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]

Nexon’s MapleFest and Next On tease MapleStory’s Dark Ride, Mabinogi UE5, Nakwon Last Paradise, and more

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Nexon has been busy hyping its MMOs this week with both MapleStory Fest and its Next On event, so let's dig in! MapleStory Fest, which...
I reckon.

Bill Roper’s upcoming cowboys vs. Cthulhu game, Codename: Skinwalkers, has itself a trailer

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Well now, cowpokes, looks like you got one of them there trailers to check out if'n y'all fancy playin' a fast gun in the...

Star Citizen player reports CIG is making him sign an NDA before getting a refund

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We've chronicled the weird steps players have needed to take to get refunds from Star Citizen numerous times before, but now it looks like...

Hands-on with Lynked Banner of the Spark, an adorable roguelite with base building, crafting, and co-op

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I typically gravitate towards intense, heart-pounding, combat games that go in hard and never let up. But every once-in-a-while, a game comes across my...
Huntworthy.

Monster Hunter Wilds’ open beta has begun on PlayStation with PC and Xbox following this week

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It's just about time for players to get together and go hunt some monsters once again because Monster Hunter Wilds is starting an open...

Blockchain-infused EVE Frontier schedules next playtest for early November

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"EVE Online is good and all, but you know what it really needs? A heaping dose of blockchain for play-to-earn goodness!" said nobody but...
No.

Marathon boss captains a new video explaining the basic premise behind the Bungie remake

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If you remember that Bungie is working on a game called Marathon, you probably remember that it's an extraction shooter set in the same...

Path of Exile 2 delays early access to December 6 over account-linking database demons

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If you were thinking that Path of Exile 2 was moving very quickly toward its early access on November 15th, you weren't wrong: Just...
Fine. Sure.

Ethyrial Echoes of Yore’s updates continue with guilds, bank rework, new maps, rare drops, and relic system plans

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We're circling back once more to the sandbox MMORPG Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore to chronicle the continued series of development updates made by the...

Lord of the Rings Online revs up for Legacy of Morgoth with testing and preview

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It's just a week and change until Lord of the Rings Online introduces its 10th expansion, Legacy of Morgoth, to the world on November...

Star Citizen players raise the alarm over internet spaceship nerfs that conveniently favor newer options

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Generally, official forums for games are unhappy places in the best of times, but backers of Star Citizen are getting vocally resistant to ship...

Warframe 1999 preps for December launch, Soulframe plans open pre-alpha in 2025

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This week was another info-filled livestream from the developers of Warframe and Soulframe, as Digital Extremes once again provided important dates and details for...

Mistfall Hunter is a PvPvE extraction ARPG for Steam and Xbox set in a world ruined by Ragnarok

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The multiplayer extraction sub-genre is once more getting another entry, only this time we're headed for a world that persists after the annihilation of...
Peeky boo.

Betawatch: Wayfinder makes a triumphant launch, Brighter Shores begins CBT

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You can't blame anyone who was skeptical that Wayfinder would make it to launch. It's seen some pretty rough waters. But it did make...

Legacy Steel & Sorcery explains its overall mechanics and debuts a new gameplay trailer

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Earlier this month, we caught wind of Legacy: Steel & Sorcery, an in-development PvPvE extraction RPG from Notorious Studios, which is made up of...

Monster Hunter Wilds unveils new region and new monsters ahead of open beta October 31

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This week saw Capcom debut another showcase video for the multiplayer RPG Monster Hunter Wilds, which not only highlighted a new area and three...

Pax Dei outlines changes to gathering, crafting, and looting coming in November 5’s Proving Grounds update

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Pax Dei has about a week and a half left to go before its Proving Grounds update goes live, and while the biggest features...

Trine studio Frozenbyte is still working on 2021 sci-fi sandbox Starbase

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The public testing of features for sci-fi building sandbox Starbase that first started in July and picked back up in September has continued to...

Old School RuneScape tests run energy changes and shares community server dev progress

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Old School RuneScape is positively flush with information this week, with Jagex kicking out multiple dev blogs about what it's got cooking across the...

Rumor: Guild Wars 2-themed digital CCG is called Lion’s Arch Guild Wars Arena – and it’s coming to Steam

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Those sneaky sleuthy Redditors appear to have uncovered something that ArenaNet and NCsoft appear to be preparing to unveil. A SteamDB update shared by...