Perfect World Entertainment announced that it has successfully launched closed beta testing for Rusty Hearts, its new hack and slash MMORPG. Perfect World also said that thousands of new registrations showed up on launch day to play, making Rusty Hearts Perfect World Entertainment's largest day one closed beta test turnout to date.

"Within a few hours after launch, our servers reached max capacity and we had to scale up the servers in order to accommodate the flood of players," said Mark Hill, Game Producer for Rusty Hearts. "It was an exciting day to see the overwhelming response of players dedicated to Rusty Hearts. Now, we will strongly take into consideration player feedback to ensure that the game is fully ready for its wide release."

To celebrate the launch of the closed beta, all players that log into Rusty Hearts any time before August 3 will automatically be entered into a giveaway to win one of two Astro A40 headsets and backpacks, customized exclusively for Rusty Hearts.

For more details on the giveaway or more information on Rusty Hearts, visit the official website at rh.perfectworld.com .

Players without a closed beta key can now automatically participate in closed beta by registering for a beta key here .