Red 5 Studios considers Firefall launched, and plans to open Firefall to increasingly larger waves going forward. Mark Kern Red 5 Studios boss has announced that the Firefall beta program will be expanded from Friends & Family to include members of the community starting after PAX Prime at the end of August.

There are multiple ways to get into the Firefall beta. The first is to sign up on here and wait for an invite from Red 5 Studios directly. This is what many of you have already done.

By registering for the beta, you are also already creating your Firefall account, joining the Firefall community, and participating in conversations directly with the development team giving direction and feedback on Firefall.

Over the next few months, we will be selecting users from the community to participate in the Firefall beta. To start with, these numbers will be small, but will grow more and more as we seek additional feedback, different computer configurations, and increased load on our game servers. Another way you might receive an invite is by participating in giveaways or contests on the Firefall website or partner websites over the coming months.

"The way this works is that we bring testers and content up in layers," Kern said. "As each layer proves itself out, we give our testers invite slots, which they are free to send to their fellow gamers. We use different criteria to decide when and to whom we release more invite slots."