How pretty do you want your Ilysia? The designers are hoping the answer is “quite pretty” as they work on prettying up the game ahead of beta. When will the actual beta happen? That’s as of yet undisclosed. But it’s going to happen, and the game will look pretty. That’s all good.
Other beta news? Sure, if you’re pretty enough (and you are):
- “Ship subsystems coming soon, huh, Star Citizen? Wow, you have been promising that for eight years now, haven’t you.”
- “Cool, Frozen Flame, looking forward to seeing you in early access on November 17th. I will definitely be by to check you out, once I check what else is happening on that day for no reason.”
- “Awesome, Blue Protocol still exists. Probably. Sort of would like to live in a world where I can actually see that launch, it looked fun at one point?”
- “Harvesting a bush, rock, or tree should allow you to harvest any bush, rock, or tree in Ashes of Creation. Glorious.”
Those were my thoughts as I read through all the beta news. You’re welcome, everyone. In celebration, you can take a look at our list of games in testing just below and let us know if something slipped into another test phase along the way. You may also send us delicious French cheeses.
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, nor will games that are NFT/blockchain scams; we also do not list expansions, with occasional exceptions.
Aero Tales Online: Early access
Arcfall: Pre-alpha
Age of Water: Beta
Ashes of Creation: Alpha one
Book of Travels: Early access
Camelot Unchained: Closed beta one
Chronicles of Elyria: Pre-alpha, again
Cinderstone Online: Closed beta
City of Titans: Alpha
Corepunk: Closed alpha
Craftopia: Early access
The Cycle: Closed beta
Dark and Light: Early access
Darkbind: Closed beta
Dreamworld: Pre-alpha
ECO: Early access
Eleven: Closed alpha
Enlisted: Beta
Fractured Online: Early access
Frozen Flame: Open beta, early access on November 17th
Galahad 3093: Early access
Genfanad: Alpha
Gloria Victis: Beta (early access) on Steam
Ilysia: Alpha two
Inferna: Early access
Kurtzpel: Closed beta
Last Oasis: Early access
Noah’s Heart: Beta
Mad World: Beta
Osiris: New Dawn: Open beta
Outlaws of the Old West: Early access
Palia: Closed alpha
Pantheon: Backer pre-alpha
Past Fate: Closed alpha
Project Genom: Closed alpha, servers offline for restructuring with SpatialOS
Project Gorgon: Early access beta
Prosperous Universe: Early access
SamuTale: Closed alpha
Seed: Alpha
Ship of Heroes: Beta testing
Skull and Bones: Closed alpha
Skydome: Closed beta
Star Citizen: Backer alpha
Starbase: Early access open alpha
The Black Death: Early access alpha
The Cycle: Closed beta
The Repopulation: Early access alpha
V Rising: Early access
Valiance Online: Closed beta
The Wagadu Chronicles: Alpha two
Wild Terra 2: Early access
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.
