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]

Cthulu-based horror MMO Yellow King has officially entered early access

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Who's ready for a touch of far-reaching, dimension-shaking horror that's so potent simply looking upon it will induce madness? Then you might be ready...
Or not. We could not.

Technical issues extended Phantasy Star Online 2’s weekend beta an extra day

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So, how was your Phantasy Star Online 2 closed beta experience? Chances are it was a bit bumpy, but it also was expanded by...

Make My MMO: Saga of Lucimia’s challenge, Camelot Unchained’s siege demo

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, Saga of Lucimia, which spent most of last year with its head down working and popped up last month...
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Betawatch: Phantasy Star Online 2 enters closed beta on the Xbox One

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To have something so close, and yet so far away... that is the situation for North American fans of Phantasy Star Online 2 on...

Here are the highlights from Camelot Unchained’s siege warfare demo and roadmap reveal

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Note: We liveblogged the stream; scroll down to the end of the post for the latest. The past week has been a whirlwhind for MMO...

Grapecard’s pirate MMO Atlas just dropped its level cap, still cannot hold 40K players

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At the tail end of January, we noted that Atlas had once again reared its head as "Grapecard" announced the early access pirate MMO's...

Mobile MMORPG Dragon Raja announces global release date of February 27

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We had an inkling Dragon Raja was coming westward sooner rather and later, especially when it dropped on Google Play prereg last December. While...

The Stream Team: Further adventures in kitty capturing in Temtem early access

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Last week, MassivelyOP's Chris and MJ were all in on capturing every kitty in sight in Temem. This week, Chris is back in the...
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Bless Unleashed outlines plans for guild mechanics in the future

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There are some things you just can't get done in certain time windows. Bless Unleashed has done as much as it can to be...

Dual Universe casts a spotlight on alpha 3’s new info button and surface harvesting features

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Yep, Dual Universe is still kicking out informational alpha 3 dev blogs well after its latest alpha build went online. Still, this particular showcase...

Phantasy Star Online 2’s North American Xbox One beta begins tonight

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It's a happy day for MMORPG players - at least if you've got an Xbox One. That's because Phantasy Star Online 2 is finally,...

Blue Protocol announces timing for closed beta in Japan and unveils new details in a developer video

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The developers of the Bandai Namco-published anime action MMORPG Blue Protocol have put out a developer update video and it is chock full of...

Camelot Unchained’s Mark Jacobs apologizes for Colossus reveal, promises roadmap and siege video tomorrow

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A week ago, Camelot Unchained studio City State Entertainment stunned MMORPG players - and its own Kickstarter backers - with the news that it...

Pantheon promises Faerthale gameplay look ‘soon’

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Due to the passing of Brad McQuaid, the future of Pantheon may feel uncertain to some players who were hoping that this PvE MMO...

The Expanse author blasts Star Citizen for privacy breach

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This is probably not how you want to get noticed by another major name in the sci-fi industry, but Star Citizen seems to have...

Open PvP sandbox MMO Profane shares its development process on the way to alpha release

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Profane, the full-loot open PvP sandbox from Brazilian dev studio Insane that we told you about in January, has put out another post to...

Phantasy Star Online 2 is confirmed for Steam, according to its own game manual

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Sometimes it pays to comb through an official game website. Cyber-sleuths looking for any and all scraps of information about Phantasy Star Online 2 recently...
It helps that the game is bad, I guess.

Escape from Tarkov players call for a server wipe in light of gear balance issues and bad player behavior

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When they're not abusing DMCA to silence dissenting voices or coming up with threadbare excuses for not adding female models, the devs at Escape...
Darn it.

Cyperpunk 2077 won’t be ‘mixing’ its singleplayer and multiplayer modes

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Still grumpy about Cyberpunk 2077's delay from April to September? Even grumpier about the revelation that multiplayer - the thing we care about around...

Starbase shares a bevy of images and videos showing off planetary surfaces

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Now that the big feature of planetary and moon surfaces has been revealed by Starbase, the devs are eager to share some of the...

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