If you've visited our forums lately, you were bound to see a thread requesting roleplay support. We've been listening to the roleplay community and are excited to announce that we will be providing a PvE roleplay server named "Celestial Hills" for early character creation and open beta.

We have published our first installment of TERA's race video series featuring the castanic race. Want to learn more about this race? Visit the castanic page here on the official TERA website!

Missed our other race videos? Check them out on the En Masse Entertainment YouTube channel!

We have published our third installment of TERA's race video series featuring the popori race. Want to learn more about this race? Visit the popori page here on the official TERA website!

We have published our second installment of TERA's race video series featuring the elin race. Want to learn more about this race? Visit the elin page here on the official TERA website!

Many of you -- our earliest-adopter fans -- experienced problems with our online store in the last 24 hours, for which we are sorry. If you read our previous update you will have learned that a mission-critical ecommerce system failed and the backup system didn't come online -- not exactly the most shining moment for our young company. This problem not only knocked out our store, but those of several other major game companies too, since we all utilize the same e-commerce provider for our online storefronts. Bad news!

The good news is that these systems are now back online after the provider's largest response effort in six years, and in the event you'd like to take the plunge, it is possible to use the online store to get TERA just in time for this weekend's second closed beta test event.

Boy oh boy, it seems like trouble comes knocking just when things most need to go right. TERA's second closed beta event starts in just a couple of hours (Friday, February 24 at noon PST), and our online store won't finalize purchases of TERA to player accounts—what gives?!?

"Massive" is the defining element of an MMO. It is by far the best part of the genre and what makes an MMO so engaging. It is also what makes designing an MMO so damn hard. When thousands of players converge on your world, your design is put to the test. Continue on to read more about Vekas and a quick blog about the latest patch.

We're one week away from TERA's second closed beta test, which means it's time to announce details about the event! We have increased the level cap to 27, added a new PvP server, and provided another character slot per server. Here are some at-a-glance facts about the event.

Hail! After emerging from your 60-hour TERA bender, you may have noticed that we added two new sections to the website: the Veteran's Guide and Dungeon Guide. I wanted to give these new sections some love in our blog because they are important features that will help you get into the action quickly—or get you out of a tight spot.

We're pleased to share details regarding the first of TERA's five closed beta tests! The weekend started with the En Masse team spending Friday evening in the office watching the world of TERA come to life as players began to appear in-game. The team was delighted to see players come into the game and instantly start swinging their weapons wildly. Right off the bat, expectations for an MMO were shattered as players found that clicking their mouse didn't activate some interface element or start a cooldown timer, but instead fired off the slash of a sword or a bolt of energy.