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Firefall begins weekend open beta testing
Have you been itching to try out the Firefall beta but couldn't because, you know, beta access codes? Well, Red 5 Studios is about to make your day (or weekend) because the studio has today announced a temporary open beta test allowing anyone to participate -- no beta key required. The Firefall public beta will begin on Friday, January 25 and last for 48 hours. On top of that, two more of these everyone-haul-ass-into-the-beta events have been planned by Red 5 for February and March. So go have a blast, and let us know how Firefall is shaping up for you. Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
3:00 AM on 04.19.2013 FireFall goes into open beta this JulyAfter what seems like forever, FireFall is finally getting ready to go into open beta come July 9, 2013. Developer Red 5 Studios will continue rolling out updates leading up to the open beta, and current players can expect a ...
3:30 PM on 01.25.2013 Friday Night Fights: Win a Firefall Founders Pack![Update: Contest over! Winners have been PM'd their codes.] Welcome to another exciting edition of Dtoid's Friday Night Fights! For tonight's event, our friends at Red 5 Studios are celebrating this weekend's Firefall open be...
1:30 PM on 12.07.2012 We're giving out more Firefall beta codes![Update: Codes expired! Thanks for playing!] Our buddies at Red 5 Studios have given the Dtoid community another 2,000 keys to participate in this weekend's Firefall beta event! To claim your code, just head on over...
3:30 PM on 11.30.2012 We're giving out 2,000 Firefall beta codes right now![Update: Codes expired! Check back next week for another set!] Our friends at Red 5 Studios have given the Destructoid community 2,000 keys to participate in this weekend's leg of the Firefall beta! To claim your code, just h...
1:00 PM on 08.21.2012 Firefall's major update owes thanks to community feedbackRed 5 Studios' free-to-play shooter Firefall is essentially two games in one. There's the MMO aspect of the game, where hundreds of players can work together in an open-world environment and take part in the overall meta g...
12:00 AM on 06.28.2012 500,000 enlist for Firefall, system specs detailedRemember that game that looks like Borderlands and has a logo that REALLY looks like StarCraft? Well, it seems free-to-play FPS Firefall has hit a pretty high number of registered users: half-a-million to be exact. That's alm...
10:30 AM on 05.03.2012 Firefall dev says game consoles are 'broken' and 'dead'Game designer and Red 5 boss Mark Kern is ready to kick the footstool from under the feet of modern videogame consoles and let them dangle. According to the man heading up Firefall, the business models keeping the Xbox 360, P...
7:00 AM on 04.19.2012 Extra Credits explains Firefall's 'staged content'Starkey here, with yet another Firefall post. This time, we have a video discussing how the people at Red 5 Studios are planning to create a strong sense of community by using a unique method of content deployment.It's a pret...
2:30 PM on 03.27.2012 Check out Firefall at PAX EastRemember Firefall? That game I've been talking about for what seems like forever? Well, Red5 is going to be at PAX East showing it off for attendees. It will be the first public demo of the invite-only beta. Anyone who s...
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| 3:00 AM on 04.19.2013 FireFall goes into open beta this July |

After what seems like forever, FireFall is finally getting ready to go into open beta come July 9, 2013. Developer Red 5 Studios will continue rolling out updates leading up to the open beta, and current players can expect a ...more
| 1:00 PM on 08.21.2012 Firefall's major update owes thanks to community feedback |

Red 5 Studios' free-to-play shooter Firefall is essentially two games in one. There's the MMO aspect of the game, where hundreds of players can work together in an open-world environment and take part in the overall meta g...more
| 12:00 AM on 06.28.2012 500,000 enlist for Firefall, system specs detailed |

Remember that game that looks like Borderlands and has a logo that REALLY looks like StarCraft? Well, it seems free-to-play FPS Firefall has hit a pretty high number of registered users: half-a-million to be exact. That's alm...more
| 7:00 AM on 04.19.2012 Extra Credits explains Firefall's 'staged content' |

Starkey here, with yet another Firefall post. This time, we have a video discussing how the people at Red 5 Studios are planning to create a strong sense of community by using a unique method of content deployment.It's a pret...more
| 9:00 PM on 04.07.2012 PAX: Customize your Battleframe in Firefall |
I played Firefall last year at PAX and even then it was a very impressive shooter. The mechanics were awesome, the art style looks great, and all of the different classes were fun to play. That alone should be enough to make a good free-to-play shooter, but Firefall wants to be more than that. There is a whole open world with crafting, missions, and player interactions.more
| 2:30 PM on 03.27.2012 Check out Firefall at PAX East |

Remember Firefall? That game I've been talking about for what seems like forever? Well, Red5 is going to be at PAX East showing it off for attendees. It will be the first public demo of the invite-only beta. Anyone who s...more
| 4:00 AM on 02.10.2012 Firefall dev's 'fireside' chat |

So... I dunno if you brodudes have been following Firefall, if not, you definitely should be. It's pretty cool. Earlier today, Red 5, the studio behind the project released a new developer diary to explain what it is, th...more
| 3:45 PM on 01.19.2012 Join Destructoid and Red 5 for a Firefall stream Friday! |

This Friday at 4pm Pacific, the team at Red 5 Studios will be hanging with Destructoid for a live streaming preview of Firefall. Join Daniel Starkey as he talks with the developers and discusses their work on this team-based ...more
| 8:00 PM on 01.06.2012 Firefall now has its own official cosplay team |

You might have heard of Firefall, Red 5 Studios' upcoming Free-to-Play FPS, but what you might not have heard of is that said studio has gone off and cast an official cosplay team made up of Lee Reherman (mayb...more
| 2:00 PM on 05.23.2013 Review: Call of Juarez: Gunslinger |
Call of Juarez is a series I've always wanted to enjoy. It's hard not to admire its attempts at clever storytelling, and the commitment to creating a wild west first-person shooter in an age where everything's about blasting ...more
| 1:30 PM on 05.23.2013 Jon Favreau's Destiny trailer is such a tease |
Let's get straight to the news that's been a long time coming for Bungie's open-world shooter Destiny: we'll finally see what it looks like -- what it really looks like -- on June 10, 2013. Thank goodness for that! Specifica...more
| 8:00 AM on 05.23.2013 Dying Light is an open world, freerunning zombie game |
Okay, take Dead Island's entire concept, subtract the role-playing mechanics, throw in freerunning features akin to Mirror's Edge, and set it all in an open world that features a day-and-night cycle where things become way ha...more


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