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]

7 Days to Die turns the electricity on and hits Steam’s 100 best-selling games of all time

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If you don't already have a copy of 7 Days to Die in your Steam library, you may be part of a shrinking crowd...
Well, cats.

Paragon introduces its new character, Zinx

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The lack of humanoid cat-people in certain games is a failing that urgently needs to be addressed by developers, so it's a good thing...
Here in the open air!

Here’s how magic in Citadel: Forged With Fire will work

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This morning, we wrote about a new "massive online sandbox RPG," Citadel: Forged With Fire, built by Slender devhouse Blue Isle Studios and expected to...
Test me out.

Path of Exile updates fans on the state of Fall of Oriath’s beta

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The sixth week of beta testing of Path of Exile's next expansion is kicking off, and the good news is that the developers still...

Crusaders of Light launches globally on iOS with Android coming next week

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Will there ever be a mobile MMORPG that handles the complexity and delivers the fun of a desktop or console experience? There have been...

Chronicles of Elyria is using voxel models for its upcoming MUD

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"We're pretty sure you'd rather play the game before the heat death of the universe than have us hand-craft an entire worldwide ecology from...
Hey, dude, things cool? We're just chilling.

Pantheon’s Brad McQuaid on skill memorization, mana management, and combat prep

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When an MMO is deep in development, it's natural for players to want to know the answers to everything, down to the tiniest detail,...

DreamHack Valencia: SMITE’s Project Olympus, Hand of the Gods’ open beta, Paladin’s Jenos

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Hi-Rez took the floor of DreamHack Valencia in Spain today for announcements across its stable of games. First, the renamed online TCG Hand of the...

The Survivalist: Osiris New Dawn is doing early access right even amid disappointments

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A couple of weeks ago, when Osiris: New Dawn introduced new classes, I'd delved back into the sci-fi survival sandbox after a bit of...

Sea of Thieves shares the risks and rewards of shipwrecks

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As part of the emergent gameplay of Sea of Thieves' missions, player crews will occasionally come upon signs in their voyage of shipwrecks lying...
So who has money?

You can pre-load Destiny 2 right now on consoles — if you’ve paid money for the privilege

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Console players could find themselves very busy this July if they've landed a spot in the Destiny 2 beta. Early access for the test...

Citadel: Forged With Fire is a brand-new ‘massive online sandbox RPG’ debuting this month

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Well well, lookie what popped up on Steam: It's a new "massive online sandbox RPG," Citadel: Forged With Fire, and it came out of...

MMOs you’ve never heard of: Mad World, XAOC, and Moirai

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Welcome back to our series on MMOs and other multiplayer games you you've never heard of! Tonight we have three to highlight. Mad World Mad World...

Chronicles of Elyria won’t stop talking about tribes

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If you're just now tuning into Chronicles of Elyria after an extended absence, then welcome to Tribesmania! That's the informal term we're giving to...

Pantheon’s Brad McQuaid on ‘vertical interdependence,’ WoW killers, and attracting nontraditional MMO players

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Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen's July newsletter is one of its better ones, featuring a Q&A with Visionary Realms' Brad McQuaid himself. A few highlights: McQuaid...

SuperData predicts up to 5M Destiny 2 digital sales in its first quarter

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How big is Destiny 2 going to be? Really big, SuperData predicts. The gaming analysis firm claims that "by analyzing historical data and ...

Osiris New Dawn CEO to community grumping: ‘I will take these lashings and learn from them’

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Fenix Fire CEO Brian McRae is "not having fun either," according to his latest dev blog on the Osiris: New Dawn Steam page. His...

The Stream Team: Climbing to the top of Conan Exiles

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Climb every mountain! Massively OP's MJ is no longer restricted to just singing this in Conan Exiles, she can finally do it! The new...

Shroud of the Avatar’s Portalarium transitions into publishing, may consider partnerships

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Barreling toward this month's Release 44, Shroud of the Avatar is (ahem) fleshing out its Elven population with better models and even female models....
Can we start, start over

Take an in-depth look at Destiny 2’s Endless Vale PvP map

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It's not going to blow your mind to find out that there's going to be PvP in Destiny 2. Heck, it seems almost the...

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