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]

Pax Dei plans to scale up to 1M building ‘pieces’ while explaining the system’s fiendish complexity

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Pax Dei isn't merely an MMO sandbox looking to copy the crowd; it wants to excel in its building program. Mainframe Studios claims that...
Please stop reminding me that this game exists.

Betawatch: Throne & Liberty is liberated from beta into launch

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We are now truly liberated from talking about the Throne & Liberty beta because the game has launched. You might want to point out...

Co-op sci-fi farming sim Lightyear Frontier adds neighbors and animals next week

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Co-op sci-fi farming sim Lightyear Frontier is looking to expand its early access borders with the title's "biggest content update yet." That expansion arrives...

Eternal Tombs ramps up interest for its October pre-alpha test

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After a few weeks off, Eternal Tombs' pre-alpha testing is preparing for another run in mid-October. The hardcore MMO with specialized GM-activated events announced...

The Stream Team: Facing the horde as a little critter in Temtem Swarm

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What can one little guy do against waves and waves of foes? Quite a bit if you're a Tem in Temtem Swarm apparently, and...

Stars Reach talks Unity, AWS, and how it avoids ‘endless bowls of oatmeal’-esque terrain generation

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This week's Stars Reach development blog is a bit more granular than previous releases, but gamers who are curious about the tech behind the...

‘Infinite sandbox MMO’ DreamWorld introduces AI-powered tools as it readies for an October 10 playtest

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Do you remember DreamWorld? It came to our attention back in 2021 when its inexperienced developers laid out huge promises as part of its...

Ship of Heroes says it’s focusing on polish and better VFX for an ‘eventual launch’

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Let's get the bad-but-obvious news out of the way first: Despite Ship of Heroes saying at the top of the year that it was...

The Day Before studio Fntastic is back on Kickstarter to try to fund a multiplayer obstacle course platformer

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Most gamers in our sphere are very familiar with the meteoric crash of The Day Before, a survival shooter MMO from developer Fntastic that...

Throne & Liberty saw over 50K concurrent players last night – and it’s only going up from there

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Yesterday, we asked our readers whether they were gunning to play Throne and Liberty, and almost two-thirds of those who responded said they were...

Neverness to Everness shows off more gameplay and hints at multiplayer development

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The middle of July saw Hotta Studio pull the curtain back on Neverness to Everness, an open world gacha RPG for PC and mobile...

First Impressions: Throne and Liberty blends the overly familiar with the intriguingly unique

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Throne and Liberty represents a new big-label MMORPG launch, which is something that feels like a rare occurrence, particularly as most players are likely...

Progress Bar: Nightingale’s Realms Rebuilt update is a strong step in the right direction

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As most of you fine readers likely know, I was something of a fan of Nightingale. I enjoyed the previews I was a part...

Throne & Liberty officially begins its paid headstart today – are you playing?

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OK, folks, it's game day, literally: The game is Throne and Liberty, which we've been waiting for for over a decade, though of course...

Duckside is a new PvPvE survival shooter and not something I just made up I swear

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Don't look at me like that. Duckside is a real game, not an MJ-inspired fever dream, and it's from tinyBuild, which is a real...

Throne & Liberty lays out three-month post-launch roadmap, promises big patches every 3-4 months

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We're on the eve of Throne and Liberty's early access debut here in the west, and that means Amazon and NCsoft are taking their...

Star Wars The Old Republic opens tester signups for its native Mac launcher

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Surprised but pleased by last week's announcement that Star Wars The Old Republic is getting a native Mac client? We were too. And now,...

XLGames rebrands ArcheAge 2 as ‘online action RPG’ ArcheAge Chronicles, but it still sounds like an MMO

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If you thought endless delays and the unceremonious sunset of ArcheAge were the worst things that could happen to ArcheAge 2, think again because...

Age of Empires Mobile prepares final global test September 25 ahead of October 17 launch

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Back in February we first reported on Age of Empires Mobile, a portable version of the venerated RTS series being developed by Xbox Games...

Marvel Rivals confirms Psylocke’s arrival to the roster for the shooter’s December 6 release

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Followers of the team vs. team superhero shooter Marvel Rivals already knew that it was headed for its full release on Friday, December 6th,...