Neverwinter Beta Weekend IV
Perfect World Entertainment Inc. and Cryptic Studios have announced that on April 30, 2013, the free-to-play action MMORPG Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter is heading into Open Beta, allowing millions of players unrestricted access to the game world.
"The direct response and support from the Neverwinter community during our Closed Beta Weekends have pushed us to make Neverwinter the best free-to-play MMORPG anyone has yet seen," said Cryptic Studios Executive Producer and COO, Craig Zinkievich. "On April 30, we go into Open Beta. That's when the world we've labored for years to build comes to life – that's when every gamer can login and play what we've worked so hard to create. We could not be more excited."
As an added thank you to the committed players who have participated in the Founders Program, beginning 12:00 p.m. (PDT) on Friday, April 12, Founders will get the first opportunity to experience Neverwinter's professions system as part of a newly added 60-hour Beta Weekend 4. Founding members may simultaneously pursue four different professions: Leadership, Mailsmithing, Platesmithing and Leatherworking.
"We've never been in a better place launching a game," said Jack Emmert, CEO, Cryptic Studios. "While the entire team is focused on launching Neverwinter's Open Beta on April 30, we still wanted to thank those committed Founders who stuck with us. Since the beginning of Neverwinter’s Beta Weekends, our Founders have shown us that Neverwinter offers engaging game mechanics, unique features and a gameplay experience that is parallel to subscription or paid games. They have become our biggest supporters and we wanted to give them Beta Weekend 4 as a token of our appreciation."
Interested adventurers can still become Founders through Neverwinter’s Founder’s Pack Program. Benefits of picking up the $199 pack include exclusive access to Beta Weekend 4, permanent in-game items that are unique to Founders, early access to Open Beta, and VIP perks.
I have played this game since alpha closed beta and through all closed betas. I can tell you that for a F2P game ( do not be fooled by F2P since all these games have micro transactions in game to get the better stuff..only if you want )
The community is really nice and most of the content is really fun. Combat is really unique and the PvE is actually challenging unlike other MMO's.
For next beta weekend you can only enter if you buy the Founders Pack or the Guardians Pack. Those who had a key in the other closed betas cannot participate.
