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]

CIG hands out some eye candy with a new visuals trailer for Squadron 42

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All right, Squadron 42, I get it. You're pretty. Extremely pretty. But this recent visuals trailer you released? That's just straight up showing off....
Behold. Nothing.

Chronicles of Elyria postpones its unsold land sales with a date still to be determined

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As you may recall, Chronicles of Elyria touted that it was running a big event recently with its "Settlers of Elyria" event, which came...

Ship of Heroes extends holiday greetings and touts successful testing

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The Ship of Heroes team would like to wish you and yours some happy holidays, but more than that, it'd like to offer some...

Bless Unleashed outlines a variety of adjustments on the way for crafting and upgrading items

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Well blow me down, it looks like the open beta of Bless Unleashed is actually being used as a test bed! First there were...

The S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-like free-to-play shooter MMO Stay Out has begun its early access release

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Earlier this month, we told you about Stay Out, a free-to-play MMO shooter that looks to be pretty much S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Online in all but...

Starbase unveils the name of its starting planet and collects two weeks’ worth of updates

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As I write this, the Starbase team is taking a break for the holidays, but beforehand it kicked out a couple of smaller updates...

Ever, Jane improves its frame rate, but its horses be crazy

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Quick, what's your best stat? Is it strength? Dexterity? A wicked high intelligence? Well, if you're playing Ever, Jane, then you better respec into...

The Repopulation will open its new tutorial island location on January 1

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Back in the very beginning of December, The Repopulation had detailed a new island starting area set to release with a patch later in...
In memoriam.

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen looks back at November’s updates and ahead to pre-alpha 5

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The latest producer's letter from Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen does what most people do around this month: look back at previous accomplishments and...

Star Citizen brings update 3.8 online, kicks salvaging further down the roadmap

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The presser we received regarding the latest update from Star Citizen calls it "transformative," which seems appropriate since many things are changing to both...

Make My MMO: Day of Dragons bans prominent critics for ‘defamation’ and ‘reverse engineering’

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, our eyes are drawn back to Kickstarted survival sandbox Day of Dragons, which made headlines earlier this autumn over...
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Betawatch: Yes, Phantasy Star Online 2 is finally taking beta signups

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It seemed like it would never happen, it's been years, but the unimaginable has happened. As we reported this week, Phantasy Star Online 2...

The Black Death emerges after months of silence with details on a new update for January

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Anyone remember the grimdark medieval survival sandbox The Black Death? Yea, neither do I; the last time we heard a peep out of developer...
Low, low, low.

Players can now govern planets with Prosperous Universe’s Expanse update

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The layers of the interstellar economic management MMO Prosperous Universe already go pretty deep, but that doesn't mean that it can't get deeper. The...
Slightly higher than zero.

Population Zero plans a new playtest to go live on December 23

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Good news, Population Zero fans, a new playtest is coming! More specifically, it's coming on December 23rd. And that's all the details we have at...

Inferna arrives to Steam Early Access today after a technical issue

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Once more with feeling! Inferna has made its way to Steam Early Access today after an initial launch didn't pan out and a technical...

Interview: Star Citizen on the Argo MOLE and the future of mining gameplay in alpha 3.8

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It was probably easy to assume that the marquee feature of Star Citizen's alpha 3.8 was going to be blowing wind. That's not all,...

Dual Universe shows off alpha 3’s new industry features and answers numerous player questions

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Alpha 3 is on the horizon for Dual Universe, which means the questions and the feature details are still coming. The devs at Novaquark...

Ashes of Creation addresses Siege Mode, Node dev, and 5000-bot test battles

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Yesterday saw another Ashes of Creation livestream with several devs offering a general rundown of progress. The broadcast touched on a pretty wide swath...

Star Citizen: Alpha 3.8 on the PTU, SOCS interview, Pillar Talk, and the BBC Click investigation

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Star Citizen is having a huge last week before the holidays. Let's round it all up, shall we? First, the patch: Alpha 3.8 was pushed...

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