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Irth Worlds News - Open Beta Begins
Posted by Dana Massey on Jun 06, 2005 | 14 comments in our forums
Magic Hat Software, the developers of Irth Online, have announced that their open beta test for the soon to be launched MMORPG begins today!
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STARTS OPEN BETA TODAY -- BETA TESTERS WELCOMED -- DEDHAM, MA – JUNE 6, 2005 – Magic Hat Software (www.magichatsoftware.com) announced today that the Open Beta for its MMORPG Irth Online (www.irthonline.com) begins today and runs through July 5, 2005. Gamers are encouraged to apply for the Open Beta on the Irth Online website. “We scheduled our Open Beta relatively late in the development cycle because we wanted our gamers to have the deepest and most complete experience we could provide,” says Alan Chipura, Lead Game Designer. “We’ve paid close attention to the input provided by earlier testers and our changes and improvements are up to date, so we expect the Open Beta test to go smoothly.”
About Irth Online
Irth Online’s virtual world is populated by three distinct PvP civilizations -- The Arcadians in the snowy north, The Morbus in the southeastern swamps, and The Mezoteks in the tropical southwest – which have a thousand-year history of battling to capture the resources of the others to ensure survival. This persistent state of war inspired peace-loving pilgrims from all three civilizations to form their own civilization, and this fourth civilization in Irth Online is non-PvP, and survives via commerce in lieu of combat. Players join Irth’s history at a period when a fragile truce exists, and determine the course of history of each civilization. The persistent world environment of Irth Online features an open ended skill system. Players may learn any skill offered in the game without facing limitations of race or class. Irth Online's advancement system has a unique skill-over-time feature, allowing all characters to enjoy adventures together, regardless of experience level. Magic Hat Software’s in-house created engine uses the very latest technology in terms of DirectX9 effect files and vertex and pixel shaders (which include per-pixel lighting and bump/specular environment maps); allows creation of highly detailed characters with animation blending; extended visibility for the player (up to 10 miles in every direction); and unlimited, changeable terrain size with seamless background resource loading. Irth Online is scheduled for release in July, 2005. About Magic Hat Software Magic Hat Software was established in July 2003 in Massachusetts. The team is committed to the idea of creating a virtual world without artificial limits on player behavior or play style, and trusting players to determine their own game experiences. Irth Online is Magic Hat Software’s first commercial MMORPG. |
Is it just me or isn't there any news on www.irthonline.com about open beta...?
Not an announcement, not an option to download?
no there isnt. but i do know one of the devs said on irc the other day that it starting on monday too.
from what i hear the beta app isnt even working on thier site, id try but i already signed up like 5 tiems dont want to annoy them anymore :P
man i really hope they can pull this off and it goes smoothly. this is one of the few games im holding out hope for. perfect time to steal some major business, old games are boring, next releases are still too far away.(or in d&l's case, perpetual 6 months from now, 2 years going on forever)
signup page and download will be available later this evening.
beta signup is under community menu.
Im on IRC and one of IRth Helpet tell me this is signup for beta.
But its true, that open beta still dont started.
From the official website...
it blows my mind there were 100's people waiting and excited for wish and other stupid crap like maple story etc etc but this is just flying under the radar.
well if its good as i hope it is, people will hear about it pretty fast.
Putting Wish in the same context as 'stupid crap like Maple Story' screams that you never got the opportunity to Beta test Wish. The week or so of Open Beta 2.0 doesn't count.....since that was unplayable, and brought to light some core problems with it's technology. At least we'll get to see a lot of the graphics content continue on in another game......
thats your opinion. but..maplestory has more steady fans than wish ever did, why either has had even 1 i do not understand.
you saying that wish was anthing more than the huge failure that it ended up screams that you never played it.(i ask forgiveness from the word 'play' for using it in this context). only way a game using thier graphic content ..oh nevermind.
now im guessing by your attitude about it that im wrong and you did play., so are you wrong.
now back to the topic eh? lets pray irth isnt wish2, we will find out tonight.
I don't see any open beta.
WTF
https://www.irthonline.com/default.aspx is the sign-up page for beta. Othervise no link to client or such & kinda odd to say its open beta when it isnt yet (for another 6-10hours after they released the news to mmorpg.com?).
Are you talking about Irth?