The open beta for Jade Dynasty is now live, so head on over to the game's official Web site to download the client if you'd like to try out this free-to-play martial arts MMO. If you already have the client, you can manually apply the patches to participate in the open beta. Patch 22, the most current update, was released on Friday, and you can check out the release notes after the jump.

In case you missed it, we recently posted some exclusive screenshots from Jade Dynasty. We'll be posting more next week, so keep checking ZAM.com for the new media. If you decide to try out the game, let us know what you think!

Open Beta: Patch 22 Notes

Forums:

- Avatar System now live

Website:

- Leaderboards (Rankings) Page now live
- Leveling Guide now live
- Wallpapers section now live

Game Changes:

- PvE Realms Implemented
- Pets System implemented
- Flying Mounts Implemented
- Battlegrounds Implemented
- New Bag System, your inventory bag now includes Normal, Quest, Pet and Fashion tabs, these additional slots will not affect your Normal bag slots!
- In the Fashion bag users can set up hotkeys ctrl 1 to ctrl 8, to swap between fashion sets
- New events added, Treasure Raider, Racing Events, Monster Hunter Events and Escort Event
- On the friends list, an additional temporary friends list has been added; any users you interact with will be put onto this list automatically. The temporary list clears after logging off
- By Holding the shift key and clicking in the world, you can embed auto-route coordinates into chat (much like item linking)
- Bag, vending and mailing capacity for in-game currency has been increased to 200,000
- Vending shows buyer and seller history now
- Two Mini-Games added (Click on Interaction Tab on menu, then the Mini Game tab)
- New player portraits added
- New Fashion Items in Marketplace
- New Game Launcher
- New SFX Added
- New Music Added
- Various GUI Bleeding Text Fixes
- Various Localization Changes