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Beta open:

http://www.hirezstudios.com/hirezwp/

Inventory......to the face!

Dude ain't half bad.

this is a really fast game, old school tribes people are complaining but that's not new...

They recently did a pass removing hitscan weapons and the tribes fans liked it but the new players didn't.

Hirez is the developer of Global Agenda, the CEO made millions on a Point of sale application for taco bell drive throughs and put his capital into a game development studio with no publisher pushing their deadlines.

I did not know that. Hopefully, they can pull a Gabe Newell then.

Hmm dunno. They really burned some bridges with the MMOFPS community with the way people think they botched Global Agenda.

My clan beta'd the hell out of that game for a solid 6 months. The game at launch was designed in such a way that you had to have an A-team (and two supportive B-string lineups) online three hours a night, seven nights a week. We managed to dominate for a month but people were so burnt out, some haven't gone back even after it went f2p.

The game was great when you could only play it for a weekend out of the month -- but when it came down to it, there was little there beyond the sports season Alliance vs Alliance competitions. [EDIT: A roflstomp is only fun for so long...]

I don't know what was lost from beta to release, but a lot of people were really upset. I see those people (this is the global MMOFPS community) looking for the next big game. They're looking at Firefall, Tribes: Ascend and Planetside 2. Maybe DUST 514, but that's PS3 exclusive. They've left HiRez behind.

In addition to Tribes: Ascend, HiRez is also making what I believe to be an action rpg involving mythical gods battling it out. I don't know much about it though.

not that this beta is that exclusive, but I have a beta key for anybody who is interested in this game to try out.

I also have a beta key if anyone wants one.

I was also a little unimpressed by the game. It did have some of that old tribes feeling, but there just seemed to be something missing. I haven't gone back. Maybe it was me, but I was not sucked into it.

New launch trailer here.

I think you may recognize its reference