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]

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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...

Survival sandbox Aloft explains how its all-new momentum system will work

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"Out with the old and in with the new," declares survival sandbox Aloft, as studio Astrolabe's latest dev blog takes a look at the...

Bellwright deploys patch with gear presets, combat skills rework, and additional gameplay settings

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The settlement managing survivalbox that is Bellwright isn't done with the month of August just yet. The game has put out a new update...

Conan Exiles’ Age of Heroes update faces a second public beta delay and potential release delay

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If you read through MJ's preview of the Age of Heroes update coming to Conan Exiles and started getting eager to test how its...

Monsters & Memories invites everyone to an open technical stress test this weekend

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Monsters and Memories fans are getting another chance to both peek into the throwback MMORPG and offer up their testing services, as Niche Worlds...

Star Citizen highlights Pyro’s factions, AI archetypes, and FFA PvP activities

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After a highlight of one of its spaceship concept artists last week, this week's episode of Star Citizen's video series is back to previewing...

Dune Awakening talks about character builds, survival ‘pressures,’ and overall MMO gameplay

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Dune: Awakening went from YouTube Shorts to a big Gamescom splash with the reveal of a 2025 launch on PC. We're now getting a...

Tencent’s Blue Protocol Mobile goes into closed beta testing in China (sigh)

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Hey, remember when Blue Protocol completely ended the Japanese version and western launch? Yeah, that still really stings, thanks for bringing it up. As the...

Greg Street’s Ghost MMO readies for ‘very small’ external playtesting ‘in a couple of weeks’

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Last week hungry MMORPG fans learned that Fantastic Pixel Castle's developing MMO Ghost would begin starting some of its first small scale but external...

Stars Reach previews its pre-alpha cameras and movement, from grappling to sliding

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Raph Koster is back with another set of blogs on his upcoming MMORPG sandbox Stars Reach, this batch focusing on something that seems mundane...

Pantheon Rise of the Fallen adds its Halnir Cave dungeon and reintroduces its death penalty

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The seasonal testing rumbles forth within Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen, so it's going to come as no surprise that the August newsletter from...

Star Citizen releases alpha 3.24 with cargo hauling improvements and the long-delayed personal hangar

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"It takes a lot to keep the United Empire of Earth moving and behind every skilled fighter pilot, selfless medic, and titan of industry...
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Pixel art survival MMO Necesse posts pre-launch roadmap and tutorial revamp plans

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If you can't tell, we've all been a bit ensorcelled by cutesy pixel survivalbox Necesse in the wake of the graphical update that put...

Valheim begins dropping teases for its next update due in the fall

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This past May saw Valheim finally introduce its Ashlands biome and related gameplay additions after a year and a half of wait, but if...

Cozy co-op camping van game Outbound smashes through its modest Kickstarter goal

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Ever dream of owning your own camping van and striking out on wilderness adventures -- but then balk at the sticker price of such...

Palia’s Sunset Soiree rolls out today with housing upgrades and piles of cuteness

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As promised, cozy MMO Palia has released update 0.183, Sunset Soiree, to beta players as of this afternoon - and no, it's not that...

SMITE 2 has launched its 24/7 closed alpha test for founder pack owners

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Today is the day when pre-order buyers or lucky selected players of SMITE 2 can take up the role of various gods and whale...

The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria launches its co-op survival experience on PC and console

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Channel your inner (or outer?) Dwarf and dig into the newly released Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria, which arrives on Steam and...

Temtem Swarm prepares for a nearly three week-long beta test starting September 12

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Perhaps you're keeping yourself mentally removed from Crema's self-inflicted hullabaloos related to its "MMO-lite" Temtem. Or maybe you're just curious what the studio's latest...

Ultima Online’s New Legacy beta updates crafting content, gear durability, and tamer pets

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Ultima Online just pushed through its fifth weekend of testing for the New Legacy mode that is still on deck for launch next month...