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Account creation opens wide for Super Hero Squad Online

by Justin Olivetti on Apr 16th 2011 5:00PM

Betas, Sci-Fi, Super-hero, Business Models, Free-to-Play, Kids, Family, Super Hero Squad Online

Shh... don't say "open beta" around these superheroes, but it looks as though Super Hero Squad Online may be doing the next best thing. The ultra-cute, ultra-powerful Marvel MMO is now accepting accounts from everyone -- even that supervillain down the street. Previously, you needed a beta code to get a sneak peek at the game, but it looks as though that barrier's been smashed by lil' Hulk.

Super Hero Squad Online also has moved its secret website lair to www.HeroUp.com, which is where you'll need to go to create your own preview account. Currently, all players are assigned a silver-level membership, which limits you to four heroes, although gold-level memberships are on the way.

Along with the website move and open accounts, SHSO has added additional heroes (such as War Machine and Silver Surfer), new daily missions, a tutorial, and improved safe chat. Gazillion says that the game is up and running 24/7 now, so you have plenty of time to see what's what!

Tags: beta, closed-beta, gazillion, gazillion-entertainment, gold-membership, hulk, open-beta, shso, silver-membership, silver-surfer, super-hero-squad, super-hero-squad-online, the-amazing-society, universal-account, war-machine

Reader Comments (9)

... unless you're in Europe, apparently.

@Lenn Its open to NA only for now :p

@Germaximus I realize that. It wouldn't hurt Massively to make mention of that in their announcements. This is not the first time this happened.

The world is a lot bigger than just the USA. The Internet is global.

(It's a pet peeve of mine.)

@Lenn

Are you saying it won't even let you create an account?

@Slayblaze Yep. I just get baby Iron Man telling me they're coming soon.

@Lenn

Worked fine for me and I'm in the UK. Don't know what the check is on, but I used gmail.

@bobfish Then it must be a Dutch thing. Not sure what you're saying with your gmail remark, but I can't create an account, let alone input any e-mail address anywhere.

If you were in the closed beta, you can still play, regardless of geographic location. Which isn't much good if you weren't, but still, it's something I guess.

Looks like they did a character wipe though, I'm just playing through the new tutorial from scratch over in firefox. Team names are still in place, so you'll still have your funny random-word team name. Otherwise, my hot tip is to first download all the game files from the log-in page.

Looks pretty poor from the screenshot.

http://bensgeekythoughts.blogspot.com/

Account creation opens wide for Super Hero Squad Online

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Posted: Apr 16th 2011 5:06PM Lenn said

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