Posted by Ross Elminage Gothic Beta Applications are now open!

Well, the first phase of the Elminage Gothic beta has been in progress for over a week now and so far I’m really happy with how it’s been going. Huge thanks go out to all the beta testers for their hard work as they’ve already found quite a few important compatibility and text issues – thanks guys! The team over at Laughing Jackal have been hard at work fixing all the reported issues and tightening up the latest version, which means we’ll soon be ready to add more people ready for phase 2 of the beta.

In phase 1, the Elminage Gothic beta was an exclusive invite-only club, however in phase 2 we’ll be opening it up to a much wider variety of applicants. To enter the Elminage Gothic closed beta all you need to do is to send an email to: beta@ghostlight.uk.com with your name, date of birth and the technical specifications of your PC.

Applications will close on the 10th August, so please make sure to get them in before then. As with previous closed betas, we will not be picking people on a random or first-come-first-served basis, so please do bear that in mind. What a ‘yes’ decision actually comes down to depends on a number of factors, including how representative we feel the range of PC specs we’ve assembled for the beta is.

As we only have a limited number of places available for the beta, feel free to tell us why you think you’d be particularly suited to helping us with the testing phase of Elminage Gothic. This may include information like, details of any previous experience you’ve had in beta testing or simply declaring your undying love for the genre. In fact, please tell us anything that you feel is relevant which may help us approve your application :).

In other news, I’ve recently been hearing whispers about a new PS2 Classics release on PSN. Apparently, Shin Megami Tensei: Lucifer’s Call (which was fully translated in to English, French and German by the way) is currently in test with Sony. While I’m hopeful that this will mean you’ll soon be able to purchase Lucifer’s Call on PSN, it is worth bearing in mind that PS2 emulation problems can still occur at this stage of the submissions procedure, so I’m keeping everything crossed it will pass first time!

Speaking of the Shin Megami Tensei series of PS2 games, I’m also pleased and somewhat relieved to be able to tell you that SMT: Digital Devil Saga is now available on all Sony European PSN Stores. Apologies for all those who have been kept waiting :).

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