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Dragon Oath Prepares for OBTOpen Beta preparations have begun for the MMORPG Dragon Oath which will be open for testers on November 5th. Dragon Oath is the first U.S. launched title for China's largest online games publisher, ChangYou. To give you an idea of what we mean by largest, they have over 75 million registered users that by any standard is gigantic. While this is still an open beta "test" the Dragon Oath client has already been proven stable, in fact it holds records in the eastern markets in terms of player base reaching near 1,000,000 concurrent players at any given time. Registrations are being taken for the U.S. open beta on the official site at www.dragonoath.com.  “Our strategy for success,” said Martin Tan, General Producer of ChangYou.com (US) Inc, “is we want to merge eastern and western markets, to find the line upon which both sides will walk and enjoy. One of the first things we did was to examine Dragon Oath and see how it compared to other Free-2-Play games in our space. So we started looking through the features list to see what set us apart from our competitors. At around feature 181 – we realized we probably will have one of the most content rich MMOs on the market...”
After a brief re-development mostly due to the localization of Dragon Oath, the game will be the first title brought from ChangYou.com (US) Inc. to the USA and will be used to build a platform for launching further titles to Western audiences. During the Closed Beta period since Sept. 24, Dragon Oath had more than 20,000 participants and the feedback from users has been overwhelmingly positive.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_i_ThxvLZ0&feature=related
Western MMO Veteran Steven C. Wade says the Open Beta “was a great success”. “We achieved all of our internal goals and because we are not only the publisher, but the developer we worked very closely with our testers to change a great deal of game functions to help bridge that canyon between western and eastern players,” he said. Dragon Oath is a five-year "labor of love" as they put it, by over 500 top programmers with a $200 million total investment. What was brought to the U.S. market is an ultimate version after three years of constant developments and updates in Asia. Enhanced features are introduced every week and expansion packs every month. Dragon Oath will open its world to all players and give them a chance to experience the rich martial arts and game-play in its entirety this November!
Visit http://www.DragonOath.com for future updates!
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