Betawatch: Fellowship plans its next beta as Lynked launches fully

Eliot Lefebvre 2025-05-23 00:00:00
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If you’re big on co-op dungeon runs, you’ll be happy to know that Fellowship is processing open beta feedback and planning for its next test at the end of May, which by definition means next week. Meanwhile, Lynked Banner of the Spark is done with testing as it has moved from early access into full launch, so that’s another possible co-op dungeoneering adventure for you.

Moving ahead, Splitgate has its open beta running now, and Tinkerlands has also hit early access. Tons of multiplayer action for fans of the not-a-full-MMORPG options out there, in other words! The MMORPG side is a bit quieter, but Guild Wars 2 is calling its latest test of the PvP Push mode a beta, even though for a launched game that’s not really a “beta” except for calling it that. You’re lucky you’re pretty, GW2.

Is our list of games in testing just below pretty? It would certainly like it if you said it was pretty. Well, actually, it won’t feel anything; it’s just a list of games in testing. But we’d like it if you tell us it’s pretty. Or if you tell us if something slipped into another test stage without our noticing. That’s actually more important than the pretty thing, to be honest.

MMO Hype Train: Is it time to light a fire under Light No Fire? Project Ghost’s Greg Street unwittingly ignites debate on Eastern vs. Western MMO design Star Citizen heralds the Idris as a victory for its server tech as players grouse over its limited sale Stars Reach adds sliding mechanics, XP refunds, and a plant harvesting overhaul Chrono Odyssey finally opens signups for its June Steam closed beta Dune Awakening’s Mentat will murder you with darts and poison spores Pax Dei outlines gear updates in Verse 3 that make things ‘deeper, smarter, and more purposeful’ Dune Awakening plans to preview the Deep Desert late-game content in next week’s stream NCsoft talks possible PC shift, launch windows, and increased PvE content for Aion 2 Nexon will run a Steam alpha for Vindictus Defying Fate next month Chrono Odyssey hypes up its June beta with a new 20-minute dev video Guild Wars 2 has resumed testing of its PvP Push mode, updated since last year’s run BitCraft Online readies a game preview test for next week prior to June’s early access Wildgate’s Steam Next Fest demo promises unhinged stories and hyperspace crimes Hands-on: Co-op roguelike Lynked Banner of the Spark is ready for launch and more fun than ever NetEase’s mobile FPS Destiny Rising opens pre-reg on Apple App Store, plans closed beta on Android May 29 World of Warships Legends ramps up to a Steam beta test this weekend as preps a PC debut Arc’s co-op dungeon runner Fellowship processes open beta feedback ahead of next closed test at the end of May Pantheon explains its impending itemization overhaul for resists, stats, and progression Cozy ‘rogue-life RPG’ Lynked Banner of the Spark officially launches out of early access today SMITE 2’s latest patch adds Apollo, the God of Music to the beta lineup

