It seems like only yesterday when we were back in London, enjoying life without a care in the world. Since then we’ve been inducted into an ancient order, waded knee-deep through undead and dealt with myths and legends brought to life. And things are about to get much, much worse.

In Part One of our tour of Solomon Island, we arrived at the zombie infested town of Kingsmouth. With Part Two we ventured forth into The Savage Coast, tackled haunted amusement parks and investigated Illuminati academies. Our final look at the fog-enveloped isle takes us from government agencies to Indian reservations in search of answers. We also embark on our first dungeon crawl, stepping into Hell Rising.

While this draws an end to our time on Solomon Island, we’ll be keeping you up-to-date on The Secret World as the beta evolves. Make sure you also try out the new missions, as The Secret War ends and a new alternate-reality game begins!

Check out Part I of our ongoing beta coverage of The Secret World!

Solomon Island, New England. Enshrouded by fog and home to a long history of evil events, it’s little wonder that the darkness threatening The Secret World chose this place to emerge. While our initial tour of Kingsmouth saw us beating back sea monsters and zombies, our journey through the Savage Coast experienced haunted carnival rides and demons from Hell.

In order to take on these tougher challenges, we had to tighten our skills and build some better gear. We also ended up tweaking our inventory so that drinks and buffs were just a click away. All the junk we accumulated went to good use, feeding our insatiable appetite for upgrades.

Later on, we’ll finish our tour of Solomon Island with a visit to Blue Mountain. We’ll also pay a visit to one or two of the early instances available. For now, sit back and enjoy the roller coaster ride through The Savage Coast.

Last weekend saw the first beta weekend for The Secret World. While we've previously had small glimpses of the alternate reality that Funcom has created, this was the first time we could fully immerse ourselves in the mixture of new lore and old legends. 

But would all the stories and legends turn out to be true? Would Funcom be able to create an MMO that felt different to everything we had played before? Would we have an alternative to the high fantasy heroics that have dominated MMOs for so many years? Would we be able to dive into a deep, dark mirror world, or would we be left splashing in a shallow, superficial experience?

Answering these questions will take time, which is why we will report in each week with our continuing adventures. So far, our experience in The Secret World has been limited to the Templar starter area in London and Kingsmouth, the first of three zones in New England. Later we'll update you on our adventure, as we progress through to The Savage Coast and onward to the Blue Mountain.

Here at ZAM we always strive to give our premium members as many opportunities to try out new games as possible, and so we have another beta key giveaway specifically for those folks with premium accounts. The game in question is an MMOFPS known as Mission Against Terror (or MAT as they prefer) and has some fairly interesting elements, including what appears to be a "mummy mode." So don't wait any longer - go grab your key before we run out!

Nexon is building a great new fantasy world with Vindictus and they are offering ZAM members keys for the closed beta. All you have to do is join to get a key, but you need to act fast because the keys are limited.

The Lord of the Rings Online is getting ready to go free to play, and Turbine is in the beta phase of testing the new product and content. To help them out, ZAM is offering its Premium members access to the beta.

ZAM has gotten access to 20,000 beta keys for the upcoming MMO racing game, Need for Speed World. The keys are free to anyone who signs up as a ZAM member. The latest beta will launch on July 20 with new features, vehicles and an all new region.

To get you even more excited, we have the second video developer diary from the team talking about powerups and how they can influence the game.

If you have been following the development of Perfect World's upcoming Fantasy MMO, Forsaken Worlds, then you know there is a rich back story behind the game. Now, ZAM is offering its premium users a chance to experience the game first-hand while it is still in beta. We have a bunch of beta keys to give away and all you need to do is become a ZAM premium member.

The Star Trek Online beta wants you, and the ZAM staff has your keys! All you need to do is become a ZAM premium member to instantly receive your beta key to STO. Thousands of you will soon be exploring the far reaches of space, the final frontier, as a captain of a Federation starship. Simply register and become a premium member of ZAM, which includes premium services throughout our entire network, and you'll get a key.

On top of all that, we're also offering our premium users the ability to download the client from our servers. With all the woes that other sites have been having with download speeds, we're happy to offer an alternative.

So what are you waiting for? Go get your Star Trek Online beta key before we run out!

Underfoot expansion beta registration is now open. Here's the message from EQLive:

Sign Up for the EQ Expansion Beta We are now accepting sign-ups for the EverQuest® Underfoot™ expansion beta. The beta period is expected to begin on October 20, 2009 and end on December 1, 2009.