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Hedone EU beta key giveaway

Hedone is a new free-to-play MMO FPS from Acony set in a near future where hedonistic combat game shows are all the rage. Their closed beta has recently started, and we’ve got 1,000 beta keys to give away so our European readers can try your hand at this world of ultra-violent blood sports for yourself.

Check inside for details of how to enter.

Giveaway: Beat up baddies with a Rusty Hearts beta key

Final Fight. Streets of Rage. Turtles in Time. These are games that many of us hold dear to our hearts, filling us with fond memories of roughing up thugs, beating on bosses with our buddies, and picking up loot that just happened to be stashed in random barrels. Perfect World knows the appeal of a good old beat-’em-up, and the addictive combo you get when you mix RPG elements with arcade-style combat. If you like fighting-game MMOs, like Dungeon Fighter Online, you’ll love Perfect World’s upcoming action MMO, Rusty Hearts. Want to play it before everyone else? Read on to see how you can win a closed beta key!

Get free access to 8 Realms with today’s code

Jagex’ new empire-building game, 8Realms is in beta now, and we’ve got another special code that will give you free access. It’s a game about building a tiny settlement into a bustling metropolis, then spawning other metropolises until you have an enormous empire full of great wonders, and protected by hundreds of warriors. If you fancy giving the game a go for free, read on for today’s key word.

Closed beta access code for Gunshine.net with 1,000 uses – get it while it works!

We love free games, and according to our 100 games giveaway currently underway, you love free games too! That’s why we’re sharing our 1,000-use beta code for Gunshine.net, a browser-based online isometric RPG dungeon crawler set in a dystopian future, with you all. There’s no restrictions on the code: use it, give it to your best friend and make him use it, write it on public bathroom walls or tattoo it to your forehead–whatever you want to do with it, we approve.

The only hitch is that you have to go to a very specific URL to redeem the code (both are listed below). So if you share the code with your friends (or tattoo it on your body), be sure to include the URL as well.

Darkspore beta key giveaway!

What would it look like if Diablo was rocketed into space and populated by aliens? We want to give you a chance to find out with a key for Darkspore’s closed beta! The codes give you access to every beta event, the first of which starts tomorrow!

UPDATE: We’ve selected all of the winners and will be sending out the beta codes this afternoon! We’ll be giving away thousands of more codes over the course of the beta period, so if you didn’t get one this time, stay tuned!

DC Universe Online beta key giveaway

Are the two weeks between now and January 11th just too long of a time to wait to get your superhero action on? Jump into the DCUO beta right now as a hero prancing about Metropolis or a villain scheming in the dark recesses of Gotham’s Ace Chemical plant! Details inside.

Rift’s dynamic invasions [beta key giveaway]

In Rift: Planes of Telara, your world is under invasion by dimensional invaders who are systematically ripping holes in the space-time fabric around your planet. Not good, but it gets worse. If you and the other players don’t push in and close the rift (via a slick and co-op-able party quest), the interlopers will establish a foothold in the region, erect structures, terraform the land to resemble their plane, and send war parties at nearby towns that battle with local guards. If left to their own devices, the invaders will bring in a huge monster boss that marches toward the town, crushing everything in its wake (but offering incredible rewards for players that band together to defeat it).

Contest: Fifty beta keys are up for grabs; details at the end of the post.

Get a beta code and special tank for World of Tanks

Widely used by the Allies and Soviets during WWII, the Valentine proved to be a reliable tank early on in the war against Germany due to its small size and decent armor. And PC Gamer is letting you drive one of these lauded tanks in the upcoming free-to-play MMO World of Tanks. We’re giving out closed beta codes to the first 50 people that ask for ‘em. Even better, when you use our code to access the beta, you’ll receive the Valentine tank to charge into battle with, and will be able to keep it after the game goes live! Full details below.

Update 2: The contest is over. Stop emailing us.
Update: Wow. I knew PC Gamer readers love tanks, but that was insane! Four minutes after posting this article, we’d already received 50 emails. So we’re going to give away more! In addition to the first 50 recipients, we’ll give away beta codes (with the tank) to 50 random people who email us before noon PST tomorrow.

Thighboned in Vindictus [Giveaway]

See this piece of ham? It’s about to be lodged down the throat of a dirty Kobold that’s squirming around on the ground in front of me. I could just use my sword or a spear but the sight of a giant thighbone smacking a Kobold is just so much more satisfying than pinning it up against a wall or slashing it apart. This is just one reason why I’m having fun playing in the beta of the free-to-play MMO, Vindictus.

Giveaway: Tell us in the comments what food, decorations, or random debris in a dungeon that you want to kill kobolds with and why. 50 winners will receive open beta keys for Vindictus. Winners will be selected tomorrow (September 30). Only residents in North America (see ‘Contest rules’ below) are eligible for this contest.

Free games for the long weekend [Giveaway]

Those of us in the United States have a three-day weekend coming up, and this isn’t one of those “family” holidays like Christmas and Thanksgiving. This is boring ol’ Labor Day, which, for gamers, means that we’re looking at a solid 72 hours of prime gaming time. But what about the gamer whose gaming collection has run low? How will they possibly fill the long weekend without new games to play? Don’t worry, as always, PC Gamer’s got your back. Here’s our roundup of games with free-to-play weekends, open betas, or recently launched free-to-play games to keep you interested. And if that’s not enough, we’re giving away five retail games to keep you gaming all weekend long and beyond!

Get in on the MicroVolts beta just by signing up

If you create a PC Gamer account, we love you. Our way of showing you this is to get you free access to closed betas from time to time, and we’re about to do just that for playful online shooter MicroVolts. It’s like a third-person Team Fortress 2, but you’re tiny, so whole maps play out in bedrooms and backyards. You need to be signed up to receive our newsletter, which is ticked by default when you create an account. If you’re not already a member of our community, just take a sec to sign up – we’ll be sending these keys out at 5pm BST (12 noon EDT). 

Help test a game: Big Match Striker

Big Match Striker is a new online football game, and it’s a really interesting idea. Think of it as Theme Hospital crossed with Football Manager, then crossed again with a pub trivia game – all hosted online. The guys who are making it at Supermassive need help testing it, and they’ve opened up their first beta to PC Gamer readers.