How do people get into an alpha that requires an invite if you can’t buy it? For example, was it a closed alpha where you had to sign up early, or did it start small and get mentioned by someone with a big following? I’m curious how it got into circulation without being widely available online. I looked around but couldn’t find anything about it being open for a limited time.
I’m not looking for the game itself, just trying to understand how these releases get started for future reference if other games do something similar.