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Warhammer Online Beta Application Now Open

Posted by Zonk on from the waauuuuuuuuuuuuuuughhh dept.

Eurogamer reports that applications for the Warhammer Online Beta are now open on the official site. The Beta will be open for both American players as well as folks in the EU, and each have their own site available for signup. We had a chat with the Warhammer team late last year, which should give some insight on the game. Eurogamer as a hands-on preview available from January, if that's more your thing. "'Empire is a world about the End of Days,' bellows Paul [Barnett]. 'A world on the brink of extinction. No matter what they do, the Humans must keep fighting or they'll all die. Breed and fight, expand or die, that's all they can do.'"

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  1. 9-5 Job FTL by andrewd18 · · Score: 3, Funny

    To join the beta test you simply have to fill in a few forms and register on the site. But don't be too hasty, because you'll need to upload your system specifications, which requires you sitting at the computer you want to play the beta on.
    Curse you, 9-5 job, cuuuuuuurrssssseeee yyyyyyoooooooooouuuuuuuuu!
  2. Mentioned in Firehose... by Toandeaf · · Score: 3, Informative

    The beta registration requires you to submit information from DxDiag.

    1. Re:Mentioned in Firehose... by bdjacobson · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Not a big deal in my opinion...

      What is a big deal? They want my address, my phone number, my name, etc...

  3. American Site by Souliosis · · Score: 2, Informative

    Since the article only contains the European beta site links, you will find the North American sign up site here: https://betacenter.eamythic.com/signup.php After signing up there, you confirm your e-mail address (GMail dumped the e-mail into my Spam folder, fyi), and then upload your DxDiag info.

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  4. Re:Finaly by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    But what do you do on the weekend? Way to end your comment on a cliffhanger!

  5. Hopefully nothing like it's tabletop counterpart.. by spocksbrain · · Score: 3, Informative

    Most Warhammer fantasy players sell their armies and buy cocaine, as it is a cheaper habit to support.

    I can see it now: You wish to create a second player alt? That'll be $40, thank you.

  6. Why do we work for them for free? by Xenkar · · Score: 2, Insightful

    EA/Mythic are going to make a huge amount of money off of this once it goes retail. Why don't they pay us $20,000 a year (since we'll be telecommuting) and give us benefits (health/dental insurance)? The beta sign up process is like a typical hiring process.

    Out of principle I stopped writing and left the site when I saw that they wanted me to write in 1000 characters or less "why I wanted to beta test their game." They know damn well that most people want to play because it is free and a way to pass time. It is a question that doesn't need to be asked.

    So to anyone who is still signing up, you have one less person to compete with for this lucrative unpaid intern position. Enjoy.

  7. U's in WAGH by Turn-X+Alphonse · · Score: 2, Funny

    No Us in WAAAGH.

    God I feel like a nerd.

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  8. Re:Age of Conan Warhammer Online by WreathOfBarbs · · Score: 3, Insightful

    coupled with a development community that actually listens and responds to its fans How many times have we heard that before? Pretty much every time there is a new game on the horizon. I will believe it when I see it, and then I will probably avoid that game because every time developers listen to players it just leads to a worse game.

    Warhammer will be interesting to see, but I suspect that AoC will be the "wowkiller". The only game capable of killing WoW at this point is WoW itself.
  9. Windows only by the_tsi · · Score: 2, Informative

    Don't fill out the application form like I did if you're not on a Microsoft machine. You'll just be feeding them lots of personal info, and won't be able to proceed to step 2... plus, there doesn't appear to be any "delete my account info" option. I'll let the legion of other zealots whine about lack of OS X support, my only gripe is that they didn't make it clear up front.

  10. Re:Playing games is so much work! by Drawkcab · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Open beta testing amounts to playing the game and giving feedback on it. Its not substantially more "work" than if the game were released, except you're not paying for it. And the fact that you can't muster the effort to write a paragraph or two indicates that you'll be a terrible candidate when it comes to holding up your end of the bargain and actually providing usable feedback for them.