Mendlen also announced that Visual Studio 7 will go into alpha test in the third quarter, into beta test in the fourth quarter and that "we will ship it when it's ready, " he said.

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Writing on the Scroll website Jakob Porser, lead developer on the game, said Mojang was getting close to running a "closed Alpha" test.

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The ALPHA Collaboration puts that stance to the test.

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