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]

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Betawatch: Ashes of Creation un-cancels the Apocalypse, Magic the Gathering Arena leaves beta

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What? Yes, we know that Ashes of Creation: Apocalypse was never cancelled, but it was a perfect chance to make a Pacific Rim reference. Besides,...

Mobile MMORPG Warhammer: Odyssey walks you through some of its locales in a video

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Why would you want to stroll through a world where a Chaos Moon is causing misery, strife, and death? Why, to show off your...

Starbase shows off how devices make doors, factories, rails, and other objects work in a video

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There are a lot of moving parts to make constructs in Starbase work, and the brains that make these things happen are devices, little...

Inside Star Citizen talks about the mission sharing, weapon attachments, and ship rental features of alpha 3.7

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While much of Star Citizen's alpha 3.7 update has been about caves and first-person mining, there's much more coming with the next update, and...
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Astellia Online formally launches tomorrow night – here’s what to expect

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Astellia Online's big day is almost here: After a week of staggered headstart access for pre-order players, Barunson's MMORPG will officially launch Saturday the...

Crowfall details the War of the Gods milestone and what it means for an alpha release

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A major milestone is on the horizon for Crowfall in the form of War of the Gods. This collective name for several updates is...

Black Desert Mobile opens pre-registration on iOS and Android as downloads swell to 10M

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Pearl Abyss has been teasing Black Desert Mobile's global launch for the better part of 2019, promising at E3 that it'll hit global devices...

Atlas plans one more massive wipe plus weekend update ahead of Xbox One launch

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Yesterday, Xbox One fans got some good news out of in-development pirate MMO Atlas: It's launching on the platform's early access equivalent on October...

Last Oasis delays early access again, this time to next year

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There's something of a surfeit of survival sandbox MMOs out there, so making sure a game stands out certainly feels more important than ever....

Cyberpunk MMO Zenith just raised more than a quarter of a million dollars on Kickstarter

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For the last many weeks, we've been covering the Kickstarter drive of Zenith, a cyberpunk MMO courting both PC and VR players. As of...
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Eternal Magic moves into open beta today – here’s the new trailer

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Good news, fans of optimization: Eternal Magic is moving into open beta today, and one of the elements that it's boasting is that it...

Amazon says it’s still ‘working hard’ on its MMORPG New World

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Back in May, Amazon Game Studios raised eyebrows when it announced it was taking in-development MMORPG New World’s always-on alpha offline. According to the...
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Chronicles of Elyria’s Kickstarter-versary crowdfunding drive sees nearly every extra item unlocked

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Last week we told you about an anniversary/crowdfunding event for Chronicles of Elyria which was set to open up new items and new gameplay...
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Early access pirate MMO Atlas is launching on Xbox One next week – with PC crossplay

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Atlas has been one of the odder MMOs we've covered this last year. In spite of a bungled launch, it managed to avoid the...

Sandbox MMO Project C launches $149.99 founder packs, plans October closed alpha

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Remember Project C? It's the SpatialOS-based open-world persistent sandbox MMO by Darewise, the same company that along with studio Nvizzio struggled to make the gorgeous space...

Star Citizen unveils a new ship that lets players pull other players out of hyperspace

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A new Star Citizen ship has been unveiled -- on Newsweek of all places -- and this one is a doozy, offering the ability...

Shroud of the Avatar’s Release 70 brings Halloween themed fun on September 26

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As we near October, it stands to reason that more of Halloween will start to invade the MMO space. Shroud of the Avatar looks...
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PlanetSide Arena elects to temporarily disable Teams mode in all regions

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While the scale of the large scale battles in PlanetSide Arena is certainly something one can call into question, part of that problem perhaps...
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Ashes of Creation’s Apocalypse hits early access today – are you trying it out?

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Ashes of Creation’s Apocalypse battle royale title is officially launching into persistent early access today as planned. As it announced last week, Intrepid Studios...

Check out Cube World’s launch trailer as it officially hits closed beta on Steam

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It's here, it's here - Cube World has officially hit closed beta on Steam! As we noted last week, the game's original developer resurfaced in...

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