The brand new Stargate video game is almost here, with public beta testing ongoing since July. Stargate: Timekeepers is a real-time tactics game for PCs, featuring 14 levels and an original story set during Stargate SG-1.

Now publisher Slitherine Ltd. tells GateWorld that they plan to release the game in October or November of this year.

It may be that the lack of a specific release date this late in development has something to do with Timekeepers being a licensed game. MGM has final approval over the game.

Slitherine says that in this final phase of development it has been focused especially on filling out the game’s story, in order to make it a worth entry in the legacy of the Stargate franchise.

“What we want to release in terms of gameplay, scenarios and such is almost done,” Slitherine marketing director Marco Minoli said on this week’s “Tea Time” livestream. “We’re working hard to add this extra layer of the narrative campaign — adding this narrative layer. This is something we are not used to in all these character-based games. We usually do faction-based games that are less about the people and more about the war, and the scenario, and the storyline behind it.

“So we’re taking a lot of care and attention to make sure that we do focus a lot on a Stargate experience. And to do that we’re doing a lot of cool cut-scenes, and producing something that’s not really specifically related to actual gameplay, but to add an extra layer of polish to the game.”

Timekeepers follows Colonel Eva McCain and a team of specialists in their fight against the Goa’uld. The first mission picks up after the seventh season climax “Lost City,” and continues with levels exploring the planet Hak’tyl, Goa’uld strongholds, and more.

Eventually an encounter with time-travel technology will have McCain and her team hopping around the Stargate timeline, living up to the Timekeepers name.

The game will launch with seven of its 14 missions, with a variety of difficulty levels and around an hour of gameplay for each mission. (Don’t worry — the second set of levels are also included in the base purchase of the game.)

Wishlist Stargate: Timekeepers now on Steam, and stick with GateWorld for more updates as the launch draws near! Read more about the game in GateWorld’s Video Games section, and check out the characters and missions from the July update here.