Betawatch: October 16th - 23rd, 2009
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.
This week brings a few changes to the list -- RAN Online and Soul of the Ultimate Nation have gone live, Heroes of Bestia will enter alpha testing on the 26th, Hello Kitty Online jumps to open beta, and Star Trek Online entered closed beta yesterday.
Follow along after the jump for the complete list.
Open Beta Stage
- Dragonica (gPotato)* - Announcement - Signup
- DragonSky (Aeria) - Announcement - Signup
- Dungeon Fighter Online (Nexon) - Announcement - Signup
- Earth Eternal (Sparkplay Media) - Announcement - Signup
- Gatheryn (Mindfuse) - Announcement - Signup
- Hello Kitty Online (Aeria Games) - Announcement - Signup
- Jade Dynasty (Perfect World Entertainment) - Announcement - Signup
- La Tale (OGPlanet) - Announcement - Signup
- Luna Online (gPotato) - Announcement - Signup
- Metaplace (Metaplace) - Announcement - Signup
- NIDA Online (JCE) - Announcement - Signup
- Red War: Edem's Curse (Uforia) - Announcement - Signup
- Ys Online (Key to Play)** - Announcement - Signup
Closed Beta Stage
- 2029 Online (IGG) - Announcement - Signup
- 7Million (Deep Silver) - Announcement - Signup
- Alganon (Quest Online) - Announcement - Signup (to launch on Oct 31)
- Dawntide (Working As Intended) - Announcement - Signup
- EverQuest: Underfoot (SOE) - Announcement - Signup
- Global Agenda (Hi-Rez Studios) - Announcement - Signup
- Huxley: The Dystopia (NHN USA)*** - Announcement - Signup
- Karos Online (NHN)** - Announcement - Signup (2nd CBT begins today)
- LotRO: Siege of Mirkwood (Turbine) - Announcement - Signup (invite only)
- MAG (Zipper Interactive) - Announcement - Signup (beta available to pre-order customers)
- Mortal Online (Star Vault) - Announcement - Signup
- Star Trek Online (Cryptic Studios) - 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 (OB to start Oct 26th)
- Dragon's Call (EverDream Studio) - Announcement - Signup
- Earthrise (Masthead Studios) - Announcement - Signup (signups available, CB not dated)
- Galaxy Online (Sky Union) - Announcement - Signup (OB to start Oct 29th)
- Heroes of Bestia (IGG Inc.) - Announcement - Signup (Alpha to start Oct 26th)
- Jumpgate Evolution (NetDevil) - Announcement - Signup (launch delayed indefinitely)
- Love (Eskil Steenburg) - Announcement - Signup
- Mythos (Redbana) - Announcement - Signup (CB signups started)
- Soul of the Ultimate Nation (EU) (Webzen)** - Announcement - Signup
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (BioWare) - 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




















Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ozewa said on 7:00PM 10-23-2009
He forgot to mention Valkyrie Sky.
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max said on 8:39PM 10-23-2009
THANK GOD, I thought Hello Kitty Online would never make it to open beta!!!!!!
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Mewmew said on 9:36PM 10-23-2009
Hello Kitty's world domination begins!
Bright Shadow that goes into Open for everybody on the 26th is sort of cool.
Oh, GhostX is semi changing too on November 4th. It's moving from the beta stage on GamenGame to GameKiss soon.
http://ghostx.gamengame.com
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