For a game that clearly wants to be about time travel, Chrono Odyssey seems to be having something of an issue with time management. To be fair, in this case that time management is about addressing issues from its first closed beta test that might force it to take too much time before the second closed beta. Still, it belies that whole time travel thing, right?

Elsewhere, Krafton delayed Subnautica 2 in a move that some might call “sus.” It is thus to the credit of the Blue Protocol: Star Resonance folks that they are treating the abortive MMO not with callous disregard but a great deal of affection. And then we’ve got Adrullan Online Adventures kicking off its next round of testing through July 13th. I don’t have commentary on that other than somehow always mistyping that as “Ardullan” at first. Not sure what that means, although the answer is probably nothing.

Normally I have a clever concluding paragraph here but today I’m blanking. Sorry. Full roundup of beta news, list of games in testing, let us know stuff in the comments if we missed things, please don’t break the NDA if you have one. Next week I’ll try to do something clever again.

World of Warcraft previews its housing system’s neighborhoods, charters, and community quests Krafton delays Subnautica 2 into 2026 and axes its management, avoiding a $250M payout [Updated] Reaper Actual confirms extraction shooter gameplay as John Smedley defends the blockchain Another blockchain MMO named Avalon arrives on Steam with a high fantasy focus Chrono Odyssey addresses combat and performance, says CBT2 may not happen this year Star Citizen highlights the new Meteor combat ship arriving in alpha 4.2.1 Rumor: Grand Theft Auto VI devs are indeed working on a multiplayer GTAO-esque version Palia’s Solstice Bloom update is live with new quests, name changes, and housing decor Star Citizen dishes out permabans for cheaters and promises tighter restrictions RuneScape Dragonwilds is getting a cape rack, an offline pause, and a clock Vindictus Defying Fate shares alpha playtest stats, outlines plans for better performance and combat Co-op survivalbox Abiotic Factor is launching out of early access on July 22 The Quinfall is reshuffling its 2025 roadmap based on player feedback Nightingale is ‘at a crossroads’ as devs answer questions about gameplay and multiplayer updates Project Ghost talks about the current roguelike gameplay mechanics within its blue zones Choose My Adventure: Putting together a sample platter of Pantheon’s classes Lost Skies promises a world map and comfort system July 21, goes in-depth over fixing progression issues Pixel sandbox Necesse is releasing its new creative mode on July 11 Adrullan Online Adventures (fka EverCraft Online) preps its next open pre-alpha for July 11 Blue Protocol Star Resonance releases video previews of some of its zones and pastoral pursuits Pantheon’s next Ashbreathers patch brings a multi-group boss fight and widening of stat changes July 16 Medieval strategy MMO Lionhearts meets its $100K crowdfunding ask, stumps for its $200K pre-alpha milestone Corepunk once again highlights April’s Prison Island with new trailer and new mount-giving event Elder Scrolls Online plopped update 47 and the Feast of Shadows dungeons on the PTS Monsters & Memories recaps progress while planning for its next playtest in late July Medieval MMO Bellatores revamps its website and puts out a call for Korean beta testers Stars Reach’s latest patch includes ‘extensive’ network upgrades, better sunrises, and slicker sliding NetEase’s Destiny Rising mobile loot shooter is launching August 28

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
Closed testing
Paid access
Legit MMORPG
Multiplayer
Malingering

