All right there, Tarisland, what do you have for us? A closed beta? That’s good, but will it feature more questionable narration and text and a glimpse at what you’re doing beyond looking a whole heck of a lot like you were copying someone else’s homework in art class? I suppose we’ll find out on June 27th. Here’s hoping.
Meanwhile, Blue Protocol is gearing up for its proper launch in its home nation of Japan, complete with post-launch content roadmaps and pre-loading the game. People are already making plans so that you can play it even if you don’t speak Japanese because of course they are. The real question is whether or not the version published by Amazon will be up-to-date with the Japanese version or several months behind when it launches.
I’m feeling cranky today. Not because of the beta news, though, which is nice. You can catch up on a full rundown of that beta news just below including more stories, and you can check out our full list of games in testing just below that. Hopefully you aren’t feeling cranky!
Roly-poly multiplayer brawler Party Animals aims to make you laugh yourself to death
Star Citizen shares alpha 3.20’s plans for Arena Commander’s FPS gameplay and experimental modes
Camelot Unchained discusses the effects of alloys on crafting and a wholesale rebuild of its UI
Summer Game Fest 2023: Grinding Gear Games releases new Path of Exile 2 trailer
Summer Game Fest 2023: Throne & Liberty, Path of Exile 2, Black Desert, Wayfinder, Fae Farm
Blue Protocol JP opens for pre-installation, details battle pass, and shares post-launch content roadmap
Funcom’s Dune Awakening was partly inspired by Villeneuve’s Dune duology
Return Alive is a multiplayer top-down PvPvE shooter planning an open beta on June 29
The Day Before talks player housing, lifeskilling, volunteer workers, and the ongoing trademark dispute
Guild Wars 2 begins Dragon Bash 2023, plans WvW world restructuring beta this weekend
Monsters & Memories shares updates to UI, backend tech, and locations in latest dev blog
Lost Skies takes a closer look at the lore and design of the Saborian civilization
Cozy MMO Palia schedules its next tech test for June 8
Tarisland begins its global closed beta for PC and Android on June 27
Pax Dei announces June 11 showcase, shares bug-filled pics from recent test
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.
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Closed testing
Paid access
Legit MMORPG
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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
Battlebit: Early access
Bellatores: Closed testing
Blue Protocol: Japanese launch on June 14th, launching worldwide in 2024
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: Early acess
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
Monster Hunter Now: Closed beta
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
Path of Exile 2: Beta soon, announcement expected July 28th
Pax Dei: Closed alpha
Perfect New World: Closed beta
Pow Vista: Open beta (mobile)
Project F4E: Closed testing
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.
