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]

Interview: Camelot Unchained’s Mark Jacobs on the state of the beta and the NDA

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We've been watching Camelot Unchained ever since its original Kickstarter in 2013 - and a lot has changed in the ensuing six years, including...

Grab a key for next week’s Astellia Online closed beta 1 courtesy of Barunson and MOP

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As we noted yesterday, Astellia Online is preparing to launch its first closed beta here in the west next week, beginning on Tuesday in...

Monster Hunter: World devs discuss Iceborne development as the game’s first beta test draws near

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It won't be long now until hunters will be able to get their first taste of Monster Hunter: World's upcoming Iceborne expansion, with the...

Astellia previews plans for next week’s closed beta, preloading begins tomorrow

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With Astellia's first western closed beta coming up on us next week - on Tuesday, in fact - Barunson has posted up a fresh...

MMOARG Harry Potter Wizards Unite has officially launched – a day early

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"A wizard is never late. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to." -Obi-Wan Kenobi, probably. Now that we've ticked off all...
Take with one hand and give with the other hand.

WoW Classic’s stress test is stressing player patience

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Last night I, and apparently 80% of human civilization, logged on to the public stress test for World of Warcraft Classic. There I found...

MMORPG Atlas is testing a single-player mode this summer

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Is it weird for an MMO like Atlas that once touted its planned 40K-person servers to now be producing a single-player version? Maybe, or...
Have fun, don't get killed.

Crowfall is working to make the new player experience smoother

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Starting a new game can always be challenging, but it gets a bit more challenging in a very open-ended title like Crowfall. The developers...

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen offers a closer look at the Enchanter class, posts June newsletter

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When Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen goes live, I suspect the Enchanter class is the one I would gravitate toward. Its primary functions are...

Desert Oasis: First impressions of Black Desert’s new Shai class and her skills

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The announcement of Black Desert's Shai class earlier this month really caught me off guard. Sure, I thought a snow globe sprawled on advertisements...

MMOARG Harry Potter Wizards Unite is launching globally on Friday

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Well, that was sudden: After just two months in beta in Oceania, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite will roll out globally this Friday, June 21st....
I'm sure this is fine.

Bless Unleashed is crawling with monstrous field bosses to kill

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As players' attention shifts away from the sunsetting Bless to the upcoming free-to-play Bless Unleashed on the Xbox One, highlighting the fun and improvements...

Atlas previews Blackwood, its upcoming standalone jungle map

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The jungle, or the Equatorial biome according to the devs of Atlas, is going to be getting a "dark twist" evidently. Or at the...

Star Citizen’s alpha 3.6.0 has reached the Evocati, though the law system isn’t done cooking yet

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Star Citizen fans, rev up your space engines for another round of testing: The game's initial alpha 3.6.0 build has rolled out to Evocati...

Gloria Victis recaps siege weaponry, PvP ranking, events, and guild heraldry

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Gloria Victis has been pumping out new content like mad the last few months. As we noted in our check-in last week, Black Eye...

Camelot Unchained hardens up to squash some bugs, prepares for tentative weekend test

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With another week comes another Camelot Unchained development update, and the folks at City State Entertainment have been hard at work ironing out bugs...

OrbusVR introduces new beta raid, new quests, and the snappily named G.R.I.N.D.I.N.G device

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Virtual reality MMORPG OrbusVR's latest update recently went live, bringing with it a new raid to beta test, over a dozen new quests, and...

WoW Classic’s next stress test is open to subbers in North/South America, Oceania

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Blizzard has announced that the next World of Warcraft Classic stress test will be happening this week on Wednesday, June 19th, lasting until Friday,...

Star Citizen’s new Pillar Talk series stars key devs discussing the 3.6 alpha

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Your eyes aren't deceiving you: Cloud Imperium has brought back Pillar Talk as a real thing for the Star Citizen community, and it's not...
COOKING'S DONE

Fight or Kite: Fallout 76’s Nuclear Winter is a blast

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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A multiplayer online game is looking for the new hot thing to drum up interest in...

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