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Need for Speed World beta goes open, you know what to do photo

There are a lot of free-to-play, microtransaction-based videogames, which rocks. The vast majority of these aren't terribly enticing, to put it nicely, which indeed does not rock. It looks as if EA Black Box might be on to something special with Need for Speed World, so perhaps there is hope yet.

As of this morning, the game went into open beta. So long as you're willing to create an EA account, downloading NFS World is a few clicks away -- assuming the servers have sorted themselves out. By the time you read this, it shouldn't be much of an issue.

Here's where you get started.








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TurboKill's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/02/2010 20:39
TurboKill
That's a pretty header.
LaMorteSicca's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/02/2010 20:52
LaMorteSicca
EA and their crappy servers, good luck on it not lagging.
Blahblahblahblah's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/02/2010 20:53
Blahblahblahblah
Too bad I don't do games with "microtransactions." Especially with EA.
Sho's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/02/2010 21:29
Sho
'Cause 10min of waiting for a race to start is fun.
Klarden's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/02/2010 21:54
Klarden
Yeah, i know what to do - ignore it. an hour in a closed beta was enough for me
Seriously, NFS games are fun because they are simple (except for Shift, but it's different). and combining MMO elements with NFS made it NOT simple and fun
waypoetic's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2010 07:33
waypoetic
I keep getting disconnects. And i've only come so far as filling in my name and choosing a picture for my profile in the game. Bwah!
eskimo bob's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2010 08:02
eskimo bob
I couldn't get anywhere in the menu; if I went into the options and changed anything it crashed and eventually the game just disconnected itself from the servers and shut itself down. my computer isn't part of the problem either.

I'll try again in a few days.
Nose Dig Digger's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2010 11:35
Nose Dig Digger
NFS World is all about powerups and paying cash for nitrous. No thanks, I think I'll wait for Criterion.
liubei's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2010 11:36
liubei
700 mbs to download isn't that bad. I was afraid all next gen games would take gigs not mbs.
RAmarl's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2010 12:29
RAmarl
I'm having no difficulties; indeed, I'm having a good deal of fun.
Danzflor's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2010 12:41
Danzflor
The server it's a bitch, I can play it disconnects everytime I want to set my profile. What a bummer.
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