Mail.Ru announces open beta test for Iris Online — colorful MMORPG aimed for the wide audience.

Iris Online is a free to play client based online game, made in anime style. The game world is a clever mix of the Medieval European and Gypsy culture. Fortune telling cards Tarot play an important role in Iris Online: these collectables can influence the world of the game changing the look and abilities of the characters.

The world of Iris Online is populated by three races — these are proud humans, peaceful elves and furry hybrids. Each race has its own preferences on the battlefield: humans make for skillful warriors, elves are good with magic, while hybrid rogues are known for their legendary agility. Along with classic plot adventures and hunt for the local fauna Iris Online provides players with reach PvP-content.

“Iris Online implements creative approach to MMORPG,(Iris Online Gold) boldly reinventing design stereotypes and attracting new audience to the genre”, comments Dmitry Grishin, CEO for Mail.Ru.

In two weeks after the launch in Taiwan Iris Online left behind fearsome World of Warcraft. Closed beta-test in Russia begins.