You may have seen preview ads for Mini Fighter here and on other gaming sites, but now the Korean, 2D, side-scrolling fighter MM0 (mouthful!) is headed to closed beta, stateside, on July 23. If you haven’t been following its development here’s a swift primer.

Mini Fighter is a side-scrolling fighter with cutesy, super-deformed characters. Unlike traditional fighters, the battles can be of epic scale; up to 210 combatants can participate in the rough-and-tumble shenanigans. Players can level-up their fighters and compete in a wide variety of modes, ranging from Survival and Tag Team matches to Boss fights and daily Siege Warfare. But it’s not all about the carnage; you can take five from the fisticuffs to compete in a variety of mini-games that test the gray matter.

If interested, you can join the test run by signing up for beta keys on the official website. The downloadble client (PC only) is available today.