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Sign up for the Dark Messiah Might and Magic Beta Giveaway and you could be one of the select few to play the full multiplayer game before its official release!

If you?re one of the first 5,000 eligible Total Access members to sign up, you?ll get full access to the beta version of the game absolutely free.

Get ready to battle with up to 32 players in the revolutionary Crusade mode, which will allow you to gain experience and new equipment across dynamic online campaigns. Enlist with the humans or the undead and choose among five complementary character classes. Wage epic online battles, sprawling over multiple zones, from the dark Necromancer's lair at Nar-Heresh to the man-made splendor of Stonehelm.

The Dark Messiah beta will start on August 29 at 9am PT and end September 1.

http://www.gamespot.com/betas/darkmessiah/...essiah_csbox_pc

I'd post this as news, but I can't currently for some odd reason. So I'm posting it h:)e :)

http://www.gamespot.com/betas/darkmessiah/...essiah_csbox_pc

The beta is now open to ALL Gamespot members, but you better hurry before they run out of keys.

I'm posting this as news in a few mins, now that I can post news again.

Ok, tried it...

It looks and plays fantastic... when it does.

~5 minutes of loading time, 998 mb ram, and 1.6 gb swap file usage (normal win usage: 350 ram, 200 swap), stutters every 10 sec, and US-only servers are a big let down.

The single-player demo ran great on my computer, so I really fail to see what's the huge issue in multiplayer... Hope they drastically decrease the memory requirements until the final release...

My specs:

AthlonXP 2800+ @ 2200mhz

2x 512 DDR 400

ATI x1600pro - 256 MB

It's the stupid Source engine and its arcitechture. All Source games suffer from stutter and GBs of RAM usage.

Haven't had problems with HL2, CS:S, Episode 1, or the M&M singleplayer demo (ok, only the sound stutter issue)

Care to elaborate your claim?

I love the source engine, but i am hating it on this Beta lol! I play CS:S, HL2, DOD and all run no problems, load within seconds dnt have any sound problems! I run M&M beta....takes 5+ mins to load and once i finally get in it sorta jutters for a bit when the man talks at the start but i dnt really mind that! Its the loading and reeeeeeeally annoys me!!

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