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SilverBirch and G4Box Launch Closed Beta of Highly Anticipated Online Game, Cross Fire
Closed Beta keys oversubscribed in hours as thousands of online gamers rush to Cross Fire website...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nClosed Beta keys oversubscribed in hours as thousands of online gamers\nrush to Cross Fire website and download game\n\n\nTORONTO, Nov. 10 /CNW/ - SilverBirch Inc. (TSX-V:SVB) and G4Box Inc. have\nlaunched the closed beta of the highly-anticipated free to play online game\nCross Fire, the companies announced today. The closed beta of Cross Fire\n(www.crossfire-en.com), is an award-winning, free-to-play, online military\nfirst-person shooter game for PCs. The 10,000 closed beta keys available were\noversubscribed and gone in less than 10 hours.\n\n\nThe closed beta, which went live on November 7th, will run for\napproximately one month. During this time, Cross Fire will offer gamers an\nopportunity to play one of four high adrenaline game modes prior to the open\nbeta planned for December 2008. The commercial launch is scheduled for\nJanuary, 2009. Gamers can to continue to download the game for free at:\nwww.crossfire-en.com\n\n\n"The response to the English version of Cross Fire has far exceeded our\nexpectations," said Kevin Astle, Interim President and CEO of SilverBirch.\n"Cross Fire's fast-paced action, superb graphics and compelling features have\nalready made it a hotly anticipated game among English-language gamers."\n\n\nPrior to going live, the Cross Fire website received more than 1,900,000\nhits leading up to the launch. Two-thirds of these hits originated from the\nUnited States. In Asia, Cross Fire is already a runaway hit. In less than 9\nmonths, The Asian version has achieved tens of millions of registered players\nand has reached in excess of 500,000 concurrent users playing the game online\nat the same time.\n\n\n"Cross Fire has been a huge success in China, Japan, Vietnam and other\nAsian markets," said Howard He, CEO of G4Box, noting that the game is now more\npopular in Vietnam than World of Warcraft. "Based on the positive initial\nresponse from North American gamers, we look forward to replicating this\nsuccess for the English-language version."\n\n\nSilverBirch and G4Box hold the English language rights to Cross Fire in\nNorth America and the UK, and hold further rights to the game in Europe.\n\n\nThe Cross Fire story line features two international mercenary forces\nlocked in a global struggle. Players assume the role of either a Black List\nterrorist or Gl...