Happy holidays to those celebrating a holiday today! Happy just today for everyone else! And an extra-special dose of happy for people who like their crafting systems to have ornate depth, because Camelot Unchained has previewed its crafting system and there’s plenty for you to explore. Most of you can’t actually play with it yet, no, but you sure can dream.
Other beta news? Not a whole lot, you know, what with other things happening this week. But there’s still some!
- Do you want to know what the deal is with Soul Worker Online? Why not take a look at some videos from the most recent test and form your opinion thusly?
- In this week’s Absolutely Terrible News department, The Repopulation is taking its servers offline for the time being based on the issues with the Hero Engine. This is exactly what no one wants to hear this week.
- There’s certainly a lot going on with Shroud of the Avatar‘s development in early 2016, and the developers are letting you know about it before it happens.
- Crowfall is delaying aspects of its testing and release plans as we move into the next year, which is on the bad news side without being as bad.
- Last but not least, there’s a year-end chat for Pathfinder Online fans, who will hopefully hear some good news there!
Oh, yes, we totally have other things down there in the list. Have a good one, folks, and we’ll see you again on the other side of the new year! Really, it’ll be 2016 before the next installment runs. Freaky, huh?
As always, we consider an MMO to be in open testing if it features free, public signups and will server wipe prior to launch. An MMO is marked in closed testing if it’s running a private test phase that cannot freely be accessed by the general public; it’s usually under NDA as well. Early access and crowdfunded MMOs whose tests we deem legitimate will be included. So-called “open beta” soft-launch MMOs with cash shops, no sign of launch in the west, or limited interest for our readers will not be listed; we also do not list expansions.
Albion Online: Closed beta
Ascent: The Space Game: Steam early access
Auto Club Revolution: Closed beta
Beasts of Prey:Â Early access alpha
Black Desert:Â Korean and Japanese open beta, North American closed beta, release in early 2016
Blade & Soul: Closed beta, release in January 2016
Boundless: Donor alpha
Camelot Unchained:Â Backer alpha
Chronicles: Runescape Legends: Closed beta
Crowfall: Backer pre-alpha
Das Tal: Alpha previously expected in 2015
DayZ: Early access
Divergence Online:Â Alpha
Dungeon Fighter Online: Open testing
Earthrise: First Impact: Alpha testing; no recent updates on development
Eleven:Â Closed alpha
Eternal Crusade: First wave of closed alpha
EVE: Valkyrie: Pre-alpha registration for EVE and DUST players
Ever, Jane: Closed beta
Gloria Victis: Donor pre-alpha
H1Z1:Â Paid early access
HEX:Â Unofficial open beta
Kingdom Online: Closed beta
Landmark: Paid closed beta, cash shop active
Life is Feudal: Early access beta
Line of Defense: Early access
MyDream: Closed testing open to donors
Nosgoth: Open beta
Origins of Malu:Â Combat module in early access
Otherland: Early access
Overwatch: Closed beta
Pathfinder Online: Subscription “early enrollment”
Project Genom: Closed alpha
Project Gorgon: Free, open testing
Shards Online: Pre-alpha
Shroud of the Avatar: Steam early access, backer testing
SkySaga: Ongoing NA and UK alpha events
Star Citizen: Backer pre-alpha
Starriser: Taking beta signups
Stash: Backer alpha
The Repopulation: Alpha offline, currently on development hiatus
Tree of Life: Paid early access
Tree of Savior: English beta testing events
Tribal Wars 2: Open testing
TUG: Steam early access alpha
Valiance Online: Pre-alpha testing
Venus Rising: Closed beta (adult/NSFW)
