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ArcheAge's Third Closed Beta Test Starts Today

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Jacksonville MMORPG Examiner

In a few short hours, a select group of ArcheAge Online fans will take their first steps on a journey that XLGAMES has lovingly prepared for them.

ArcheAge's third closed beta test begins today in Korea and lasts until Sunday. Over the course of the test, players will have the ability to examine most of the game's features, including building houses and boats, crafting, questing, exploration and discovery of ruins and artifacts, piracy, player-versus-player combat, the court system, incarceration, jailbreak, and more.

Certain foriegn ArcheAge fansites and guilds have taken it upon themselves to deliver around-the-clock coverage of the testing spectacle. ArcheAgeSource.com leads the pack with a comprehensive "CBT3 Testing Guide" that details what to look for and where to look. We've copied parts of the article below:

Look no further than ArcheAgeSource.com for all your CBT3 discussion needs. ArcheAgeSource aims to be Grand Central Station for all the new converts this beta will develop among the planet's MMO fans. We've even created a forum section just for beta discussions! Additionally, we have also set up an #ArcheAge IRC channel on the GameSurge network for people who are into that. The details for connecting to it can be found below.

AAS also has a humongous image gallery which is open to public, no registration required to view! Under the "Screenshots" category look for the "Closed Beta 3" subsection.

As for videos, bookmark or subscribe to this Youtube account. It's where all the action will be taking place (in 15 minute segments and 1080p HD quality).

Finally, ArcheAge-Online.com has stated that they will attempt to keep abreast of all the news that's sure to go flying around the blogosphere when the CBT3 servers are down for maintenance. Subscribe to their RSS feed to be kept up-to-date!

Here's a cheat sheet for the folks who skipped the above sentences:

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Boon Control, a multi-game guild, has four of its own members participating in the beta test. They've all committed themselves to livestreaming their experiences. Here are their stream URLs:

Source: ArcheAgeSource.com

Screenshot of ArcheAge's CBT3 loading dialog box.
Screenshot of ArcheAge's CBT3 loading dialog box.
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Mark Wilhelm is the administrator of multiple successful MMO fansites, past and present, such as AionSource.com and TERAblah.com. He tends to focus on the social/community aspects of upcoming, unreleased, future games.

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