Alphas & Betas

MMOs in various stages of testing and crowdfunding, playable and… not. Don’t forget to follow our Betawatch and Make My MMO columns for a weekly rundown. [Follow this category’s RSS feed]

Medieval fantasy MMO Past Fate beefs up early game and optimization

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As it heads toward early access later this year, the freedom-happy medieval fantasy MMO Past Fate is keeping things spicy with both increased promotion...

Monsters & Memories has a public stress test coming this weekend

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Ready to get your first hands-on look with a charming little indie MMO that's seeking to evoke the olden days of both MMOs and...

V Rising debuts a teaser trailer featuring Secrets of Gloomrot gameplay ahead of its May 17 release

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The "expansion level" update headed to early access vampire survivalbox V Rising got a pretty important news drop today in the form of a...

Fractured Veil takes a closer look at its earlier 2023 roadmap plans

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Last week, the post-apoc zombie survival MMO Fractured Veil shared its most recent update plans, including an engine upgrade and a 2023 development roadmap...
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Blue Protocol hosts a postmortem livestream after its latest Japanese network test

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At the beginning of April, the devs for Bandai Namco's anime MMORPG Blue Protocol promised they would share the results of the latest network...

Diablo IV promises ‘a level of agency never previously offered’

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Diablo IV may not be serving up Burger King's Whoppers, but it too is promising that you can have it your way. Blizzard's upcoming...

Star Citizen discusses design, development, and plans for mission content in latest livestream

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If you're not answering beacons in Star Citizen, you're probably running the missions that are available. If that's the case, then you might be...

Multiplayer tactical battler Spellcraft recounts its first public alpha, maps a second test for June 19

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The beginning of April saw Spellcraft, the "real-time battler" from studio One More Game, begin its first alpha test (aka Preseason 1). Now that...

Mad World’s early bird release sees bugs, cash shop currency delays, and emergency maintenance

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Last week saw the "hell-made" multiplayer ARPG Mad World kick off its launch for those who bought in to the game ahead of its...
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Pantheon Rise of the Fallen zeroes in on its mastery progression system in latest video

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This weekened delivered a new episode of Parting the Veil from Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen, which means another hour-long discussion, this one on...

The Division preps summer testing for Resurgence, readies a PC test for Heartland, outlines Year 5 for The Division 2

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In case that headline didn't clue you in, earlier this week was Ubisoft's "Division Day," a showcase of updates and news surrounding the three...

Make My MMO: Stop trying to make TitanReach aka World of Titans happen

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Welcome to another blast of MMO crowdfunding news from the last few weeks! The chaos still trailing behind the failed Kickstarter MMO TitanReach continued...

Torchlight Infinite will finally launch globally May 9 with the Cube of Rapacity season

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XD Games is finally gearing up to move multiplayer crossplatform OARPG Torchlight Infinite from open beta early access - where it's been since last...

Tencent’s World of Warcraft clone, Tarisland, plans global rollout

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The vacuum created by World of Warcraft's closure in China back in January created an opportunity for a new title to fill that void:...

Craftopia promises its seamless world is coming soon while sharing updates to map size, loadouts, and weapon refinement

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The strange survival sandbox Craftopia has spent the better part of a year and a half working on its seamless world update, which is...

Star Citizen releases alpha 3.18.2 as players express surprise at a partial wipe and outline several build bugs

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Yesterday saw another Star Citizen patch go live as alpha 3.18.2 hit the PU with nothing more in its notes beyond "general stability and...

The Stream Team: Kicking the tires of the new Storm Blaster in City of Heroes Homecoming

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The Homecoming rogue servers of City of Heroes are testing out a new Blaster powerset, and MOP's Chris is eager to throw the weather...

Ship of Heroes’ ‘bright and positive’ setting masks mysteries to uncover

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While most people seem fixated on the fact that Ship of Heroes is an unapologetic spiritual successor to City of Heroes, what tends to...

Pax Dei demos nighttime housing gameplay, teases ‘high-stakes PvP’ and PvP building

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Earlier this week, the devs of upcoming sandbox MMORPG Pax Dei posted a video and FAQ all about the game's buildable housing. Now, Mainframe...

Mad World’s founder headstart launch is about to kick off

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It's a big day for Mad World fans who bought the game's largest founder packs, as the earliest of the early bird headstarts is...

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