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]

Sea of Thieves wants to be as fun to watch as it is to play

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Whether you get it or not, it's pretty apparent by now that there's a huge demand for viewers to watch other people play video...
How does this need to be said.

Worlds Adrift has made more founders packs available

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You have to pay a toll to get into Worlds Adrift right now, but recently you haven't even been able to do that. By...

Dark and Light preps huge bug-fixing and quality-of-life patch

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Snail Games is riding high after Dark and Light's early access launch last week, and it's already prepping its next big patch, which the...

Fortnite touts sales figures while players lament pay-to-progress model

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Epic Games' PvE multiplayer zombie tower defense survivalbox MMO thing Fortnite is doing well in its launch week, at least in terms of non-Steam...
Turns out that you can't just do Ultima with the serial numbers filed off again.

Shroud of the Avatar’s Release 44 finishes episode one’s story

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Shroud of the Avatar is complete. Not the full game itself, of course, but the storyline to episode one is now fully playable from start...

Chronicles of Elyria vows better communication, posts roadmap to release

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Saying that the development team has drifted away from the high level of transparency that it originally demonstrated, Chronicles of Elyria's project lead vowed...

Chris Roberts has ‘no intention of reducing the size of the Star Citizen universe’

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Last week, German-language German website Gamestar published an interview with Star Citizen studio Cloud Imperium Games, noting that Roberts appeared to have said Star Citizen will launch with...
Picture more depth, though.

OrbusVR starts up open alpha on July 28

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If you've been longing for the chance to play an MMO in VR but haven't yet been in the closed alpha for OrbusVR, the...
Well this is... not great.

Guardians of Ember goes on sale, struggles to add horde mode

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Early access title Guardians of Ember was hoping to have a great week, what with introducing a cool new feature and all, but it's...
Break it down now.

Gravity-challenged Lawbreakers enters open beta July 28, launches August 8

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Forget everything you know about physics and first-person shooters because Lawbreakers is about to make gravity its plaything. The wild-and-wooly team shooter announced today...

SMITE’s Bear Goddess Artio reveal, Hand of the Gods’ Mayan pantheon, and Paladins’ Jenos

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Hi-Rez is busy doing all the things, with hoopla in all three of its modern games today. (Sorry, Global Agenda and Tribes.) Over in SMITE, the...
When you hold yourself up as a model of long-term development, don't be surprised when people call you on it.

Star Citizen Q&A covers the Cyclone concept vehicle, which won’t make it into 3.0

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Earlier this week, we reported on Star Citizen's latest concept ship: The Tumbril Cyclone, a ground vehicle whose multiple variants will run up to $70 for...

Citadel: Forged With Fire launches early access today

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Those of you who hate long waits and excessive transparency during those waits are getting your wish today, as Citadel: Forged With Fire lumbers...

Fortnite hints at open world mode to come in the future

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It's a big week for the zombie survival title Fortnite, what with it coming out on Steam early access and all, and the developers...

Kritika Online releases first open beta patch

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Have any of you given Kritika Online a try? This action MMORPG may be slipping under a lot of people's radars during this shockingly...

Shroud of the Avatar stymies insider trading at the perceived expense of backer privileges

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Yesterday, Shroud of the Avatar's Starr Long announced a change to its testing forums that has ruffled more than a few backer feathers. "Due to the...
JUST TELL US YOUR STUPID PLANS

Crowfall’s in the middle of a massive day-long Q&A dev stream

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So! It's almost noon, and you have nothing better to do but sit around and watch people talk about video games for 12 hours,...

Fortnite’s early access program invites you to build your dream zombie-proof fortress

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The bad news: The zombies are coming in hordes larger than you can possibly imagine. The good news: You have the blueprints and traps to...

The Stream Team: Celebrating Warframe’s Chains of Harrow release on console

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Massively OP's MJ may not play Warframe on console, but doesn't mean she can't celebrate the release of Chains of Harrow on Xbox and...

Shroud of the Avatar polishes, primps, and prepares for this week’s Release 44

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The Shroud of the Avatar team is staying quite busy this summer as it works to finish up the game world for launch later...

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