In his latest producer's letter, Chris Hager discusses TERA's upcoming alpha test and more. Here are his main points:

• Members of the Bluehole Studio overseas team recently visited En Masse Entertainment to iron out the details for the alpha/beta/launch schedule.
• Alpha is one of their main focuses at the moment. "We will be extending our internal testing to select partners and external users over the upcoming weeks," he said.
• En Masse is in the early stages of redesigning the official TERA website. They're also looking into new forums.
• The platform team's  account management system is taking shape.

TERA is scheduled to launch in North America in spring 2012.