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The recent hubbub surrounding Star Wars: The Old Republic’s closed beta invites got me to thinking. Perhaps I should reconsider my recent policy against signing up for the betas of games that I’m planning on playing long-term, not only to get a sneak peak at the most anticipated title in years (purely for journalistic purposes of course), but also to help test and make my voice heard while the game is still somewhat malleable. Then, I recalled my experiences with betas ranging from Vanguard , to Mortal Online (alpha?), to The Matrix Online , all titles which at one point or another were at the top of my list of prospective “main” MMORPGs.

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The Daily Grind: Beta burnout, spoilers, and testing TOR

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Ever since Star Vault initially announced Mortal Online back in 2008 , we’ve been curiously awaiting the launch of the game. With the promise of lush graphics wrapped around a heavily sandboxed PvP game, it’s looked like the niche game that many players have been hungering for. Now, after a handful of setbacks and decisions to hold the release date, players will have the chance to start playing Mortal Online in earnest — and we’ve got a launch-day roundup that’s chock full of some of the highlights from the last two years for you! Quick Mortal Online preview The game appears to hail from the open world school of design, offering open looting; real-time, Elder Scrolls-esque combat; and level-free advancement (it’s still a class-based game)

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Mortal Online launch day roundup

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After too many snowstorms, blizzards, blizzageddons , snowmageddons , ice storms, dreary days, and martyred meteorologists to count, we’ve emerged from winter as timid fleshlings, blinking in the bright spring sunlight. It’s hard to imagine that in just a few weeks, we’ll usher in the summer season — traditionally a dry spell of new game releases. Still, many of us will get off school or college, or enjoy a vacation away from work, and have a chunk of gaming time open up.

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Mortal Online has seen its share of ups and downs this spring as Starvault worked through a rocky beta period, ultimately deciding to delay launch as they ironed out some major bugs. Fans of the game were left wondering what was going to happen, even as many of them applauded Starvault ’s decision to hold off the launch date until Mortal Online was in better shape. It looks like the team at Starvault thinks it’s finally good to go: Mortal Online is scheduled for launch June 9th.

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Mortal Online announces June 9th launch date

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Hackers beware.

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Mortal Online busting out tremendous banhammer on hackers

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Welcome to Betawatch , Massively’s weekly report on the state of MMO betas. In each installment, we’ll report everything from the latest open betas, closed betas and even alphas in one convenient place

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Betawatch: March 26 – April 2, 2010

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The world has shuddered to a halt today, as news of a delay for Mortal Online’s impending launch hit stock markets and internet forums everywhere. Of course, perhaps it only felt like that to fans who have been eagerly awaiting this game for years at this point.

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Mortal Online delayed another month

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In some games, character physics can be a real pain in the butt. In old EverQuest , people stood in doorways, stopping others from getting in or out. In City of Heroes , NPCs walking by on the sidewalk can shove you out of the way — no matter how super-strong you happen to be! Today’s One Shots from Mortal Online may not immediately look like too much, but once you read the story that goes with it, you’ll see why we mention crazy things that happen due to game physics.

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One Shots: Don’t go AFK in good gear

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If you’ve been watching the development of Mortal Online , you may know that open beta has started at the beginning of February , and the guys at Star Vault have been hard at work improving and polishing the game. Players watching the progression of the game have been pretty curious to know when launch is. Well, we have our answer, and if you’re in a hurry for launch to arrive you are going to be pretty happy

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Mortal Online to launch this month

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When it comes to sandboxy PvP games, people have been checking out the Mortal Online open beta . With a wide-open world where anything could happen, and often does, it’s undoubtedly going to draw players

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One Shots: Famous last words

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