The Secret World to launch in April

By Oli Welsh Published 16 August, 2011

Beta registrations start 26th August.

Funcom's massively multiplayer game, The Secret World, will launch in April 2012.

Beta registrations start on 26th August.

The news was announced at the EA press conference ahead of the gamescom convention in Cologne. EA Partners is publishing the title.

The Secret World, the next MMO from the Age of Conan developer, is set in the present day and details the adventures of three secret societies trying to combat a rising darkness in the world. It's the brainchild of Dreamfall and Longest Journey creator Ragnar Tornquist.

Find out more in our most recent The Secret World preview and interview with Tornquist.

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Comments (6) Latest comment 9 months ago

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  • glottis0 #1 9 months ago

    As if I'm going to be doing anything other than Deus Ex on 26th August...

  • Kami #2 9 months ago

    " It's the brainchild of Dreamfall and Longest Journey creator Ragnar Tornquist"

    And this is enough to warrant some interest.

  • Butr0sButr0s #3 9 months ago

    Negative: another game that has great cinematic trailers but little to no gameplay shown, somewhat worrying.

    Positive: a refreshing change of pace from the heap of fantasy MMO's on the market.

    Overall: moderately interested, get back to me when you have some hands-on reports.

  • TruSmiles #4 9 months ago

    I've been keeping an eye on this, will need to try the beta to see what it's like.

  • adofessex #5 9 months ago

    @Butr0sButr0s

    If you go to gametrailers.com, the team have released plenty of gameplay and walkthroughs videos.

    It looks quite good, just disappointed that there is no news about it coming to 360.

  • maktah #6 9 months ago

    It's the only upcoming MMO I'm looking forward to playing.
    Well, maybe I'll try out Guild Wars 2 just to see if the innovations are actually innovative.
    But TSW is my most anticipated game of 2011. And 2012.
    I mean, come on! Contemporary horror/adventure setting with heavy H.P. Lovecraft influences?? No generic fantasy game can ever compete with that. No matter how cleverly they re-name their orcs, elves and anime gnomes.

    @Adofessex: It's not coming to X360 period. The devs have stated that if TSW is a big success on PC, then maybe sometime down the line they might make a Secret World -themed game for X360. But it wouldn't be THE Secret World MMORPG.