Red 5 MMO Firefall Now in Open Beta

After years of being in development in closed beta, Red 5 is finally opening the flood gates and moving its third person shooter MMO Firefall into open beta.

Those interested in playing the game need only to head to the Firefall official website, sign up for an account, and download the client. Red 5 warns incoming players that, as is usually the case with betas, they are sure to encounter bugs or glitches. "It has been a long time coming, but Firefall is now available for everyone to play for absolutely free," states the website. "Firefall is still a work in progress and Red 5 is a company that prides itself in our iterative process. That means that you may experience things in game that are incomplete and not working. We would rather ship a product to you, our players, and gather feedback on that feature earlier rather than later to make sure we're on the right track and that we are making a game that you'll love."

To celebrate Firefall's move into open beta, Red 5 has released a live action trailer. It's rife with jetpacks and melodramatic sci-fi, right in line with the game's theme, which you can watch below: