Betawatch: EVE Vanguard opens testing, Warborne Above Ashes soft launches

Eliot Lefebvre 2025-09-19 00:00:00

All right, we’ve got a lot going on this week and only a limited amount of time to cover it, so let’s get right into it. EVE Vanguard has kicked off open testing through September 23rd, which we’re sure will go very well because all of that game’s spinoffs go well. Warborne: Above Ashes has launched, or soft launched if you prefer, which is basically a launch all the same.

Eterspire has also moved into testing on Steam instead of being fixed primarily on mobile. Arkheron has moved into early testing for this weekend, Skate has started its free-to-play early access period, and Lost Skies has officially jumped out of early access as well. Lots of things going down, in other words. Enough to be almost exhausting!

I also have had a hamburger. That’s not surprising, though, I have a lot of hamburgers. Would you like a hamburger? Because if you scroll down, you will not wind up with a hamburger. You will, however, see our full roundup of beta news, and more games in testing below that. If something slipped into another test phase without us noticing, let us know down in the comments!

We finally know how much Ship of Heroes will cost: $59.99 for the box and a month of sub Renown is a medieval FFA PvP MMO that builds a world ‘where survival is earned through strategy and strength’ Worlds Adrift spiritual successor Lost Skies officially emerges from early access today Progress Bar: Jump Space feels like a fully finished game even in its early access state Skate’s early access launch is marked by 2M players in one day, mixed Steam reviews, and very goofy clips Architect Land of Exiles is a mobile and PC MMORPG headed for South Korea on October 22 Star Citizen adds a new Onyx facility layer and adjustments to medical gameplay in alpha 4.3.1 Piratical survival MMO Crosswind talks combat, survival, and scaled back size at Gamescom BitCraft Online fields over 40 minutes of player questions about the combat update Arkheron, Rob Pardo’s multiplayer PvP tower climb, opens signups for this weekend’s playtest EVE Vanguard previews timing, gameplay, rewards, and interconnectivity for tomorrow’s open test Blue Protocol Star Resonance sets October 9 for western launch – here’s the new music video Eterspire adds new area and extra level cap as it officially hits Steam early access today The open test for EVE Online spinoff EVE Vanguard, aka Operation Nemesis, is here Skateboarding sandbox MMO Skate begins free-to-play early access today with a roadmap into next year Arc Games’ MODA Fellowship has kicked open the doors of its Steam beta for the next week Bamco just launched new co-op roguelite Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree Four and a half years into early access, Valheim is heading to PlayStation 5 in 2026 Soulframe shares details on the next quest and newest features coming later this month Whatever happened to survival MMO Tomo Endless Blue? MMOFPS Pioner preps open beta for October, details PvP adjustments planned after its last closed test Subnautica 2’s former lead devs halt Krafton’s preliminary court orders, calling them a ‘disorganized retreat’ Battle royale shooter Super People announces a return to early access after two years’ hiatus Elder Scrolls Online has ported Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 2 to the PTS Ghost discusses design, balance goals, and mechanics for its 30 classes, shows off the Songbird and Tempest After seven years in early access, indie MMORPG Project Gorgon is actually gearing up for a real launch Interview: Warborne Above Ashes, the guild-centric post-apoc themed PvP MMO, has arrived Palworld resolves to ‘properly address quirks and jank’ this year as it heads out of early access in 2026 Early access MMO BitCraft discusses its contribution system for shared boss fights in the open-world dungeon

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
Closed Testing Closed testing
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Closed TestingMultiplayer2XKO: Closed beta starts September 9th
Paid AccessMultiplayer33 Immortals: Early access
Paid AccessLegitimate MMOAbyss: Early access
Paid AccessLegitimate MMOThe Adventurer’s Domain Online: Early access
Open TestingLegitimate MMOAdrullan Online Adventures: Open alpha through July 13th
Open TestingLegitimate MMOAero Tales Online: Early access
Paid AccessMultiplayerAloft: Early access
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 TestingMultiplayerARK 2: Paid early access
Closed TestingMultiplayerArkheron: Closed beta
Open TestingMultiplayerAscendant: Open testing in August
Paid AccessLegitimate MMOAshes of Creation: Alpha two phase three
Closed TestingMultiplayerAshfall: Closed beta
Paid AccessMultiplayerASKA: Early access
Paid AccessMultiplayerBattlebit: Early access
Closed TestingMultiplayerBattlefield 6: Beta events starting August 7th
Closed TestingLegitimate MMOBellatores: Closed testing, beta rolling out in South Korea
Paid AccessMultiplayerBellwright: Early access, developers of abandoned Last Oasis
Paid AccessLegitimate MMOBitcraft: Early access
Closed TestingLegitimate MMOBlue Protocol: Star Resonance: Launch on October 9th
Paid AccessMultiplayerBook of Travels: Early access
Open TestingLegitimate MMOBrighter Shores: Early access
Paid AccessLegitimate MMOMalingering in Perpetual TestingCamelot Unchained: Closed beta, early access planned by the end of the year
Paid AccessLegitimate MMOMalingering in Perpetual TestingChronicles of Elyria: Pre-alpha, again
Closed TestingLegitimate MMOChrono Odyssey: Closed beta, launch planned for 2026 after latest delays/revamps
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
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
Paid AccessMultiplayerDragonwilds: Early access
Closed TestingMultiplayerDrakanatos: Closed test weekend through July 27th
Open AccessLegitimate MMODreamworld: Pre-alpha, open playtest until March 16th
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
Open AccessLegitimate MMOEthyrial: Echoes of Yore: Early access, 1.0 release planned for 2027
Open AccessMultiplayerEVE Vanguard: Early access planned for summer 2026, open testing through October 2nd
Paid AccessMultiplayerEvercore Heroes: Ascension: Early access
Closed TestingMultiplayerFellowship: Open testing through September 23rd
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, launching September 17th
Closed TestingMultiplayerMarch of Giants: Closed alpha
Paid AccessLegitimate MMOMagic to Master: Somehow, Palpatine returned in early access
Closed TestingMultiplayerMarathon: Alpha testing
Closed TestingLegitimate MMOMonsters & Memories: Intermittent pre-alpha
Closed TestingLegitimate MMOMortal Exodus: Closed testing
Paid AccessMultiplayerNecesse: Early access, full launch on October 9th
Closed TestingMultiplayerNeverness to Everness: Closed testing starts July 3rd
Paid AccessMultiplayerNightingale: Early access
Open AccessLegitimate MMONin Online: 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 TestingMultiplayerPioner: Open beta planned for summer
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
Closed TestingMultiplayerSea of Remnants: In testing, previews being shown
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, launch delayed to sometime in September
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 TestingMultiplayerSolarpunk: Closed multiplayer testing starting soon as of September
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
Closed TestingLegitimate MMOSpirit Crossing: Closed alpha
Closed TestingMultiplayerSteel Aces: Closed beta
Open TestingMultiplayerSteel Hunters: Early access
Paid AccessLegitimate MMOMalingering in Perpetual TestingStar Citizen: Backer alpha
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: Open testing through July 9th, formerly known as Project F4E
Open TestingMultiplayerVindictus: Defying Fate: Test with multiplayer on June 8th
Closed TestingLegitimate MMOWalkScape: Closed beta until June 15th
Open TestingLegitimate MMOWaven Early access
Closed TestingLegitimate MMOWhere Winds Meet: Final test starting July 24th
Open TestingMultiplayerZeroSpace: Back in closed testing.

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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