Following on from rampant speculation over the past few weeks it has been confirmed by the head honcho's at UFL that the Alpha test phase is yet to commence and that it is unlikely to begin at any point within the near future. This news will come as a big blow to the many fans who have been on tenterhooks with excitement over the past few months over the expectations that alpha would be beginning shortly.
The disappointing news was initially broken by Toffeejules, the main man behind UFL, whom said: "Alpha has not started yet. Again news will be forthcoming as soon as we can, but the main hold up on Alpha is the UI designs, the basic coding is there, but we need more UI's designed which is what we are currently working on, and which is why we are looking for a visual artist to join the team." In a later post nobular_bells highlights 3 main holds up. He states the "size of the current UFLive Dev Team..." as well as the voluntary nature of the work in addition to holding down regular jobs as key drivers behind what to many will be seen as a lack of progress.
Whilst this news will be seen as disappointing it is not unexpected. With Marc Duffy recently calling for patience in the development process from fans and developers alike it seems that UFL will be destined to get to the testing stage slightly later than initially thought.
