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]

Aloft celebrates 200,000 copies sold by donating to protect rainforests in honor of Earth day

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When last we looked in on Funcom-published cozy survival sandbox Aloft, it was pushing out its first big early access update, Critters & Wonders,...

Pax Dei’s new miracle allows you to teleport – ‘for a price’

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As promised, Pax Dei's latest update is live with a new miracle. The early access sandbox MMORPG isn't using that word trivially; miracles are...

Hardcore PvP MMO Warborne Above Ashes begins predownloading for its month-long playtest

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If you signed up for Warborne Above Ashes' large-scale PvP playtest earlier this month, you woke up to a happy surprise: a steam invite...
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Ashes of Creation extends its current phase of alpha testing while placing the next phase in August

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The second phase of Ashes of Creation's testing in Alpha II is not coming to a close; in fact, it's actually expanding, according to...

Cozy van camping game Outbound enters alpha testing following last year’s successful Kickstarter

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That overwhelming feeling to hop into a decked-out camper van and cruise into nature for a slice of serenity is hard to ignore but...

Equinox Homecoming confirms AI tool use but isn’t ‘replacing concept artists with Midjourney’

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Blue Scarab Entetainment, the studio that will be developing the cozy horse horror mystery MMO Equinox: Homecoming, will indeed be utilizing AI tools for...

RuneScape Dragonwilds sees high Steam numbers as Jagex tells its devs to touch grass

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The release week for RuneScape: Dragonwilds, the survival sandbox from Jagex that surprise launched into early access, has been an understandably busy one as...

Corepunk temporarily shuts down its marketplace over a widespread coin duping exploit

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Imagine you're one of the developers of MMOARPG Corepunk. You wake up one morning, nibble your favorite breakfast food or sip your favorite breakfast...

PvPvE extraction RPG Velev sunsetted after just six days in early access

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We support speedrunning, but we're not sure the "multiplayer game sunset any%" speedrun category needs to be a thing. But if it was, then...

Quinfall opens up new high-level zones and adds new top tier gear in the Cursed Realms update

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It's tough being at the peak of power. You climb to the mountaintop of progress, look around you, then feel pride slowly ebb away,...

Piratical survival MMO Crosswind showcases a boss fight in latest pre-alpha gameplay video

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At the middle point of March we were introduced to Crosswind, an in-development free-to-play survival MMO set in an "alternative age of piracy" that's...
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Betawatch: Dune delays delivery and Dragonwilds delivers directly

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If you had already taken time off for Dune Awakening launching, bad news as the game has been delayed until June 10th to give...

Pantheon Rise of the Fallen opens a fresh start server, rolls back other servers over a duping bug

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It's a weird, woolly, and odd set of headlines coming out of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen early access, and there's really no way...

Lost Skies officially enters Steam early access as Bossa teases new content on deck

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Worlds Adrift refugees can finally come home today as Bossa Games' Lost Skies officially enters early access. It's not an MMORPG as Worlds Adrift...

Star Citizen kicks off an alpha 4.1.1 stress test this weekend and showcases digital hair design

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If you have no plans this weekend, are a Star Citizen fan, and are among the Wave 1 and Wave 2 testers that get...

Sci-fi sandbox SpaceCraft confirms multiplayer focus, offers vague closed alpha plans

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Last December we were all introduced to SpaceCraft, a sci-fi sandbox about building, exploration, and eventually growing an interstellar trading empire with - or...

Eternal Tombs apologizes for silence and shares progress so far this year

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While we're still waiting to hear the "huge news" that Eternal Tombs has planned for fans this year, at least the studio has emerged...
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Dune Awakening talks combat, guild features, and gameplay in latest livestream

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Do you like videos? Funcom likes videos. Dune: Awakening really likes videos. The game has three new videos to watch cut from the livestream...

Pax Dei is finally getting fast travel in next week’s Easter miracle update

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So, who called for a surprise Easter patch in Pax Dei? Because that's what you're getting on April 22nd. Perhaps it's to be expected...

RuneScape Dragonwilds plans new region, dragon fight, skills, and gear in early access roadmap

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Now that Jagex's survival sandbox RuneScape: Dragonwilds is out in the wilds of early access, the obvious question is just what the studio has...