Fallen Earth: Alpha Sigup Starts Tomorrow

It's official! Fallen Earth is entering the Alpha testing stage this week, with the signup page going live through Gamespot tomorrow noon, Wednesday Aug 13, 2008. A Gamespot account is required to register, plus you can check the step-by-step instructions posted on the official boards. The announcement confirmed Beta testing to begin in 1Q09.

Update: The Alpha sigup was pushed till tomorrow noon due to technical difficulties as noted by game lead Lee Hammock on the official boards:

Hey all,

We had a number of technical issues come up today which have forced us to push back the Alpha registration process until approximately noon Wednesday (Eastern Standard Time for those who are curious).

I know a lot of folks on the forums are frustrated at this, if not outright angry. I know the feeling. After working on something for forty plus hours a week for almost three years, every little stumble is painful. We want this to run smoothly and to get good, solid testers into the game as painlessly as possible. Sadly the process has not been smooth or painless. While y'all are looking at a game you would like to play (hopefully very much like to play) as it keeps getting taken just out of reach, imagine how I feel, seeing my baby get tousled around.

We apologize. We are getting it done as quickly as we can. Please bear with us; we want this as badly as you do.

Full Press Release below:

FALLEN EARTH ANNOUNCES ALPHA TEST

CARY, NC - August 12, 2008 - Post apocalyptic MMOG Fallen Earth announced today it will officially begin Alpha testing on Thursday, August 14, 2008. The test is scheduled to run through early 2009, immediately followed by Beta testing to begin in 1Q09.

Fallen Earth Project Manager Colin Dwan said, "During the Alpha test phase, testers will be focused into specific towns so we can have miniature stress tests each week. They will be able to experience all of our game systems including missions, combat, crafting, scavenging, economy, and vehicles. We are extremely excited to move from general content creation to game balance and bug fixing."

Fallen Earth is a post-apocalyptic massively multiplayer online game that mixes first person shooter and role playing game style mechanics. The game is set in 2156, one hundred years after the world is brought low by a plague known as Shiva that killed 99% of the population. The game takes place in and around the Grand Canyon, one of the few habitable places left on Earth, which makes it a place many are willing to kill to control. Our world is one where mankind teeters on the edge of extinction, clinging to the bones of the old world while trying to recover their lost secrets. It's a world of scavengers and desperation. The players are those who choose to rise
above the hardships of this new world and work toward a better world, or decide the old world was corrupt and all signs of it must be erased completely.

Gamers who are a GameSpot subscriber can apply for the free Alpha test at
http://www.gamespot.com/event/codes/fallen-earth/. Gamers who are not GameSpot subscribers can go to http://www.gamespot.com/signup/index.php and sign up for free. Participants will be chosen based on qualifying criteria, applicant numbers, and testing schedules. If accepted into the Alpha test, gamers will receive a key code and can download the file immediately.

Fallen Earth, being developed using the Icarus Studios Tools Suite platform, will be showcased in the Icarus Studios booth 307 at the Virtual Worlds Expo in Los Angeles, CA, September 3-4, 2008 and in booth 316 at the Austin Game Developer Conference Expo, September 16-17, 2008.

For more information, players can visit www.fallenearth.com.

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