Betawatch: Corepunk finally launched into early access this week

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Betawatch: Corepunk finally launched into early access this week

Are you a punk at your core? If not, you may not be allowed to play Corepunk because it’s pretty much everything from the title down. But the game is in early access now after so many, many delays, so you can find out for yourself how punk you are after what felt like half an eternity leading up to early access. Will it be punk enough to your core? We just don’t know yet. You decide!

Meanwhile EVE Vanguard has several map variants to test as it keeps saying so this time a shooting game EVE franchise will totally work. It will work. It will work, damn it! CCP even started a public access event that runs through December 4th show you how much it works even if you have to sign up. Quinfallen has also chosen to expand its internal testing team by including players who require registration in (yes) the game’s Discord channel, and Eternal Graves celebrates 5,000 testers for the year, most of which probably use Disagreement.

Originally I had a long rant here about how much I dislike games that use Discord instead of websites for all here, but it was removed because we’ve all done that horror at some point and Bree didn’t like its “shockingly off-topic nature,” which included “creepy footage of bears.” Everyone is a critic. Feel free to join the critique by checking out our roundup of beta news and our full list of games in testing, then let me know what I got wrong in the comments! Or, if you want to make my day, just let us know if something went to a new test phase without us noticing.



We consider an MMO to be included open tests to see if it has free, public signups and will delete the server before launch. An MMO is checked in closed test whether it is running a private test phase that is not freely accessible to the public; it is often also under NDA. Early access and crowdfunded MMOs whose tests we deem legitimate will be included. So-called “open beta” soft-launch MMOs with cash stores, no sign of western launch or limited interest to our readers will not be listed, nor will games that are NFT/blockchain scams; nor do we list extensions, with occasional exceptions. Finally, we’ll mark games as “malingering” if they’ve been in some level of development for a long time with no clear path to launch.

