Dust 514 accepting closed beta sign-ups from EVE players

EVE Online active subscribers get the first crack at beta applications for Dust 514, CCP announced today.

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If you're an active subscriber to EVE Online, good news: you get the first crack at signing up for the closed beta of Dust 514. Developer CCP announced today that it is taking closed beta sign-ups, first from the EVE faithful. All others will have to wait a bit longer.

The announcement calls this version of the beta "Mordu's Private Trials." Being an EVE subscriber doesn't grant you automatic access, but it does allow you to apply, so that's one advantage of exclusivity others don't have. If you want to take part in the beta, you can sign up for a chance now.

Meanwhile, senior producer Arnar Gylfason (aka "CCP Zulu") has announced he is stepping down, passing the torch to Jon Lander (aka "CCP Unifex"). This follows in the wake of CCP CEO Hilmar Veigar Pétursson apologizing for "estrangement," and the company cutting back on World of Darkness development to refocus its efforts on EVE.

"The task ahead of us in 2012 is not to be taken lightly," Lander said the announcement. "We are changing EVE's internal project structure to bring it in line with a product that has nearly 200 people working on it and making sure that everyone is concentrating on delivering a game which has real value for our players." He says the focus will be updating internal tools and iterating on features that need attention.

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    December 23, 2011 8:30 AM

    Steve Watts posted a new article, Dust 514 accepting closed beta sign-ups from EVE players.

    EVE Online active subscribers get the first crack at beta applications for Dust 514, CCP announced today.

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      December 23, 2011 8:42 AM

      excite!

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      December 23, 2011 8:44 AM

      looking forward to hearing how the game plays! been wanting a good FPS where matches actually have consequences

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        December 23, 2011 4:52 PM

        Ditto, thats what I was hoping MAG would be, but that was a disappointment.

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      December 24, 2011 2:16 PM

      Got back into Eve this month. Loving it. Far more than I did before. Perhaps it's bc the PC has become more and more my platform of choice. Steam sales no doubt the catalyst. The corp I joined is participating in an alliance pvp frig comp. Can't wait to get owned and learn more about pvp in Eve!

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      December 25, 2011 8:04 AM

      I haven't seen anything that other shooters don't do better.
      Itt they need to make it similar to global agenda or planetside.

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