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]

33 Immortals delays early access into 2025 to address player feedback and stability problems

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Earlier this year we started reporting on the not-so-massive 33 Immortals, a multiplayer co-op roguelike game that put 33 players together (natch) to try...

Ashes of Creation players spill the beans about pre-alpha testing as verbal and written NDAs lift

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If you've got Ashes of Creation targeted in your gaming news and social feeds, then you probably woke up to a deluge of information...
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Nightingale discusses building updates, Halloween event, and the impending arrival of Nightingale City

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Nightingale has once again brought Inflexion CEO Aaryn Flynn and head of audio Neil Thompson together for the survivalbox's second dev talk video where...

Stick and Rudder: On CitizenCon day two, Star Citizen talked MMO design and full 1.0 release

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Sure, we've had one day of CitizenCon, but what about second day? The weekend event for the 12 year-old sci-fi sandbox Star Citizen has...

Wayfinder sprints toward its 1.0 launch with the reveal of its 8th hero, Lora

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We're just days -- nay, hours -- away from the full 1.0 release of the battered but spunky Wayfinder on October 21st, and Airship...

Stick and Rudder: Star Citizen talks tools, gear, social features, and Squadron 42 at CitizenCon day one

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It's that time of year again for fans and followers of Star Citizen to come together in-person and digitally to see what's next in...

Make My MMO: Star Citizen opens CitizenCon, Fractured eyes F2P, Fractured Veil and Shadow’s Kiss sunset

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Star Citizen's CitizenCon event kicked off this morning under a cloud of drama as backers tuned in to see where the game and S42...
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Betawatch: Aloft drifts to 2025-ish skies

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If you'd been looking forward to playing Aloft this year during its previously announced fall early access, we're sorry to inform you that this...

Pax Dei confirms its next big update, Proving Grounds, will arrive on November 5 – alongside server merges

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For the past couple of weeks, Pax Dei has been talking up its next major content update, which is set to bring things like...

Fight or Kite: Dungeonborne gives Elder Scrolls vibes with a hint of battle royale

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Over the past couple of weeks, my gaming time hasn't been amenable to long sessions thanks to work travel, but I was prepared: I've...

Cozy MMO Palia is letting us trade plushies in next week’s Fall’s Flourishes update

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Palia is back and teasing yet another update for the open beta mini-MMO: The Fall’s Flourishes Update - aka patch 0.185 - arrives on...

Star Citizen devs report drying funds, micromanagement, overspending, and episodic release for Squadron 42

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The news that Star Citizen studio CIG forced developers to give up two weekends in order to make CitizenCon happen - followed by a...

Ghibli-esque co-op sandbox Aloft delays early access from fall to January 2025

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Co-op sandbox fans have been eagerly awaiting the Funcom-published title Aloft all year as the Ghibli-inspired game trekked through a demo and con season....

MapleStory Worlds makes its soft launch as it tries to entice creators with monetary incentive programs

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Korean fans of MapleStory have already had their hands on Nexon's MapleStory Worlds since April, but now it's time for players in the Americas...

Star Citizen outlines its panels and presentations for this weekend’s CitizenCon event

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The devotees and skeptics of Star Citizen will likely have their eyes firmly fixed on CIG this weekend, as the studio's 2024 edition of...

Wayfinder previews The Crucible zone and teases its eighth hero ahead of October 21 launch

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When Wayfinder officially launches out of the last remnants of early access on October 21st, it's getting a huge run of new content, with...

Jagex’s RuneScape survival spin-off resurfaces asking for closed alpha testers

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It's been a couple years since Jagex first announced that it was working on a survival game spin-off set in the RuneScape universe, but...

WoW Classic deploys a new test build for the Firelands raid until October 18

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Readers likely recall that WoW Classic's PTR testing for the Firelands raid began at the beginning of September, and that testing has once more...

Valheim brings the Bog Witch update to its public test server

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"Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble, this test build is not indicative of a final product." We're admittedly taking some artistic liberties with the classic...

Here are some of the MMORPG, MMO, and multiplayer demos waiting in this week’s Steam Next Fest

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It's one of the biggest weeks in PC gaming, when disk drives shudder in fear and digital vendors offer up their wares, previews, and...