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The Secret World beta open to all for final weekend

By Alice O'Connor, Jun 19, 2012 10:30am PDT

As The Secret World prepares to creep in under your door on July 3, developer Funcom has announced that its final beta weekend will be open to everyone who fancies it. All you need to do is sign up by June 22, then you can play the beta all this weekend.

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"The game isn't good, BUT it's certainly interesting. The combat stinks, it's bad, unoriginal ..."

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The Secret World delayed until July 3

By Alice O'Connor, May 25, 2012 6:00am PDT

As it's been hidden from us for so long, the fact that The Secret World has been delayed by a fortnight can't hurt too much. It'll now launch for PC on July 3, preceded by another two beta weekend events.

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"People still play eve? lawlz eyez out. I'm interested in seeing how this fares. I was a ..."

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Secret World dev says Wii U 'perfect' for MMOs

By Steve Watts, Apr 03, 2012 11:30am PDT

MMO developer Funcom says the Wii U's controller could allow easy access for a hotbar, making it a "perfect" fit for the genre.

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"The positional cursor would work fractionally. Determine the height and width in pixels of the ..."

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The Secret World pre-orders pack beta access

By Alice O'Connor, Apr 03, 2012 7:45am PDT

Guaranteed access to The Secret World's beta weekends can be yours, if you're already sold on Funcom's MMORPG and willing to slap your money money on a pre-order. You'll also get a smattering of in-game bonus items for your troubles.

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"Yeah. I really want the game to be good but I wasn't too impressed by the 30 minute video I saw. ..."

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The Secret World GDC presentation offers detailed 30 minute preview

By Steve Watts, Mar 22, 2012 9:00am PDT

Get a look at more than 30 minutes of The Secret World from the Game Developers Conference.

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"Holly sh*t this game looks STATIC. The screen after the character creation I thought was the ..."

- SirowKaffka see all 5 comments

The Secret World emerging on June 19

By Alice O'Connor, Feb 21, 2012 9:30am PST

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

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The Secret World tops 500K beta registrations

By Steve Watts, Oct 25, 2011 10:15am PDT

Funcom has announced that its upcoming MMORPG The Secret World has gained half a million beta registrations so far. The game is set to launch in April.

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"Funcom needs to finish The Longest Journey's story arc. :( Why do they insist on continuing to ..."

- deject see all 12 comments

The Secret World launches April 2012

By Alice O'Connor, Aug 16, 2011 8:15am PDT

Funcom's real-world-ish supernatural MMORPG will launch in April 2012, it's been announced. Beta signups will open on August 26.

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"I hope so, but I doubt it. When I started playing AO it felt like the game had something special ..."

- XSilencedXDream see all 16 comments

Funcom to Publish Bloodline Champions

By Chris Faylor, May 13, 2010 6:00pm PDT

Age of Conan and The Secret World developer Funcom has signed on to publish Stunlock's arena combat game Blo

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"u dont like the game? well, maybe one of u would like to get rid of his beta account? :) i would ..."

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Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer Trailer and Screenshots Have an Eastern Flavor

By Jeff Mattas, Jan 18, 2010 7:00pm PST

It's been a while coming but we've got some new screenshots and a trailer for 'Rise of the Godslayer,' the first expansion for Funcom's low-fantasy MMORPG Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures.

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"So the world may be mended... So the world may be mended.. I dunno if it's the same chick, ..."

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Funcom Cutting 20% of Workforce, The Secret World Delayed

By Alice O'Connor, Sep 29, 2009 6:16am PDT

Age of Conan and The Longest Journey developer Funcom has announced that it intends to to reduce its workforce by 20% as part of a cost-cutting...

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"While AoC wasn't my cup of tea, I have very fond memories of Anarchy Online. The game was buggy ..."

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Dreamfall Chapters 'On The Back Burner'

By Aaron Linde, Jun 03, 2008 2:50pm PDT

Creator of the acclaimed The Longest Journey adventure series Ragnar Tornquist wrote on his blog that the episodic sequel Dreamfall Chapters may be...

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"It's definitely good to hear the series hasn't died. They are two of my favorite games of all ..."

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