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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[War Z closed beta launches on Halloween, pre-orders available]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/10/04/war-z-closed-beta-launches-on-halloween/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/10/04/war-z-closed-beta-launches-on-halloween/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/10/04/war-z-closed-beta-launches-on-halloween/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/betas/" rel="tag">Betas</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/horror/" rel="tag">Horror</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/launches/" rel="tag">Launches</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/mmo-industry/" rel="tag">MMO Industry</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/new-titles/" rel="tag">New Titles</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News Items</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/free-to-play/" rel="tag">Free-to-Play</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/post-apocalyptic/" rel="tag">Post-Apocalyptic</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/sandbox/" rel="tag">Sandbox</a></p><div style="text-align: center;">
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Players interested in checking out the new zombie apocalypse game <em><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/the-war-z/">The War Z</a></em> will have the chance to participate in closed beta starting on October 31st by purchasing a special Survivor package for $19.49. If that's too long a wait, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/hammerpoint-interactive/">Hammerpoint Interactive</a> has also announced that you can get into alpha on October 15th by purchasing the Pioneer package for $29.99. This bundle also includes in-game currency, a forum badge, and one month of Stronghold map server hosting.<br />
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Finally, there's the Legend package for $49.99, featuring October 15th access, $30 of currency, a forum badge, six months of server hosting, and three guest keys. Legend purchasers will also have their survivor names highlighted on leaderboards and in the game's chat<br />
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Package discounts will be in effect until October 20th.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/10/04/war-z-closed-beta-launches-on-halloween/">War Z closed beta launches on Halloween, pre-orders available</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/10/04/war-z-closed-beta-launches-on-halloween/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/20341665/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/10/04/war-z-closed-beta-launches-on-halloween/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>alpha-access</category><category>apocalypse</category><category>beta</category><category>closed-beta</category><category>hammerpoint</category><category>hammerpoint-interactive</category><category>post-apocalymptic</category><category>purchasing-beta-access</category><category>sandbox</category><category>The-War-Z</category><category>War-Z</category><category>zombies</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[MJ Guthrie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:30:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>