Steampunk MMO Gatheryn opens closed beta registration
by James Egan 
May 23rd 2009 at 8:00PM
Filed under: Betas, MMO industry, New titles, News items, Gatheryn
The developers at Mindfuse have been hard at work on Gatheryn, a steampunk MMO that Massively got a preview of at GDC 2009. The HeroEngine-powered Gatheryn will incorporate casual and minigame elements in addition to standard MMO game mechanics. Now gamers will have a chance to see what the title has to offer in the Gatheryn closed beta, for which Mindfuse has announced they're taking registrations.
Closed beta applicants accepted in this first wave of invites will get the first glimpses of Gatheryn offered to the gaming community, but getting your info submitted early puts you in the pool Mindfuse will draw from with future beta invitations. If you're interested in checking out the steampunk MMO, you can sign up on the Gatheryn beta registration page.
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savarage0 said on 11:13PM 5-23-2009
The agreement has this in it word for word "You acknowledge that Mindfuse may, in its discretion, charge a fee for the Beta Materials and/or participation in the Beta Program, and your continued participation in the Beta Program is contingent on your payment of such fee(s)" which means they might CHARGE us to TEST their INCOMPLETE or potentially buggy game!
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samn said on 11:45PM 5-23-2009
The game looks pretty cool. Would be awesome to finally have a great steampunk MMO. And if they decide to charge us to test it, then I simply... won't. Simple as that.
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robert said on 8:38AM 5-24-2009
Charging us for beta is ludicrous, but I am very interested to play this game.
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pogger said on 2:39AM 5-24-2009
Charge for the beta? LOL. Who'd charge volunteers to test a game when there are so many MUCH more successful developers out there there who don't? This game looks like a steampunk version of Second Life so far. They'd have to do a lot more to SELL their beta.
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Skipjack said on 6:33AM 5-24-2009
They need to fire their artists. The character models are aweful and the lighting in these screenshots is uhm... non existant? I mean everything seems to be floating in the air due to lack of direct lighting, which causes a total lack of shadows. At first I thought it was the engine, but in some screenshots there are shadows (though also very faint), so I guess it is simply bad lighting.
Hopefully they will fix these things. The idea seems pretty cool and it would be sad if it did not work out due to bad artwork.
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kia said on 8:13AM 5-24-2009
I've signed up for the beta - if at any point they expect me to pay I just won't, and I'll give up my spot in the beta. It's not like participation is compulsory. Also, just because it's in a legal document in terms such as "may, at our discretion" doesn't mean a paid Beta will ever actually happen, they're just covering their bases. Big deal.
I really like the idea of a steampunk MMO. I'm willing to give it a try even if the graphics aren't fantastic. Takes more than great graphics to make a good game, if the gameplay makes up for it I don't care.
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joe said on 10:57PM 5-24-2009
Weird name though. Is the sequel going to be named "Grindyn"?
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