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]

Ashes of Creation’s alpha two is underway as players tried to murder their own game director

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The time has come at long, long, long last for ravenous fans of Ashes of Creation as the PvP MMORPG officially kicked off weekend...

The studio behind Kickstarted MMO Past Fate releases a co-op survival side project called Tuonela

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Generally, when a development studio elects to release a second side project while still working on a primary game, especially a Kickstarted MMO, that...
our house, etc.

Stars Reach moves its pre-alpha testing from single worlds to multiple worlds

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The first thing to note is that Stars Reach, if you hadn't know this, takes place in space. The second thing to note once...

Pantheon extends pre-early access testing through December 1, with ‘record numbers’ showing up

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With under two months to go until Pantheon launches into early access, you would think that studio Visionary Realms would be going all-out with...
Demonic.

Betawatch: Path of Exile 2 delays its early access thanks to demons of the database

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Look, I have to ask: Does Path of Exile 2 have a whole lot of demons in it? I haven't really played the game,...

Farm Together 2 has pumped out over 50 updates since its early access launch five months ago

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Way back in May, we covered the launch of cozy multiplayer farming game Farm Together 2, the sequel to - you guessed it -...

The Stream Team: Soaring into the open beta test of Monster Hunter Wilds

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At long last, MOP's Chris is finally in Monster Hunter Wilds! He's been waiting for this day for a long time, and even if...

MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Wizard’s Wrath and A Wizard’s World

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When I first saw mention of A Wizard's World on Reddit this morning, I immediately confused it with another wizardy Kickstarter MMO, Wizard's Wrath....

NetEase’s Destiny Rising officially enters closed alpha today – here’s how to sign up

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If you are among those Destiny players who really wanted a Destiny game on your phone, then your moment is fast approaching, as NetEase...

Pixel art MMO Necesse is adding a new adventure journal and better crafting stations in today’s update

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Back in August, we covered a new-to-us pixel art MMO called Necesse. The game, which allows servers of hundreds of people, had been in...

Post-sunset, The Wagadu Chronicles team says it considered and rejected open-sourcing the game

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One of the saddest sunsets of 2024 affected Kickstarted afrofantasy The Wagadu Chronicles. The MMORPG was Kickstarted by players for nearly $200K all the...

Soulframe deep-dives the changes to its next pre-alpha build and discusses multiplayer feature plans

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The pre-alpha "preludes" build of Soulframe is headed for its seventh iteration, and this update is a pretty beefy one as it changes several...

Loftia targets alpha testing by the end of this year and early access at the end of 2025

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Since last year we've been keeping eyes on the "mediumly multiplayer" cozy title Loftia, a life sim RPG that puts players into a colorful...

Active Matter is a PvPvE ‘mind-bending tactical hardcore shooter’ heading for closed beta by year’s end

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If there was any doubt about what the new bandwagon in multiplayer gaming is, let the arrival of another upcoming PvPvE extraction game dissolve...

Pax Dei debuts a new trailer and condenses the features of its November 5 Proving Grounds update

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Tuesday, November 5th, will be upon players of Pax Dei before they know it: That's when the big juicy Proving Grounds update will arrive...

Star Citizen pushes alpha 4.0’s engineering gameplay features back over game stability concerns

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Star Citizen has long promised players the chance to become an engineer aboard a starship along the "road to 4.0" that CIG has been...
Eh... I thought it would be funny.

SMITE 2 adds Ra and Sobek to the game’s roster as closed alpha marches on

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Readers who have gone down particular rabbit holes online over the past several years will probably look at the headline on this particular piece,...

Fntastic is hosting a map-making contest for its revised prop hunting game, and no, players won’t get paid

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Remember last month when developer Fntastic said it wouldn't use volunteer labor to build its upcoming prop hunting rehash game Items? The studio is...

Nightingale suffers second round of layoffs in two weeks as staff say the game’s early access will continue

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Last week, we covered some unfortunate news for co-op sandbox Nightingale when we learned that its studio, Tencent-backed Inflexion, had abruptly closed down its...
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Corepunk says it’s a month and a half behind schedule, but early access is on track for November 26

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If you've been following the Corepunk's development over the last few years, you surely know that the team is running behind where it expected...