The Secret World emerging on June 19

Funcom's real-ish-world supernatural MMORPG The Secret World will creep into our own reality on June 19, pushed back from its planned April launch to apply a good spit-shine.

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Funcom's supernatural real-ish-world MMORPG The Secret World will creep into our own reality on June 19, pushed back from its planned April launch to apply a good spit-shine. Beta testing is to ramp up, including several "large-scale public beta events."

"Allowing for even more time to polish the game really shows just how much faith Funcom as a company has in 'The Secret World' and how committed we are to making it the best it can be," creative director Ragnar Tørnquist said in the announcement.

"The additional time will also allow us to carry out even more quality beta testing, and soon we will also be announcing several public beta events where hundreds of thousands of gamers will get to test the game prior to launch."

You can sign up for beta testing now, if you'd like, as 750,000 others already have.

The Secret World, in a nutshell, is a classless, level-less, MMORPG for PC, set in a version of our world where supernatural horrors lurk just beyond our vision, kept in line by three shadowy warring factions. Intriguingly, in-game puzzles will test your grey matter as well, with clues embedded in the environment, and some which may take a little research on the actual proper Internet.

Here's a recent trailer, showing off the Blue Mountain area:

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    February 21, 2012 9:30 AM

    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, The Secret World emerging on June 19.

    Funcom's real-ish-world supernatural MMORPG The Secret World will creep into our own reality on June 19, pushed back from its planned April launch to apply a good spit-shine.

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      February 21, 2012 10:31 AM

      So, the future of gaming: no game can be played without a subscription. Great for companies, bad for consumers.

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        February 21, 2012 10:40 AM

        What? More and more games are going f2p instead of subscriptions. What are you talking about?

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        February 21, 2012 10:49 AM

        wtf are you talking about. It's an MMO.

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      February 21, 2012 10:41 AM

      I really hope this doesn't end up being another MMO that is generic and everyone forgets about after a month.

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        February 21, 2012 12:15 PM

        It looks pretty far from generic, at least where the setting is concerned.

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          February 21, 2012 12:58 PM

          I meant gameplay wise. I think the setting is cool and Ragnar Tornquist designed it so I'm interested in it. I just hope it's not mostly grinding bullshit.

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        February 21, 2012 12:23 PM

        Age of Conan wasnt generic but that didnt stop the shack hate

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      February 21, 2012 10:46 AM

      its funcom, the game will be far from finished when released no matter how much its pushed back

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      February 21, 2012 10:48 AM

      i feel SO BAD about this game its gona bomb so hard

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        February 21, 2012 11:16 AM

        It was originally a cool idea, I don't think it has enough buzz though.

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        February 21, 2012 12:24 PM

        funcom has done ok catering to the rest of the world besides the americas. Age of Conan is doing ok in europe, china and russia

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      February 21, 2012 12:32 PM

      Stopped reading at funcom.

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      February 21, 2012 1:12 PM

      I will admit I am curious, have been for quite sometime, but as for longevity we will see.

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      February 23, 2012 5:57 PM

      One of my questions here is. When you sign up for the beta will it require your cc? also will it be f2p or require a cc?

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