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The first closed beta phase of TERA starts this weekend. Starting tomorrow, and running until February 19, servers will be online from 3.00pm CEST until midnight each day. It will be the first of five beta tests for all pre-order customers, last year’s beta participants, and the 1,000 selected winners of the early beta registration. Two character slots will be available for player to explore the races and participate in battles up to level 22. For the first time guilds can now fight each other on a PvP server and participate in outlaw missions in the town of Velika. Based on a subscription model, TERA is set to be released on May 3, with Ubisoft is managing the European retail distribution, and Frogster the digital distribution in the region. The pre-order version of the game is available in the official TERA pre-order shop.

Videos from the sneak peek beta of TERA have started surfacing on the net thanks to those who are participating in the tester. Below the break, you will find in-game videos of the melee-focused Lancer and the range-focused Sorcerer classes, courtesy of UniLost.com. A sneak peek beta is currently going on now, and the first of five closed beta tests start February 17 run every weekend until April 15. The open beta starts on April 19 and the game releases in May. Thanks, Massively.

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Those who have tried to pre-order the Collectors Edition of TERA have found that the game is not available for pre-order, thus putting a damper on hopes of guaranteed access to the game’s closed beta. En Masse has said the codes were “only recently conveyed to retailers,” is sorry about the issue, and is looking into a fix now. The firm said it is communicating directly with the retailers to see whether there’s “anything we can do to speed the process” up and the codes distributed. It will also provide updates as to when the pre-order availability of the physical collector’s edition is available, and at which retailers. Seems like the safest route for the time being, would be to purchase the Collector’s Edition digitally, if you want in the beta that badly. A sneak peek beta is currently going on now, and the first of five closed beta tests start February 17 run every weekend until April 15. The open beta starts on April 19 and the game releases in May.

Beta dates have been announced for TERA and those with a special access key distributed by various media outlets in Europe, and through the official TERA community website, will be given the first sneak peek at the game on February 4-5 from 3:00pm CET to midnight on both days.

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En Messe has said it will block IPs by region for the release of TERA, promising a crackdown on gold theft and account hacking.

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“We are disappointed that NCsoft is attempting to mar the launch of TERA. Unfortunately we can’t discuss much publicly due to the sensitivity of legal actions, but we do outright reject the NCsoft claims, and we are going to do everything in our power to defend and protect ourselves. To all our supporters who have been anticipating the arrival of TERA – please know that this situation has no impact on our continuing efforts to realize the vision we have for our game. We are committed to making TERA awesome and delivering the game to you on time on May 1. Thank you for your patience and support.” – En Masse VP of publishing Chris Lee responding to NCsoft’s allegations that BlueHole Studios stole software and artwork from the studio to create TERA. Thanks, TenTonHammer.

NCsoft has filed a lawsuit against Bluehole Studio and En Masse Entertainment in the US Court District of New York in an attempt to block the sale of TERA in the US.

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Frogster’s announced it’s to release Bluehole-made MMO TERA on May 1 in the US via En Masse and May 3 in Europe in both digital and retail flavours. The game was previously just scheduled for a spring release. Frogster COO Seth Iorio said the additional amount of time spent “to tweak the game for the European market has truly paid off.” TERA had launched earlier in South Korea last January.

En Masse has announced folks can start signing up for the closed beta of TERA. Dubbed as “preview events”, each phase requires an invitation with the end event switching over to open beta testing for all applicants. Each invitation to an “event” will inform the applicant which test it is valid for, with each invite distributed via random selection. Those who participated in the alpha phase will be granted access to all remaining tests. You can sign up for the beta through here. Thanks, MMOcrunch.

TERA racked up a bunch of “Best of E3″ nominations earlier in the year for its combat system, and now they’re showing off their CG chops.
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En Masse Entertainment has announced its oft-delayed TERA will be released during spring 2012.

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Loads of little stuff happening for your Wednesday. More than your brain can handle, so, we’ll make it short and sort-of sweet for you.

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En Masse Entertainment has announced that Atari will publish the firm’s MMO, TERA, in North American this year.

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GameTrailers has posted a new trailer for TERA, and action MMORPG where players fully control their characters using the game’s dynamic battle system.

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En Masse’s detailed how it localised MMO TERA for its upcoming western release.

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Korean-language interviews have sparked speculation that Bluehole’s fantasy MMORPG The Exiled Realms of Arborea – commonly known, thankfully, as TERA – will again miss its supposedly international release, opening doors in Japan well before North American and European beta testing begins.

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A group of ex-employees from NCsoft and Blizzard has set up a new MMO publisher known as En Masse Entertainment.

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