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]

The Stream Team: Dabbling in the Dauntless alpha

6
The Dauntless alpha started yesterday, and thanks to server issues, Massively OP's MJ had difficulty getting in. But today she is determined to check...

Chronicles of Elyria whips up a jousting tiltyard for PAX West

5
The Chronicles of Elyria team is in a frenzy getting ready for the game's showing at PAX West in a couple of weeks. After...

The Stream Team: Rescuing the raptors in ARK

0
When Massively OP's MJ tried to settle on an ARK beach, she didn't know it was going to be alpha central! And now there...

Camelot Unchained’s player progression will be a ‘long-term investment’

75
Is that... is that Camelot Unchained's Beta 1 peeking over the horizon? From the tone of this week's newsletter, it certainly sounds as if...
More soon.

Betawatch: Camelot Unchained is rapidly approaching beta (August 18, 2017)

4
The wait for the Camelot Unchained beta has been long and arduous in the way that only "just sit around and wait" can possibly...
WORK THAT SOUL OR SOMETHING

SoulWorker is readying for beta in North America at the end of 2017

7
When you see the title SoulWorker, does your brain immediately re-translate it to "Social Worker" and picture an MMO wherein you spend your time...

Sea of Thieves talks about bringing the game to PC

5
With 4,000 new players testing out Sea of Thieves' technical alpha on the PC, the team has a lot to say about how this...
How does this need to be said.

Worlds Adrift introducing anti-cheat measures sooner than anticipated

5
It's best to read the latest letter from the Worlds Adrift development team with a slightly exasperated tone of voice. After all, the developers...
Where now?

Guild Wars 2’s second Path of Fire preview weekend is about to begin

21
Update: It's live! Didn't get a chance to jump into Guild Wars 2 during last weekend's Path of Fire preview weekend? You're getting another chance...

Star Citizen squishes bugs, finds new ones in the lead up to 3.0

92
Star Citizen's Sandi Gardiner and Forrest Stephan helm this week's episode of Around the Verse as the team treks along toward the 3.0 release. In...

Conan Exiles devs address Xbox One crashes, says crossplay with PC might be in the works

3
With the release of Conan Exiles on Xbox One's game preview program, there are plenty of questions from this new audience about the rollout...

City of Titans doesn’t have issues swapping male and female animations

7
Well this is a boon to the City of Titans project. The development team behind the superhero MMORPG was fiddling about with some of its character...
This town is, in fact, big enough for the both of us. We need a fourth.

Revel in these five new Wild West Online videos

13
Were you not appeased by the 13 minutes of Wild West Online gameplay footage earlier this week? What can we do to make you...

Osiris: New Dawn explains its closed beta plan

2
Why would an early access game suddenly decide to hold a limited closed beta test? That's the question of the week for Osiris: New...

Crowfall divulges details on the diminutive Fae

3
Don't call them "tiny," not unless you want your Achilles heel slashed and your hair set on fire while screaming laughter fills your ears....
TOO FAR

Kritika Online publishes fall roadmap, will officially launch in September

0
One of this summer's sleeper MMO hits has to be Kritika Online, a soft-launched action title published by En Masse Entertainment. It might not...

Deep-diving Gloria Victis’ swordplay and siege warfare

3
We’re in the midst of a sort of sandbox renaissance, with numerous sandbox titles under development and more seeming to scuttle out of the...

Watch 13 minutes of Wild West Online exploration and treasure hunting footage

33
Still skeptical about Wild West Online's proposed PvP system? A brand-new video today may or may not help. PC Gamer spends 13 minutes narrating a...

Today’s Dark and Light patch puts an end to huffing and puffing and blowing (thatch) houses down

3
Snail Games' MMO-turned-survivalbox reboot Dark and Light has prepped a new patch landing today aimed squarely at the B word: balance. "This latest patch is...

Wild Terra’s castle capture and auction systems are live

1
Indie sandbox MMO Wild Terra has a big update this week that'll make guild-oriented players particularly happy, as the castle system has rolled out...

ADVERTISEMENT