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Betawatch: Lost Ark surges for its closed beta week
We're hoping that you're going out there to find the ark! It is assumed that this is the main goal of Lost Ark because why else...
Betawatch: Profane shows off its character creation models
We're going to go ahead and lay out a hot take for all of you this week: Character creation in an MMORPG is pretty important....
Betawatch: Elyon leaves beta for launch
Elyon slipped the surly tides of beta this week by leaping into a rather subdued launch, but a respectable one: Ahead of the weekend,...
Betawatch: Ghost Recon Frontline announces abrupt and indefinite beta delay
Remember Ghost Recon Frontline? The answer is either "no" or "yes, and I hate it," based around general reaction to Ubisoft's abruptly announced battle royale...
Betawatch: Book of Travels is rolling out access at long last
Book of Travels is not in launch just yet, but it's steadily moving toward its full early access launch on October 11th by letting...
Betawatch: New World finally launches
Did it happen? Is it real? Can you believe it? New World has finally launched, after so many beta delays that at one point it...
Betawatch: Guild Wars 2 continues its End of Dragons beta events
It's been many long moons since Guild Wars 2 was really in beta, and if you were here when that happened... well, you're me....
Betawatch: Book of Travels begins teasing early access, again
In the long saga of Book of Travels doing almost everything other than actually entering its promised early access state, this week marked an odd...
Betawatch: New World’s open beta is live all weekend
Is it truly happening? Is New World going to finally launch after so many delays and restructuring of its content? Maybe! But while it's not...
Betawatch: TitanReach suspends development
Exeunt TitanReach, pursued by former backers angry that the game is no more. The studio behind the game announced this week that development was being...
Betawatch: Book of Travels postponed its early access yet again
Come on now, Book of Travels, we know you're shy but it's time to start putting yourself out there. The game has once again delayed...
Betawatch: Elyon and Diablo II Resurrected kick off beta events
More closed beta for Elyon? It's more likely than you think. It's actually certain, in fact. The game has showed off its rune attributes...
Betawatch: Ship of Heroes rolls out its public mission beta event
It's time for Ship of Heroes to go full-on into beta testing for a while as it runs its mission beta event. If you're...
Betawatch: New World gets delayed once again
What's that? New World with another delay? All right, look, it's not funny any more, folks. This game has been delayed so many times...
Betawatch: Starbase enters early access alpha
At long last, it's happened! Starbase has moved into early access, allowing everyone to... well, access the game. But early. Look, we've had kind...
Betawatch: New World kicks off its closed beta
At long last, the New World closed beta has arrived! It's a beta for the game that seems to have gone through more philosophical...
Betawatch: Elyon is planning its next closed beta with an early fall launch
It seems as if it's taken forever for Elyon to really make much movement over here in the west, but don't worry: It's happening....
Betawatch: Launchapalooza
After last week's rather dismal opening, it's nice to know that this week we get to celebrate two games leaving our list because they've...
Betawatch: Magic Legends gets discarded
The past few weeks we've usually wound up slipping into more depressing beta news toward the end, but this time it's just going front...
Betawatch: Swords of Legends Online launches on July 9
It is generally poor form to have the same game get the Betawatch header two weeks in a row, but here we are highlighting...
