Firefall: Beta Coming This Month and It’s Invite Only

Posted August 4, 2011  

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Firefall Beta Invite

Beta to progress gradually through a Gmail-like invitation system.

Firefall’s public beta could be coming as early as August 28, Red 5 CEO Mark Kern revealed through an open letter to The Escapist yesterday. In the open letter, Mark Kern stated that the public beta “will begin this month after PAX prime”, which puts the beta start date between August 28 – 31.

Firefall will ditch the traditional launch model and take cues from Gmail’s launch, opening the game up and launching gradually through an invite-only beta program. As the development of the game progresses, testers will receive beta invites which they can send to family and friends (or just about anyone), growing the playerbase gradually through the use of social networks.

For more details on Firefall’s beta program, check out the official announcement.

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  • SkullC4ndy

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  • Beta

    You said that "Mark Kern stated that the public beta" Public meaning open so there for its cant be invite only.

  • tantak

    so if you read the post on the site which is linked in the text above you can see that it works like g-mail invites…

  • Sol

    I wouldn't call it a closed beta either. If it's anything like Gmail in 2005, then it's probably not that hard to get an invite (can't say the same for Google Plus though). It's kind of open, but it's not. I'm not sure how else to describe it.

    The Escapist calls it a public beta too. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/112060-…

  • Absolute Virtue

    it’s called a “public beta” because it succeeds the “friends and family beta”, which was closed to general public. Firefall will not have an Open Beta, this closed beta is technically the global launch of the game, it will transition into the full game in december, when everyone will get a chance to play it and the cash shop will begin functioning.

    it’s also not “invite only”, you can be picked randomly if you’re registered on the Firefall web-site. you can also win a beta key through events held by partner-sites

  • PoopMaster101

    Its Invite only… but ppl that are alredy in the beta can inivte other ppl… and thats why its in some way public

  • Maysara

    maysaranassar@gmail.com I'd appreciate an invite :D
    account name khal_mace

  • Benjamin Hoppe

    My gmail account name is bnhoppe
    I would love an invite, if anyone has one to spare :-)