NHN Corporation has announced that the open beta phase for its fantasy MMORPG Karos Online will start on December 4th. The final event of closed beta, running on the 27th and the 28th of November, will allow beta testers to experience high-level content and reserve their characters' names for use in open beta. Especially for the final closed beta event, new characters will come fully-equipped with gear and items to support high-level play, and the rate of experience gain has been dramatically increased so that players can reach a level cap of 44 almost immediately. In addition, the names of characters created during the last closed beta event will be linked to the testers' accounts for use in open beta and launch (the characters themselves will be wiped after the event). Karos Online is scheduled to release in English in Q4 2009. German and Turkish versions will follow in 2010.