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This trailer marks the recent release of BattleForge, the fantasy-themed online real-time strategy game developed by Phenomic Studio and published by EA. Continue reading after the jump to view more BattleForge trailers, including one featuring The Void of Shadow.

"In BattleForge, players use virtual trading cards to build the perfect army and lay waste to their foes. The cards are the tools of war each representing a spell, building or unit that is conjured directly onto the battlefield. This interface enables players to customize and combine factions, and play with a unique army of their own design. With no base building and production queues, BattleForge players are instantly immersed into fast-paced RTS action."

Download HD BattleForge Launch Trailer (87 MB)
Download the BattleForge Client Demo (84 MB)
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We have yet another release date story to tell you about today. Electronic Arts has now announced that Battleforge, the upcoming multiplayer RTS-collectible card game from developer Phenomic, will now ship to stores on March 24 (the game was first announced as shipping last fall).

If you want to get into the current open beta test for the game (you may remember that we gave away a number of beta accounts last fall before it went into open beta) you still can by heading to the BattleforgeCardHunt.com web site. Pre-orders for the game are eligible to get four exclusive units, one for each of the game's factions. All four of these units will already be leveled up which will give those player an advantage.

In this economic crisis everyone is looking for the best deal and Steam owners know that great game download deals always come for the weekend. This time it's no exception as Valve has put in the two games in the Spellforce 2 fantasy RPG-RTS series for sale. Both games are now collected and priced this weekend only for $14.99

The original game is Spellforce 2: Shadow Wars which features a huge single player campaign plus multiplayer battles of up to six players. The expansion pack, Spellforce 2: Dragon Storm, adds a new single player campaign and a new Arena Quest mode. Both games were developed by Phenomic who was later purchased by Electronic Arts and are now working on the fantasy RTS game Battleforge.

We have just a quick note to our readers tonight. All of the beta keys for Battleforge that we have been giving away for the past couple of weeks here at Big Download have now been distributed to the folks that emailed us asking for the codes. Once again we have much thanks to Electronic Arts for giving us the beta keys to give out to our readers. While there's no more need to email us to ask if we have any more we still have a pretty major contest going on; our gaming PC rig that we are giving away via IBuypower. Head on over to the contest web site to learn more and enter.

We still have a few codes left over to give away to our readers to beta test Battleforge, the upcoming fantasy RTS-collectible card game from developer Phenomic and publisher Electronic Arts. Once we give out the remaining keys, there will be no more. How do you enter? It's simple. Just email us at contests@bigdownload.com with the subject line "Battleforge Beta Test Contest." The first 200 people to respond will get beta codes for the Battleforge beta test. You can grab the beta test installer right here at Big Download. If you don't get one of the codes, don't fret. You can still register for the beta test at Battleforgecardhunt.com.

Just a reminder that we still have some codes left over to give away to our readers to beta test Battleforge, the upcoming fantasy RTS-collectible card game from developer Phenomic and publisher Electronic Arts. Once we give out the remaining keys, there will be no more. How do you enter? It's simple. Just email us at contests@bigdownload.com with the subject line "Battleforge Beta Test Contest." The first 200 people to respond will get beta codes for the Battleforge beta test. You can grab the beta test installer right here at Big Download. If you don't get one of the codes, don't fret. You can still register for the beta test at Battleforgecardhunt.com.

Just a reminder that we still have some codes left over to give away to our readers to beta test Battleforge, the upcoming fantasy RTS-collectible card game from developer Phenomic and publisher Electronic Arts. Once we give out the remaining keys, there will be no more. How do you enter? It's simple. Just email us at contests@bigdownload.com with the subject line "Battleforge Beta Test Contest." The first 200 people to respond will get beta codes for the Battleforge beta test. You can grab the beta test installer right here at Big Download. If you don't get one of the codes, don't fret. You can still register for the beta test at Battleforgecardhunt.com.

Just a reminder that we still have some codes left over to give away to our readers to beta test Battleforge, the upcoming fantasy RTS-collectible card game from developer Phenomic and publisher Electronic Arts. Once we give out the remaining keys, there will be no more. How do you enter? It's simple. Just email us at contests@bigdownload.com with the subject line "Battleforge Beta Test Contest." The first 200 people to respond will get beta codes for the Battleforge beta test. You can grab the beta test installer right here at Big Download. If you don't get one of the codes, don't fret. You can still register for the beta test at Battleforgecardhunt.com.

[UPDATE] All the Battleforge keys have been distributed. Thanks to everyone who participated in this contest.

Big Download has another contest for our readers today and this one is going to go fast. We've partnered up with Electronic Arts to offer our readers a way to get into the current beta test for Battleforge, the upcoming fantasy RTS-collectible card game from developer Phenomic that will be officially launched in early 2009.

In short, we have 200 beta codes for the game that we are going to give to our readers. This will be on a first come-first served basis. Once we give out the keys, there will be no more. How do you enter? It's simple. Just email us at contests@bigdownload.com with the subject line "Battleforge Beta Test Contest." The first 200 people to respond will get beta codes for the Battleforge beta test. You can grab the beta test installer right here at Big Download. If you don't get one of the codes, don't fret. You can still register for the beta test at Battleforgecardhunt.com.

Remember, this is just for the first 200 people who email us. Big thanks to EA for supplying the beta codes and the installer. Good luck.

Gallery: Battleforge

We haven't heard much about the fantasy RTS-collectible card game Battleforge in a while but today publisher Electronic Arts and developer Phenomic announced that they are taking sign-ups for the upcoming open beta for the game. The beta is supposed to begin on Nov. 7.

Interested players can sign up for the beta test at the Battleforge Card Hunt web site but if you pre-order the game you are automatically entered into the beta test. For more info on Battleforge, check out our hands-on preview of the game that we posted up last August. The game itself is set for release sometime in early 2009.