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First open beta test for SAGA launches today

By Kresimir KolumbicFeb 26, 2008
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Silverlorde Interactive announced this morning that it has opened its servers to all players for SAGA, the persistent World MMORTS. The first open beta test client can now be downloaded from Strategy Informer.

Press release

The World’s First Collectible MMORTS entered Open Beta testing on Tuesday, February 26th, 2008. All players who sign up at www.playsaga.com will receive accounts, allowing them to create nations on the Beta servers. For the duration of the Beta test, all game features will be unlocked and available to testers. At release, a full unlocked copy of SAGA will cost $19.95; however, promotions will be available during the open beta period to purchase the full version of SAGA at a reduced price.

First open beta test for SAGA launches today

During the stress test conducted on Saturday, February 23rd, the servers performed excellently, with no crashes or other server issues. The SAGA servers are expected to support up to 20,000 players per realm with thousands of simultaneous users. Should a greater-than-expected number of players attempt to login to the world at the same time, a login queue will be implemented and additional realms will be brought online.

We recently talked with Andrew Grierson about SAGA, you can read that here.

You can download the client here.

avatar avatar-95 Kresimir Kolumbic

In 2001, he launched StrategyInformer, which later evolved into GameWatcher. You can find him actively contributing on our YouTube channel and occasionally on the GameWatcher website itself. A staunch advocate for strategy games, he tends to dismiss the relevance of other gaming genres.

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