The goal of GameDev.Net's Beta Pick is to present a beta product that we believe is of interest to you despite the fact that it has not yet reached version 1.0. As you may have seen in the past month, we no longer feature beta products on our front page - except for exceptional cases. The reason for that is that there are tons of beta products, and if we were to feature them all we wouldn't have much room for more interesting news. The new Beta Pick feature is then a cool way to feature a product we like without disturbing the news feed.
The first BP features Horde3D v0.11.0 - a very clever open source 3D engine.
If you want your product to be feature in the Beta Pick, please send a mail to emmanuel@gamedev.net or news@gamedev.net, or send me a PM!