Join Stratics Central for their first Stargate Worlds House of Commons chat, featuring the Stargate Worlds development team to answer all your questions.

Stratics Central is very excited to announce our first Stargate Worlds House of Commons developer chat Thursday, May 8th at 4 pm PDT/7 pm EDT/23.00 GMT.

After a whirlwind of recent announcements - from FireSky being named publisher to the closed beta registration being opened - we invite you to join us as the Stargate Worlds development team answers your questions about one of this year's most talked about titles.

Among our scheduled guests are Creative Director Chris Klug, Art Director Howard Lyon, Technical Director Demetrius Comes, and Senior Marketing Manager for FireSky Kevin Balentine. We've been told a few surprise guests may drop in too!

And it keeps getting better! Three lucky attendees will be given an official Stargate Worlds t-shirt, so be there for your chance to win!

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Just one day after announcing the beta, over 65,000 people have signed up for the Stargate Worlds beta test. If you haven't yet, sign up quick!

Only a day since the official announcement, the beta list for Stargate Worlds is already pushing 65,000 sign-ups! "We are extremely excited and overwhelmed by the positive response by fans to get a chance to beta test," said Senior Community Manager Katie Postma. " It gives the dev team a feeling of support and encouragement to know that so many people want to share this game with us, and work with us to make it better and better!"

Remember that the beta process has just begun, so please be patient if you have not been accepted yet. Testers will be added slowly over time, ramping up with much larger numbers in the coming months.

If you have yet to register for beta, do so now!

Stargate Worlds is taking applications for closed beta. Beta testing is invitation only, so good luck on those applications!

Stargate Worlds, the massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) from new publisher FireSky, is now taking registrations for closed beta at www.StargateWorlds.com

The closed beta is an invitation-only test of the upcoming science fiction MMORPG Stargate Worlds. Invitations will be sent out this spring and summer as the Stargate Worlds team ramps up the numbers for testing.

The select group of beta testers will provide feedback to the development team about their game experience while also providing vital insight into the performance of the servers. The closed beta will begin with a small core of gamers and gradually expand as more functionality is added. Beta testers will experience Stargate Worlds alongside the developers who also will be playing the game.

"A game is nothing without players. We’re fired up to finally get our game in the hands of the community," said Dan Elggren, Stargate Worlds studio head. "We’re at the point where we need external testers to take Stargate Worlds to the finish line. Our devoted fans have helped guide us for more than two years through our forums. Together, we’re going to craft a balanced, polished, and most of all, fun game."