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]

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Betawatch: Diablo IV opens up for everyone to test its server queue

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Yay, Diablo IV has an open beta where you can test your ability to wait in a server queue to play the game! But...

MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Sengoku Yōkai, Kakele Online, and Void Crew

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Welcome back to another roundup of a few MMOs and multiplayer titles we and possibly you had never heard of... before now! Sengoku: Yōkai -...

Galactic Getaway will let you make your own outer space vacation resort

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It's the end of March -- are you ready for a vacation? We could all use one, no doubt, and if you can't get...

Star Citizen talks up the future of tractor beams while fixes for alpha 3.18 continue to inch along

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Star Citizen would very much like it if people could focus on what's next for a bit as the Inside Star Citizen videos continue...

Mad World drops new trailer, promises to reveal launch date next week

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Mad World studio Jandisoft says it's not worried about launching against Diablo IV, but it's surely not an accident that it's dropped a brand-new...

Blizzard warns of ‘lengthy queue times’ ahead of Diablo IV’s open beta today

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OK, Diablo IV fans: If you didn't participate in the first beta, didn't preorder the game, didn't eat your chicken, or did all that...

VR game developer Polyarc readies closed testing of a competitive multiplayer VR title in April

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VR gaming fans might be familiar with the name of Polyarc; for those who aren't, it's the studio behind the adorable looking VR titles...

BitCraft dates its next pre-alpha for March 31, promising to add ‘several thousand’ new testers

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The pre-alpha testing progress of BitCraft is pushing forward, with the developers noting in last month's address that "several thousand" players would be considered...

Diablo-inspired indie OARPG Last Epoch is finally putting multiplayer through its paces

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If you've got the Diablo bug right now but don't want to give Blizzard money or sit around twiddling your thumbs until Diablo IV's...
People always ask why I pick these screenshots and the answer is usually just that I felt like it.

Warframe ushers in 10th anniversary as devs deliver a glimpse of Soulframe

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Believe it or not, it's been nearly 10 years since Warframe launched on March 25th, 2013 -- and you can best believe that Digital...

Ship of Heroes’ arrival on Steam is imminent as Heroic is still planning launch in 2023

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Earlier this year, we noted that superhero MMORPG Ship of Heroes was eyeing an arrival on Steam, and as of today, it's finally happening. Or...

Valheim teases Ashlands biome, Hildir’s camp, and ‘fortress time’

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Still riding high off the early access launch of survival sandbox Valheim on Xbox earlier this month, Iron Gate Studios is back with a...

The Other World is a multiplayer action survival RPG promising an evolving land of lore instead of story

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It's time to once more delve into the fanciful, big promise-delivering world of crowdfunded multiplayer and MMO games. Today we've been directed at The...

Starborne Frontiers, downgraded from a persistent MMO, has soft-launched, but only on mobile

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We were all pretty excited back in 2021 when Starborne Sovereign Space developer Solid Clouds announced a persistent MMORPG spinoff called Starborne Frontiers, bringing...

Diablo IV is giving away home care service to let players enjoy the upcoming open beta chore-free

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If you thought Diablo IV joining forces with KFC was weird, you ain't seen nothing yet, friends: This week, Blizzard has just announced a...
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Tiny MMO Book of Travels spins up a new beta server test environment, preview fishing

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Early access tiny MMO Book of Travels is about to embark on a new leg of beta testing with a new test branch specifically...

First impressions of Diablo IV: Resurrecting Diablo II once again

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If franchise media has taught us anything, it's that sequels which take risks and aren't universally beloved cause the parent company to panic and...

Star Citizen focuses on deploying alpha 3.18.1 patch as a fix for the game’s ongoing issues

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As the players and devs of Star Citizen continue to wrestle with the game's ongoing alpha 3.18 issues, new word on progress is being...

One More Game’s multiplayer tactical game Spellcraft opens up its Steam alpha April 6

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Back in 2020, we covered the formation of a new fully remote company, One More Game, with a bunch of relevant names from MMOs...

Worried about The Day Before? Its sauna will melt your cares away!

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Despite its studio putting on the bravest of all faces and saying that there's nothing to be worried about, The Day Before's weird twisty-turny...

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