We don’t mean to laugh at your suffering, Final Fantasy XIV fans, but we have to admit that we find this whole situation pretty amusing. See, Square’s slammed the brakes on its FFXIV open beta test, which was scheduled to begin on August 31.

“FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test, which is scheduled to begin at 19:00 (PDT) on Aug. 31, 2010, will be postponed due to a confirmation of critical bugs. New schedule will be released at a later date,” the developer wrote on FFXIV’s official site.

So then, why are we conjuring up our hardest Gigglaga at your expense? Well, here’s the thing: aren’t beta tests all about sniffing out and squashing the daylights out of “critical bugs”? If we were to yank the phony costume mustache off this “beta test” guy, we’re pretty sure we’d find our old buddy “glorified free promotional demo” underneath — as we have with countless other recent “open betas.” Can we just start calling these things by their real names already?

Share

Related posts:

  1. Final IE9 Preview is Out, Beta Coming Next Month
  2. Try Before Your PC Cries: Crysis 2 Gets Beta Test, “Autumn” Release Date
  3. Beta test a new massively-multiplayer online game
  4. Opera 10.53 Beta for Linux and FreeBSD Now Available for Download
  5. Early Benchmarks Show Firefox 4 Beta is Still Slow
Categories: Hardware, Software

Leave a Reply


Twitter updates

Sponsors

  • Cheap reliable web hosting from WebHostingHub.com.
  • Domain name search and availability check by PCNames.com.
  • Website and logo design contests at DesignContest.com.
  • Reviews of the best cheap web hosting providers at WebHostingRating.com.