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. Open Testing Open testing
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Paid AccessMultiplayer33 Immortals: Early access
Paid AccessLegitimate MMOAbyss: Early access
Paid AccessLegitimate MMOThe Adventurer’s Domain Online: Early access
Open TestingLegitimate MMOAero Tales Online: Early access
Paid AccessMultiplayerAloft: Early access
Paid AccessMultiplayerAmmo and Oxygen: Early access starts November 7th
Closed TestingLegitimate MMOAnvil Empires: Intermittent alpha
Open TestingLegitimate MMOApogea: Open testing
Paid AccessLegitimate MMOArcane Waters: Early access
Closed TestingMultiplayerArc Raiders: Tech test this weekend, launch planned for 2025
Open TestingLegitimate MMOMalingering in Perpetual TestingArcfall: Pre-alpha
Closed TestingLegitimate MMOAdrullan Online Adventures: Weekend-long open test starts April 19th, renamed from Evercraft Online
Closed TestingMultiplayerARK 2: Paid early access
Closed TestingMultiplayerArkheron: Closed beta
Open TestingMultiplayerAscendant: Open testing in August
Paid AccessLegitimate MMOAshes of Creation: Alpha two
Closed TestingMultiplayerAshfall: Closed beta
Paid AccessMultiplayerASKA: Early access
Paid AccessMultiplayerBattlebit: Early access
Closed TestingLegitimate MMOBellatores: Closed testing
Paid AccessMultiplayerBellwright: Early access, developers of abandoned Last Oasis
Closed TestingLegitimate MMOBitcraft: Early access launch on June 20th
Paid AccessMultiplayerBook of Travels: Early access
Open TestingLegitimate MMOBrighter Shores: Early access
Paid AccessLegitimate MMOMalingering in Perpetual TestingCamelot Unchained: Closed beta, planning to launch in late 2025
Paid AccessLegitimate MMOMalingering in Perpetual TestingChronicles of Elyria: Pre-alpha, again
Closed TestingLegitimate MMOChrono Odyssey: Closed beta targeting May, launch planned for Q4 2025
Closed TestingLegitimate MMOCinderstone Online: Closed beta
Paid AccessLegitimate MMOMalingering in Perpetual TestingCity of Titans: Alpha
Paid AccessLegitimate MMOCoreborn: Nations of the Ultracore: Early access
Paid AccessLegitimate MMOCorepunk: Early access
Paid AccessMultiplayerCraftopia: Early access
Closed TestingMultiplayerThe Crew Motorfest: Closed testing
Closed TestingMultiplayerCrosswind: Future testing events planned on Steam
Closed TestingMultiplayerCrystals of Atlan: Launching on May 28th
Paid AccessMultiplayerMalingering in Perpetual TestingDark and Darker: Paid early access, legal troubles.
Paid AccessLegitimate MMOMalingering in Perpetual TestingDark and Light: Early access (abandoned?)
Closed TestingLegitimate MMOMalingering in Perpetual TestingDarkbind: Closed beta (probably abandoned?)
Paid AccessMultiplayerDawn of Defiance: Early access
Closed TestingMultiplayerDestiny Rising: Closed alpha starts November 1st
Paid AccessMultiplayerDragonwilds: Early access
Open AccessLegitimate MMODreamworld: Pre-alpha, open playtest until March 16th
Closed TestingLegitimate MMODune Awakening: Weekend beta May 9th, launch on May 20th June 10th, and this time we mean it!
Paid AccessMultiplayerDungeonborne>: Early access
Paid AccessMultiplayerECO: Early access, full launch planned in 2024
Closed TestingLegitimate MMOMalingering in Perpetual TestingEleven: Closed alpha
Paid AccessMultiplayerEnshrouded: Early access
Paid AccessMultiplayerEquinox Homecoming: Early access on May 8th
Closed TestingLegitimate MMOEternal Tombs: Pre-alpha resumes October 11th
Closed TestingMultiplayerEVE Vanguard: Early access planned for summer 2026
Paid AccessMultiplayerEvercore Heroes: Paid testing, updates stopping with a focus on a redesign
Paid AccessMultiplayerFinal Stand: Ragnarok: Early access (officially, really)
Closed TestingMultiplayerFellowship: Open testing in late May
Closed TestingMultiplayerFragPunk: Closed alpha, launch planned for March 6th
Paid AccessMultiplayerFrozen Flame: Early access
Closed TestingMultiplayerHavenhold: Closed beta
Open TestingLegitimate MMOHomestead: Open alpha
Paid AccessMultiplayerIfSunSets: Early access
Paid AccessLegitimate MMOIlysia: Early access
Open TestingLegitimate MMOInferna: Early access
Closed TestingMultiplayerKing of Meat: Alpha test December 4th through the 14th
Open TestingLegitimate MMOKurtzpel: Closed beta
Open TestingLegitimate MMOLegend of Ares: Open testing ahead of relaunch
Paid AccessLegitimate MMOLegendarium Online: Paid alpha access
Open TestingLegitimate MMOLife is Feudal Arden: Open beta
Closed TestingLegitimate MMOLoftia: Alpha planned for April
Paid AccessMultiplayerLost Skies: Early access
