Combat Arms North America Beta Tests

Combat Arms North America first started their Beta testing with a Closed Beta test. In order to have been chosen for this test you had to download the client through FilePlanet. It ran during May 29th to June 6th 2008.
In the closed beta, 4 maps and 30 weapons were available. 30, 000 soldiers were enlisted during this test. On June 26, Combat Arms went into its Pre-Open Beta Phase, where the game was open to the public, but it was still being tested and changed to prepare for Open Beta. The official launch of Combat Arms started on July 11, 2008 and this is when Nexon officially recognises its anniversary.

The test was available only to North and South America as well as Australia and New Zealand.

During this time the forum was littered with angry Kart Rider players due to the fact that Combat Arms replaced the Kart Rider forums never to be returned again.

Players received 9,000 GP when registering as well as a Starter Kit comprising of either:

-- M4A1 Assault Rifle (7-day use)

-- L96A1 Sniper Rifle (7-day use)

-- M23F Incendiary Grenades (7-day use)

OR

-- Mk.48 Machine Gun (7-day use)

-- SR-25 Sniper Rifle (7-day use)

-- M16A1 AP Mines (7-day use)

 
 The GP was then reduced a couple of months later and the Recruit Weapons Kit discontinued. It has made a permanent reappearance and presumably is here to stay.

  

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