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]

Paragon-spinoff Predecessor has soft launched into F2P open beta early access on Steam (and everywhere else)

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Predecessor - the latest shooter spawned from the ashes of Epic Games' defunct MOBA Paragon - has officially launched into open beta today on...
I asked Bree if we could have Night Elves and she said we have Night Elves at home.

Tarisland looks at the Misty Forest in its latest map preview

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Full marks to the Elves of Tarisland, they live in a place called the Misty Forest. That's it. Most Elves, they'd be calling the...

Cozy MMO Palia handwaves its bizarre beta obfuscation on the grounds that it’s free-to-play

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Yesterday, we recapped the ongoing drama with Singularity 6's cozy mini-MMO, Palia. The short version is that the game hit beta last summer and...

‘Realtime action-based MMORPG’ Quest Master’s Realm confirms early access launch March 29

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Over the past year or so we've been keeping eyes on Quest Master's Realm, an indie "realtime action-based MMORPG aboard the shell of...

Enshrouded opens the reward-filled Hollow Halls dungeons in its latest patch

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The survival sandbox world of early access title Enshrouded has gotten that much bigger this week with the launch of the Hollow Halls update,...

The Stream Team: Making a return trip to Palia as part of its Steam platform release

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The open beta of Palia has hit new shores as the cozy multiplayer title launched on Steam this week, which is good enough of...

NetEase and Marvel Games are building a new team shooter called Marvel Rivals, with closed alpha in May

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The lack of Marvel in the MMO space has always seemed kind of weird, especially given the vacuum left by the beloved Marvel Heroes,...

PSA: Palia is still in open beta and should be flagged that way on Steam too

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If you've been watching our coverage of Palia over the last few articles, you'll know we've had to keep pointing out an inconvenient fact:...
Boat.

EVE Online is running a ‘mass test’ of shadow fixes and other improvements today

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How many of our EVE Online playing readers would like to test shadows? Then there's good news for you because CCP Games is scheduling...

Throwback MMO Scars of Honor posts a wrap-up video for its sixth playtest

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Even though its Kickstarter fizzled earlier this month, throwback MMORPG Scars of Honor and its studio, Beast Burst Entertainment, continue to forge forward. In...

Throne and Liberty finally opens signups for April 10 global beta

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Finally, here we go! Amazon and NCsoft announced this afternoon that they're finally moving forward on Throne & Liberty's western testing process after truncating...

Valheim shares Ashlands update’s housing decor and a preparation guide, but not a release date

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Content hungry players of Valheim are still waiting for the arrival of the Ashlands, an area and update that was first previewed in January...

Grand Theft Auto VI’s development reportedly hit by internal delays

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It could very well be that Rockstar wishes it had never publicly announced Grand Theft Auto VI at this point. It was bad enough...

Choose My Adventure: Losing myself roaming the realms of Nightingale

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This edition of Choose My Adventure might strike similar notes as last week, but I suppose that's to be expected considering you told me...

V Rising unveils a crossover with Castlevania as part of its full May 8 release

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Vampires and Castlevania go together like peanut butter and jelly, so it's not too beyond the pale for the vampiric survival sandbox V Rising...
We have Anduin at home.

Tarisland opens registration as it ‘nears official release’ (but no the launch is not June 14)

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You might wonder about Tarisland opening registration in preparation for launch, given how many do-overs for major game systems Tencent has talked up in...

Palworld plans player testing of ‘exciting new content’ and continues its parade of creature feature videos

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Pocketpair's survival sandbox hit Palworld, like many other titles before it, is doing the "testing early builds of an early access game" thing. Earlier...

Palia expands its open beta to Steam today alongside Temple of the Roots and flora update

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If you have been waiting for cozy mini-MMO Palia to come to Steam - as I have - then your wait is over today,...

Wayfinder says disentangling from Digital Extremes caused its lapse in updates and communication

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Airship Syndicate's multiplayer RPG Wayfinder continues to stay live, though you'd be forgiven for assuming that might not be the case since it hasn't...

Lost Skies’ latest dev blog looks at exploding ship parts, island updates, and a utility item in action

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We'll start by pointing out that, no, Bossa Studios' developing PvE survivalbox Lost Skies still has no timeline for testing or release. What it...

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