Quake Wars public beta keys coming this week
by Ross Miller 
{ Jun 19th 2007 at 1:15AM }
The community site for Enemy Territory: Quake Wars has announced that it plans on doing a public beta of the game soon; no start date has been given, but license keys will start to be given out "in the middle of this week."There will be 60,000 slots available and only one map for testing -- Sewers, according to a dev blog post, which is said to feature "an interesting mix of outdoor and indoor, vehicle and infantry combat, deployables and counter-deployables and good old-fashioned FPS combat." It's likely the map with the most possible situations for bug-testing. All slots will go to FilePlanet users, with half of the slots set aside for those who pay for the premium subscription.
The post makes it very clear that this is not a demo. "If you want to just play a game for free you may find it a frustrating experience," it said. It also cautions that the beta will be taking data about your hardware configuration, "so you shouldn't apply unless you're comfortable with that."
Gallery: Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
ridestowe @ Jun 19th 2007 1:32AM
zomg been waiting for this game for so long!!!
Mythor @ Jun 19th 2007 1:40AM
Keys are available to FP subscribers as of Wednesday... Or right now if you're willing to fork out for a yearly sub to FP.
http://community.enemyterritory.com/index.php?q=node/57
^^ official announcement
eldee @ Jun 19th 2007 1:58AM
Am I alone when I say 'WHAT THE FUCK'? This game was originally supposed to be out a month ago, yet they're just now doing a public beta? I've been waiting for this game for a long time, but shit like this makes me nervous.
Grey Fox @ Jun 19th 2007 1:30PM
Its id Software and they don't want to be caught putting out a sub-amazing game after Doom 3 didn't set the world on fire like everyone hoped it would.
UltimateQ @ Jun 19th 2007 4:33AM
Don't be nervous, it's better for them to wait a bit longer and make sure all their ducks are lined up. rather than release it early and have it suck.
ZippyDSMlee @ Jun 19th 2007 8:53AM
I hope its suck factor is better than Q4s....god what a mediocre POS...
Josh @ Jun 19th 2007 9:23AM
UltimateQ:
By that logic, Duke Nukem Forever will be the best game ever created by man.
x876543 @ Jun 19th 2007 9:34AM
Oh look! It's still not out. This game was supposed to be out a year ago, then a month ago, now we might see it by next year....
.... YAWN!
Steve @ Jun 19th 2007 9:53AM
Anybody who'll pay for demo downloads from fileplanet is an idiot.
Hirsbrunner @ Jun 19th 2007 10:33AM
I got really excited, then I realized it said "Quake Wars" and not "Quaker Wars".
DonCarlos @ Jun 19th 2007 12:57PM
They listen to the community after the horrible mess's that were Quake 4 and Doom 3. pity they have not made it properly public :(
GG though :)
Ace @ Jun 19th 2007 1:46PM
Do I have to buy whatever the PC equivalent of a mildly entertaining sandbox game is to play it?
Saq @ Jun 19th 2007 8:56PM
man that's bull, they should be giving the keys to the people that registered with them on the preorders...
||-G4F-|| N1K @ Jun 21st 2007 6:25PM
we are looking frw to the game we are setting up a serve for the game .can you send me 10 key me & me m8 for me clan plez