33 Immortals: Early access
Abyss: Early access
The Adventurer’s Domain Online: Early access
Adrullan Online Adventures: Open alpha through July 13th
Aero Tales Online: Early access
Aloft: Early access
Ammo and Oxygen: Early access starts November 7th
Anvil Empires: Intermittent alpha
Apogea: Open testing
Arcane Waters: Early access
Arc Raiders: Tech test this weekend, launch planned for 2025
Arcfall: Pre-alpha
Adrullan Online Adventures: Weekend-long open test starts April 19th, renamed from Evercraft Online
ARK 2: Paid early access
Arkheron: Closed beta
Ascendant: Open testing in August
Ashes of Creation: Alpha two
Ashfall: Closed beta
ASKA: Early access
Battlebit: Early access
Bellatores: Closed testing
Bellwright: Early access, developers of abandoned Last Oasis
Bitcraft: Early access launch definitely on June 21st, really we promise now
Book of Travels: Early access
Brighter Shores: Early access
Camelot Unchained: Closed beta, planning to launch in late 2025
Chronicles of Elyria: Pre-alpha, again
Chrono Odyssey: Closed beta, launch planned for Q4 2025
Cinderstone Online: Closed beta
City of Titans: Alpha
Coreborn: Nations of the Ultracore: Early access
Corepunk: Early access
Craftopia: Early access
The Crew Motorfest: Closed testing
Crosswind: Future testing events planned on Steam
Dark and Darker: Paid early access, legal troubles.
Dark and Light: Early access (abandoned?)
Darkbind: Closed beta (probably abandoned?)
Dawn of Defiance: Early access
Destiny Rising: Closed beta
Dragonwilds: Early access
Drakanatos: Closed test on July 25th
Dreamworld: Pre-alpha, open playtest until March 16th
Dungeonborne>: Early access
ECO: Early access, full launch planned in 2024
Eleven: Closed alpha
Enshrouded: Early access
Equinox Homecoming: Early access on May 8th
Eternal Tombs: Pre-alpha resumes October 11th
EVE Vanguard: Early access planned for summer 2026
Evercore Heroes: Ascension: Early access
Final Stand: Ragnarok: Early access (officially, really)
Fellowship: Open testing in late May
FragPunk: Closed alpha, launch planned for March 6th
Frozen Flame: Early access
Havenhold: Closed beta
Homestead: Open alpha
IfSunSets: Early access
Ilysia: Early access
Inferna: Early access
King of Meat: Alpha test December 4th through the 14th
Kurtzpel: Closed beta
Legend of Ares: Open testing ahead of relaunch
Legendarium Online: Paid alpha access
Life is Feudal Arden: Open beta
Loftia: Alpha planned for April
Lost Skies: Early access
Magic to Master: Somehow, Palpatine returned in early access
Marathon: Alpha testing
Midnight Murder Club: Closed testing this weekend
Monsters & Memories: Intermittent pre-alpha
Mortal Exodus: Closed testing
Necesse: Early access, full launch on October 9th
Neverness to Everness: Closed testing starts July 3rd
Nightingale: Early access
Nin Online: Early access
Odd Giants: Alpha
Osiris: New Dawn: Back from the dead, not on Steam any longer
Outbound: Alpha testing
Outlaws of the Old West: Early access
Palia: Paid “open” beta, planning for launch in Q2
Palworld: Early access
Pantheon: Early access
Past Fate: Closed testing
Path of Exile 2: Early access December 6th
Pax Dei: Early access
Perfect New World: Closed beta
Pioner: Open beta planned for summer
Pow Vista: Open beta (mobile)
Project Crawl: Closed testing
Project Friendship: Beta signups open now
Project Genom: Closed alpha (servers offline, abandoned?)
Project Gorgon: Early access beta
Project Loki: Closed beta
Project ST: Closed testing, open event ended
Prosperous Universe: Early access
Quinfall: Early access
Return Alive: Closed beta
Reign of Guilds: Early access
Rodent Rumble: Launching next year, playtest on October 11th
SamuTale: “Paid closed alpha early access” according to the developer, which is just early access, come on dude
Sand: Early access delayed
Scars of Honor: Next test October 26th
Sea of Remnants: In testing, previews being shown
Seed: In pre-release, test run starts October 24th
Seekers of Skyveil: Early access
Ship of Heroes: Beta testing, launching August 18th
Ships at Sea: Early access
Sky: Children of Light: Open early access
Skygard Arena: Early access
Smite 2: Open beta
Soulframe: Open pre-alpha planned for 2025
Spacecraft: Alpha in the first half of 2025, might not be an MMORPG but it’s vague
The Spell Brigade: Early access
Spellfarers: Early access
Splitgate: Open beta
Steel Hunters: Early access
Supervive: Launching July 24th
Star Citizen: Backer alpha
Star Resonance: Closed beta in China, rebrand of Blue Protocol Mobile following main title’s shutdown
Starbase: Early access open alpha
Stars Reach: Pre-alpha started
Synduality: Echo of Ada: Early access
Temtem Swarm: Early access
Tombstone: Closed testing, release planned for this year
Tower of Aghasba: Early access planned for November 19th
Tribes 3: Rivals: Early access, development slowing/stopping
Trimurti Online: Stress testing, open beta February 13th
Valheim: Early access
Valiance Online: Closed beta
Vaultbreakers: Open testing through July 9th, formerly known as Project F4E
Vindictus: Defying Fate: Test with multiplayer on June 8th
WalkScape: Closed beta until June 15th
Warborne Above Ashes: Alpha
Waven Early access
Where Winds Meet: Final test starting July 24th
ZeroSpace: Back in closed testing.

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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.