Frogster has announced the third phase of closed beta for Runes of Magic will begin on Nov. 2, raising the number of participants to 30,000. Prior to this, two large stress tests will be held on Oct. 30 and Nov. 1 to see exactly how much the servers can handle.

The new participants will be chosen in a random procedure from the roughly 100,000 already registered players. Furthermore there will be several new sweepstakes on big gaming portals, where you’ll get another chance to get access to the beta.

You can register for the beta here. The open beta will be launched in December with the subtitle "Rise of the Demon Lord" for the first chapter. New chapters will be added for free every two to three months after the release.