Here comes the beta for Dual Universe! And you’ll need to pay for it if you don’t buy an alpha-access pack before then; there will be a subscription fee for newcomers to the game’s beta, starting at just around $7 and with a variety of longer plans that offer a (very slight) discount. Well, at least it’s… being called a beta? That’s something?
Yeah, let’s just move right along to some bullet points, that tracks.
- Legends of Aria has finally left early access! We know, it was hard to remember that it was there. But it was! Now it’s not.
- Catan: World Explorers is going into beta in New Zealand, where people can walk outside without fear. Whether or not people are eager to do so for this particular title is another discussion.
- The Repopulation has a new roadmap, in that ongoing and frankly somewhat heartbreaking story. Now I’m sad.
- Last but not least, Mortal Online 2 has posted its own roadmap while making plans to sell a package for $2500. Yep. That’s a lot of money. That’s what we’re looking at.
Huh. This got more depressing than usual. Let’s all have a nice glass of whatever is less depressing and chill out with our usual ongoing list below of the various games in testing. And if you know about some games that are missing or ones that skipped test phases without us noticing, let us know down in the comments.
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 alpha
Crucible: Closed beta
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: Beta in July, launch in 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: Early access
Valiance Online: Alpha
Zenith: 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.
