It's been a big week for Betawatch! C9, Maestia, Dragon Crusade and Renaissance Heroes have joined our closed beta list, while 8Realms departs to the MMO graveyard. The Secret World will stay on the roster a bit longer as its launch has been delayed until July 3rd. Upcoming Roguelike Path of Exile has set an open beta estimate for August, whereas we learned at E3 that Final Fantasy XIV aims to send the game's massive overhaul into alpha come September.
We also now know that sandbox Origins of Malu is shooting for a beta starting on September 30th. Mark your calendars!
Finally, earlier today Guild Wars 2 kicked off its second beta weekend event for pre-purchasers. If you can tear yourself away from that, then enjoy the full Betawatch roundup post-break!
MMOs that are in open beta -- sometimes permanently, if you know what I mean:
- Auto Club Revolution (Eutechnyx): Announcement, Signup
- Brick-Force (Infernum): Announcement, Signup
- CardMon Hero (Redbana): Announcement, Signup
- Castlot (ClapAlong): Announcement, Signup
- Command & Conquer Tiberium Alliances (EA): Announcement, Signup
- DragonSoul (Neonga AG): Announcement, Signup
- Drakensang Online (Bigpoint): Announcement, Signup
- Glitch (Tiny Speck): Announcement, Signup
- Hellgate Global (T3Fun): Announcement, Signup
- Hunter Blade (Beeboomonline): Announcement, Signup
- Immortal King (Game 321): Announcement, Signup
- Jagged Alliance (gamigo): Announcement, Signup
- KULTAN: The World Beyond (Bigpoint): Announcement, Signup
- Mythos Global (Hanbitsoft/T3Fun): Announcement, Signup
- Planet War (YooGames): Announcement, Signup
- Remanum (Travian): Announcement, Signup
- Remnant Knights (GameSamba): Announcement, Signup
- Repulse (Aeria): Announcement, Signup
- Rusty Hearts (PWE): Announcement, Signup
- Scarlet Legacy (GamesCampus): Announcement, Signup
- Spirit Tales (Koramgame): Announcement, Signup
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Online (CyberTime Systems): Announcement, Signup (Russian-only)
- Star Conflict (Star Gem): Announcement, Signup
- SteelWar Online (PopPace): Announcement, Signup
- Tribal Trouble 2 (GameSamba): Announcement, Signup
- War of Angels (Gamigo): Announcement, Signup
- Wrath of Heroes (BioWare): Announcement, Signup
- Zentia (ChangYou): Announcement, Signup
MMOs that are deep in closed beta and cloaked in some semblance of secrecy:
- Age of Wulin (gPotato): Announcement, Signup (Asia, EU)
- ArcheAge (XLGAMES): Announcement (Korean signups only)
- ArchlordX: The Chronicles (Webzen): Announcement, Signup
- Bounty Hounds Online (Wicked Interactive): Announcement, Signup
- C9 (Webzen): Announcement (open beta 6/30; launch 7/11)
- Dark Eden (Ignited Games): Announcement, Signup
- Dawntide (Working as Intended): Announcement, Signup (Development on hiatus)
- Divina (Gamania): Announcement, Signup
- Dragon Born (KoramGame): Announcement, Signup
- Dragon Crusade (Aeria): Announcement, Signup
- DUST 514 (CCP Games): Announcement, Signup
- Eligium (Frogster): Announcement, Signup
- End of Nations (Trion): Announcement, Signup (Begins spring 2012)
- Firefall (Red 5 Studios): Announcement, Signup
- Grimlands (gamigo): Announcement, Signup
- Guild Wars 2 (ArenaNet): Announcement (Launching in 2012)
- Guns of Icarus (Muse Games): Announcement, Signup
- Lime Odyssey (Aeria Games): Announcement, Signup
- Living After War (Alaplaya): Announcement, Signup
- Maestia (Gravity Interactive): Announcement, Signup (begins June 14)
- MechWarrior Online (Piranha): Announcement, Signup
- Path of Exile (Grinding Gear Games): Announcement, Signup (open beta in August)
- PlanetSide 2 (SOE): Announcement, Signup
- Renaissance Heroes (ChangYou): Announcement, Signup
- Salem (Paradox Interactive): Announcement, Signup
- SmashMuck Champions (Kis Studios): Announcement, Signup
- Soul Captor (Gamania): Announcement, Signup
- Tamer Saga (PopAce): Announcement, Signup
- The Mummy Online (Bigpoint): Announcement, Signup
- The Secret World (Funcom): Announcement, Signup (Launching 7/3/2012)
- Traveller AR (Ingz): Announcement, Signup (beta "on hold till further notice")
- UFO Online (gamigo): Announcement, Signup
- Waren Story (Aeria): Announcement, Signup
- World Alpha (World Alpha): Announcement, Signup
- World of Planes (Gaijin): Announcement, Signup
- World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria (Blizzard): Announcement, Signups
- World of Warplanes (Wargaming.net): Announcement, Signup
MMOs more or less in alpha with a beta test on the way:
- City of Steam (Mechanist): Announcement, Signup (alpha in July)
- Grecca (Banbox): Announcement, Signup (in "open" alpha)
- Line of Defense (3000AD): Announcement, Signup
- Origins of Malu (Burning Dog): Announcement (beta coming 9/30/2012)
- Otherland (gamigo): Announcement, Signup
- Pirate101 (KingsIsle): Announcement, Signup
- RaiderZ (PWE): Announcement, Signup
- RIFT: Storm Legion (Trion Worlds): Announcement
- Storybricks (Namaste): Announcement, Signup (in "open" alpha)
- The Missing Ink (RedBedlam): Announcement, Signup
- The Repopulation (Above and Beyond): Announcement, Signup
- WindSlayer 2 (Ignited Games): Announcement (beta closed down until fall 2012)
Betawatch is Massively's weekly report on the latest MMO alphas, betas, and games still meandering toward an official launch. From ArcheAge to Zentia, it's covered here, complete with sign-up links so that you too can perform the unpaid quality-control work otherwise known as game testing. Drop us a comment if we've missed one!
