Rust has been incredibly popular on Steam for the past few months thanks to content creators online boosting the appeal of the game. For those who may have missed it, a group of content creators called OfflineTV made an online Rust server and created content surrounding their experiences playing together.
Since then, Rust's popularity has increased dramatically, which in turn helped the game to gain an even wider and stronger player base. Now that Rust is expanding to console versions, the earliest beta keys for both the Xbox One and PS4 versions of the game have gone out to a limited selection of players to test the game on newer platforms.
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Though Rust has been in early access on Steam since 2013, the game only officially released its final version in 2018. The console version of Rust was also announced some time ago, but is still not fully complete. However, Facepunch Studios recently put out a teaser trailer for Rust's console version, which looks to perform very well on console from the brief glimpses that were shown. Now, the official Twitter account for Rust Console Edition sent out a tweet confirming that a limited number of console owners are receiving beta keys which will allow them to play the game early.
Still, it's not as if players who received beta keys will experience the finished product early. The tweet stresses that the main purpose for the beta testing period on console is to test out server stability, meaning the team can't just invite a ton of players to join the beta just yet. Considering Rust continuously topped the Steam sales chart, there are probably a lot of very eager console players who are looking to get their hands on the game as soon as possible. With any luck, the beta period goes well and Facepunch Studios gets the data it needs to further development of the final release.
Rust is out now on PC, with PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions in development.