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]

Anvil Empires offers a look at combat updates, territory control, and the Underworld

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Work on the medieval persistent war MMO Anvil Empires continues, which means that once again developer Siege Camp is providing another monthly development update...

Starbase dates its returning in-game ship building Eos Con showcase for July 26

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Are you ready for two days of spaceship? Then you're going to want to punch your non-existent ticket to Eos Con, the in-game showcase...

VR MMO Ilysia performs a top-down overhaul of its core systems

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It's been a good stretch since we last checked in with Ilysia, a Kickstarted virtual reality MMO that went into early access last fall....

Stars Reach’s Raph Koster argues that a persistent virtual world is ‘too powerful an idea’ to dismiss

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Those watching the online gaming genre with a growing sense of dismay at everything drifting away from large, persistent MMO worlds may find solace...

Grab a New World Aeternum PS5 console beta key from MOP and Amazon – EU version

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After a brief delay, MMORPG players - and non-MMORPG players, as Amazon hopes - will finally be getting their first look at New World's...

Grab a New World Aeternum PS5 console beta key from MOP and Amazon – NA version

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After a brief delay, MMORPG players - and non-MMORPG players, as Amazon hopes - will finally be getting their first look at New World's...

Throne & Liberty KR’s upcoming new skill system update is reportedly headed for global release

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Were you among those who found the combat in Throne & Liberty's ongoing open beta to be a bit blasé? Then perhaps you'll want...
Did you know there was an IP here?

Betawatch: Holy crap, Throne & Liberty actually entered open beta in the west

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Yes, at long last, that headline is true. Throne & Liberty has begun its open beta, with some issues along the way as well...

PvPvE medieval extraction RPG Dungeonborne begins its free-to-play Steam early access

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Last week we cast our eyes to Dungeonborne, a first-person multiplayer PvPvE extraction RPG that lets solo players or teams band together to delve...

The Stream Team: Hopping in to the open beta of Throne & Liberty

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It's time for MOP's Chris to once again to start on another open beta adventure! This time his destination is NCsoft's and Amazon's Throne...
So what now?

Raph Koster’s Stars Reach will offer shorter play sessions specifically to boost stickiness

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Playable Worlds' lengthy blog post on Stars Reach's middle quad of pillars earlier this week wasn't long enough, or so Raph Koster suggests, as...

Throne & Liberty’s open beta wrestles with login issues and EU server problems, showcases early access bundles

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The past day of open beta for Throne & Liberty has gone about as one might have expected, which is to say that the...

Ultima Online previews New Legacy’s themepark stylings in its new gameplay video

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I need to warn you before you click on this trailer: If you played original Ultima Online back in the day, the opening notes...

Aetherian Chronicles is a side-scrolling MMORPG that lets players team up with others or LLM-powered bots

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The majority of large language model (LLM) AI tool proponents suggest that the tech can be utilized to fill out a virtual game world...

Here’s how to sign up for Path of Exile 2’s impending closed beta test

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If you are saddened by the fact that the preview and today's big livestream reveal focused only on Path of Exile 's new Settlers...

Fractured has overhauled its PvP to reduce griefing ahead of next week’s formal launch

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We're just a week away from Fractured Online's official launch out of early access, which means Dynamight Studios has officially rolled out its last...

Corepunk’s preorder package includes only playtesting, early access, and the first season post-launch

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Corepunk studio Artificial Core has release a new dev blog this afternoon homing in on "clarifications" about the game's purchase terms. Notably the team...
Yay? Okay?

Throne & Liberty starts its open beta today – here’s the new trailer

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Today is the day when players can start in on Throne & Liberty as actual players because the game's open beta begins today on...

Star Citizen shows off updates and adjustments to alpha 4.0’s jump points

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Right now players are locked inside of the single system of Stanton in Star Citizen, but when alpha 4.0 goes online, they will then...

Raph Koster aims to make Stars Reach complex but not overcomplicated – and focused on retention

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You didn't think Playable Worlds' Raph Koster was going to stop at just two pillars of design for his new sandbox MMORPG Stars Reach,...