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Out of BETA to soon? Well it's launched anyway.
guiltyone
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Started following this game earlier this year just out of curiosity more so then anything else, personally I still feel like it's to early for the game to come out of beta, mainly because it still has some crippling bugs. But other games have done the same thing to try and pull profit for development. In any event, here is the official post from the website. And yes I know this post is late, it launched a few days ago but I've been working so haven't been able to get this posted sense the 23rd when this launched.
| A day to remember (2007/5/24) |
| Dear Betatesters, This is a great day for the NGD Studios Team, after almost 5 years of development we feel confident that the game is ready to leave its beta stage and move to officially live. Tomorrow, May 24th 2007, at 8 AM Buenos Aires time (GMT-3), we will launch the first available payment systems for the Premium content (PayPal for the international market and Pago Fácil for Argentina). Additionally, we will be resetting all current player characters to give everyone an equal starting point. Player accounts will still remain active. At the same time, as a token of our appreciation to each and everyone that participated as a beta tester, we will be giving as a gift, 2000 pieces of Ximerin to all registered users (the currency required to buy Premium content in Regnum). This will allow all of our supporters to test the first batch of new features such as Horses, Multipliers and Potions. We have worked hard to bring the stability of the game to acceptable levels, and will continue to work raising the level of gaming experience in balance adjustments and stability refinements. Launching the payment systems will allow Regnum to no longer be considered in beta development and will now be classified as a product. Even though this step might seem rushed to some of you, it is the only way to allow our community to keep supporting the game and its development. Furthermore, it is a big step for us in order to secure the appropriate deals with the necessary partners to launch the game on a massive and global scale in the near future. It has been a long and exciting journey, and we will be eternally grateful to our community for its support and its contribution to the world of this game. Regnum Online could be the most important project of our lives and through this launch we are re-doubling our commitment with you and the general public to make this game made in Argentina, grow and to improve in every aspect so it can compete in the international market. We will continue to release news as new business develops. Once again, special thanks to all of our supporters and we look forward to developing new and exciting features and content to make your enjoyment of Regnum Online unique. And remember that tomorrow: There are horses for rent!  Kind regards, The NGD Studios Team |
Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done.
Linus Torvalds
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NGD Studios needed to release it because the important part of the game was done. There are still problems, but they are being fixed. This, I think, was because they needed a little help from the users to continue developing, remember, they are only 7 developers making everything, even answering the forums personally... I think it's still a beta, but I don't care, the gameplay eats the other problems... So they will have my support and I'll pay when I can to help them, because they deserve it...