Total War: Arena Closed Beta Ends March 3, Will Go Offline For Months

Jason Winter
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If you're enjoying the closed beta for Total War: Arena, then you'd better get your ancient combat jollies in over the next two weeks. The closed beta is due to end on March 3, and Creative Assembly says it will be "more than 2 months" before it comes back in open beta form. The long downtime is so that CA can improve the game's infrastructure and squash bugs without the additional overhead of managing a live game.

When the game comes back, all gold spent will be refunded; in the meantime, purchasing gold has been disabled. You'll keep all your progress, though, so you can hop right back in and go back to wrecking Roman face when the game comes back online. Also, for the next two weeks, all in-game rewards are doubled, as revealed on the Arena Twitter:

If you do have a major gripe, check out that FAQ for the closed beta's end. It's got some pretty harsh questions, like "All my time has been wasted; why do you think that's OK?" You have to give them credit for at least anticipating some of the hurt feelings and trying to head them off at the pass.

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Jason Winter
Jason Winter, News Editor
Jason Winter is a veteran gaming journalist, he brings a wide range of experience to MMOBomb, including two years with Beckett Media where he served as the editor of the leading gaming magazine Massive Online Gamer. He has also written professionally for several gaming websites.

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