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About a month ago, Valve mentioned its intention to launch a private external beta for the Linux version of Steam in October. Right on cue, the company has begun taking applications for the 1,000-person beta which will focus mainly on "experienced" operating system users. What about the supported games? Developer Croteam posted on Facebook that Serious Sam 3: BFE, Portal, and Team Fortress 2 will be included. It might not be much, especially for those of us who have made far too many Steam purchases over the years, but it's a start of hopefully very good things to come. Valve wants you for Steam for Linux test [Eurogamer] Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
5:00 PM on 05.13.2013 The Anno Online open beta starts tomorrowAnno Online will cease operations for its closed beta tomorrow and will enter a full, public open testing session. As an aside, all progress through the closed and open beta will not be wiped, so don't feel limited in that re...
3:00 PM on 05.01.2013 Infinite Crisis closed beta kicks off next weekLooking for another MOBA isn't something I'm all that interested right now, but props to Turbine for crafting a premise that will at least get me to try its DC Multiverse-infused spin on the genre. Should you similarly want t...
3:00 AM on 04.19.2013 FireFall goes into open beta this JulyAfter what seems like forever, FireFall is finally getting ready to go into open beta come July 9, 2013. Developer Red 5 Studios will continue rolling out updates leading up to the open beta, and current players can expect a ...
1:45 PM on 04.12.2013 MOBA Prime World enters closed betaIt's been a long time since we took a look at Prime World, Nival's castle-building MOBA. You should definitely check out Hamza's interview with the developer from 2011, though, because it all takes place on a bouncy castle. ...
3:30 PM on 04.11.2013 WildStar opens up beta sign-ups to the publicWildStar, the new MMO in town, is gearing up for beta testing, and you can be a part of it by signing up here. A representative for NCSoft has informed Destructoid that these beta events will not be mere "weekends," instead o...
6:15 PM on 03.28.2013 Company of Heroes 2 beta opens soon for pre-orderersIt's nice to hear that Relic Entertainment is still plugging away at development on Company of Heroes 2. Leading up to the full June 25 release, the studio will soon hit the obligatory "closed beta" milestone. Open first on A...
10:30 PM on 03.26.2013 Sony is open to having paid alphas on PlayStation 4Speaking to Joystiq, SCEA VP of publishing Adam Boyes said that the company is generally cool with having unfinished games on its platforms so long as "[they don't] have any bugs that are completely destroying the world. "[Du...
1:30 PM on 03.21.2013 Here are 5,000 Beta Weekend 3 codes for Neverwinter![Update: Codes expired! Hope you had fun!] Destructoid has partnered with our friends at Perfect World to bring you 5,000 codes for this weekend's leg of the Neverwinter beta! Set in The Forgotten Realms campaign for Dungeons...
1:30 PM on 03.20.2013 Steam adds 'early access' section for unfinished gamesValve has launched a new section on Steam called Early Access which better organizes "games that evolve as you play them, as you give feedback, and as the developers update and add content." You'll find familiar names like Ar...
10:30 PM on 03.16.2013 Check out the Skyrim beta for 'Legendary' featuresBethesda has opened up testing of features coming to the next update of Skyrim to those who opt in to the beta on Steam. Version 1.9 will add a new difficulty setting and allow players to tag any of their rating 100 skills as...
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