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Xbox One prepares closed beta for its first MMO: Neverwinter

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Perfect World Entertainment and Cryptic Studios announced that they will hold a closed beta test for the upcoming Neverwinter fantasy role-playing game on the Xbox One.

The beta runs from Feb. 5 to Feb. 8, and it means that the Chinese publisher Perfect World is getting closer to publishing the massively multiplayer online RPG. Neverwinter includes previously launched PC content and a living social world for players who are fans of the Dungeons & Dragons universe.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.