Fury's just announce open beta will not be your ordinary open beta. The Fury Challenge as it's known will sport more that $1 million USD in prizes.

The open beta will begin on September 14th and run for three weekends from that date, the first weekend is for practice and thee final two will be the competition. Prizes will be available for individuals and clans and are provided by a multitude of sponsors including Dell and NVidia.

"Although FURY Challenge is a competitive event," said Adam Carpenter, Fury Creative Director, "our main goal for this Open Beta competition is to ensure that all players have fun. There will be plenty of time once the game is up and running to get into more serious tournaments where the goal is to find the best of the best. Meanwhile, during the lead-up for FURY Challenge we are allowing players to earn as many abilities as they like. However, once the competition kicks off, we will be limiting player Ranks to ensure casual and hardcore players are competing on a level playing field."

"We have garnered enormous support in the North American market for FURY Challenge" stated Richard Iggo, Gamecock VP Sales and Marketing. "For example, when we first mentioned the concept to GameStop, the world’s largest specialty games retailer, they jumped at the chance to get behind the event. They are offering FURY pre-order customers’ special access to mid-week practice sessions and to the Closed Beta prior to the event. Pre-order customers also get a special in-game suit of armor which can be used both in Fury Challenge and once the game goes live in October."

"Announced only last week as the European partners for FURY, Codemasters are very excited to be able to lend our support to this landmark gaming event," said David Solari, Vice President and General Manager, Codemasters Online Gaming. "We look forward to adding a number of European sponsorship partners to help boost the prize pool and to ensure that FURY Challenge is a major success."