Open Beta for BattleGround Europe!

Sporn

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“BATTLEGROUND EUROPE” OPEN BETA/STRESS TEST
PLAY TEST MMOG WWII COMBAT SIMULATION

Bedford, Texas August 19th, 2005-08-18 – Playnet Inc. and its development studio, Cornered Rat Software are pleased to announce a public beta and stress test for the upcoming release of BATTLEGROUND EUROPE.

Beginning at 1200CT (US) on Thursday, August 25th, 2005 account creation forms will be made available on the official website for test accounts. Participants will receive instructions on how to download the pre-release client and information on where to submit error reports. Space will be limited for the test which will run from Thursday, August 25th through Sunday August 28th.

BATTLEGROUND EUROPE – Volume 1 of the WWII Online Virtual Battlefield Series – is a totally unique MMOG that delivers the ultimate Player v Player (PvP) experience where only your skills and knowledge, and those of your enemy, determines your fate and the outcome of the war. Its design allows players with adequate rank to plan and carry out tactical missions in first-person combat. Even decisions and strategic planning that control Research, Development and Production (RDP) of weapons, and the supply and deployment of equipment and troops, are in the hands of each country’s High Commands that are staffed by high-ranking players.

Grab a rifle or machine gun and experience heart-stopping infantry action or choose to advance your skills in one of dozens of accurately modeled combat vehicles, naval vessels or aircraft. Succeed and help the cause of the Allied or Axis forces. Fail and watch your side get pushed back and struggle for a foothold in this massive, persistent online world involving players from around the world competing in 24x7 action to help their country win the war for their side.

GAME FEATURES
- Thousands of players sharing a single world- First person perspective in all game play
- Huge game world measuring more than 350,000 square miles
- Character advancement and career paths unlock new features and permissions
- Strategic systems driven by player missions and command
- Growing list of 90+ weapons including aircraft, tanks, anti-aircraft guns, ships, trucks, rifles, machine guns and more!
- Groundbreaking physics and damage modeling - Localized in English, French, German, Spanish & Italian

official website: http://www.battleground-europe.com

About Playnet Inc.
Playnet, Inc. is an Internet technology company with patent-pending technologies. Playnet specializes in design and development of massively multiplayer online games at its internal software design studio, Cornered Rat Software (CRS), and its Playnet.com division operates a web-based hosting service designed to accommodate the needs of online gamers and their communities for its own and 3rd-party game titles. Press contact: acorey@playnet.com
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Here is the link to register.   http://www.wwiionline.com/scripts/wwiionline/be/freeplay.jsp

 

It starts tommorow come get some!

LordMagnus

What are the system requirements for the game? I would check myself but I got to go right after I type this. Thanks.

kaibigan34

WindowsXP, 1.2Ghz CPU (2.0GHz recommended), 512MB RAM (1GB recommended), 128MB video card (OpenGLv1.2 compliant, 256MB recommended), DirectSound compatible audio card, 56k modem with Internet connection (broadband recommended), USB Joystick (recommended).

Sporn

Here are the required system requirements for the PC version of Battleground Europe; WWII Online:

Required System Specifications (PC)

* Windows XP
* 1.2 GHz CPU (2 GHz Recommended)
* 512 MB of RAM (1GB Recommended)
* 128 MB 3d Video Card (OpenGL v1.2+ compliant)
* DirectSound-compatibile Audio Card
* 32X CD-ROM drive (for installing from a CD only)
* 56K Modem or High-Speed Internet Access
* 1 GB (1000 MB) Free Hard Drive Space
* DirectX 9.0 or higher

I would definately go with the Recomended I got a 3.4GHz 1GB of ram and a 128MB videocard and I have very little problems.

crazysteve

Any one who plans on playing should download the client now from the website. Because tomorrow the download servers are going to be one big traffic jam.  Im donwloading it now so as to avoid wasting 6 hours of 10kb/s which i can spend having fun.

 

Just wait till im done downloading first.

crazysteve

If you download it and create an account from the link in the first post. YOu can go on and play once it is installed. This probably isnt the BE  beta but you can play for free online. Im still pretty confused myself so dont ask me  how i am playing for free. When u start playing though everything says battleground Europe so maybe it is the BE game. I dont know though so im just going to go back and play.

Mikey0114

I hate to tell you this guys...but today (24th August) had the best battle the British ever fought in atleast 6 months...

We held a town from a major German attack...with only ground infintry...anti tank guns...anti air guns and some armour...not a lot cause we were running low on supplies and all air support was practically nill. The Gerries are winning the campaign...ull see tommorrow...the Brits are at the edge of France at the moment and we are about to be kicked back to britain very soon...cause Axis outnumber us by atleast 3 to 1. France is holding its ground...but its not helping us....and so we r left on our own with very limited supplies and armour and stuff fighting an unstoppable horde.

