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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City of Titans shows off its landmarks and moguls

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In the City of Titans environment system, the buildings are divided between two separate yet equally important groups: The landmarks that serve as designer-created places...

Progress Bar: The bullet hell of Survived By

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Welcome to the inaugural edition of Progress Bar! This monthly column will be my personal look at early access MMO, MMO-like, and multiplayer games...

The Hearthstone leads Blizz lost last year just scooped up the Marvel IP with their new studio

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Blizzard had a rough year losing key figures at the company last year - heck, this week it lost its CFO to Square Inc....

Atlas fires a broadside of patches as player retention stays strong

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The Atlas team wasn't kidding when it said that it was going to be pumping out patches left and right going forward. The new...

Ship of Heroes looks ahead to improved character editor and leveling tests in 2019

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It's only natural to want to cheer on a group of superheroes, especially if they're making an MMORPG to fill the gap of one...
Look, chairs!

Identity rounds out its year with a patch about chairs

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The team behind Identity is back to squashing bugs and making the game better after the holidays, and that starts with chairs, it seems. Seriously,...

Leaderboard: What was the best new MMO of 2018?

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Last week, we announced our award for MMO of the Year; it once again went to Final Fantasy XIV. You might notice that XIV...

Ashes of Creation snaps up another Daybreak dev, this time from H1Z1 Just Survive

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Daybreak's loss is Ashes of Creation's gain. Again. Intrepid Studio's habit of roping in former developers from SOE and Daybreak continues, as former H1Z1: Just...

NCsoft is launching Aion: Legions of War in the west this month

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NCsoft is gearing up for another western launch this month, this time for an Aion sequel on mobile dubbed Aion: Legions of War. "NCSOFT is...
Why must life be so hard?

Leaderboard: Will you be playing PlanetSide Arena?

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Last month, Daybreak officially revealed its first truly new game in several years: PlanetSide Arena, a large-scale battle royale title set in the venerable...

Chronicles of Elyria cruises into 2019 with seemingly few major projects on the table

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While Chronicles of Elyria attempts to keep its community busy and diverted with various events and lore and promotions, the question is, what will...

Astellia’s Korean beta update adds Avalon battlefield and legendary dungeons

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Nexon's Astellia might not be on your radar as a possible eastern import -- but perhaps it should? The hybrid MMO/card game continues to...

Choose My Adventure: Sorry, everyone, but I had fun in Star Citizen

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In spite of best efforts and even better advice, it's often pretty easy to have other folks bring you down for enjoying something. We...
It goes clicky.

Anthem starts its demos on January 25

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Whether you're already so far on-board for Anthem that you've already pre-ordered it or you're waiting to see how the actual game works out, you...
Sure, great, thanks.

Atlas promises players that things will be better in the new year

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It's been kind of a mess thus far, but Atlas is sailing into the new year after kicking off early access in 2018. The...

MIA Online goes into no-wipe open beta on Android

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If your name is Mia and you've been waiting your entire life to get the recognition you felt you deserved, then today is your......

Dungeon Runners is ‘reborn’ as a fan emulator that’s coming in 2019

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Anyone remember Dungeon Runners? NCsoft's quirky action-MMORPG never was a massive hit, but it did garner its fair share of loyal followers. The game,...
Tasty!

Crowfall’s latest stream is all about the art of cooking

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Sure, fighting in large-scale PvP is fun, but have you considered focusing on cooking instead? The latest Crowfall livestream was all about the art...

Ashes of Creation plans Apocalypse launch in February, delays castle siege testing

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A few days ago, Intrepid Studios bummed some fans out by announcing that Ashes of Creation's Apocalypse mode was going offline until mid-January, when...

Atlas developers apologize for ‘stormy start,’ promise rapid improvements

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With the kind of buggy and chaotic launch that Atlas displayed over the past week, it was inevitable that the studio finally came out...

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