NDA
Alpha-1, Alpha-2, Beta-1, Beta-2 releases are not covered by NDA (non-disclosure agreement).[1]
- Alpha-1 testing prior to the full release of Alpha-1 was covered by NDA.[2][3]
Release schedule
The Ashes of Creation release schedule is subject to change.[4]
Phase | Release | Estimated/Actual date |
---|---|---|
Pre‑alpha | Alpha-0.[5] | December 15, 2017.[6] |
APOC | Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale stress test (NDA).[7] | September 7, 2018.[8] |
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale stress test (NDA lifted).[9] | October 19, 2018.[9] | |
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale open beta.[10] | December 18, 2018.[11] | |
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale early access.[12] | September 24, 2019.[13] | |
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse castle siege mode PI closed testing.[14] | December 19, 2019.[14] | |
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale testing ends.[15] | March 10, 2020.[16] | |
Alpha | Alpha-1 early preview livestream.[17] | March 27, 2020.[18] |
Alpha-1 limited QA testing (NDA).[19][3] | May 28, 2020.[20][21] | |
Alpha-1 preview pre-test 1 (NDA).[22] | Dec 18 - Dec 21 2020.[22] | |
Alpha-1 preview pre-test 2 (NDA).[22] | Feb 19 - Feb 22 2021.[23][24] | |
Alpha-1 preview intermittent spot testing (NDA).[25][26] | Mar 19 - Jul 9 2021.[25][26] | |
Alpha-1 preview weekend (no NDA).[25] | July 9 - July 11 2021.[27][28][25] | |
Alpha-1 (no NDA).[25] | July 14 - August 15 2021.[29][30] | |
Alpha-1 spot testing.[31][32] | After August 15 2021.[31][30] | |
Alpha-2 spot testing.[33] | To be announced.[33] | |
Alpha-2 (No NDA).[34][35] | To be announced.[30] | |
Beta | Beta-1. | To be announced.[30] |
Beta-2. | To be announced.[30] | |
Pre‑release | Head start for crowdfunding backers at the Founder level and above.[36] | 1-2 days before launch.[36][37] |
Release | Launch (live) release. | To be announced.[30][38] |
Post‑launch | Major releases (DLC expansions). | Quarterly or six-monthly.[39][40] |
Minor releases. | Monthly.[39][40] |
Testing phases
Ashes of Creation testing phases.
- Alpha-0 was the invite-only "raffle" friends and family alpha test phase.[42][43]
- Alpha-1, Alpha-2, Beta-1, and Beta-2 were available for purchase during the Kickstarter and Summer crowdfunding campaigns.[41]
- Alpha-1 was available in the Intrepid pre-order pack and the Adventurer pre-order pack.[44][45]
- Alpha-2 and Beta-2 were available during PAX West 2017.[46][47]
- Alpha-2, Beta-1, and Beta-2 are currently available in Pre-order packs on the cosmetic store.[48]
The game will be feature complete before Beta... Beta really is intended to identify last minute bugs to make sure that everything is ready for launch; it's important that all features are complete by Beta-1. Alpha-2 will not be feature complete at the start of Alpha-2. There are going to be updates that are going to be incorporated as part of the Alpha-2 process and there are going to be additional features that come online that get fleshed out between that time and Beta-1. There's going to be regions of the maps that aren't going to be accessible of course during Alpha-2.[49] – Steven Sharif
Participation
- Alpha-0 had over 2,500 participants.[50]
- Alpha-1 testing had approximately 9,600 participants as of August, 2018.[51][52] There were slightly over 13k participants as of May 31, 2021.[51] There were 5,300 unique logins during the 3 day weekend test of May 27, 2021.[51]
- Alpha and Beta participation is expected to grow with the sale of pre-order packs.[53]
- Alpha-2 is expected to have over 100,000 participants.[54]
See also
References
- ↑ Livestream, January 18, 2018 (49:26).
- ↑ Livestream, May 29, 2020 (31:37).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑ Livestream, January 18, 2018 (2:48).
- ↑ Livestream, September 1, 2018 (54:06).
- ↑
- ↑ 9.0 9.1
- ↑ Press release - Ashes of Creation Apocalypse Launches December 18.
- ↑
- ↑ Blog: Ashes of Creation Apocalypse heads into early access.
- ↑ @AoCApocalypse on Twitter.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Livestream, December 17, 2019 (18:33).
- ↑ Blog: Early Access for Ashes of Creation Apocalypse Battle Royale Testing Ends.
- ↑
- ↑ March 2020 newsletter.
- ↑ Video, March 23, 2020 (0:01).
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑ Creative Director's Letter, 2020-04-1.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Blog: Creative Director's Letter, October 16 2020
- ↑ Livestream, February 26, 2021 (14:58).
- ↑ Blog: Creative Director's Letter, January 2021.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 25.4 Alpha One Schedule Update, May 10 2021.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 An Update on Alpha One Schedule, March 12 2021
- ↑
- ↑ Ashes of Creation Twitter - Alpha-1 Preview Weekend Begins
- ↑
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 30.3 30.4 30.5
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 Livestream, July 30, 2021 (20:30).
- ↑
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 Livestream, October 14, 2022 (17:05).
- ↑ Livestream, January 18, 2018 (25:22).
- ↑
- ↑ 36.0 36.1
- ↑
- ↑ Livestream, March 8, 2019 (57:26).
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 Interview, February 7, 2021 (21:57).
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 Livestream, May 8, 2017 (11:14).
- ↑ 41.0 41.1 Kickstarter packages.
- ↑ MMOGAMES Interview, 2017-09-8.
- ↑
- ↑ Intrepid pre-order pack.
- ↑ Adventurer pre-order pack.
- ↑ PAX West 2017 Alpha package.
- ↑ PAX West 2017 Beta package.
- ↑ Ashes of Creation cosmetic store.
- ↑ Livestream, July 29, 2022 (1:08:49).
- ↑ Interview, August 24, 2018 (12:18).
- ↑ 51.0 51.1 51.2
- ↑ Livestream, August 17, 2018 (24:07).
- ↑ 53.0 53.1 53.2 Livestream, November 17, 2017 (28:50).
- ↑