Betawatch: September 11th - September 18th, 2009

by Shawn Schuster Sep 18th 2009 at 7:00PM

Filed under: Betas, Massively meta, Betawatch

Welcome to Betawatch, Massively's weekly report on the state of MMO betas. In each installment, we'll report everything from the latest open betas, closed betas and even alphas in one convenient place. Plus, we'll make sure to include as much info on each game's current status, including projected release dates (if known) and links to the sign-up forms to get yourself into that beta you've been seeking.

Quite a bit to report in this week's Betawatch, which is always good for us! First, Aion and City of Heroes Issue 16 have left the list as Aion will be launching this Tuesday (no longer in any beta stage) and CoH's expansion released earlier this week. Dungeon Fighter Online has announced that its open beta will begin on September 22nd, while Alganon's release date has been announced for October 31st. Battleswarm is new to the list this week also, with the announcement of its closed beta starting (and we still have some keys for it!). With our hugely-popular Star Trek Online beta key giveaway, we get word that its closed beta will be starting soon, and you can sign up now. Earthrise also has been added to the alpha list, as its closed beta signups are up and ready. Finally, Mortal Online has seemingly entered an open beta phase on September 16th, with the download available to anyone. While we're not positive if the "open beta" terminology has been applied yet, please feel free to correct us in the comments if we're wrong. Like we needed to tell you that part.

Follow along after the jump for the complete list!

Open Beta Stage

Dragonica (gPotato)* - Announcement - Signup
Dragonica Online (THQ)* - Announcement - Signup
DragonSky (Aeria) - Announcement - Signup
Gatheryn (Mindfuse) - Announcement - Signup
Jade Dynasty (Perfect World Entertainment) - Announcement - Signup
La Tale (OGPlanet) - Announcement - Signup
Luna Online (gPotato) - Announcement - Signup
Metaplace (Metaplace) - Announcement - Signup
Red War: Edem's Curse (Uforia) - Announcement - Signup
Soul of the Ultimate Nation (ijji)**** - Announcement - Signup
Ys Online (Key to Play)** - Announcement - Signup

Closed Beta Stage

2029 Online (IGG) - Announcement - Signup
Alganon (Quest Online) - Announcement - Signup (to launch on Oct 31)
Cities XL (Monte Cristo) - Announcement - Signup (EU launch on Oct 8, NA on Oct 9)
Dawntide (Working As Intended) - Announcement - Signup
Dungeon Fighter Online (Nexon) - Announcement - Signup (OB coming Sept 22)
Earth Eternal (Sparkplay Media) - Announcement - Signup (going to OB in Q3 09)
Global Agenda (Hi-Rez Studios) - Announcement - Signup
Huxley: The Dystopia (NHN USA)*** - Announcement - Signup
Karos Online (NHN)** - Announcement - Signup
Mortal Online (Star Vault) - Announcement - Signup
Sudden Attack (GameHi) - Announcement - Signup (going to OB in Q3 09)
WonderKing (NDOORS) - Announcement - Signup

Alpha Stage

Allods Online (gPotato)** - Announcement - Signup (CB to start soon)
APB (Realtime Worlds) - Announcement - Signup (CB starting soon, signups started)
Bright Shadow (Gamepot) - Announcement - Signup
Earthrise (Masthead Studios) - Announcement - Signup (signups available, CB not dated)
Hello Kitty Online (Aeria Games) - Announcement - Signup (CB starting soon)
Jumpgate Evolution (NetDevil) - Announcement - Signup (launch delayed indefinitely)
Mythos (Redbana) - Announcement - Signup (CB signups started)
Soul of the Ultimate Nation (EU) (Webzen)** - Announcement - Signup (CB coming Oct 8)
Star Trek Online (Cryptic Studios) - Announcement - Signup (signups available, CB not dated)

* Dragonica is EU only. Dragonica Online is the NA version
** Europe only
*** Western release only
**** North America and UK only
OB = Open Beta, CB = Closed Beta

Tags: alpha, beta, betawatch, closed-beta, featured, massively-meta, open-beta, testing

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

bartillo said on 7:07PM 9-18-2009

Mortal Online's download has been available on the site since the start of closed beta , Its still not open but there may be a few more digital download pre orders one could buy.
Still closed beta for mortal.
Anyone can download it but ofc that wont do you no good without a account.

Aerivia said on 8:44PM 9-18-2009

I was going to make this same point. Good catch. :)

Looking forward to MO though!

Shawn Schuster said on 8:56PM 9-18-2009

Awesome guys, thanks. They're a bit cryptic as to what's what, but I'll change that on the list.

bartillo said on 7:10PM 9-18-2009

so i guess it could be open in the since anyone could pre order now and get instantly in beta but not open in that their is still a NDA for everything past the log in screen.