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]

Camelot Unchained explains its guild and group philosophy for beta one

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Mark Jacobs and City State Games have a big surprise for Camelot Unchained followers in this week's dev blog: a major update to the...

Red Dead Redemption 2 kicks the can on its ‘summer’ announcement

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Rule lawyers, please advise: Is it fulfilling the terms of a verbal contract to have promised more details on a delayed game by the...

This week in survivalboxes: Valnir Rok, Hellion, Next Day Survival, and ARK

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It’s time for another survivalbox roundup! What's new in the world of eternal building, unbuilding, ganking, ganking buildings, and consuming adequate food and water...
Oh, well this is fine.

Betawatch: Fortnite rolls out a free-for-all mode that’s free for all (September 22, 2017)

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Remember when Fortnite's whole thing was that it was going to be about co-op survival gameplay without any PvP aspects? That clearly didn't last,...

ArcheAge’s mobile edition hits app stores next month

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Need a little of that ArcheAge magic on the go? You won't have to wait long; starting next month, Gamevil is going to roll...

Dauntless gets better at dodging monsters, not its community’s feedback

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With a ways to go before its launch, multiplayer boss slayer Dauntless is trying to use the time afforded to it by an open...

Snail Games is launching ARK Park for PSVR in December

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ARK Park has a release date. Well, a release month: December. Yep, it'll be out by the end of the year. "We have just announced...

Star Citizen is down to only 7 must-fix issues before alpha 3.0 goes to the Evocati

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What's that sound? That's the sound of Star Citizen's alpha 3.0 creeping ever closer, as the teams say they've made "substantial progress." In the latest...
Chance!

Crowfall’s action harvesting makes it ‘waaay more fun to run around and harvest’

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Yesterday, ArtCraft posted a live Crowfall Q&A video showing off what the devs are calling "action harvesting" - and it caused a surprising amount...
And we shoot the varmint.

Wild West Online begins its second tech alpha test today

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The first technical alpha for Wild West Online was a success, at least in that lots of stuff broke. But when you're running a...

Massively Overthinking: How will Star Citizen make money after launch?

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During this week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin and I attempted to tackle a question sent in by commenter and listener Sally Bowls - specifically,...

PUBG ‘contemplates further action’ against Epic’s Fortnite battle royal mode

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Remember that whole ordeal earlier this week when Epic announced that next week's Fortnite patch will be a free-to-play PvP-centric battle royal mode? PvE players...

Guild Wars 2 Path of Fire has launched; get caught up on the expansion here!

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Update: It's live now! Have fun! Guild Wars 2 officially launches its second B2P expansion, Path of Fire, today. In just two hours in fact....

Sea of Thieves’ death penalty is unique — and social

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What happens when you die? Sea of Thieves has its own unique answer to the question. Instead of popping back at a binding point...
it me

Ship of Heroes shows off improved character creation in new video

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Supporters for Ship of Heroes are going to be able to test out the alpha version of the game's character creator this year. That...
oh GROSS

TERA M gives a taste of its gameplay, combat, and pig ridin’

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With the mobile spin-off of TERA launching in Korea this November and moving on to the west in 2018, it is probably high time...

Cold, hot, burning: Conan Exiles revamps the temperature system

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Feeling chilly about Conan Exiles' previous stab at using temperature as a genuine obstacle in your survival journey? You may be a little happier...

Identity hires more devs, says it’s ‘full steam ahead’ for this life simulator

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Two years after its successful Kickstarter campaign, the contemporary MMORPG Identity still has yet to produce any actual gameplay for its backers and fans....

Enter to win a Neverwinter gorgon mount on Xbox One and PS4 from PWE and MOP

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To celebrate the arrival of the Tomb of Annhilation expansion for Neverwinter on console, PWE has granted Massively OP 100 Firesoul Gorgon mount keys to give away to our readers-- 50...

Tamriel Infinium: First impressions of Elder Scrolls Online’s Clockwork City DLC

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It's hard to know where to start with these impressions because the upcoming DLC for Elder Scrolls Online is significantly more complex, more extensive,...

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