Developer looking to kick off Wheel of Wealth v3 beta, looking for Windows Phone testers

Wheel of Wealth

Wheel of Wealth is an established game for Windows Phone, having been with us for almost 2 years. We've covered the game multiple times in the past, but today the developer is opening up the beta for version 3 to consumers. Billed as the "first major overhaul," version 3 has been completely rewritten from the ground upwards and sports numerous improvements. Interested? Read on and sign-up today.

An official blog post has been published on the programmer website, detailing the following equally a tease of what'south new in version 3:

Player profiles
Friends list
Ability to block players
All new solo play game manner
Offline play functionality (locally stored puzzles)

The higher up and more is stated to be planned for not simply the Windows Phone 8 version of Bike of Wealth, but Windows Phone 7 owners will also be able to take total reward of new features and improvements. The team also plans to support legacy consumers in the future, so long as OS restrictions don't affect them adding new stuff. Local WiFi play and existent-fourth dimension multiplayer modes are also in the works, though not confirmed for this update.

Wheel of Wealth Windows 8
Also available on Windows 8

The Beta Examination

As noted higher up, Wheel of Wealth version 3 is currently in beta and is set up on a temporary mirror server. This will ensure users who go along to utilize the current alive versions of the game won't be affected by changes fabricated to the game and back-stop systems. And so how does one get involved? If y'all've got a Windows Phone, you're sorted (Windows 8 beta volition follow afterward).

The initial build is for Windows Phone 7, simply this version is said to besides be applicable to Windows Phone 8. More advanced features (WP8 only) will exist introduced at a later on point in the beta. Should you exist a massive fan of Bike of Wealth, you'll want to hop onto this beta train and aid shape the hereafter of the title.

Simply head on over to the developer'due south mailing listing to sign your name on the dotted line and yous're done. Require an incentive for participating? How virtually some sectional in-game content for testers, once version three of the game goes gold? Testing of Wheel of Wealth will commence in the coming weeks.

Source: Shantek Studios

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