I'm so anticipated about this game come out. Now that Chinese Ver and Korea Ver both entered the period of beta testing...

EXTEEL: The robot has a pulse! I check in a number of times per week (so you don’t have to) with the virtual ghost town that is the official EXTEEL web site. Today, for the first time in months - fresh news has appeared.

It looks like this mech-based, multiplayer mash-up from NCsoft has temporarily shut down its message boards in preparation for the launch of another Closed Beta test. This activity, indeed, ANY activity bodes well for the game’s eventual release.

Perhaps we’ll see EXTEEL on the PS3 one day. From my limited hands-on time with the game a few years back - I’d say the action-packed, arena-based gameplay would be a nice fit. Check in.

“Don’t worry if the message boards have suddenly vanished—we’ve completed a message board wipe as we are getting everything prepared for the Exteel Beta. Yes, we’ll be going into closed beta again before we head into open beta. Due to some back-end changes all game accounts have also been wiped, so everything will be clean and new.”

HUXLEY: On August 22nd, Webzen pulled a press release out of their hats and announced a 5-day Closed Beta for FPS MMO, HUXLEY, which would begin September 13th.

I predicted we’d probably see an actual HUXLEY web site finally launch to coincide with sign-ups. This has come to pass - sort of. Turns out the brief Closed Beta is for Korean testers only. Whether or not you can read Korean, at least the new HUXLEY site provides fresh imagery and hope that the long-awaited MMO may actually be released. One day.

“After 999 lucky beta testers are selected from the official Huxley website beginning on August 28, the closed beta test will take place from September 13 for five days. For the first time ever, testers will get a chance to experience the city where the characters live and breath. They will also be treated to a variety of play modes such as team death match and radar domination, as well as the core systems, including the quest, not seen before in standard FPS games.”