Mark the 13th of July in your calendars, because that's the day the closed beta for Tropico 3 kicks off. All aspiring dictators can sign up here in the hopes of scoring a beta tester spot to Kalypso Media's latest game.

The chosen ones will be the very first to try the new landscapes of this third installment to the already proven Tropico franchise. Some of the new features El Presidente can expect in the new title include the secret police and a lucrative oil industry. Of course that is not all the game will offer, but to find out you'll have to sign up. So, if your name rhymes to El Presidente, or if you feel being a dictator is your purpose in life, don't miss out on this opportunity to reign over your very own piece of exotica.

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