Quake Wars Beta Announced!

fusion360 · Jun 19, 2007

Quake Wars Beta Announced!

ETQW Public Beta Distribution Details and Start Date!

The day has almost arrived! From the article:

With the Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars Public Beta approaching, we have a few more bits of information about how the whole thing is organized, how you will be able to get your key, and, most importantly, when key distribution will actually start.

First off, I know there's some concern that most of the 60,000 Public Beta slots will go to FilePlanet subscribers - this is not the case. In fact, the keys are split right down the middle, with half going to subscribers and the other half to people with free FilePlanet accounts.

Now, the ETQW Public Beta client will not work without a valid beta key. With that in mind, your next question is undoubtedly "How the *bleep* do I get a key?" Aside from the fact that this is a family-friendly blog and I won't have that kind of language around here, it's pretty straightforward: There will be a special Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars Public Beta mini-site going up on FilePlanet that will be available throughout the key distribution phase. When you log into this site with your FilePlanet account and keys are available at that time, you'll get your key along with a download link for the beta client.

Let's move on to the actual distribution phase of the beta. As you're reading this, the beta is being released to a very limited number of select FilePlanet subscribers - we're calling this the sneak peek phase. Essentially, we're using this to test the delivery process and to see if there are any last minute showstopper issues. If you are a FilePlanet subscriber, you may get the chance to partake in this.

If the sneak peek goes well and no catastrophic issues crop up, we will move on to the actual key distribution phase. This is going to last several days and on each day we will make available a number of beta slots through the aforementioned ETQW sub-site on FilePlanet. During the first three days of this process, keys will be available to FilePlanet subscribers only. This will be followed by two days of keys for anyone with a free FilePlanet account.

The best part, and I've been waiting five paragraphs to say this, is that Day 1 of key distribution is currently scheduled for the middle of this week. That's right, the first batch of keys for the Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars Public Beta will go out in just a few days! FilePlanet's ETQW sub-site will be going up that same day.

Now why are we spreading these out over several days instead of throwing all 60,000 keys out at once? Simple: We want to make sure that as many people as possible get the chance to obtain a key and we feel that scheduling a predetermined number of keys to go out each day is the best way to do this. We're also going to be gradually ramping up the number of available keys with each passing day, so as time goes on, more keys are passed out per day. This allows us to steadily increase the load on our back-end infrastructure, making sure we can effectively test that.

Of course, a multiplayer beta is useless if there are no servers to play on. Towards that end, we've been working closely with a select number of Game Server Providers to get servers for the Public Beta up in North America, Europe, and Australia. We will continue to work with GSPs around the world to make sure Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars servers can be found in every major territory when the game ships.

One last thing: We will definitely keep you updated throughout the various phases of the Public Beta roll-out, so be sure to check the site regularly to find out the latest.

bombay · Jun 19, 2007

Re: Quake Wars Beta Announced!

Shit, that means I have to check 15 different email accounts.

fusion360 · Jun 19, 2007

Re: Quake Wars Beta Announced!

Get the beta client now from here:

http://www.fileplanet.com/178252/170000/fileinfo/Enemy-Territory:-Quake-Wars-Client

Then get the key for when it comes out.

bombay · Jun 19, 2007

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I'm not a subscriber

Cruel · Jun 19, 2007

Re: Quake Wars Beta Announced!

and thats why Fileplanet sucks

bombay · Jun 19, 2007

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Cruel Intent said: ↑

and thats why Fileplanet sucks

Yeah, screw that

karanji · Jun 20, 2007

Re: Quake Wars Beta Announced!

im not too worried about playing the beta at all anymore. i do not feel it will help or hurt me in the slightest. ill wait for the game to come out. the vg beta has soiled the anticipation I have for games from this point on.

fusion360 · Jun 20, 2007

Re: Quake Wars Beta Announced!

http://candybarheaven.com/files/qw/ETQuakeWarsBetaSetup.exe

I uploaded the beta. You do need a beta key in order to play... but at least you won't have to wait to download it.

orionprime · Jun 21, 2007

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But since we're not subscribers, where do we get keys?

Nothing but the purest of disgust with fileplanet.

Cruel · Jun 21, 2007

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Half the keys go to Subscribers and the other half to ppl with free accounts. LIKE ME!

fusion360 · Jun 22, 2007

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http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/quakewars/static/

Just keep going there every day after about 12pm eastern and you should have a shot at getting a key. They should be offering the "Free" keys today, and if they aren't.. they will be on saturday and sunday.

karanji · Jun 22, 2007

Re: Quake Wars Beta Announced!

still says only for subscribers

fusion360 · Jun 22, 2007

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Like I mentioned... theres 30k keys for subscribers and the other 30k is for non-subscribers.

Probably what they did was 10k/day for the first 3 days for subscribers, then 15k/day for the last 2 days for non-subscribers.

Just my thoughts though.

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