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Space Marine 2 Devs Cancel Beta To Focus On 'Best' Possible Launch (kotaku.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Traditional, pre-2006, beta tests were bug hunts in feature complete software. Then public beta tests became a thing that rapidly evolved into marketing for a finished game. Most public betas don't see any bugs fixed on launch.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Not just marketing, they're often also a load test for the networking infrastructure. Not much change to actual gameplay though.