Paid AccessLegitimate MMOMagic to Master: Somehow, Palpatine returned in early access
Closed TestingMultiplayerMarathon: Alpha testing
Closed TestingMultiplayerMecha Break: Open beta concluded, launching 2025
Closed TestingMultiplayerMidnight Murder Club: Closed testing this weekend
Closed TestingLegitimate MMOMonsters & Memories: Intermittent pre-alpha
Closed TestingLegitimate MMOMortal Exodus: Closed testing
Paid AccessMultiplayerNecesse: Early access
Paid AccessMultiplayerNightingale: Early access
Open TestingLegitimate MMOOdd Giants: Alpha
Paid AccessMultiplayerMalingering in Perpetual TestingOsiris: New Dawn: Back from the dead, not on Steam any longer
Closed TestingMultiplayerOutbound: Alpha testing
Paid AccessMultiplayerMalingering in Perpetual TestingOutlaws of the Old West: Early access
Paid AccessMultiplayerPalia: Paid “open” beta, planning for launch in Q2
Paid AccessMultiplayerPalworld: Early access
Paid AccessLegitimate MMOPantheon: Early access
Closed TestingLegitimate MMOPast Fate: Closed testing
Paid AccessMultiplayerPath of Exile 2: Early access December 6th
Paid AccessLegitimate MMOPax Dei: Early access
Closed TestingLegitimate MMOPerfect New World: Closed beta
Open TestingLegitimate MMOPow Vista: Open beta (mobile)
Closed TestingMultiplayerProject Crawl: Closed testing
Closed TestingMultiplayerProject Friendship: Beta signups open now
Closed TestingMultiplayerProject Genom: Closed alpha (servers offline, abandoned?)
Paid AccessLegitimate MMOProject Gorgon: Early access beta
Closed TestingMultiplayerProject Loki: Closed beta
Open TestingMultiplayerProject ST: Closed testing, open event ended
Open TestingMultiplayerProsperous Universe: Early access
Paid AccessLegitimate MMOQuinfall: Early access
Closed TestingMultiplayerReturn Alive: Closed beta
Paid AccessLegitimate MMOReign of Guilds: Early access
Open TestingMultiplayerRodent Rumble: Launching next year, playtest on October 11th
Paid AccessLegitimate MMOSamuTale: “Paid closed alpha early access” according to the developer, which is just early access, come on dude
Paid AccessMultiplayerSand: Early access delayed
Closed TestingLegitimate MMOScars of Honor: Next test October 26th
Paid AccessLegitimate MMOMalingering in Perpetual TestingSeed: In pre-release, test run starts October 24th
Paid AccessMultiplayerSeekers of Skyveil: Early access
Closed TestingLegitimate MMOShip of Heroes: Beta testing, plans for launch in 2025
Paid AccessMultiplayerShips at Sea: Early access
Open TestingLegitimate MMOSky: Children of Light: Open early access
Paid AccessMultiplayerSkygard Arena: Early access
Open TestingMultiplayerSmite 2: Open beta
Closed TestingLegitimate MMOSoulframe: Open pre-alpha planned for 2025
Closed TestingLegitimate MMOSpacecraft: Alpha in the first half of 2025, might not be an MMORPG but it’s vague
Paid AccessMultiplayerThe Spell Brigade: Early access
Paid AccessMultiplayerSpellfarers: Early access
Open TestingMultiplayerSplitgate: Open beta
Open TestingMultiplayerSteel Hunters: Early access
Open TestingMultiplayerSupervive: Open testing November 20th
Paid AccessLegitimate MMOMalingering in Perpetual TestingStar Citizen: Backer alpha
Closed TestingLegitimate MMOStar Resonance: Closed beta in China, rebrand of Blue Protocol Mobile following main title’s shutdown
Paid AccessMultiplayerStarbase: Early access open alpha
Closed TestingLegitimate MMOStars Reach: Pre-alpha started
Paid AccessMultiplayerSynduality: Echo of Ada: Early access
Paid AccessMultiplayerTemtem Swarm: Early access
Closed TestingLegitimate MMOTombstone: Closed testing, release planned for this year
Paid AccessMultiplayerTower of Aghasba: Early access planned for November 19th
Paid AccessMultiplayerTribes 3: Rivals: Early access, development slowing/stopping
Open TestingLegitimate MMOTrimurti Online: Stress testing, open beta February 13th
Paid AccessMultiplayerValheim: Early access
Paid AccessLegitimate MMOMalingering in Perpetual TestingValiance Online: Closed beta
Closed TestingMultiplayerVaultbreakers: Closed testing, formerly known as Project F4E
Open TestingMultiplayerVindictus: Defying Fate: Test with multiplayer in June
Closed TestingLegitimate MMOWalkScape: Closed beta until June 15th
Closed TestingLegitimate MMOWarborne Above Ashes: Alpha
Open TestingLegitimate MMOWaven Early access
Open TestingMultiplayerZeroSpace: Public beta through November 24th

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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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