Console edition all the MMOs! Black Desert Online already made the leap to the Xbox One, a console with an installed base of four people and two demo kiosks in a discontinued Best Buy storefront, but the game is now moving to the PlayStation 4, which is owned by basically everyone who still buys game consoles. It’s a beta! An open beta!
Meanwhile, we bid our truest farewell to Legends of Aria, which has now moved into the launchiest state it can move into and upon which we declare “no take-backsies.” Moving along to other beta news…
- The Osiris: New Dawn version has moved into open beta! And… that’s the most specific change made with the game’s latest patch. It’s had bug fixes, though.
- If the sight of Akira Toriyama’s character designs flying around screaming and throwing energy blasts still makes you excited, you’ll probably want to check out the news on Dragon Ball: Legend of Time and Space. That would be your Dragon Ball Z MMO, for the record.
- The mobile version of EVE Online is due out for alpha testing later this month. That’s it. There’s no joke. It’s an upcoming test.
- Last but not least, as we fast approach the launch of World of Warcraft: Classic, you should be ready to reserve your name on August 12th if that’s a thing you need. If you’re not worried about your name, well… don’t worry about it.
Huh. We really can just be business-like about these, can’t we? Not very fun, I’ll pass. Let us know what you’re testing down in the comments, or let us know if something jumped test phases without us catching it!
As always, 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 usually 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; we also do not list expansions, with occasional exceptions.
AdventureQuest 3D: Open beta
Arcfall: Pre-alpha
Ashes of Creation: Alpha one phase one
Astellia: Closed beta
Bless Unleashed: Closed beta
Camelot Unchained: Closed beta one
Caravan Stories: Beta
Children of Ur: Open alpha, further development merged with Eleven
Chronicles of Elyria: Pre-alpha
Citadel: Forged with Fire: Early access, launch on October 11th
Crowfall: Backer pre-alpha
Cube World: Closed alpha
Dauntless: Open beta
Dark and Light: Early access
Divergence Online:Â Alpha
Dual Universe: Alpha
ECO: Early access
Edengrad: Early access
Eleven:Â Closed alpha
Ever, Jane: Open beta
Kurtzpel: Closed beta
Gloria Victis: Early access on Steam
Global Adventures: Closed beta
Guardians of Ember: Open beta
Life is Feudal: Early access
Line of Defense: Early access, removed from Steam
New World: Closed alpha
Occupy White Walls: Early access
Osiris: New Dawn: Open beta
Outlaws of the Old West: Early access
Pantheon: Backer pre-alpha
Pathfinder Online: Subscription “early enrollment”
PixARK: Early access
Project Genom: Closed alpha, servers offline for restructuring with SpatialOS
Project Gorgon: Early access beta
Prosperous Universe: Early access
SamuTale: Closed alpha
Ship of Heroes: Alpha
Star Citizen: Backer alpha
The Black Death: Early access alpha
The Cycle: Alpha, weekly test cycle
The Repopulation: Early access alpha
Torchlight Frontiers: Closed alpha, no NDA
Valiance Online: Alpha
WoW Classic: Closed beta
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.
