Yes, we’re back! And so is Bossa Games, it turns out, with Lost Skies on the way. It’s actually very similar to Worlds Adrift, but this time not an open PvP grief nightmare. Yes, we could all point out that we’ve heard this one before, but the important thing is that we might all get the airship island exploration game we wanted in the first place. In the end, maybe the real power of friendship was the people we couldn’t grief along the way.
Meanwhile, that new Lord of the Rings game is back in the news because even though the game does not yet have a title or release window or game mechanics, Amazon Games decided to throw some shade at Lord of the Rings Online ahead of any of that. This is, of course, an intensely classy move that is entirely backed up by Amazon’s own track record. Please don’t check.
Other beta news? Why, we’ve got a roundup just below and our full list of games in testing, but they’re… prettier now! Downright gorgeous, even! And you can still share insights we might have missed down in the comments.
Star Citizen debuts the new Mirai Fury scramble fighter in latest video
Diablo IV showcases its accessibility options, runs promos involving cathedrals and meat shakes
Post-apocalyptic MMO shooter Ashfall opens registrations for July’s closed beta
Nightingale has seen another early access delay – it’s now set for fall 2023
Whatever happened to Star Citizen’s Squadron 42? Well, you can’t buy it right now
Star Citizen alpha 3.19 launches with mining and salvage updates, new tutorial, and new PvP event
Early access survival sandbox V Rising has finally launched its first big update, Secrets of Gloomrot
Amazon appears to confirm Throne & Liberty will be a free-to-play title when it launches in the west
Tencent’s Tarisland offers a global release window of later this year and a new CG hype trailer
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen delays next pre-alpha to May 20 and takes a look at its refreshed Shaman
Several thousand gamers put indie MMO Monsters & Memories to the test in April
VR MMO Ilysia postpones beta again, now indefinitely, over account issues
Wayfinder officially delays its closed beta, again, now to May 24
Indie MMO Genfanad aims to shore up combat and more ahead of Steam launch
Torchlight Infinite officially launches out of early access tonight
Requia Online Reborn brings an ‘accessible’ form of the mobile TCG RPG MMO to Steam early access on June 23
Enshrouded is a 16-person survival action RPG headed for early access later this year
South Korean UE5 MMORPG Chrono Odyssey drops brand-new trailer and crossplatform plans
Wakfu and Dofus’ newest sibling, tactical multiplayer game Waven, will launch by year’s end
Reign of Guilds holds its third open Steam playtest until May 7 to work on castle sieges
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 often 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. Finally, we’ll mark games “malingering” if they’ve been in a certain tier of development for a long time with no clear path to launch.
Open testing
Closed testing
Paid access
Legit MMORPG
Multiplayer
MalingeringThe Adventurer’s Domain Online: Early access
Aero Tales Online: Early access
Age of Water: Beta
Anvil Empires: Intermittent alpha
Arcane Waters: Early access
Arcfall: Pre-alpha
ARK 2: Closed testing
Ashes of Creation: Alpha two in planning
Ashfall: Closed testing
Bellatores: Closed testing
Blue Protocol: Japanese testing
Book of Travels: Early access
Camelot Unchained: Closed beta
Chronicles of Elyria: Pre-alpha, again
Chrono Odyssey: Closed testing
Cinderstone Online: Closed beta
City of Titans: Alpha
Coreborn: Nations of the Ultracore: Alpha
Corepunk: Closed alpha
Craftopia: Early access
The Crew Motorfest: Closed testing
Dark and Light: Early access (abandoned?)
Darkbind: Closed beta (probably abandoned?)
The Day Before: Closed alpha (delay drama)
Diablo IV: Open beta
Dreamworld: Pre-alpha
Dune Awakening: Closed testing
ECO: Early access
Eleven: Closed alpha
Enlisted: Beta
Fae Farm: Closed testing (delayed)
Fractured Online: Back in closed development
Fractured Veil: Back in closed development
Frozen Flame: Early access
Genfanad: Alpha
Ilysia: Alpha two
Inferna: Early access
Kurtzpel: Closed beta
Last Oasis: Early access (abandoned?)
Lost Skies: Closed testing
Monsters & Memories: Intermittent pre-alpha
Mortal Exodus: Closed testing
Multiverse: Returned to closed testing
Nightingale: Meep
Noah’s Heart: Beta
Odd Giants: Alpha
Outlaws of the Old West: Early access
Palia: Closed alpha
Pantheon: Intermittent backer alpha
Past Fate: Closed alpha
Pax Dei: Closed alpha
Perfect New World: Closed beta
Project Genom: Closed alpha (servers offline, abandoned?)
Project Gorgon: Early access beta
Prosperous Universe: Early access
Reign of Guilds: Intermittent open beta
SamuTale: Closed alpha
Seed: Alpha (drama, crypto link and weird comms blockout?)
Shadow’s Kiss: Early access (but read this first)
Ship of Heroes: Beta testing
Skull and Bones: Closed alpha
Spellcraft: Alpha
Star Citizen: Backer alpha
Starbase: Early access open alpha
Tarisland: Beta
Throne & Liberty: Korean closed beta
Valheim: Early access
V Rising: Early access
Valiance Online: Closed beta
The Wagadu Chronicles: Alpha two
Warcraft Arclight Rumble: Closed alpha
Waven: Open alpha
Wayfinder: Closed beta
We welcome additions and corrections to this list; send your info our way via tips!
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.
