Funcom announced that half a million people have registered to participate in the ongoing beta test of its upcoming MMO, The Secret World. The Secret World is being published by Electronic Arts. The Secret World is scheduled to launch for the PC in April 2012 and is currently undergoing thorough beta testing in parallel with development. Funcom says that it will continue to invite more testers over time, and will be initiating several different phases of beta leading up to release in order to "secure the smoothest possible launch."

For more info on the game and the beta test, check out www.thesecretworld.com .