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]

SMITE 2’s founder’s editions will get you into this spring’s alpha tests

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Momentum is gathering behind SMITE 2, Hi-Rez's next entry in its hit MOBA franchise. One sign of this is the sale of Founder's Editions,...
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Betawatch: Echoes of Elysium is unveiled as a new project from Loric Games

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Do you really want a survival sandbox to play but insist that you must be allowed to build vehicles for navigating the sky while...

Cozy multiplayer game Farm Together 2 is launching early access in May

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You might not know this about me, but I really love the idea of farming in video games. I just... almost universally hate the...

The Stream Team: Taking our first steps into the world of Sky Children of the Light

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MOP's Chris has had his eye on Sky: Children of the Light for quite some time now, as he patiently waited for the game...
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PlayStation players are flooding the Sea of Thieves PS5 closed beta servers

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Sea of Thieves officially rolled into closed beta on PlayStation 5 early this morning, continuing its forked path far away from the exclusivity it...

Star Citizen releases a new launcher and talks about its ongoing Overdrive Initiative missions

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CIG is certainly not the first MMO to unleash an inordinate amount of fanfare for releasing a new game launcher, but even so, there...

V Rising teases Dracula, new difficulty modes, and its Castlevania DLC ahead of the May launch

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V Rising is barreling along toward its May 8th launch and 1.0 update with a new landing page that outlines what players can expect...

Boxy MMORPG EverCraft Online announces a weekend-long open alpha test starting April 19

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Last week we first got word of EverCraft Online, a boxy 3-D sandbox MMORPG that aims to be "a demanding, yet rewarding, multiplayer experience."...

After months of retooling, Evercore Heroes comes back as a three-player co-op roguelite

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Back in October 2022, we were all first introduced to Evercore Heroes, an isometric "competitive PvE" title that tasked opposing teams with completing PvE...

Palworld unveils plans to release a PvP arena feature sometime this year

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Yes, you read that headline correctly: The PvE-minded co-operative survivalbox that is Palworld is going to be getting a PvP arena, which will let...

Co-op roguelike 33 Immortals debuts new gameplay trailer and announces May 24 closed beta

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Last June one of the Not So Massively games we highlighted was 33 Immortals, a co-op action roguelike from Canadian developer Thunder Lotus that...

Donkey Crew sets Bellwright early access for April 23 – still no update for Last Oasis

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Snail Games and Donkey Crew have announced today that they're pushing gritty co-op survival sandbox Bellwright into Steam early access on April 23rd. The...

KingsIsle announces Wizard101 single-player spinoff Ravenwood Academy

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If you've ever wanted to dive back into the Wizard101 world without actually being in Wizard101, now is your time, as this morning KingsIsle...

Mortal Online 2 tests siege system updates, combat changes, and new mounts in latest PTR

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Evidently, there aren't enough players in Mortal Online 2 who are taking part in the PvP sandbox's siege mechanics, which has led to a...

Valheim’s (hopefully) last patch before Ashlands upgrades Unity and addresses a long list of issues

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If you were hoping for more concrete news on Valheim's impending Ashlands update like a date... well, we don't have any because Iron Gate...

Stormgate studio Frost Giant opens equity crowdfunding campaign to make players into investors

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Back in February, we covered the eyebrow-raising story that Frost Giant, the studio behind multiplayer RTS Stormgate, was planning to make a push for...

Cozy MMO Sky Children of the Light launches F2P early access on Steam today

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Thatgamecompany's five-year-old Sky: Children of the Light officially debuts on PC today, one of the rare few multiplayer titles these days that seems to...

Rumor: Bungie is (or at least was?) supposedly working on Destiny 3

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According to reporting on multiple websites this morning, Bungie wasn't just blowing hot air during yesterday's The Final Shape stream when the studio's Luke...

Albion Europe flings open the doors to its open beta – yes, everyone can play now

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European MMORPG gamers - and really any gamer looking for a fresh start - will find the doors of Albion Online's new European server...

Mythic vets at Loric Games unveil Echoes of Elysium, a new co-op skyship survival sandbox

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Way back in 2022, we first caught wind of Loric Games, a new studio founded by Mythic vets Rob Denton, Brian Johnson, and Ray...

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