Betawatch Aug 16 2024 (shortened temp) By Bree Royce - August 16, 2024 1:29 PM 0 Amazon and NCsoft delay Throne and Liberty to October 1 for more progression retooling Choose My Adventure: Aw man Pax Dei is just not for me Stars Reach begins testing this weekend as Raph Koster talks playstyle and the anti-endgame Necesse is a 2-D multiplayer colony building and dungeon delving RPG featuring new graphics Let’s Build A Dungeon is an upcoming MMO development sim from developer Springloaded Pax Dei on surviving the sandbox as a solo player: ‘Playing solo does not mean playing alone’ Dofus kicks off a beta test for its five-years-in-the-making Unity version Star Citizen kicks off a week-long free fly event and previews Pyro’s non-combat gameplay Stormgate is out in free-to-play early access now Ultima Online’s latest New Legacy beta takes leveling off the rails with Divergent Paths SMITE 2 takes a deep look at the game’s new matchmaking system accompanying its 24/7 alpha on August 27 Nightingale previews Realms Rebuilt’s story progression and revamped main campaign New World’s Aeternum open beta for PC and console is slated for September 13-16 Corepunk’s alpha is offline through tomorrow as the studio tackles server crash problems Mecha Break counts more than 50,000 concurrent players (and more in China) during open beta Book of Travels changes inventory management to a volume system, and players are not pleased Pax Dei schedules plot cleanup for August 21 – with new criteria for which plots it’s deleting Extraction shooter Arena Breakout Infinite begins its free-to-play early access Indie MMORPG Eterspire adds an alpha version of a four-player party system Ship of Heroes’ beta now has 30 costume auras for player customization Beta testing for EverQuest II’s Immeasurable Menagerie has officially begun Greek myth-themed survivalbox Dawn of Defiance begins its early access
SMITE 2 takes a deep look at the game’s new matchmaking system accompanying its 24/7 alpha on August 27