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]

Lost Skies checks in with progress on island assets, a healing drone, and an autumnal region

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It's time once again for Bossa Studios' Lost Skies to put forth its usual monthly progress report -- its 20th so far -- that...

The Quinfall outlines 50 projects for June’s closed beta test

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Turkish-developed The Quinfall is gearing up for its second closed beta test, this one taking place in June. Curious onlookers and interested fans wondering what's...

Pax Dei digests lessons learned from alpha two and shares plans for future adjustments

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Alpha testing is intended to give developers information, feedback, and data on what works and what doesn't, and so it was for Pax Dei,...

Tencent discusses plans for Tarisland’s experience, raid, class, and energy optimization

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Apparently all we had to do is complain a lil bit about Tarisland going quiet because this week, Tencent has opened the floodgates. Just...

NCsoft Q1 2024: Guild Wars 2 is on one hell of a revenue streak as Throne & Liberty stalls

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NCsoft's Q1 2024 financial report is a tale of two worlds as mobile games continue their decline in popularity. Corporate revenues fell 17% compared...

Star Citizen’s current development roadmap tentatively plots alpha 4.0 for the third quarter of this year

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Regular readers and followers of Star Citizen news know that CIG has been promising a "road to 4.0" in recent months -- recall that...

Full-loot PvP MMO Abyss finally rolls into early access after several delays

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It's been a slightly bumpy road between initial announcement and early access release -- including a flirtation with NFTs and several delays -- but...

Marvel Rivals will revise content creator contract after streamers blast non-disparagement clause

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"We'll let you be a supported streamer, but you're not allowed to say bad things about our game." That's effectively what NetEase's Marvel Rivals...

Interview: Wayfinder’s AJ LaSaracina on the Echoes transition, launch, and long-term plans

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Following yesterday's surprise reveal that Airship Syndicate is planning to transition the always-online MMO looter shooter Wayfinder into a buy-to-play online-optional title - without...

Ubisoft cancels The Division Heartland in spite of record annual corporate revenues

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There's a big blast of bad news for Ubisoft and everyone else coming out of the company's latest financial report: The company has outright...
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Tarisland opens applications for another technical beta test at the end of May

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Well, it's not the release date Tencent was promising is coming soon, but Tarisland is finally getting a little movement thanks to an incoming...

Palia studio Singularity 6 has been slammed with yet another layoff round

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Singularity 6, the studio behind beta cozy MMO Palia, is dealing with yet another round of layoffs this week, following a round back in...

Monsters & Memories opens registration for *two* June tests – a stress test and playtest weekend

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Last week, Monsters & Memories studio Niche Worlds Cult told players it's been plotting another playtest for June - and now we've got the...

Unleashed’s MMORPG Haven is aimed at parents who grew up playing EverQuest and WoW

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Back in February, we covered an upcoming but low-key crossplatform MMORPG called Haven by an indie studio called Unleashed games, whose star-studded dev team...

Amid release date rumors, Tarisland promises ‘exciting updates soon’

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I don't know if you've noticed, but Tarisland has been kinda weird lately. Updates and announcements and test news out of Tencent has slowed...

Wayfinder’s summer Echoes update banishes always-online and microtransaction components

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Wayfinder has been in limbo for months now following the split of Digital Extremes and Airship Syndicate that saw the game's publishing as well...

Pax Dei’s alpha two infographic shares data about playtime, activities, and deaths by badger

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Were you keen to learn what players were doing within the second alpha test of survival MMO Pax Dei? Maybe you want to know...

Valheim’s F2P Ashlands biome patch has finally launched after a year and a half wait

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Iron Gate has been talking about Valheim's Ashlands update since December. No, not last December. The December before that - 2022 December, when Mistlands...

Fractured Veil’s latest patch lets players raise some plants in the zombie apocalypse

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Old MacDonald now has a farm in zombie apocalypse survivalbox Fractured Veil, as the game's latest patch will now let players grow some plants,...

Myth of Empires previews the weapons and structures of its July Ancient Greece-themed DLC

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Survival sandbox Myth of Empires continues to be a show-not-tell mood with regards to its upcoming Ancient Greece DLC, as Angela Game has put...