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AoC Open Beta Delayed UPDATE! NO NDA!

2008-05-01 15:30:08 by Keen in Keen and Graev's Gaming Blog
 
for a few hours. The Open Beta will begin at roughly 20:00 GMT (8pm GMT) according to a post on the Funcom forums by their CM . And here I was all excited I actually got up early and showered for this. *Hmmph To add an extra patch to improve the gaming experience and quality of gameplay, the official start time of the IGN Open Beta now is 20:00...
 
Tags: beta, nda, beta clientserver, nda drops, 8pm gmt, gmt, post comments, current gmt time, post
 
 
 
 
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Open Beta? More Like Free Trial

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2008-09-10 22:19:27 by Cameron Sorden in Random Battle
Can we stop pretending that an open beta is anything but a free trial? This complaint ties in with a post I made last year where I complained about the practice of using an open beta as a marketing tool. Whether they openly admit it or not, many companies do exactly that. I dont know how you could stand there with astraight face and call your...
 
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Open Beta? More Like Free Trial

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2008-09-10 22:19:27 by Cameron Sorden in Random Battle
Can we stop pretending that an open beta is anything but a free trial? This complaint ties in with a post I made last year where I complained about the practice of using an open beta as a marketing tool. Whether they openly admit it or not, many companies do exactly that. I dont know how you could stand there with astraight face and call your...
 
Tags: beta, free trial, test, beta test, beta feedback, actual free trial, beta players, bad game, game
 
 
 
 
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Warhammer Online open beta is live!

2008-09-08 18:19:51 by michelewhite in Adrenaline Vault
 
Want to experience the glory of battle and the thrill of War before the game goes live? Players can get into the War open beta by pre-ordering Warhammer Online from select retail partners. Participants of the closed beta will automatically be granted open beta access Visit the new Mythic Account Management website to create your Warhammer Online...
 
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Keen and Graev's Gaming Blog: AoC Open Beta Delayed

2008-05-01 11:30:43 by Editor in VirginWorlds MMO News
 
for a few hours. The Open Beta will begin at roughly 20:00 GMT (8pm GMT) according to a post on the Funcom forums by their CM . And here I was all excited I actually got up early and showered for this. *Hmmph To add an extra patch to improve the gaming experience and quality of gameplay, the official start time of the IGN Open Beta now is 20:00...
 
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7 Great Open Source First-Person Shooters / Day #2

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2008-02-27 02:53:02 by Rain Anderson in That VideoGame Blog
If youre looking for a little variety to your daily shootouts, then its definitely worth taking a look at what kind of games the Open Source space has to offer us these days. And were doing just that. From Monday through Sunday this week, were bringing you this series of what we think are seven great first-person shooters - all open source, all...
 
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September 7, 2008 - Open Beta / Unknown - NDA?

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2008-08-18 14:30:16 by Snafzg in The Greenskin
Massively just reported that open beta for Mythic Entertainments highly anticipated Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning will begin on September 7, 2008. That date puts open beta three weeks from now and 11 days before release, which pretty much confirms what Mythic has said all along: Beta is for testing, not for a free preview of the game That...
 
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Open Beta NDA Lifted for Age of Conan

2008-05-01 14:35:00 by Bildo in The Ramblings of a Bildo
 
That is, if you're in the Open Beta you can post and speak freely about the game, post screens, video or whatever But if you're in the closed general beta and not in the press, you're still being held to the NDA. Unless of course you happen to be in the closed beta AND the open beta Apparently the two sets of servers are split up, so people in...
 
Tags: beta, closedgeneral beta, beta players, post, nda, post screens, tth press-pass, press, game
 
 
 
 
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/random: Open betas: Marketing, testing, or both?

2008-05-05 12:32:25 by Editor in VirginWorlds MMO News
 
Theres plenty of potential there and its in better shape than most MMOGs Ive betad (minus LotRO and WoW of course which seem like flukes in the industry That was part of a comment from Bildo , about my last post, talking about the Age of Conan beta. It got me thinking about beta testing, marketing, and competition in the mmorpg marketplace I...
 
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Do you want some marketing with your open beta?

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2008-05-08 13:30:00 by Colin Brennan in Massively
Filed under: Betas , Fantasy , Age of Conan , Business models , MMO industry , Opinion Many more developers are answering that question with a enthusiastic, "Yes, moar marketing plz." Why shouldn't they, when a open beta is a great way to let people get a hands on with your game before it comes out. If your open beta is in fairly solid shape for...
 
Tags: beta, fairly solid shape, business models, pre-launch buzz, conan, people, prior version, age, mmo industry