Stardock announces Ashes of the Singularity has entered the beta testing phase, so those who own the early access version of the DirectX 12 real-time strategy game GOG.com or on Steam have a new patch today adding a load of new features. Word is: "The public beta allows players to command their forces in a war that has spread across much of the galaxy in the 23rd century. Players have a choice of playing either the descendants of humanity, the Post-Human Coalition, or their bitter enemy, the Substrate." They say beta 2 is due next month, and will include mixed vendor multi-GPU support and a new benchmark mode, and the final release is planned for the spring. This announcement has further details.