Nexon just announced that the Dragon Nest open beta will begin for residents of the United States, Canada and Australia on July 26. That will be your chance to start playing this free-to-play action MMO before it officially launches later this summer!

Nexon held a five-day closed beta test a couple weeks ago, and they've supplied some interesting statistics from the event:

• More than 12,000 players from the United States, Canada and Australia collectively logged nearly 140,000 hours of gameplay during the CBT’s five day duration.
• 467,820 quests were completed by the intrepid beta testers.
• Adventurers slew a total of 265,873 boss mobs.
• Players learned a total of 196,430 new skills.

Producer Davy Garaix also mentioned that the team will be making the empowerment system easier to understand based on feedback from closed beta testers. Keep an eye on the Dragon Nest site for details on how to register for the open beta.