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]

Palia’s latest update rewards gamers for building – and touring! – player houses

5
As teased, Singularity 6 - now owned by Daybreak, which continues to boggle the mind - released Palia's Summer Serenade patch last night, with...

Chrono Odyssey shares combat impressions from a recent small-scale test

0
It's been some time since we've heard a peep out of Chrono Odyssey, the splashy UE5-powered MMORPG from developer Npixel and publisher Kakao Games,...

Star Citizen begins its Ship Showdown community event and demonstrates building a POI

3
The time has once again come for fans of Star Citizen to stump for their favorite internet spaceships and ultimately see which one is...

Corepunk is dispatching preorder keys today ahead of next week’s alpha

0
If you've been waiting patiently for the delivery of your Corepunk pre-order keys, today is your day. Well, technically, it was supposed to be...

Survivalbox Enshrouded’s Back to the Shroud update offers three new difficulty presets – including a relaxed easymode

0
Enshrouded blew up the sandbox world at the top of the year, roping in a million players and then following it up with dungeons,...

Indie studio Moon Rover Games receives $3.5M in funding from NCsoft for co-op shooter Project Aldous

0
It's been over a year since we were first introduced to Moon Rover Games, an indie studio made up of former Ubisoft and EA...

Palworld studio enters partnership to accelerate ‘multifaceted global development’ and expansion

2
Admittedly, this bit of Palworld news is entering into supposition territory, but considering the language of the announcement, it could mean big things for...

StarCraft II-inspired multiplayer RTS Immortal Gates of Pyre plans Steam playtest this weekend

3
After a lengthy period of silence, the team behind indie RTS Immortal: Gates of Pyre has announced a playtest on Steam for August 2nd...

Pax Dei promises another round of ‘plot clean up’ – but will not be offering character transfers for now

2
Finding a place to stake a claim and build your ideal homestead in Pax Dei is pretty important, so word of players finding less...

RuneScape founder’s MMO Brighter Shores hints at detective profession en route to Q3 launch

1
It's been a couple months since we last checked in with Brighter Shores, the RuneScape-inspired MMO by Andrew Gower that promised to get here...

Ultima Online’s New Legacy and crackdown on third-party clients have vets rioting

6
Ultima Online is a very old and fairly small MMORPG nowadays, but even so you probably knew that it has a thriving emulator community,...

Extraction shooter Arena Breakout: Infinite is coming to early access ‘soon’

0
Are you sitting slouched in your gaming chair and feeling the void in your life where an extraction shooter should be? Then sit up...

Make My MMO: Fractured’s launch, Zenith’s maintenance mode

0
It's been a weird couple of weeks in MMO crowdfunding - with both a launch and an almost-sunset. First, Fractured Online has finally launched...

Marvel Rivals debuts story trailer, adds Thor and Jeff the Land Shark to this weekend’s closed beta test

3
Today is the day when NetEase's Marvel Rivals cross-platform closed beta kicks off and it's come with a bit of a surprise in the...
Finally.

Betawatch: New World Aeternum and Ultima Online New Legacy begin closed beta

0
This weekend is all about beta testing things that are already out and you can play right now even without the beta test. That...
Supplies!

Mecha Break announces a surprise open beta test starting on August 10

3
Maybe the real breaks were the mecha we made along the way. Is that anything? No. It's complete nonsense. But if you want to...

Cozy MMO Palia teases nameplates, house tours, and a greenhouse in next week’s beta update

6
Fresh off its acquisition by no less than MMORPG company Daybreak, Singularity 6's still-in-beta cozy MMO Palia is teasing a bunch of new content...

Pearl Abyss’ ‘open world action-adventure’ RPG Crimson Desert will be playable at Gamescom 2024

2
Considering the long spans of silence that have earmarked the progress of Crimson Desert, we know it was easy to presume that Pearl Abyss...

Star Citizen’s alpha 3.24 personal hangars aren’t quite housing, but it’s a start

1
Sure, Star Citizen has showcased cargo and freight gameplay coming in alpha 3.24 already, but who's stopping it from doing so a second time?...

Homestead Online is an indie MMO that embraces character persistence, permadeath, and base building

6
An indie MMORPG developer is asking for help to test out a brand-new title that's still in its early days. This would be Homestead...