battleforge-beta posts

It took a little longer to be released than first announced but this week fans of the free-to-play RTS game Battleforge now have a new expansion to try out. As we first reported last month, the new Lost Souls expansion adds a total of 120 new collectible cards to the game which, among other things, adds 28 new units, 16 new buildings and 16 new spells. New Lost Souls booster packs are now on sale for 250 Battleforge points or $2.50 in real money.

Publisher Electronic Arts states that with the release of the Lost Souls expansion pack there are a total of 440 cards to collect for Battleforge. Over 15 million matches have been played since the game was first released nearly a year ago.

If you have been wondering what Battleforge will be like when its released next month, you now have every chance to find out. Starting today the closed beta test for the fantasy RTS-collectible card game from developer Phenomic and publisher Electronic Arts has now opened up for anyone to play. There is no need to get a beta key anymore; all that is needed is an EA online account.

You can download the Battleforge beta installer client right here at Big Download. The beta test now has all of the maps and all 200 of the collectible cards in the full game. Everyone who participates in the beta test will be able to get the special Firedancer card when the final game is released on March 26.

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.

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.