Is it fair to call Project Gorgon a spiritual successor to Asheron’s Call? I’m going to go with yes, which means that this year is the year for the game to launch. And that’s the goal, too; the game is adding in more levels and more high-level content for players to explore before the launch later this year. Let’s go gaga for Gorgon, yes?
Of course, there’s other beta news too. But that one deserved a header nod. Everyone else can sit here in list format, like so:
- Revelation Online starts its third beta test on January 19th; there’s more PvE content and a look at the game’s PvP content, to boot. It may not be enough to pique your interest in the game after it talked about how its free-for-all PvP will totally work with a penalty system, we mean it this time, but the effort was there.
- If you invested in Crowfall, you should probably catch up on the recent answers about exactly that. If you didn’t invest but just want to play, you should look at the ways that gathering will work. Both are relevant.
- Good news, Bless Online fans! The game underwent another server merge! Except it also opened a new server at the same time, so it still has two servers, but now they’re a different two servers. Life is hilarious! Also, that’s not good news.
- Interested in El Somni Quas? Then have a nice big chunk of information on races, classes, mechanics, and all sorts of other stuff. Including a lengthy rant about how you should totally love free-for-all PvP.
- And speaking of free-for-all PvP, Darkfall: Rise of Agon is apparently just four months away from launch. So we’ll see how that experiment runs.
Did we get a list past the break? We did! It may contain a whole bunch of betas, or it might contain the ingredient list for almond-and-cranberry scones. If it’s the betas, do let us know if something is missing or inaccurate down in the comments; if it’s the scones thing, just cook some nice scones for your friends and family.
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, with occasional exceptions.
AdventureQuest 3D: Open beta
Albion Online: Closed beta will last well into 2017
Boundless: Donor alpha
Camelot Unchained:Â Backer alpha
Children of Ur: Open alpha
Cloud Pirates: Closed beta
Crossout: Closed beta
Crowfall: Backer pre-alpha
Cube World: Closed alpha
DayZ: Early access
Divergence Online:Â Alpha
Eleven:Â Closed alpha
Ever, Jane: Open beta
Fragmented: Early access
Gigantic: Open beta
Gloria Victis: Early Access on Steam
H1Z1:Â Paid early access, split into two games
HEX:Â Unofficial open beta
LawBreakers: Closed alpha
Life is Feudal: Closed beta
Line of Defense: Early access, removed from Steam
Master x Master: Alpha test
Mu Legend: Closed beta
MyDream: Closed testing open to donors
Origins of Malu:Â Development moving forward on battleground experience, MMO suspended
Osiris: New Dawn: Early access
Paladins: Closed beta
Paragon: Open beta
Pathfinder Online: Subscription “early enrollment”
Project Genom: Closed alpha
Project Gorgon: Free, open testing
Revelation Online: Closed beta
SamuTale: Closed alpha
Shards Online: Pre-alpha
SkySaga: Ongoing NA and UK alpha events
Star Citizen: Backer alpha
Stash: Backer alpha
The Black Death: Early access alpha
The Culling: Early access testing
The Exiled: Closed alpha; formerly Das Tal
The Repopulation: Alpha offline, moving to the Unreal engine
Tree of Life: Open beta
Tribal Wars 2: Open testing
TUG: Steam early access alpha
Valiance Online: Alpha testing
Wild Terra: Steam early access
Worlds Adrift: Early access planned for Q1 2017
