World of Warcraft

[Drasca]

Untrue  :)

-Bolty

Wouldn't it be an Alpha for in house testing without QA seperate testers? a la the beta faq?

So no beta as of yet technically. Beta is still a red herring though. Beta is not the final product in a MMORPG... in fact there is no "final product" per se with (presumably) content updates, as well as balance, interface and other changes. As the presented product at any given time changes, Beta becomes nearly irrelevant.

And yes, Blizzard games with different versions that play drastically different dohave a final product. You may at any time choose to downgrade to prior versions. That isn't possible with the Blizzard only servers. Most recent update or bust.