-en-22may24?$600px--t$\">It-Z<\/a> who had a great SMG, the ability to clone herself when she dodges, and teleportation ability making her easily and indisputably the best character in the game. Alex also liked <a href=\"https:\/\/gmedia.playstation.com\/is\/image\/SIEPDC\/concord-character-carousel-duchess-01-en-22may24?$600px--t$\">Duchess<\/a>. You can check out the archive of the full stream below.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameBorder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nUEuwTjXyiw\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>For a while lot more on Concord, which releases on PlayStation 5 and PC August on August 23, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/preview\/2024\/06\/27\/concord-feels-like-destiny-meets-overwatch\">head here to read about how it plays like Destiny meets Overwatch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To watch more of our livestreams, video podcasts, and series such as Super Replay, be sure to visit and subscribe to our second YouTube channel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@gameinformershows\">Game Informer Shows<\/a>. Head over to our flagship&nbsp;<em>Game Informer&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/gameinformer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a>&nbsp;for more previews, reviews, and discussions of new and upcoming games.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/gi-live\/2024\/07\/12\/finding-the-best-characters-in-the-concord-beta-gi-live\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Concord is in beta this weekend and Alex Van Aken and I decided to jump in, play a few rounds, and figure out which characters we liked from the impressive roster. Together we discovered that Lennox, the hot sauce eating green man seen in the game&#8217;s trailer shouts &#8220;exploding knife!&#8221; when he throws his exploding knife, but he had nothing on It-Z who had a great SMG, the ability to clone herself when she dodges, and teleportation ability making her easily and indisputably the best character in the game. Alex also liked Duchess. 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