The Quinfall – so named to apparently distinguish itself from the other, lesser quinfalls – made news during a slow beta cycle by deciding that it wants you to pay money for beta testing. And the developers are calling that the open beta. So that’s definitely not making anyone suspicious or call the game out by name as a scam. Sure, let’s go with that.
Meanwhile, in Korea, Throne & Liberty has made such a big impact that the game is already merging servers. It launched a month ago. We’d all be more inclined to fixate on this if NCsoft hadn’t just done something that’s such good news you almost want to support the game just out of affection for that. Not the best harbinger for the game’s launch in the US later this year, though.
This was a quiet week for beta news in the extreme, but let’s be real, there is still a list of games in testing down below and our roundup of beta news just above that. Just as always, if you see something that has jumped test phases or even just want to share stories from your beta experiences not under NDA, head on down to the comments.
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.
Abyss: Closed alpha
The Adventurer’s Domain Online: Early access
Aero Tales Online: Early accessAge of Water: Paid closed betaAnvil Empires: Intermittent alphaArcane Waters: Early access
Arcfall: Pre-alpha
ARK 2: Paid early accessAshes of Creation: Alpha two in planningAshfall: Closed betaASKA: Closed betaBattlebit: Early accessBattle Crush: BetaBellatores: Closed testingBitcraft: Alpha planned for 2024Blue Protocol: Launching worldwide in 2024, technical tests starting November 8thBook of Travels: Early accessCamelot Unchained: Closed betaChronicles of Elyria: Pre-alpha, againChrono Odyssey: Closed testingCinderstone Online: Closed betaCity of Titans: AlphaCoreborn: Nations of the Ultracore: Early accessCorepunk: Early access planned for end of winterCraftopia: Early accessThe Crew Motorfest: Closed testingDark and Darker: Paid early access, legal troubles.Dark and Light: Early access (abandoned?)Darkbind: Closed beta (probably abandoned?)The Day Before: Early Access going greatThe Division Heartland: Closed testingDreamworld: Pre-alphaDune Awakening: Closed testing, signups nowECO: Early accessEleven: Closed alphaEnlisted: BetaEVE Vanguard: First beta test concludedEvercore Heroes: Paid testing, updates stopping with a focus on a redesignFae Farm: Closed testing, launch planned for September 8thThe First Descendant: Crossplay betaFractured Online: Paid early access, back on SteamFractured Veil: Back in closed development, early access delayed to 2024Frozen Flame: Early accessGenfanad: BetaIlysia: Early accessInferna: Early accessKurtzpel: Closed betaLast Oasis: Early access (abandoned?)Legendarium Online: Paid alpha accessLost Skies: Pre-alphaMonster Hunter Now: Closed betaMonsters & Memories: Intermittent pre-alpha, public beta this weekendMortal Exodus: Closed testingMultiversus: Returned to closed testingNightingale: Ongoing closed eventsNoah’s Heart: BetaOdd Giants: AlphaOnce Human: Beta on December 7thOutlaws of the Old West: Early accessPalia: Open betaPantheon: Backer alpha, 247 canceledPast Fate: Closed testingPath of Exile 2: Beta June 2024Pax Dei: Closed alphaPerfect New World: Closed betaPow Vista: Open beta (mobile)Project 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: Beta event in mid-December, early access planned for 2024SamuTale: “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 testingSkull and Bones: Closed betaSoulframe: “Pre-pre-pre-pre-alpha” testing in mid-DecemberSpellcraft: AlphaStar Citizen: Backer alphaStarbase: Early access open alphaTarisland: Second closed betaThrone & Liberty: Western launch delayed into 2024, live in South KoreaTrimurti Online: Stress testingValheim: Early accessV Rising: Early accessValiance Online: Closed betaThe Wagadu Chronicles: Early accessWarhaven: Early accessWaven Early accessWayfinder Early access ahead of full launch
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.
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