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Betawatch: Project Genom is remaking itself
The state of play for Project Genom appears to be a tear-down and rebuild. After a long period of silence the game announced that it...
Betawatch: Atlas addresses hacks and gets hacked
Screw you, hackers in Atlas! You don't get to ruin this game for people, according to the developers! They're working to fight you, and......
Betawatch: Anthem shows off a mission and a Javelin ahead of its demo
You still have to wait a little while longer to try out the Anthem beta, or "demo" if you will. But you can get some...
Betawatch: Atlas weathers its storms with strong player retention
Guess what? Atlas did in fact launch over the holiday season into its early access, and it immediately started weathering storms due to its rushed...
Massively OP’s 2018 Blooper Awards: Most ridiculous article
Massively OP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our blooper award for most ridiculous article that was specifically our fault. And the winner is...
Betawatch: Crowfall’s test campaigns have arrived, City of Titans delays Issue 0
Good news, Crowfall fans, the first full campaign patch is here! Of course, this is just a test campaign; the first sanctioned campaign (which is...
Betawatch: Atlas delays alpha a week, Division 2 hits tech alpha
Studio Wildcard, you... er... wild cards. Yeah, that seems right. You announced the big surprise splash of Atlas, and then you delay the launch from...
Betawatch: Legends of Aria pushes back its Steam early access
It's been a week of some speed bumps for Legends of Aria; after it reset progress with its karma system ahead of its early access...
Betawatch: Red Dead Online is alive and possibly not red
Yes, it's possible that Red Dead Online is not very red, and it is definitely very much alive in beta testing. But calling it that...
Betawatch: Legends of Aria has a free stress test
I can't speak for anyone else, but whenever I see something advertising a stress test, I just shrug and say that I've already got...
Whatever happened to Empyrion Galactic Survival?
Anybody remember Empyrion Online aka Empyrion Galactic Survival? It's one of those space sandbox multiplayer survival games that went for a Kickstarter back in...
Betawatch: Torchlight Frontiers’ stress test, Lost Ark’s wild popularity
Torchlight Frontiers' alpha stress test kicked off today; PWE is begging y'all to come stress test the servers. Except literally nobody I know got...
Betawatch: Torchlight Frontiers plans its alpha test for next week
Aw dang, check out the big brain on Torchlight Frontiers! First the game teases us with forts, which get to be our homes in...
Betawatch: Ashes of Creation tests battle royale, Occupy White Walls hands out beta keys
So... all right. Ashes of Creation has a secondary side battle royale mode that's going to be entitled Ashes of Creation: Apocalypse and is...
Betawatch: Fallout 76 enters beta testing
That's great, it starts with an NDA and no platform crossplay, Bethesda is not afraid. It's the end of the world as we know...
Betawatch: Ashes of Creation briefly removes its NDA
The NDA for Ashes of Creation is gone! Quickly, everyone, take the time to post as many screenshots as possible... aaaaand it's back again. Seriously,...
Betawatch: Fortnite begins true Android open beta
Fortnite rolled into a true open beta for Android this week, allowing everyone a chance to get in there and die on a phone,...
Betawatch: Crowfall calls its own races monsters
Wow, Crowfall, that's rude. Very rude. Are you really going to label your own races as monsters just because they're part deer or part...
Betawatch: Fallout 76 will start testing at the end of October
Oh, Fallout 76, you have yet to release, but you give those of us on the reporting circuit a true bounty. For one thing,...
Betawatch: Worlds Adrift gets a new experience for PvE and tutorials
Are you a fan of Worlds Adrift but hate having any PvP in your mixture? Good news, then, you can go check out the...
