If you search the RPS archives for the phrase “Firefall open beta,” you’ll get 17 trillion results. That is not an exaggeration (well OK, maybe slightly). It feels like Firefall’s been running scattered open beta weekends since the dawn of time, but now the real deal is nearly upon us. Soon, any man, woman, or child will be able to strap on a jetpack and lord their airborne superiority over lowly giant ground bugs – bitter acid tears pooling in their subcutaneous emotion sacs as they shudder with quiet jealousy. Also on the docket: expanded story content, which you can see in action after the break.

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