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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Ashes of Creation previews its cute pangolin-esque creature, the quarrior

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Is he a pangolin? A hedgehog? Nay, he is a quarrior, and he is the freakin' adorable critter on display in Ashes of Creation's...

Exposé tracks how one dude fudged a whole company and swindled 25 devs over an MMO

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MMO players aren't the only people who get scammed by games that sound too good to be true. Kotaku has a piece up this...

Ship of Heroes is eyeing a late August launch for its character creator beta

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Going from your mild-mannered alter ego to your superpowered persona is the most important thing you can do in any superheroic MMORPG. Ship of...

Alpha MMO battle royale Mavericks has been canceled as its company enters bankruptcy

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Mavericks is toast, I'm sorry to report this morning. GIbiz caught a notice posted on the website of the game's company, UK-based Automaton Games,...
The vista

Blizzard was ‘blown away’ by World of Warcraft Classic beta engagement

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It might have only lasted a short time, but World of Warcraft Classic's beta test certainly made an impression -- on both the community...

Kickstarted MMO Temtem overhauls critter breeding in its latest alpha update

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Among 2018's Kickstarter triumphs relevant to MMO players was Temtem, a Pokemon-inspired "massively multiplayer creature-collection adventure," which raised over half a million bucks on...

Multiplayer crafter game Main Assembly will hit early access this year

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When I first skimmed the press release for upcoming multiplayer crafting game Main Assembly, my first thought was that we're being trained as workers...

Check out how Astellia Online’s gems and loyalty points work in CBT2

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Astellia Online's second closed beta here in the west is underway this week, and there's a big new feature awaiting testers: the cash shop....
Da-boo-di.

Bandai Namco says it has ‘no plans’ to release Blue Protocol in the west ‘at the moment’

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Ever since Bandai Namco announced anime MMO Blue Protocol earlier this July, MMO fans have been champing at the bit for more info as...

Kickstarted space MMO Starfighter: Infinity is heading to early access

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If you are in the market to try out a new space sim and aren't that discriminating when it comes to graphics or a...

Camelot Unchained says it’s actually ‘ahead of schedule on some fronts’

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Hold on to your skepticism: The very much behind-schedule beta MMO Camelot Unchained is apparently "ahead of schedule on some fronts." That's according to...

Last Oasis will force players to migrate across a broken earth

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Last Oasis may be one of the more unique post-apocalyptic games to hit the scene. Instead of a nuclear apocalypse or a zombie uprising,...
For chickens.

MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Perfect World Mobile, Virtuverse, Eventyr, Pixie Hollow, and Reign of Guilds

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Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent titles you’ve probably never heard of (or at least have entirely forgotten about!). Up first:...

Fight or Kite: Exploring Crowfall’s banking, newbie, and God’s Reach update

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This past week Crowfall patched in update 5.100 (that’s right - we’ve gone from 5.9 to 5.100, as one does), which wiped existing characters...

Astellia Online offers a video overview of the features waiting in its second closed beta

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We touched on what's waiting in CBT2 earlier in the week, but the only thing missing from that roundup was a sizzle trailer. Luckily,...

Legends of Aria bows to the RNG gods of enchanting

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With its launch right around the corner, Legends of Aria is spinning up the hype-and-info machine to re-introduce this fantasy MMORPG to the masses....

Outlaws of the Old West has wiped again with its new traveling merchant patch

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We've been keeping an eye on Snail Games' "massively multiplayer survival MMO" Outlaws of the Old West since its original announcement this past spring,...

The Boltcrackers continue to perform ‘science’ in the latest Starbase video

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Can a spaceship be blown up with one shot to its propellant tank? Can you make armor out of random pieces of scrap? Do...

Ashes of Creation’s team talks game design, character creation, and ‘no direct nudity’

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Hoping to see some "tasteful nudity" in Ashes of Creation? That's not going to happen, according to Intrepid Studio's recent development update video. Neither...
Yes, this is ready.

Betawatch: Legends of Aria prepares for launch on August 6

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It's finally happening. Legends of Aria is arriving in an actual launch state on August 6th, complete with a big patch to make it...

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