"Open alpha" refers to a phase in software or game development where a product is publicly released for testing and feedback. It allows anyone to try the early version and provide input to help improve and identify any issues before the official launch.
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Even though it's a relatively
open Alpha test, they're offering a bonus for those that log on and help this weekend.
Luckily, it's
in open alpha at the games official website, so interested players can give it a look and comment on any balancing issues the game may have.
Update: The game is now
in open alpha, check our coverage of it and download it here.
If you want to help out Mikko then download the Hyper Ultra Astronautics
open alpha for Windows or Linux and give it a try.
And now today, Radiant Entertainment have announced via their Twitter account that the test has now progressed into the Rising Thunder
open alpha stage!
Snowforged Entertainment is firing up a Starfall
Tactics open alpha event on October 26, and you can register now to participate!
There is one more Starfall Tactics
open alpha event before the game moves into beta testing, so give this real - time space fleet tactics game a whirl on February 21!
FRACTiLE Games needs your help in testing out the Hyper Ultra
Astronautics open alpha, so check out this Asteroid-esque game with local multiplayer!
Spacebase DF - 9 went
into open alpha last month and recouped the entire $ 400k investment two weeks from that date.
«With this update, we get one step closer to
Open Alpha when the game is open to everyone,» writes Trendy.
Global game publisher Reality Squared Games (R2Games) has officially announced that Stormthrone: Aeos Rising will
enter Open Alpha testing on November...
The
Skara open alpha is underway, so head over to Steam to download and test out this new team - based PvP arena hack»n' slash game!
The Rising
Thunder open alpha can be access simply by heading over to the game's website, hitting the «Play» button and signing up.
The game was originally unveiled at the PlayStation Experience in late 2014 and has since gone on to have a long, open, and often playable development —
with open alphas and betas taking place since roughly the time of announcement.
Games like Dauntless, which went into
open alpha recently and that is strongly inspired by Monster Hunter, show that there's an appetite for open - world creature slaying.
KK Game Studio is running the Freeman: Star
Edge open alpha, and you can help test out this new open world sci - fi RPG ahead of the game's Kickstarter!
NeoCrux will be running the
GalaCollider open alpha this coming fall, so sign up in order to test out this incoming 4X strategy and collectible card game!
Happily, there is good reason to do so once again because there is a Starfall Tactics
open alpha -LSB-...]
Check out the Battle
Splash open alpha, a new family friendly indie shooter that uses water physics and water weapons for combat!
Roberts Space Industries has announced Star Citizen Free Fly, a week
long open alpha event that lets players experience several parts of the game for free
For more on the latest Indie Obscura news, be sure to check out our previous coverage of the results of this year's IndieCade Awards Ceremony, Hello Neighbor's
upcoming open alpha weekend, and the soundtrack - focused new Shadow Warrior 2 «Behind The Theme» trailer.
The current state of the game only allows players to access the first floor of their very suspicious neighbor's home but along with tinyBuild's announcement of the Hello
Neighbor open alpha, there were more details revealed about where the direction of the game will be going.
So when the Steam Summer Sale suggested getting into The Forest «s
open alpha for an 80 % discount, I jumped at the chance.
PC-wise I've been playing a whole bunch of Endless Space, a game currently
in open alpha and discovering the new free game on Steam, Moon Breaker.
Grimoire: Manastorm — a PC multiplayer shooter featuring fast - paced, MOBA - style tactical combat and spectacular magic attacks — is
entering Open Alpha...
Apparently the
Skara open alpha is running via Steam and waiting for all of you to jump -LSB-...]
He is currently running the Hyper Ultra
Astronautics open alpha and hopefully some of you can download it and try it out!
Trendy Entertainment's hybrid action tower defence game Dungeon Defenders 2 has hit
its open Alpha stage, meaning that anyone can now jump in and play it via Steam Early Access.
The open alpha test will run from today through August 8th, offering three game modes (assault, defense, retrieve) across six maps.
After 2 - 3 days they'll
open the Alpha up to more backers, which will probably go live in about a week.
The opening Alpha login screen displaying the board game retro 70's style theme along with the Keystone logo.
The emails called this a public alpha test, which to me sounds more like
an open alpha test, but then also stated it was invite only.
Yesterday, Edward Stephinson from Digital Graveyard to let us know that they are going to run
an open alpha for their incoming Project Taurus.
Slated for a summer 2017 release, TABS already has
an open alpha ready for inspection.
Tiny Mighty, the superhero inspired RPG by AMZGame, launches
its open Alpha today and with it comes the recharge system.
Trendy Entertainment has announced today that
the open alpha version of Dungeon Defenders II is now free - to - play on Steam Early Access, meaning you and a couple of friends can jump in on the action at no cost, unless you like buying extra stuff.
If you are interested in taking part in the Project Taurus
open alpha when it goes live in a month or two, you can find the open alpha registration form here.
Since this isn't
an open alpha, there will only be a select group of people chosen to test out the game.
Meanwhile, Star Citizen brought back a round of ship sales and
opened alpha 3.2 features up to a vote, we reported on our trip to Shroud of the Avatar's launch party, Pantheon teased its character modeling, City of Titans released more Scorpion lore, Albion Online tweaked its Lancelot update, and we chatted up Ship of Heroes» devs at GDC 2018.
It's only
an open alpha at the moment but it shows a metric tonne of promise.
What we need now is about 6 months more production directly on things like missions, monsters, and crafts, so we can
open the alpha to our first players - you guys!
From August 1st to August 8th, ALL owners of the current Guns of Icarus Online will get to preview the PvE Guns of Icarus Alliance in
our Open Alpha.
With
an open alpha and beta on PlayStation 4, plenty have had a chance to experience the game for themselves.
Destiny is also getting
an open alpha that launches today and a Destiny PlayStation 4 bundle and an exclusive PS4 map.
You can sign up for
open alpha on the official tinyBuild website!
An Open Alpha version is publicly available and can be downloaded from the Bot Colony site for $ 2.95.