In a small town called Aartel we finally created a brick wall to block the axis hordes....they attempted to take us out...they pushed 4 times the amount of armour we had into the town but our sappers and anti tank guns took them all out....everyone strategically placed themselves in protective...yet effective locations...we held off a monstor wave of panzers..constant attacks and ambushes of infintry and then the gerries started their retreat and we freaked the remaining infintry out charging after them.

The second attempt the gerries made was hillarious...they rounded lots of tanks again...and waited...we wondered what they were waiting for...our armour wouldnt dare go anywhere outside the city...due to the whole area being ssurrounded...suddenly a Ju plane appears dropping some 16 paratroopers....they were dead before they touched the ground...they practically fed us extra kill points. After the second wave of paratroopers came we said screw it and so our tanks slowly pushed forward...my squad m8s killed so much that we actually pushed on and are now fighting back the krauts as I write this....we may even take back the river at gent...if we can pull off what happend at Aalter again...the battle at Aalter will be a long well remembered battle...for it was the greatest I ever took part in.

 

You really should try this game...a great simulator...for tanks and air planes...also includes navy....but in truth its the best battlefield simulator there is....better then BF1942, BFV or BF2....dont judge by graphics but by gameplay....to be honest the game engine is absolute crap...but the game is soooo fun and addictive that you won't care!! If only those mega game developers made a game like this...with a more stable engine! The graphics will settle in after your first battle...sound is amazing btw! The things you see are just cool...especially when watching dog fights in the air and planes being ripped apart.

By the way...no zones or shards...this game is one whole world!!

Sporn

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Originally posted by Mikey0114

 
You really should try this game...a great simulator...for tanks and air planes...also includes navy....but in truth its the best battlefield simulator there is....better then BF1942, BFV or BF2....dont judge by graphics but by gameplay....to be honest the game engine is absolute crap...but the game is soooo fun and addictive that you won't care!! If only those mega game developers made a game like this...with a more stable engine! The graphics will settle in after your first battle...sound is amazing btw! The things you see are just cool...especially when watching dog fights in the air and planes being ripped apart.
By the way...no zones or shards...this game is one whole world!!

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what you said

Sres

Bump for a good game and 7 days free play ... can't argue with that

Laserwolf

Huzzah!!!!

Mikey0114

Beatbox...I definitley think you misunderstood me....and you need to mature a lot more for your age m8!

I am talking about the brits not the whole allied force...who have almost been pushed back to the coast...and we r holding on to our last few locations in France....I started playing this game a week ago....all i remember was constantly massing armour and infintry and just rampaging throuhg like a horde...now ofcourse the axis must outnumber every other faction....but the brits are fighting and unbelievable amount....We held a town with around 30 men i think....called Aalter......we nearly started to loose deffences in the town during the first attempt made by the gerries.....and so all we did was hold all cps for as long as possible untill the server was shutdown so they could change the pcs for new servers & hardware. 2nd Wave came and gerries amassed 20 tanks if not more.....everyone expected we were gonna die.....we held them and held them and held them...loosing a depot once in a while to the infintry who kept sneaking in...but they were not really the important depots....thing is we had no men to keep resupplying our supplies....we have no airforce like urs or as big as urs...all our planes are in britain!

Britain in truth would be defeated if Axis had to pay full attention to it...but ofcourse france is a bigger threat so AHC of Axis focuses against France more then britain...but britain cannot match the numbers of the axis that are attacking its remaining locations in france constantly...without us being able to resupply...do you know what happend when we lost Aalter!?!?!? We fought to the last Bedford or Morris! Now rifle...nothing was left! We fought to the last rifle and bedford! 

Anyway grow up....ask anyone and they will admit Axis really is over populated even when comparing france and britain together!

Laserwolf

I retract my Huzzah. I DL'd and played but the game was terrible. How could the graphics be 5X worse then when it first came out? Do they have Graphics turned down because it is a Beta? I guess BF1942 and BF2 ruined this game for me. Too bad, my first week playing it when it came out was great.

Mikey0114

Originally posted by Mikey0114

I started playing this game a week ago

 

And I own in the game!!!! I don't know why but I got really confident....At first with the rifle I was sucking...continued playing and just started to settle into the game. Then after the first 3 days I just started killing lots of Krauts....Don't ask...I just settled into using the rifle....and now I am Corporal (full rank) 51% to being next rank!

Don't tell me bull again! I am getting my promotions from killing krauts......their OICs and their HCs!