We last mentioned Gaia Online's new MMO, zOMG! when it entered closed beta, and the development team has announced that they are to begin rolling out access to Gaia community members.

8,500 "Golden Ticket" holders are to be the first entrants – players who took part in booth promotions at NY Comic Con and Anime Expo, or purchased zOMG! "Rumble Boxes" in Gaia Online's virtual goods marketplace.

After Golden Ticket holders, community members with the longest active accounts (4+ years on Gaia Online) will be given access. The complete roll-out schedule will be announced shortly, and general public access will be established "once the Gaia community is safely in-game."

“We received over 120,000 applications for the Closed Beta from our virtual world community, but obviously couldn’t let them all in,” said Craig Sherman, CEO of Gaia Online. “Members complete hundreds of thousands of micro-transactions per day in the marketplace, and we think the Golden Tickets are a great way to choose which loyal users win this very cool opportunity.”