Summary:
The World's First Collectible MMORTS entered Open Beta testing on Tuesday, February 26th, 2008. All players who sign up at SAGA official site will receive accounts, allowing them to create nations on the Beta servers.
The World's First Collectible MMORTS entered Open Beta testing on Tuesday, February 26th, 2008. All players who sign up at SAGA official site will receive accounts, allowing them to create nations on the Beta servers. For the duration of the Beta test, all game features will be unlocked and available to testers. At release, a full unlocked copy of SAGA will cost 19.95 US dollar, however, promotions will be available during the open beta period to purchase the full version of SAGA at a reduced price.
It is reported that during the stress test conducted on Saturday, February 23rd, the servers performed excellently, with no crashes or other server issues. The SAGA servers are expected to support up to 20,000 players per realm with thousands of simultaneous users.
SAGA is a persistent world RTS in an epic fantasy setting. Players collect troops, build armies, conquer new lands and build up kingdoms, complete with resource collection, city building and peasant management. SAGA's features include massive armies, multiplayer questing, guild wars, espionage, and an auction house for trading troops and spells.