Huh, are we really almost there with Tarisland? The game is already out in China, and it’s launching worldwide next week, complete with Lady Paladins? These neverending betas for crowdfunded games have clearly poisoned my brain, so I cannot see that and think it’s anything other than blindingly fast, but I guess when your business model is “actually make a game that people might pay money for” instead of “throw money into a pit based on a dream I had about game design so I might later set it ablaze,” you have more incentive to actually launch.
Speaking of launches and terrible segues, Wayfinder rolled out its large-scale MMO-dectomy Echoes patch. It seems to be all right, actually. We also got a chance to have some hands-on time with Once Human during the Summer Games Fest (no word on what you should do if you’re once, twice, three times a human), and Havenhold came in like a wrecking ball sounding… well… a bit like Wayfinder pre-launch if we’re going to be entirely honest. Let’s see how that goes.
In other news, me sleepy. In other beta news… we have an entire roundup for that just below, so you can check that out for all the beta news this week that’s fit to print. And below that we have our full list of games in testing, which we encourage you to take a look at as well as letting us know if something slipped to a new test phase without us noticing. We will be thankful, but hopefully I will be more thankful after I actually get some sleep. Dare to dream, I know.
Pax Dei releases new in-engine trailer, talks about its business model and housing plots
Star Citizen suspends over 600 accounts over ‘illicitly gained’ credits earned thanks to an exploit
Stormforge is a new multiplayer survival sandbox inspired by D&D and The Stormlight Archive
Tarisland has officially launched in China ahead of next week’s global rollout
Pax Dei bluntly outlines what it is – and is not – ahead of next week’s early access release
Project Gorgon lowers base price, offers new character slot DLC
SGF 2024: Aloft is a cozy Ghibli-inspired PvE-centric survival sandbox in the sky
With June patch inbound, Project Gorgon is safe and will see content through at least early 2025
SGF 2024: Hands-on with PvE-centric sci-fi horror survival shooter MMO Once Human
SGF 2024: Path of Exile 2 is fun and satisfying, but it’s still no cakewalk
Wayfinder returns to Steam today with buy-to-play Echoes update and slick new animated feature
Kickstarted tiny MMO Book of Travels has launched its promised combat revamp
‘Multiplayer conquest adventure’ MMO Havenhold readies an alpha test for next week
BitCraft outlines the Empire system coming in its second alpha as a main source of monetization
Progress Bar: Wayfinder is in a much better place as an offline game
SGF 2024: Airship sandbox Echoes of Elysium releases new trailer about the fun of sky captaincy
The Quinfall offers a video overview of farming, animal husbandry, and building a personal plot
Eternal Tombs shares a teaser trailer for its next test, resolves to make it ‘the best MMORPG possible’
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen heralds the arrival of Summoner and Ranger classes in its next test build
Corepunk rallies for another alpha test attempt in July following its borked spring alpha
5v5 hero shooter FragPunk starts taking names for a Steam closed alpha scheduled for June 27
Tibia dev previews guild features for its new zombie MMO Persist Online
Here’s how to get in on Friday’s Monsters and Memories four-hour stress test
EVE Vanguard brings a new map, customizable weapons, and new missions in June 20 test
Lost Skies recaps shipbuilding, sky bosses, and the damageability of everything in the game
Scars of Honor highlights visual progress on environments, weather effects, and models in June dev update
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.
33 Immortals: Closed testing
Abyss: Early accessThe Adventurer’s Domain Online: Early access
Aero Tales Online: Early accessAge of Water: Early accessAnvil Empires: Intermittent alphaArcane Waters: Early access
Arcfall: Pre-alphaARK 2: Paid early accessAshes of Creation: Alpha two in planningAshfall: Closed betaASKA: Closed beta, early access on June 20thBattlebit: Early accessBattle Crush: Early access June 27thBellatores: Closed testingBellwright: Early access, developers of abandoned Last OasisBitcraft: Alpha 2 on June 17th, 2024Blue Protocol: Launching worldwide in 2024, technical tests starting November 8thBook of Travels: Early accessBrighter Shores: Launch planned for Q3 2024, MMO scale not yet clarifiedCamelot Unchained: Closed beta, planning to launch in late 2025Chronicles of Elyria: Pre-alpha, againChrono Odyssey: Closed testing, plans for 2025Cinderstone Online: Closed betaCity of Titans: AlphaConcord: Launch for August 23rd, beta planned but unannouncedCoreborn: Nations of the Ultracore: Early accessCorepunk: Early access planned for 2024, second alpha delayed yet againCraftopia: Early accessThe Crew Motorfest: Closed testingDark and Darker: Paid early access, legal troubles.Dark and Light: Early access (abandoned?)Darkbind: Closed beta (probably abandoned?)Dreamworld: Pre-alphaDune Awakening: Closed testing, signups nowECO: Early access, full launch planned in 2024Eleven: Closed alphaEnlisted: Reinforced: Early access delayed for an indeterminate timeEnshrouded: Early accessEternal Tombs: Closed beta in AprilEVE Vanguard: Second beta ongoingEvercore Heroes: Paid testing, updates stopping with a focus on a redesignEverCraft Online: Weekend-long open test starts April 19thFinal Stand: Ragnarok: Early access (officially, really)The First Descendant: Final test on May 25thFractured Online: Paid early access, launch this summerFractured Veil: Early accessFragPunk: Closed alpha June 27thFrozen Flame: Early accessHavenhold: Second alpha June 20thIlysia: Early accessInferna: Early accessKurtzpel: Closed betaLegendarium Online: Paid alpha accessLost Skies: Pre-alphaMarvel Rivals: Closed alphaMonsters & Memories: Intermittent pre-alphaMortal Exodus: Closed testingNightingale: Early accessNoah’s Heart: BetaOdd Giants: AlphaOnce Human: Closed beta finally starting after delaysOsiris: New Dawn: Back from the dead, not on Steam any longerOutlaws of the Old West: Early accessPalia: Open betaPalworld: Early accessPantheon: Backer alpha, 247 canceledPast Fate: Closed testingPath of Exile 2: Alpha June 2024Pax Dei: Closed alphaPerfect New World: Closed betaPow Vista: Open beta (mobile)Predecessor: Free-to-play open beta, yet another Paragon do-overProject Crawl: Closed testingProject F4E: Closed testingProject Genom: Closed alpha (servers offline, abandoned?)Project Gorgon: Early access betaProject Loki: Closed betaProject ST: Closed testing, open event endedProsperous Universe: Early accessQuinfall: Beta delayed to 2024Return Alive: Closed betaReign of Guilds: Early accessSamuTale: “Paid closed alpha early access” according to the developer, which is just early access, come on dudeSeed: Active developmentSeekers of Skyveil: Continuing alpha testingShadow’s Kiss: Early access (but read this first)Ship of Heroes: Beta testingShips at Sea: Early accessSky: Children of Light: Open early accessSmite 2: Signups open, second alpha weekend ongoingSoulframe: “Pre-pre-pre-pre-alpha” testing wrapped upStar Citizen: Backer alphaStarbase: Early access open alphaTarisland: Launches June 21stThrone & Liberty: Western launch delayed into 2024, live in South KoreaTombstone: Closed testing, release planned for this yearTribes 3: Rivals: Early accessTrimurti Online: Stress testing, open beta February 13thValheim: Early accessValiance Online: Closed betaVindictus: Defying Fate: Open testingWalkScape: Closed beta until June 15thWaven Early access
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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.
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