500,000 sign up for The Secret World beta

Funcom's announced its seen 500,000 people sign up for the closed beta of The Secret World. The MMO, which kicked off signups in August, is being published by EA Partners. Funcom CEO interest in TSW is "even greater than we experienced with ‘Age of Conan’ at the same stage of development."

Full press release is here. Full banana's out next April.