Acclaim Games (BOTS, 9Dragons) has announced that its new free-to-play MMO, 2Moons, has entered open beta to a strong showing. "We opened the site on Monday July 30th and we were blown away with over 100,000 downloads, so much that our first world got filled in 24 hours," said director David Perry, adding that the launch announcement was delayed until a new server set could be opened.

The fantasy MMO, which will let players form guilds and battle monsters, is an adaptation of Dekaron, a Korean MMO, and is targeted toward players 17 and older due to violence, language and mature content.

It's the newly-refurbished Acclaim's fourth MMO, and will support itself on a mix of advertising and virtual item sales. Acclaim says 2Moons Shop will be opened within a few weeks of the open beta launch, and, players will be able to use Acclaim Coins to purchase optional game items like customizable clothing, character game enhancements and access to bonus content, with new items added regularly.

"This is the final phase of testing with the help of our 2Moons community before this game is commercially released. Unlike the previous Closed Beta, during this period we will roll out all the key features of the game one at a time for them to experiment with and give us feedback," Perry says.

[Via WarCry.com]