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As summer nears, the name Neverwinter conjures up images of lazy afternoons in parks, drinking iced lemonade and playing cricket. Never winter! Not ever! Then you're so distracted thinking about reading in the shade of an old oak that you forget what the press release actually said: that Neverwinter is in fact a free-to-play MMORPG, and that the open beta launched yesterday. Well, it is, and it did.
Neverwinter will go open beta on April 3, Cryptic Studios and Perfect World announced today.
RaiderZ has announced an open beta for October 24, and the sale of Founder's Packs in two tiers available now.
A preview of the user-generated content features in the upcoming free-to-play MMORPG Neverwinter.
It's no surprise to learn that Neverwinter has been delayed again, considering we've heard little from it since it was last delayed. City of Heroes developer Cryptic's free-to-play Forgotten Realms MMORPG is now slated to launch in "early 2013," publisher Perfect World announced at Gamescom.
A new trailer for Neverwinter shows off the combat mechanics of the upcoming MMO, in a pre-alpha build.
Zombie Studios' multiplayer shooter Blacklight: Retribution will enter open beta testing on February 27. While the original Blacklight: Tango Down hit consoles as well as PC, the free-to-play follow-up is a PC exclusive with DirectX 11 bells and whistles.
Blacklight: Retribution will launch the first phase of its beta on October 27, followed by the second phase on November 10.
Neverwinter, the recently delayed title from developer Cryptic Studios, is shifting its focus from role-playing game with multiplayer elements to "full-fledged free-to-play MMO."
Perfect World Entertainment announces its next action-RPG, called War of the Immortals.
