[March 9, 2010]

Aika fans, this is the moment you've all been waiting for ... THE OPEN BETA ANNOUNCEMENT! Open Beta will begin March 16th, 2010!

Read below for the official press release, and look out for the news to be reported on by your favorite gaming sites. Also, we hear that there's an official Aika video trailer that might see the light of the internet sometime very soon ...

Celebrate the news with us in the forums and get ready for a gaming experience for the ages!

Aika Online to Enter Open Beta on March 16th by Gala-Net, Inc

Highlights
Levels 1 - 50
Auction Houses
Mounts

Sunnyvale, CA – March 9th, 2010 Gala-Net, Inc., a leading free-to-play online game publisher, has announced today the release date of its Open Beta (OB) for Aika Online. The OB will begin March 16th, and will allow players to explore all six classes, a full range of player vs. player (PvP) combat, all content from levels 1 through 50, and a complex player-run political system featuring a never-ending war between five competing nations. Media previews of the Closed Beta (CB) report that Aika is “a game that will demand your attention,” and “has many of us going back for seconds and thirds.”

New and returning Aika fans will be able to access a regular lineup of the exciting PvP events introduced during CB. Invading nations continuously attempt to steal valuable relics from their rivals in 1000 vs. 1000 battles, while weekly Castle Sieges pit guild against guild in a bloody struggle for political dominance. A diverse range of class-specific riding MOUNTS will be accessible to players starting from level 40, from the Warrior’s war hamster to the Dual Gunner’s hoverbike. Players will also be able to benefit from an expanded Arcan economy by buying and selling rare items across all five nations through the AUCTION HOUSE.

For those players looking for a challenging single player adventure, Massively.com notes that Aika’s rich, in-depth lore, over 1,000 player vs. environment (PvE) quests, hundreds of unique monsters to encounter, and expansive world “give PvEers plenty to do.” Aika Online sets a new standard for quality, scale, and depth of experience in the free-to-play MMO genre, leaving players eager to unleash its potential. MMOHub declares that “the politics and lore behind Aika and how they will affect game play is yet to be fully seen and [we] can’t wait to see it, as it seems it can only get better from here.”

In addition to the praise from media and blogger alike, Aika has also been the recipient of the 2009 Best of Show: Prime Minister’s Award, Player’s Choice: Best Online Game, and Best Game Design & Scenario from the Korea Game Industry Agency (KoGIA).

wow.. we post the same topic, at the exact same time.. fail lol
look at both our times, same exact time! lol

cool ^^ finally i tot it will be cb 3 if it does not get announced soon

exactly 1 week of waiting left :)

Lol, Axl...we're in sync o.o *stares*

But I'm happy for this announcement ^^
During my springs break, yeah!

will be 2am for me but i should make it or will be a bit late

no way, lol
I guess I'll start later(or wont play much at the beginning), due to my exams on 19th and 24th.
Dang, I thought they would need more time to prepare OB so that my exams wont be any trouble there...

someone please go make a suggestion in official forums for castle siege times it should be a forum vote so we can see when most players can attend it.

doubt it will work.ppl will say any time will be a bad time for some players heh

No shu remember how they did in rohan?
They posted a poll on most popular times and people voted and that became the siege time.

ya i recall.but this changing of time got shot down during cb 2.

u can try and post and see if it will help.if it is 1-2 hours later it will be perfect lolz

Sweet

Calling Cable tech now getting alot of random DC now, modem is fine no dc there i think the signal str. is to high an DC me

~Highlights of Open Beta~

Levels 1 - 50
Mounts available
Auction Houses implemented

mehhh.. i start exams this thursday and finish next one.... this sucks.. i wont be able to play the first 2 days :(

Blaaaah I hate this game, when cb1 started I was busy playing Mass Effect 2, now ob is starting right after Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening is released.

shiz, bad timing for me -_-
I ll try my best but uhh 16March already T_T

W00T

ehhhhhh i will be playing a different game but will try t get a lvl 10 char the first day to be in sub guild xD... so when my subscription is over i can start playing aika... not gonna quit a game i already paid for :P

Heh, crap timing for me. Will have military ops for a week starting exactly on the 16th, lol. SG people should know what I'm talking about.

It's comming at such a terrible time =_=
Finals/Trips/ etc etc lol

ouch so u will be in camp for 1 week?-.-

that sux then

nvm u can catch up when u back.the gm is putting a lvl 50 limit atm so i doubt will take u long to catch up.one day can probably hit 25-30 liao lol

gah~ i thought OB would only come on the last week of March / first week of April.. *sighs* i'll be less online for the first few days of OB. T_T

ya i think most of us expected ob to be around end of march or starting april lolz

well at least i got 2 free weeks starting next friday.. so i hope i can make it to 50 in that time :P

finally~~~~