The Miner Wars Team announces that Miner Wars 2081 is approaching the beta testing stage, saying this is just days away. In the meantime they've released a new version of the public alpha of this 6DOF shooter as they work to get the game Greenlit for Steam. Here's word on the new Alpha: "This new public build has three playable missions, although players may experience glitches and minor bugs, but they should be able to finish them and it is also possible they will get even further. The first mission is almost final beside the second and third which are missing voice overs. The campaign will have 31 story missions, every mission should take 30 minutes to finish and that brings us to almost 15 hours of gameplay! Plus unlimited amount of time in free-roaming mode, in-game editor and multiplayer."