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]

Make My MMO: Wagadu Chronicles’ early access, City of Titans’ surprise patch

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Welcome to another blast of MMO crowdfunding news from the last few weeks! Indie Afrofantasy sandbox MMORPG The Wagadu Chronicles launched into early access...

Palia brings the holiday cheer with its the next leg of its winter update

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On the cusp of its Nintendo Switch release, Palia is packing in the holiday cheer. The life sim MMO released its winter update this...
like the song from cats I guess

Betawatch: Monsters & Memories throws a testing party for all

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Hey y'all, Monsters & Memories is throwing a testing party and you're all invited! You might think that this would make me happy, but...

MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: AQ2 Expanse, Project Baxter, Tombstone

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Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent multiplayer titles you’ve (probably) never heard of! In today's edition, we've got an indie...

Pantheon Rise of the Fallen updates item drops and crafting, recounts a player-organized pre-alpha boss hunt

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The work on the MMORPG pre-alpha testing of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen continues to roll forward, with updates to the build applied last...

The Stream Team: Peeking in on the development progress of Wayfinder

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MOP's Chris is once more taking a moment to try to gauge how Wayfinder is going. Since the multiplayer RPG has had a few...

Star Citizen tweaks how salvaging works, plans for the activity’s launch in alpha 3.22

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Back in July, Star Citizen shared a prototype of how full ship salvaging, aka "munching," was going. Several months later, the activity is back...

Throne & Liberty launches in Korea, still has its eyes on the West for 2024

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Considering how huge and influential the Lineage series has been in Korea over the past three decades, we'd say it seems fitting that NCsoft...
yayyyyy

The Day Before actually launched – and it’s already being savaged in reviews

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Does anything inspire faith in a game more than the developers coming out to specifically say that their game is not a scam or...

Kind Words 2 expands multiplayer note-writing into a real social sandbox

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Back in the spring of 2020, the games industry was rather hungry for something feel-good (you know why), so it was the perfect time...

Hawked’s early access on PC is underway with a console crossplay beta this weekend

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Over the past few months we've been keeping an eagle eye on Hawked, MY.GAMES' colorful entry into the PvPvE extraction shooter sub-genre. Readers might...

Book of Travels is totally overhauling its combat system (yes, it has a combat system)

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When you think of Might and Delight's tiny MMO Book of Travels, the word "combat" may not immediately spring to mind. But the game...

EVE Online begins its four day-long Vanguard FPS mode test today

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It's time to experience EVE Online from a different perspective: from inside of the skull of someone with a gun. For at least the...

Monsters & Memories readies a public playtest for this weekend, and yes you’re invited

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Sometimes you just want to quickly dip into an upcoming MMO to see if it's of interest, you know? If it's got potential under...

BitCraft studio co-founder discusses building a societal game and what the MMO’s endgame looks like

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If you have about 30 minutes and are curious to learn more about BitCraft and societal games from Clockwork Labs co-founder Tyler Cloutier, then...

The Stream Team: Demoing co-op puzzle adventure game Islands of Insight

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The moment MOP's Chris heard about Islands of Insight, the co-op multiplayer puzzling adventure game, he had to check it out himself, and since...
whatever and fine

Throne & Liberty shows off its Korean interface and shares more music

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If you're jazzed for Throne & Liberty, we have good news for you today... assuming you don't mind kind of reading between the lines....

Ahead of launch, Fntastic tells players The Day Before is not a scam or an asset flip

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Many players have cast a wide assortment of aspersions against developer Fntastic and its upcoming survival shooter The Day Before, particularly in light of...

Under a Rock is a multiplayer survivalbox full of oversized creatures, Neanderthals, and dangerous magic

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"Ever wonder how you and your closest friends would fare stranded on an island where Neanderthals still exist, and magic can be just as...

Tarisland beta testers were obsessed with rolling Rangers, dying, and… fishing

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Tencent's Tarisland certainly surprised our testers during its recent beta, given its rep as a WoW clone that doesn't want to be called a...

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