Originally Posted by Dhruin
Yes, but Kickstarters assumed the financing risk in advance and get a reward. If everyone gets free beta access, it isn't much of a reward, is it?

Beta have always been free, if one asked for $ it's because you were pre-ordering the final games in advance and you were paying early to get beta. Here, they are asking $15 to access the beta of a F2P games. You don't get to pre-order anything.