October 26, 2007

Saga Enters Closed Beta

Saga is about to enter the final stage of its development when all of the exciting content currently on the internal servers is pushed to the live Beta in preparation for final release. In order to facilitate this stage and to control the flow of content for marketing purposes, the first part of this stage will take place during a closed beta.

We appreciate all of the feedback and assistance all of our fans have provided us during the past months; many of the new features being implemented during this stage are a direct result of player submissions. In appreciation, any player that logs in with a registered account between today and next Tuesday October 30th will be among the first group of players to be let into closed beta to experience the new content first hand.

We are extending the "2 for 1 booster pack" promotion, where every booster purchased during this phase of beta is worth 2 during release up till next Tuesday October 30th. Purchasing 5 boosters will result in a registered full version account when Saga launches.

ANNOUNCING THE END OF BETA 1 WORLD BURNING EVENT

We want to end this phase with a BANG; the type heard when a hundred cannon balls smash into the walls of your enemy.

Next Monday, October 29th, we will be temporarily adding dozens of booster packs to every registered nation in preparation for the end of beta world burning event.

We would like all registered players to log in on Tuesday October 30th for a final stress test. We encourage players to challenge each other throughout this night in Nation Burning full PvP challenges. The developers will be present to answer questions and participate with their own nations and armies.
The servers will be shut down on Wednesday October 31st for approximately 1 week in preparation for the final closed beta phase. All players who log in prior to the end of Beta will receive instructions on joining the closed beta test sometime next week.

CLOSED BETA PREVIEW

• New Art: Almost all of the art and terrain has been completely redone. Trees that sway in the wind, shaders that allow for beautifully rendered scenes and new buildings add to a completely immersive environment.
• New Chat: The chat system has been overhauled to allow players to more easily communicate with each other and their friends. A friends list and new tabs will make it much easier to keep track of your friends and guild mates.
• Tournament System: Automated tournaments will be spawned as needed to allow players to compete for booster packs and other prizes.
• Quest Lines: Hundreds of quests are being implemented that will tell the story of the Saga Universe while allowing players to progress through quest lines that will culminate in epic boss encounters.
  New Items: What good are epic boss encounters without the possibility of epic loot drops?
• Many other visual and game play improvements that include floating combat text and more exciting reasons for fighting other nations.

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