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Spellbinder goes into Free Open Beta

Spellbinder goes into Free Open is moving through beta, so players willing to deal with crashes, weirdness and unfinished edges can get in early.

Spellbinder goes into Free Open is moving through beta, so players willing to deal with crashes, weirdness and unfinished edges can get in early.

The useful part: During the month of October, in celebration of Spellbinder’s emerging status as a premier online-only game, the Centropolis Gaming Center will be made available free to both new and current members. Mythic, the leading developer of film-based online games, is developing this title in partnership with Centropolis Entertainment, the maker of such Hollywood blockbuster films as StarGate, Independence Day and Godzilla. Its interactive division includes a portal that is renowned as the gateway to sci-fi on the web and the Centropolis Gaming Center where Spellbinder. If the download behaves, this is the cheapest way to find out whether the hype has legs.