Closed testMultiplayer33 Immortals: Closed testing, early access delayed to 2025
Paid accessLegit MMOGulf: Early access
Paid accessLegit MMOAdventurer’s Domain Online: Early access
Open testLegit MMOAero Tales Online: Early access
Paid accessLegit MMOThe age of water: Early access
Paid accessMultiplayerHigh: Early Access on January 15, 2025
Paid accessMultiplayerAmmunition and oxygen: Early access starts November 7th
Closed testLegit MMOAnvil Empires: Intermittent alpha
Paid accessLegit MMOArcane Waters: Early access
Closed testMultiplayerArc Raiders: Tech beta live, launch planned for 2025
Open testLegit MMOMalingering in Perpetual TestingArcfall: Pre-alpha
Closed testMultiplayerSHEET 2: Paid early access
Open testMultiplayerAscendant: Open test in August
Paid accessLegit MMOThe ashes of creation: Alpha two
Closed testMultiplayerAsh fall: Closed beta
Paid accessMultiplayerASKA: Early access
Paid accessMultiplayerBattle bit: Early access
Closed testLegit MMOBellator’s: Closed test
Paid accessMultiplayerBellwright: Early Access, Developers of the Abandoned Last oasis
Closed testLegit MMOBitcraft: Third alpha starts the week of November 11th
Closed testLegit MMOBlue Protocol Mobile: Closed beta in China, the whole game shuts down
Paid accessMultiplayerTravel book: Early access
Open testLegit MMOBrighter shores: Early access
Paid accessLegit MMOMalingering in Perpetual TestingCamelot Unchained: Closed beta, plans to launch in late 2025
Paid accessLegit MMOMalingering in Perpetual TestingChronicles of Elyria: Pre-alpha, again
Closed testLegit MMOChrono Odyssey: Closed testing, launch planned for Q4 2025
Closed testLegit MMOCinderstone online: Closed beta
Paid accessLegit MMOMalingering in Perpetual TestingCity of the Titans: Alpha
Paid accessLegit MMOCoreborn: Nations of the Ultracore: Early access
Paid accessLegit MMOCorepunk: Early access
Paid accessMultiplayerCraftopia: Early access
Closed testMultiplayerCrew Motorfest: Closed test
Paid accessMultiplayerMalingering in Perpetual TestingDark and Darker: Paid early access, legal issues.
Paid accessLegit MMOMalingering in Perpetual TestingDark and Light: Early Access (abandoned?)
Closed testLegit MMOMalingering in Perpetual TestingDark bind: Closed beta (probably abandoned?)
Paid accessMultiplayerDawn of Defiance: Early access
Closed testMultiplayerDestiny Rising: Closed alpha starts November 1st
Open accessLegit MMODream world: Pre-alpha, moving to Steam on October 10th
Closed testLegit MMODune Awakening: Closed test, registration now
Paid accessMultiplayerDungeonborne>: Early access
Paid accessMultiplayerECO: Early access, full launch planned for 2024
Closed testLegit MMOMalingering in Perpetual TestingEleven: Closed alpha
Paid accessMultiplayerShrouded: Early access
Closed testLegit MMOEternal Graves: Pre-alpha resumes October 11th
Closed testMultiplayerEVE Vanguard: Early access planned after November
Paid accessMultiplayerEvercore Heroes: Paid testing, updates stop with focus on a redesign
Closed testLegit MMOEverCraft Online: Weekend long open test starts April 19
Paid accessMultiplayerFinal Stand: Ragnarok: Early Access (official, real)
Closed testMultiplayerCommunity: Closed test on August 15
Closed testMultiplayerFragPunk: Closed alpha
Paid accessMultiplayerFrozen flame: Early access
Closed testMultiplayerGarden maintenance: Second Alpha June 20
Open testLegit MMOHomestead: Open alpha
Paid accessMultiplayerIfSunSets: Early access
Paid accessLegit MMOIlysia: Early access
Open testLegit MMOHell: Early access
Closed testMultiplayerThe king of meat: Alpha test 4th to 14th December
Open testLegit MMOKurtzpel: Closed beta
Open testLegit MMOThe Legend of Ares: Open test prior to relaunch
Paid accessLegit MMOLegendarium online: Paid alpha access
Closed testMultiplayerLost Skies: Pre-alpha
Closed testMultiplayerMarvel Rivals: Closed alpha
Closed testMultiplayerMeka pause: Open beta completed, launched 2025
Closed testMultiplayerMidnight Murder Club: Closed test this weekend
Closed testLegit MMOMonsters and memories: Intermittent pre-alpha
Open testMultiplayerMonster Hunter Wilds: Open beta
Closed testLegit MMODeadly exodus: Closed test
Paid accessMultiplayerNecessary: Early access
Paid accessMultiplayerNightingale: Early access
Open testLegit MMOOdd fighters: Alpha
Paid accessMultiplayerMalingering in Perpetual TestingOsiris: New Dawn: Back from the Dead, no longer on Steam
Paid accessMultiplayerMalingering in Perpetual TestingOutlaws of the Old West: Early access
Closed testMultiplayerPalia: Open beta
Paid accessMultiplayerPalworld: Early access
Paid accessLegit MMOPantheon: Backer alpha, early access planned for December
Closed testLegit MMOPast destiny: Closed test
Closed testMultiplayerPath of Exile 2: Early Access December 6
Paid accessLegit MMOPax Dei: Early access
Closed testLegit MMOPerfect new world: Closed beta
Open testLegit MMOPow Vista: Open beta (mobile)
Closed testMultiplayerProject review: Closed test
Closed testMultiplayerProject F4E: Closed test
Closed testMultiplayerProject Friendship: Beta registrations are now open
Closed testMultiplayerProject Genome: Closed alpha (servers offline, abandoned?)
Paid accessLegit MMOProject Gorgon: Early access beta
Closed testMultiplayerProject Loki: Closed beta
Open testMultiplayerProject ST: Closed test, open event completed
Open testMultiplayerProsperous universe: Early access
Closed testLegit MMOQuinfall: Third closed beta has ended
Closed testMultiplayerReturn alive: Closed beta
Paid accessLegit MMOReign of the Guild: Early access
Open testMultiplayerRodent Rumble: Launch next year, playtest on October 11th
Paid accessLegit MMOSamuTale: “Paid closed alpha early access” according to the developer, which is just early access, come on dude
Closed testLegit MMOScar of honor: Next test October 26
Paid accessLegit MMOMalingering in Perpetual TestingSeed: In the pre-release, the test run starts on October 24
Closed testMultiplayerSeekers of Skyveil: Continuing alpha testing, closed beta in September
Closed testLegit MMOHero ship: Beta testing
Paid accessMultiplayerShips at sea: Early access
Open testLegit MMOSky: Children of Light: Open early access
Paid accessMultiplayerSkygard Arena: Early access
Paid accessMultiplayerThrow 2: 24/7 closed alpha for paying members
Closed testLegit MMOSoulframe: Open pre-alpha planned for 2025
Paid accessMultiplayerThe Spell Brigade: Early access
Paid accessMultiplayerSpellfarers: Early access
Open testMultiplayerSurvive: Open test November 20
Paid accessLegit MMOMalingering in Perpetual TestingStar citizen: Backer alpha
Paid accessMultiplayerStar base: Early access open alpha
Closed testLegit MMOStars when: Pre-alpha started
Paid accessMultiplayerTemtem Swarm: Early access
Closed testLegit MMOTombstone: Closed testing, release planned this year
Paid accessMultiplayerThe Tower of Aghasba: Early Access scheduled for November 19th
Paid accessMultiplayerTribes 3: Rivals: Early access, development slows/stops
Open testLegit MMOTrimurti online: Stress test, open beta February 13
Paid accessMultiplayerValheim: Early access
Paid accessLegit MMOMalingering in Perpetual TestingValiance online: Closed beta
Open testMultiplayerVindictus: Defying Fate: Open test
Closed testLegit MMOWalkScape: Closed beta until June 15th
Open testLegit MMOThe wave Early access
Open testMultiplayerZeroSpace: Public beta through November 24th

We welcome additions and corrections to this list; send your info our way via tips!

Yes, MMO players, you too can do the unpaid quality control work aka game testing! Check out Massively Overpowered’s Betawatch every week to see a number of MMOs that are still on track to launch, even if they seem to have set up permanent residence in a shed called early access.