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Sweden-based Oxeye Game Studios has launched an open beta test of their upcoming real-time strategy game, Harvest: Massive Encounter. The open beta test allows players to get a sneak preview of the anticipated game, which is expected to be released in early 2008.

In the game, the player attempts to collect resources for the
Medusa Coorporation, an intergalactical syndicate which is
colonizing the universe. The hunt for riches is more important
than the lives of men - or the alien inhabiting the exploited
worlds. Conflict is inevitable.

The gameplay is centered around collecting money by harvesting
resources from mineral rocks and defending your base against
endless hordes of aliens. In addition to managing the money
that is generated from collecting resources, the base requires
energy to run. In "Harvest: Massive Encounter", managing energy
is an essential skill to survive.

The full version of the game has five game modes and three
locations, and the open beta gives a sneak-peek at one of these
modes.

Harvest: Massive Encounter

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