You’d think an entire piece from the Dual Universe team about how the game wasn’t planned for consoles and will still not be going to consoles would be kind of superfluous, but apparently not so much. No, in fact, there’s apparently quite a bit to say on the topic! Even if, at the end of the day, it still means that DU remains in the same development track. But there are always enterprising fans…
Enough on the console front, this isn’t Consolewatch, it’s Betawatch.
- Gee whiz, Ship of Heroes, how come your mom lets you have (a powerset with) two swords?!
- What’s the holdup on the Crowfall beta? The curse of Tgek’dmal, obviously. Or bugs and some need for polish before the Dregs campaign kicks off. One or the other.
- You have a whole heck of new customization options available in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. That’s fun.
- Last Oasis will finally start making oases a bit less permanent starting on May 20th. Go east, folks.
- Last but not least, RuneScape Mobile has gone into beta for iOS, so you can scape your runes on the go with an Apple phone now.
And that’s that! Betas are done forever. Except for next week, of course, and the whole long list we have below for your perusal. Feel free to let us know if something in the list there has skipped phases without us noticing, too; it’s downright neighborly of you.
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
Arcfall: Pre-alpha
Ashes of Creation: Alpha one testing in May; Apocalypse early access has ended
Book of Travels: Closed beta
Camelot Unchained: Closed beta one
Children of Ur: Open alpha, further development merged with Eleven
Crowfall: Backer pre-alpha, alpha now expected in 2020
Cube World: Closed beta since September 23rd
Dauntless: Open beta
Dark and Light: Early access
Dual Universe: Alpha
ECO: Early access
Eleven: Closed alpha
Elyon: Korean beta (fka Ascent Infinite Realm)
Ever, Jane: Open beta
Kurtzpel: Closed beta
Gloria Victis: Early access on Steam
Guardians of Ember: Open beta
Hearthstone Battleground Mode: Open beta
Inferna: Early access
Life is Feudal: Early access
Line of Defense: Early access, removed from Steam
Magic: Legends: Beta testing in 2020
Mortal Online 2: Closed alpha
New World: Closed alpha, launching August 2020
Occupy White Walls: Early access
Osiris: New Dawn: Open beta
Outlaws of the Old West: Early access
Pantheon: Backer pre-alpha
Pathfinder Online: Subscription “early enrollment”
Population Zero: Early access
Project Genom: Closed alpha, servers offline for restructuring with SpatialOS
Project Gorgon: Early access beta
Prosperous Universe: Early access
Saga of Lucimia: Closed alpha
SamuTale: Closed alpha
Ship of Heroes: Alpha
Star Citizen: Backer alpha
Temtem: Early access
The Black Death: Early access alpha
The Cycle: Alpha, weekly test cycle
The Repopulation: Early access alpha
Torchlight III: Closed alpha
Valiance Online: Alpha
Yes, MMO gamers, you too can perform the unpaid quality-control work otherwise known as game testing! Check out Massively Overpowered’s Betawatch every week for a run-down of MMOs that are still on the road to launch, even if they appear to have set up a permanent residence in a shed called early access.
