The popular play-to-earn (P2E) NFT gaming project Axie Infinity has begun the playtest enrollment for its newest massively multiplayer online game (MMO), Atia’s Legacy. According to a series of tweets from the project’s X account, playtesters must meet specific criteria to be eligible to participate.

Atia’s Legacy is an MMO designed in the Axie Universe of Lunacia. Players are allowed to make friends, build an army, become legends, and traverse open worlds. Axie Infinity announced the launch of the game in early March, and since then, developers have been working behind the scenes.

Only eligible Lunacians can gain access to the early version of the game. Lunacians are members of Lunacia, a digital nation of gamers that has been affected by centuries of war. Axie Infinity’s co-founder Jeffrey Zirlin, popularly known in the community as Jihoz, believes giving unlimited access to playtesters can backfire, especially when new participants have a rough first impression.

While millions of Lunacians and Web3 gamers declared interest in the playtest by registering, Axie Infinity is cautious about granting wide access to the game prototype at such an early stage.

Lunacians who qualify to participate in the playtest include Mystic Axie holders, the top 200 Axie score holders, and players with unbroken Atia’s Blessing streaks. Axie Infinity also intends to reach out to community leaders and players with a history of providing in-depth design feedback. 

The gaming developer has already sent emails to most of the Lunacians who qualify and has requested that players who are Mystic Axie holders not opt-in if they have already done so. While Mystic holders will be able to participate in the playtest with their Mystics, non-Mystic holders will only play with starter Axies.

For players who have not yet opted in, Axie Infinity’s directives instruct them to visit this page, enter their Ronin address as shown in the snapshot, input their Discord usernames, and confirm their interest in the playtest.

Eligible Axie users have until June 30 to complete the form, opt-in, and confirm that they are participating in playtesting. The Atia’s Legacy Summer Playtest has been scheduled for July 7 – users need to confirm their participation so the team can manage their expectations of server load.  

The latest announcement comes about two months after Axie Infinity launched a version of its game, Origins, on the App Store, designed explicitly for non-NFT holders. These updates continue to solidify Axie’s position as a leading player in the blockchain gaming space.