After significant delays, Throne & Liberty is heading into open beta on July 18th, and there’s a whole rundown of how players can take part. The good news is that you can pre-download on July 16th, progress will be accelerated so players can more easily reach the cap during the test, and voiceovers will be available in English, Japanese, or Korean. The bad news is that progress will not carry over to the main game, although you probably expected that.
Elsewhere in Betatopia, land of betas, Corepunk wrapped up its third alpha test and was proud to say it was better than the last one! Which is… not really a flex, but all right. The Quinfall has kicked off its second closed beta with even more fallen quins, and Pantheon is promising early access in December. How does that look for them? Well, the plan is to have six zones, so… it might not be launching when you’re out of money and hoping it gets over?
Darn it, I ended it on a depressing note again! I promised I wasn’t going to do that anymore! Darnarooni. Oh, well, maybe the full list of beta news down below along with our games in testing will bring you closure and joy. If you see something that shouldn’t be on the list or something incorrectly listed, let us know down in the comments!
Raph Koster lays out the (first) four pillars of design for his sandbox MMORPG Stars Reach
Crowdfunded MMORPG Pantheon Rise of the Fallen is launching early access in December
‘The era of the big raid has returned,’ superhero MMORPG Ship of Heroes declares
Throne & Liberty showcases character creation, dungeons, and PvP activities ahead of July 18 open beta
Corepunk wraps up its 50,000 player alpha 3 test: ‘Better than the last one’
Corepunk coming to early access on November 26th, still requires ‘significant polishing in all directions’
Pax Dei devs talk communication, transparency, updates, and… horses?
The Quinfall previews maritime activities and trading ahead of today’s second closed beta
Legend of Ares, a PvP MMO from the mid-2000s, will relaunch next month
New World has delayed its Aeternum console closed beta two weeks to July 25
Star Citizen readies a returning community helping event, preps cargo updates and new event for alpha 3.24
Fractured will release next patch ahead of July 24 new server and full game launch
Echoes of Elysium’s ‘airship survival loop is nearly complete as a playable experience’
More than 4000 gamers killed 566K baddies in Monsters & Memories’ June playtests
Cutesy multiplayer life sim Galactic Getaway heralds a successful alpha, promises 2024 release
Wayfinder preps a huge quality-of-life patch as it journeys toward 1.0
Team-based PvP FPS Concord preps beta test for this weekend
Bellwright’s latest patch brings FSR support and another lengthy list of fixes and adjustments
Multiplayer dungeon crawler Dungeonborne launches into early access next week
Star Citizen showcases alpha 3.24’s Blockade Runner event and delayed cargo freight gameplay
Funcom says Conan Exiles’ dev cadence isn’t impacted by Dune Awakening
Aetherian Chronicles is a side-scrolling MMORPG that lets players team up with others or LLM-powered bots
Fantastic Pixel Castle’s Project Ghost is still years out, but plans public playtest for ‘fairly soon’
Bitcraft explains the precise mechanics of starting and maintaining an Empire
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: Early accessBattlebit: Early accessBattle Crush: Early accessBellatores: 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 November 26thCraftopia: 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 nowDungeonborne>: Early access the week of July 15thECO: 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)Fractured 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 betaLegend of Ares: Open testing ahead of relaunchLegendarium Online: Paid alpha accessLost Skies: Pre-alphaMarvel Rivals: Closed alphaMonsters & Memories: Intermittent pre-alphaMortal Exodus: Closed testingNightingale: Early accessNoah’s Heart: BetaOdd Giants: AlphaOsiris: New Dawn: Back from the dead, not on Steam any longerOutlaws of the Old West: Early accessPalia: Open betaPalworld: Early accessPantheon: Backer alpha, early access planned for DecemberPast Fate: Closed testingPath of Exile 2: Alpha June 2024Pax Dei: Early accessPerfect 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: Second closed betaReturn 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 alphaStars Reach: Alpha testing in summerThrone & Liberty: Live in South Korea, launching in the west September 17, open beta starts July 18thTombstone: Closed testing, release planned for this yearTribes 3: Rivals: Early access, development slowing/stoppingTrimurti 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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