After a slight delay, a limited open beta for the upcoming expansion to Relic Entertainment’s smash hit Real Time Strategy game, Company of Heroes, is now available to the masses. Woohoo!
If (like me) you are a regular visitor to RelicNews, Buggo, a Relic Community Manager, had this to say on her bloggo (cute):
It’s been a while! I’m excited to tell everyone that the Opposing Fronts open beta will begin August 30th. Anyone with a Fileplanet account can download and play the beta. Keys will be released twice a week through till the end of the beta.
Not so fast there, kemosabe. This limited beta signup is yet another Fileplanet exclusive. Assuming you are still interested, make sure you have a Fileplanet account before you attempt a signup (free accounts seem to be eligible as well). The open beta also has the following system requirements:
- Windows® XP
- DirectX® 9.0c
- 2.5 GHz Pentium IV or equivalent AMD Athlon XP processor
- 1 GB RAM
- 3 GB free hard drive space for installation
- Nvidia GeForce 6600 and above with 128 MB Video Memory, or ATI x800 and above with 128 MB Video Memory
- DirectX® 9.0c compatible 16-bit sound card
- Keyboard, Mouse
No, I did not make up that last requirement (kinda scary to think about, actually). As it seems to be the case with most exclusive betas these days, the slots are extremely limited. So why are you still reading this? You could have missed your chance already! Get moving, soldier! Pronto!
Via Relicnews
3 Comments to Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts Open Beta
by: joe
On August 31, 2007 at 2:04 am
fileplanet do not have an open beta yet, they just have the outdated beta, and they dont even have the beta client its just patches on there site now
by: james
On August 31, 2007 at 4:54 am
Err, are you sure Joe?
http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/coh_of/
Thats the link to the open beta (providing of course you have the hardware spec and fulfil the fileplanet account criteria)
by: Tri182
On August 31, 2007 at 3:20 pm
Got myself a key!