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Perfect World International beta test opens up to pretty much everyone
2008-09-07 10:00:00 by Samuel Axon in Massively
 

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Perfect World International, the English-language version of the popular Chinese MMO of the same name sans "International" and plus a "2," has moved into its open beta testing phase. The beta test features two servers -- one PvE and one PvP -- and characters created in the testing period will be kept through the live launch of the game.

Like most Chinese games, PWI is a microtransaction-based MMO, but it was originally slated to be a subscription-based game. It got all the subscription-based-game-type triple-A graphics and game design treatment, so it should appeal to Western users more than most Eastern free-to-play games. At least, that's the company line.

Features include mounts, marriage, PvP territory wars, and pretty much every other staple, all in a Chinese mythology setting. It's been in closed beta testing for only a few weeks. There's no official word on the live date for the post-beta version yet.

[Via 1UP]

 

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Tags: beta, beta test features, post-beta version, game, game design treatment, mmo, pvp, popular chinese mmo, perfect world
 
 
 
 
 
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