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Diablo III Open Beta Impressions

After quite a few months spent in closed beta, Blizzard finally opened Diablo III’s gates to anyone interested in the dungeon crawling RPG, as part of an open beta, over the weekend. While the official reasoning behind it was that the studio wanted to stress test its servers ahead of the game’s release n...

23 April 2012
04:34 GMT

Diablo III Open Beta Weekend Starts Today

Blizzard has confirmed that it’s going to run a special open beta weekend for its Diablo III role-playing dungeon crawler, which will be held starting today, April 20, until Monday, April 23. Diablo III is eagerly awaited by millions of players from all over the world, with Blizzard giving them small glimpses ...

20 April 2012
06:31 GMT

Mojang Aims for Quality and Innovation in Scrolls Before Open Beta

The creators of the very successful indie game Minecraft have said that they do not yet have a clear launch date in mind for their next title, Scrolls, but that they are aiming to make the experience as good as possible before launching a closed beta. Speaking to Gamasutra, Jakob Porser, one of the founders of Mojan...

2 March 2012
04:26 GMT

Men of War: Assault Squad Preview

Here we are having a first look at the new Men of War: Assault Squad Beta, which has just been released by Digitalmindsoft. Although they are still in the process of tweaking the game here and there, the online multiplayer mode seems to be more than operational as you will see from our own gameplay footage. With ...

18 November 2010
05:18 GMT

Open Beta for Final Fantasy XIV Arrives on September 1

Developer and publisher Square Enix has officially announced that Final Fantasy XIV will be entering the open beta test phase at 2 GMT on September 1, allowing all those interesting in seeing what the new MMO has to offer to register an account and jump right in.Final Fantasy XIV is set to take place on the continent...

31 August 2010
05:02 GMT

Less Grenades, Less Speed in Halo: Reach Beta

The Halo: Reach beta is coming in about one month and it will be quite a huge event, with all the players who have picked up last year's ODST having the chance to participate. Developer Bungie has put out a podcast offering the latest details related to the open beta stage and to the changes that long time fans ...

31 March 2010
16:21 GMT

FIFA Goes Free to Play, Moves Online

Electronic Arts has announced that it plans to release a new spinoff of its popular football simulator called FIFA Online. The new game will be downloadable by anyone who has an Internet connection and will be free to play to all those who are interested in getting a football experience on an average PC or on a lapto...

1 February 2010
06:12 GMT

MAG's Open Beta Went Live Today

After being teased as a massively multiplayer online first-person shooter, MAG spent a lot of time in beta testing. As one could only expect, the 256-player maps that the game supports are bound to cause a lot problems, so it's no wonder the game spent months on end under a magnifying glass, as developers watche...

5 January 2010
05:48 GMT

Closed Beta for APB Coming Soon

All Points Bulletin is one of the most interesting MMO projects coming up for release in 2010 and there surely are players bored of fantasy multiplayer online worlds who are eager to jump into a fully detailed city to wage street battles either on the side of the law or against it. For all those people, the developer...

9 September 2009
16:31 GMT

Infinity Ward Talks About Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer Open Beta

A multiplayer mode is critical for many games out there because it offers players more reasons to keep playing it and, for those who don't have a lot of money to invest, a great dose of entertainment in the long run, after the single player campaign is finished. But it is a tricky thing for developers, as they ...

21 August 2009
04:19 GMT

Section 8 Coming on August 10 in Beta Form

SouthPeak Games, as the publisher, and TimeGate Studios, as the developer, have announced that their upcoming Section 8 futuristic shooter will get a beta for the PC on August 10. The testing period will be aimed at European gamers and will allow them to see how the experience is shaping up while offering crucial fee...

6 August 2009
03:49 GMT

PlayStation 3 Users Are No Longer Homeless

The console market is a very tough one and every producer is fighting for the customer's attention. The top three companies, Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony, are all engaged in a bitter fight and are heavily developing new features and services for their individual consoles in order to make them more attractive to ...

11 December 2008
03:14 GMT

Florensia Invites You to Beta Test It

The number of MMORPG games available on the market keeps growing and we'll pretty soon have as many online titles as offline ones. This is not at all a bad thing, since they not only offer tens of hours of entertainment, but also bring the social aspect to maximum levels. One of the newest titles to try their lu...

22 July 2008
15:06 GMT

LittleBigPlanet Beta Might Be Public Soon

Get ready to join the beta group for LittleBigPlanet. In a recent interview with Eurogamer, David Smith, the co-founder and president of Media Molecule, the company behind the headline title for the PlayStation 3, has stated that he wishes to create a beta that will include as many people as possible, in order to off...

7 July 2008
17:56 GMT

You Can Beta Test Stone Age 2 Now

Aeria Games seems to be getting ready for a full assault on the MMO market - yesterday, the company announced the acquisition and distribution of Dreamlords: The Reawakening and today they announce another massively multiplayer online game called Stone Age 2.Unlike the previously announced title, this one is a full R...

4 July 2008
15:06 GMT

Open Beta Started for Combat Arms

If you remember, I first wrote about Combat Arms back in May, when the closed beta for this really promising MMOFPS was kicking off. Now, only a month and a bit later, developers Nexon America announce that their title is ready for open beta and invite everybody who's interested to join in and start shooting his...

2 July 2008
15:06 GMT

Guild Wars 2 Is not Getting a Beta in 2008

The new MMO from ArenaNet, called Guild Wars 2, will not make it to open beta in 2008, representatives from the company have said. With a beta early in 2008, the game might be out by the end of 2009, but the developers are not making any promises.They say that "Although we publicly alpha- and beta-tested the original...

2 July 2008
14:06 GMT

Evernote Leaves Private Beta. Open Beta Commences.

Evernote sure has made progress lately. The developers have revamped the user interface, added dozens of improvements, as well as the option to subscribe for a $5 a month user plan that increases your monthly transfer from 40 MB to 500 MB, SSL for all data and more. Evernote is now in Open Beta. With the newly-includ...

25 June 2008
05:09 GMT

Requiem: Bloodymare Enters Open Beta

Dubbed by its developers as the "goriest game to hit the MMO world", Requiem: Bloodymare has opened its arms and is ready to welcome anybody interested in the open beta. This means that, if you are fast enough, you will be one of the first players to enjoy the new MMO from Gravity Interactive when the open beta offic...

14 May 2008
17:06 GMT

Vampire MMORPG Available for Beta Testing

Darkeden, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Joymax, presents a fantasy conflict between the vampires and the slayers. The view in this game is an isometric 2D, while all the graphics are hand made (and the chicks are looking great!). It offers a variety of character-building options for th...

14 December 2007
05:54 GMT

Zu Online - Open Beta Announced

Zu Online, the Chinese Kung-fu Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game will open its doors for beta testing (open beta, that is!), IGG has announced. This stage will start at at 8:00 PM on the 14th of December. The Open Beta Test client and Register System will also be released soon, so keep an eye on Zu Onlin...

12 December 2007
06:05 GMT

Open Beta of Immortals USA Has Commenced - Win Gaming Systems!

New Game World has recently revealed that the Open Beta test for their new MMORPG, ImmortalsUSA has commenced. The announcement comes pretty late, given that the Beta supposedly had a green light on the 3rd of August. However, the report doesn't say when the open beta ends, so hurry up and register for an accoun...

6 August 2007
08:13 GMT


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