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Warhammer Online Open Beta To Begin September 7th

Posted by Soulskill on from the open-is-relative dept.

Mythic Entertainment has announced that the open beta for the long anticipated Warhammer Online will begin on September 7th, eleven days before the finished game goes live on September 18th. We've previously discussed WAR's delays and the content cuts involved in reaching this deadline. In the meantime, Mythic's Road to WAR website (which we talked about earlier this month) is still available. The press release notes, "Players can get into the North American open beta by pre-ordering Warhammer Online from select retail partners."

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  1. Open Beta? by RockClimbingFool · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Players can get into the North American open beta by pre-ordering Warhammer Online from select retail partners."

    How can it be called an "open beta" when you have to basically purchase the game?

    1. Re:Open Beta? by Tom · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Because everyone can join, whereas a "closed beta" means that only selected testers can join.

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  2. Re:Oh yes... by Narpak · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Two four cities removed is hardly "half the content". In fact the amount of content in the game is staggering. Personally I am looking forward to the game going live with great enthusiasm.

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  3. Re:The capital cities have been removed by immcintosh · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yeah, WoW really did a good job when it was released with all of its end-game content complete and in place... and now back to reality-land where WoW didn't have most of its end-game content at release either.