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]

Last Oasis heralds Season 6’s full-throated return to FFA PvP as it puts out a call for testers

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Last Oasis, the woodpunk survival sandbox that has been in early access for over four years now and appeared to be dismissed by developer...
a ghost is holding the hot dog

Ghostcrawler makes the case for slower leveling in his upcoming MMORPG Ghost

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The vast majority of MMORPG fans have yet to experience any part of Fantastic Pixel Castle's upcoming MMORPG simply known as Ghost through any...

Vitae Aeternum: New World Aeternum’s open beta build is actually pretty good – but will it be enough?

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Starting this Friday, Amazon Games will be running an open beta test for New World's soft relaunch as Aeternum. Before then, the studio offered...

Rumor: Star Citizen fans uncover a trademark filed by CIG for a potential third game

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The plot is either thickening or getting muddier depending on how one reads this latest bit of news uncovered by Star Citizen fans, as...

Guild Wars 2 presents PvP Push pre-test plan as plushies pounce your purse

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As promised, the prototype beta for Guild Wars 2's new PvP mode, Push, is kicking off this afternoon, open to everyone as of 3...

You can still play your old Nightingale characters offline even after Realms Rebuilt launches

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We're just two days away from the launch of Nightingale's Realms Rebuilt, which is less an update and more a full-scale revamp and reset...

Throne & Liberty plans a two day-long Siege the Day broadcast to showcase its PvP modes

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If you're the kind of person who's curious about what PvP content will be like in Throne & Liberty, then you're going to want...

SMITE 2 showcases visual updates to its conquest map and shares a ‘general roadmap’ of update plans

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Have you felt that the conquest mode map in SMITE 2 could do with some graphical touching up? Your thoughts have been heard by...

Interview: Wayfinder on the latest patch, October launch, mod support, and Critical Role collab

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Wayfinder has already stealth-launched its "quality-of-life 2" patch on Steam as of this past weekend, and now it's live on the the PlayStation console...

Marvel Heroes emulator file project releases a new build with multiple gameplay elements

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Last year we reported on the arrival of emulator files for Marvel Heroes appearing on Github, effectively letting fans begin the process of reviving...

Pax Dei provides first details of an autumn refinement update while explaining its ‘very raw’ early access

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When MOP's Chris hopped in to Pax Dei for our Choose My Adventure column, he almost immediately bounced off it, finding his initial forays...

Star Citizen addresses alpha 3.24’s personal hangars, ‘ghost sounds,’ and server tech

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One of the major features added to Star Citizen in alpha 3.24 was the personal hangar, a private instanced slice of the game that...
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Make My MMO: Pricing shifts for Shroud of the Avatar, Embers Adrift, and Ashes of Creation

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Would you pay $27 for a subscription to an MMORPG? Lord British's tiny and controversial crowdfunded MMO Shroud of the Avatar is going to...

Co-op shooter Polaris delays its weekend pre-alpha test over ‘some serious bugs’

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Back in June, we first reported on Polaris, a co-op PvE shooter that sees players take up the role of superpowered individuals to fight...

Wayfinder ‘stealth releases’ its Quality of Life 2 patch for Steam and PS5

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What's perhaps better than a quality-of-life update that promises to improve your overall experience in a game? It's when that patch surprises you by...
How punk.

Betawatch: Corepunk hits pause, Guild Wars 2 presses Push, and New World is still an MMORPG

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Is there such a thing as too much success - and too much money? That's what Corepunk would have us believe, as earlier this...

The Spell Brigade is a ‘hectic bullet-heaven’ multiplayer co-op title headed for early access September 16

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If you've got three friends who all love the chaos of a bullet heaven shooter, then you probably already have the ingredients to enjoy...

Over 6400 players built 50 empires in BitCraft’s last sandbox playtest

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The September letter from the producer for BitCraft has arrived just as the game's second closed alpha test comes to a close - a...

New World offers in-game loot for testing Aeternum next week – open beta preloading begins September 11

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New week starting on September 13th, Amazon is finally opening up the Aeternum beta for all comers, both PC and console. But if you've...

Star Citizen recounts August’s efforts on gameplay and enemy AI updates, showcases space cows in a video

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It's time once more for CIG to show off its monthly progress for Star Citizen, and as followers of the alpha game might expect,...