Monday, January 14, 2008

AoC: CES 2008 Siege/Pet Video & Beta News

I don't want to get too excited about this game so I've been avoiding looking at videos/reading the boards but...I did happen to see this. Lots of negative comments about the lack of refinement...but I'll still make a judgment on my own this March 25th:



Please don't suck!

Also, check out some info regarding the "open beta" phase that's coming up per Pharamond, the Community Manager for Funcom's Conan:

A Few Words on Open Beta


Looks like there was a miscommunication/misunderstanding at the show.

We are planning to have an open beta for the game as we get closer to launch, however, it will be through specific partners and require an application/registration process, much like most of the other betas for most other games.

We will be limiting the number of keys we release to a manageable number at any given time, rather than subjecting people to queues and loading screens and so on. By "a manageable number," we mean tens of thousands, not just a handful.

We’re also ramping up some of our tech test betas, and, of course, we’ll be doing key giveaways, inviting forum veterans, and inviting more people to the current, closed stage of beta as we ramp up for launch.

So, yes, there will be a wider-scale open beta, but it will require an application/registration process and won’t be as simple as “press button, get key,” which is what we wanted to say.

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