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]

Here’s what to expect from Nightingale’s massive Realms Rebuilt update when it lands next week

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Nightingale fans have been waiting for Realms Rebuilt all summer - since even before we knew it was called Realms Rebuilt. But your wait...

Open world MMO Past Fate focuses on optimization with its recent closed alpha patch

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It's looking dubious that Ivy North Games' Past Fate will make its formerly stated goal of an early access release by the end of...

Throne & Liberty cranks up the marketing machine with a new video series ahead of launch

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Don't look now but we're less than four weeks away from the new launch of Throne and Liberty here in the west, which means...
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PvP sandbox MMO Profane says testing is ‘almost ready’ while showcasing several development updates

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It's been quite some time since we peered in on the development of Profane, the PvP sandbox MMO from Insane Studios. Readers might recall...

Guild Wars 2 just unveiled a new 5v5 PvP mode called Push with beta starting next week

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Somebody go tell MOP's Sam that Guild Wars 2 is about to get a new PvP mode and he may actually like it! ArenaNet...

Stars Reach releases video footage of its movement tech from earliest testing to now

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When writing up a post about last week's Stars Reach dev blog on character movement, I kept thinking one thing: This article needs a...

The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming suits up for Mecha BREAK’s closed beta

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In an era of armchair warriors, we bring you Backseat Streamers! Here, Massively OP’s Chris and MJ get to take a backseat and watch...

Funcom is optimistic Dune Awakening will work on most PCs but admits Xbox Series S is ‘a challenge’

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With all of the buzz Funcom has been generating about Dune: Awakening, you'd be forgiven if you thought the conversation topic well had dried...

Monsters & Memories introduces a brand-new crafting system and UI

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Throwback MMO Monsters & Memories posted its late summer report to fans following this interesting project (and last weekend's stress test). Niche Worlds Cult...

Early access MMO Quest Master’s Realm will go free-to-play with optional DLC

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Near the top of last year we took a first peek at Quest Master's Realm, an indie effort from Electronic Lightning that called itself...

MOBA-like battle royale brawler Battle Crush will introduce a solo play mode in next patch

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The tail end of June saw NCsoft unleash its free-to-play MOBA-style battle royale Battle Crush to the early access scene, and while our own...

Eternal Tombs schedules its next pre-alpha test for September 11th

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Surfacing after a month-and-a-half of radio silence, hardcore MMO Eternal Tombs announced that it's holding its next pre-alpha test next week on September 11th. The...

Corepunk halts pre-orders, says ‘level of interest in the project has exceeded […] expectations’

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Corepunk's Artificial Core announced last night that it is shutting down pre-orders for the MMOARPG - but not out of a sense of impending...

Whatever happened to historical war MMO World War II Online?

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It's been quite a while since we peered in on Cornered Rat Software's historical war MMO World War II Online, but that's not because...

Final Stand Ragnarok re-emerges with a new champion, progression overhaul, and new game mode

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So. Final Stand: Ragnarok. You all remember that game? It's the side project of Camelot Unchained studio Unchained Development that went into its third...

Age of Water adds new story, new boss fights, and new ship modules in Against the Tide update

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The suggestion that players of Age of Water are facing a challenge is pretty obvious in the title of the multiplayer game's latest update....

Dune Awakening’s Joel Bylos showcases the MMO’s gameplay beats in post-Gamescom video

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Funcom is once again excited to talk about Dune: Awakening and its big Gamescom arrival as the studio's latest video focused on the sandbox...

Corepunk aims to shore up several systems for early access while delaying alpha wipe

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The race definitely is on for Corepunk to make its deadline for a November 26th early access launch. After a couple of unexpected wipes...

Ashes of Creation previews Alpha 2’s Citadel of The Steel Bloom and Firebrand

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The road leading to Ashes of Creation's long-awaited Alpha 2 is less than two months away at this point, and Intrepid Studios hopes to...
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Betawatch: Blue Protocol departs the MMO beta list (because it’s dead)

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After so many delays and so much waiting, the good-ish news is that people waiting for Blue Protocol finally found out what was happening...