Cross Fire enters open beta

by: Dan - posted: 2/1/2009 9:13:00 AM

 We mentioned back in November that Cross Fire had entered closed beat and was looking for participants, well now G4BOX and Wicked Entertainment announced that the military FPS Cross is now in open beta. The beta is open to everyone and is free and will mark the addition of new maps, weapons, items, in-game friends lists and clan options. The game will have four modes of play(Team Death Match, Search & Destroy, Elimination, and Ghost Mode) when it ends up going gold. You can check out the game and get into the beta at Http://crossfire.subagames.com/.

G4BOX INC. AND WICKED INTERACTIVE LTD. ANNOUNCE THE OPEN BETA LAUNCH
FOR MILITARY SHOOTER, CROSS FIRE

The Record-Setting First-Person Shooter Opens Tomorrow for All to Play
at: Http://crossfire.subagames.com/

Toronto, CANADA-January 29, 2009-- G4BOX Inc and Wicked Interactive
Ltd., North American publishers and distributors of interactive
entertainment media, together announced today the open beta launch
date of their free online military first-person shooter, Cross Fire.

The Open beta will go live tomorrow, Friday, January 30, 2009 at 12 PM
EST. In the open beta, anyone and everyone is invited to play the game
for free, without any download or subscription fees. At 12 PM EST on
January 29, 2009, the Cross Fire servers will go down in preparation
for the open beta launch.

"We are very proud to be taking Cross Fire to the next level by
launching the open beta," said Stanley Yu, Chief Executive Office of
Wicked Interactive. "We have invested a tremendous amount of time and
energy in bringing Cross Fire to this stage, in order to provide
players with the best possible game experience," added Howard He,
Chief Executive Officer of G4BOX, "The Cross Fire Open Beta will
deliver a wealth of new features we know players will enjoy."

The open beta launch marks the beginning of Cross Fire's persistent
military-ranking and stat-tracking features. Player-progress will be
tracked from the open beta onward so that players may accurately gauge
their skills against the rest of the Cross Fire community. The Cross
Fire open beta will also introduce in-game friends lists and clan
formation features, in addition to numerous new maps, weapons, and
items.

To celebrate Cross Fire's open beta launch, Subagames is hosting a
number of events and promotions. During the first week of open beta,
players will enjoy a 50% increase in the amount of GP earned in-game.
This will allow Cross Fire players to purchase more of the new open
beta weapons and items. In addition, the first 30 clans to register
during the open beta will do so for free, at absolutely no GP cost!

Cross Fire is an online military first-person shooter for the PC,
developed by SmileGate and Neowiz, and co-published by G4BOX and
Wicked Interactive. Players assume the role of either a Black List or
Global Risk mercenary, and then join an online team that must work
together to complete objective-based scenarios. Cross Fire supports
four modes of play including, Team Death Match, Search & Destroy,
Elimination, and the exclusive Ghost Mode, in which you become an
invisible stealth assassin! Cross Fire also includes a military
ranking system, in-game friends lists, a clan formation system, and
deep character customization options. Cross Fire is
free-to-download-and-play. http://crossfire.subagames.com

Now part of the Subagames library of free MMOs.
http://www.subagames.com