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: Star Citizen dazzles, delights, and declines dates (November 3, 2017)

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There was a lot of stuff that went down at the most recent Star Citizen convention, although none of the things that went down...

PSA: Guardians of Ember and Total War Arena are free-to-play this weekend

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Itching for something to do this weekend? How about some freebie games? Wargaming announced that its F2P battler Total War: ARENA will host an open...

BlizzCon 2017: Everything you need to know about World of Warcraft’s Battle for Azeroth expansion

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Blizzard made several major announcements for World of Warcraft today that you probably need to know about if you're a current or even a...

Ashes of Creation wants to create the ideal and iconic RPG tavern

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It's a well-worn but welcome roleplaying game trope that adventurers gather before quests in a colorful tavern full of shady characters, intrigue at every...

Monster Hunter World isn’t doing lockboxes or lootboxes either

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Add Monster Hunter World to the pile of games that are standing against the exploitation of lockboxes and lootboxes. Multiple Monster Hunter devs told...

The Repopulation preps for ‘massive’ patch next week with world bosses and fishing tournaments

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Mark your calendars for next Wednesday, November 8th, because this is the day that The Repopulation will get back on the patch train once...

Pantheon’s Brad McQuaid on alternate rulesets and multi-server MMOs

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Pantheon's Brad McQuaid has another new blog post up - he's on a roll this week - this one on alternate rulesets in MMORPGs...

Wild West Online resets early access for November 15, still plans 2017 launch

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Following all the delays and weirdness this past fall during which the game was declared "just not ready yet," the team behind Wild West Online...

Warframe developer Digital Extremes is building a new ‘free-to-play action MMO’

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Sharp-eyed readers caught some interesting information in Digital Extremes' latest company report. The Warframe developer slipped in a line that it was working on a...

Dual Universe’s pre-alpha launch was ‘a huge and fantastic moment’

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With limited-run tests on September 30th and October 21st, Dual Universe is taking small steps for dev-kind into the pre-alpha world. The team reports...
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Crowfall shows off new UI windows (and some eye candy for the nerds)

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"Boxy and functional" is not usually a compliment unless you want to get slapped or are describing a Volvo. But when it comes to...

Fortnite’s patch today adds mute to voice chat and boosts quest item drop frequency

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Fortnite's smallish 1.8.1 update is live today, and probably the most important addition is actually something that helps you delete things from the game:...

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds: Patch delay, avoiding the Chinese ban, and PUBG as a ‘multiplayer thriller’

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Were you looking forward to the PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds patch scheduled for today? Vaulting? Climbing? The new vertical maps? Sorry. It's not happening. Yet. "We had...

Wild West Online continues to postpone persistent alpha, posts female character render

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Wild West Online's pattern of delays in its testing process continues. Back in August, the team behind this western MMO posted a schedule that...

The Stream Team: Doing Dauntless’ Dark Harvest

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Just because it is All Saints' Day doesn't mean that that Halloween reveling is over! No, Massively OP's MJ will continue celebrating the season...

ECO drops a massive alpha build with world laws, player contracts, and fishing

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It is high time that we check back in with ECO, that multiplayer world ecosystem simulator, because there's some major happenings going on in...

Black Desert adds militias and platoons, starts closed beta signups for Southeast Asia

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Black Desert's November 1st update is sporting a couple of new ways for players to group up and pursue a common goal. The militia system...

Bless Online addresses Steam launch questions, but still has no public monetization plan

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Pretty psyched that Bless Online is coming to the west on Steam in 2018? So are we! But there are many questions about this...

Hellgate: London revival project opens its alpha to everyone

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Still finding yourself pining away for Hellgate: London on occasion -- or perhaps you missed out on it the first time around? This 10-year-old...

Indie vampire fantasy MMO Shadow’s Kiss has already reached its Kickstarter goal

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Still bummed over the loss of World of Darkness and Revival? Shadow's Kiss may be for you. Last year, we covered the vampire fantasy...

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