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]

Torchlight Frontiers fan creates a build calculator as community waits for launch

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The tantalizing wait through Torchlight Frontiers' development and testing continues, but one fan has made the waiting more bearable with a build calculator for...

G-Star 2019: Pearl Abyss fully reveals Crimson Desert, Plan 8, Shadow Arena, and DokeV

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Late last night, Pearl Abyss took the stage at Pearl Abyss Connect ahead of G-Star to officially unveil a staggering four new online games...

Legends of Aria previews New Dawn’s episodic content and murder penalties

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Just before Halloween, Legends of Aria's Citadel Studios announced some sweeping changes coming to the early access sandbox. After revamping its PvP system and...

Hearthstone’s eight-player Battlegrounds mode enters open beta

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If you're keen on a little something new in your games of Hearthstone -- say, a mode that doesn't have any cards in it...
Viva buhos!

A mobile version of Granado Espada is in development from Hanbitsoft

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We understand if you have forgotten about Granado Espada at this point. Sure, Hanbitsoft has been developing it consistently for years now, but it has...

Diablo IV opens the Dark Gallery to showcase dark locales of the dark ARPG

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Dare you stare into the heart of darkness that is Diablo IV's Dark Gallery? Beware, reader. You can't just look at these pictures. You...

Book of Travels offers five new stretch goals inspired by fans

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Much of what Book of Travels' crowdfunding drive is doing seems to be in service of fans, whether it's the field of in-game flowers...

Black Desert Mobile launches globally on December 11, hands out Black Desert for free for pre-registering

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Black Desert Mobile, aka the tiny version of Black Desert, has officially gotten its full global release date. What's more, those who pre-register for...

Make My MMO: Destiny’s Sword is launching a Steam demo Monday

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, we learned that Destiny's Sword is dropping a Steam demo on Monday as a tie-in with Veterans Day...

Into the Super-verse: Ship of Heroes’ character creator is bare-bones yet still engaging

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Every once in a while, Hollywood releases a pair of movies from different studios at the same time that cover, more or less, the...
Blessed not be.

Betawatch: Bless Unleashed launches into open beta

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Aw, they grow up so fast. It feels like just yesterday that Bless Unleashed was being announced as a project making everyone ask why another...

Fractured’s November alpha will include horizontal character progression

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After multiple rounds of alpha this past spring and summer, the SpatialOS MMORPG sandbox Fractured will finally launch into Alpha 2 this month. "The...

Book of Travels explains its event system, NPC behavior, and trading economy

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Sure, Book of Travels sounds neat, and it clearly is drawing in lots of crowdfunding support, but just what happens in the game? The...

Ship of Heroes’ final character creator beta event is this morning – save your costumes!

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We hope you got your fill of the Ship of Heroes' character creator beta this week because it's coming to a close today, following...

Star Citizen shows off a new mission involving a hijacked 890 Jump spaceship

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This week's Star Citizen video digest has a little mission for you, should you choose to accept it. An 890 Jump has been taken...

Brad McQuaid’s Pantheon gives a glimpse of its beautiful new world in new trailer

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Don't make it too obvious, but guys, you have to check that sweet Pantheon out. See it? That game must have gone to a...

The Stream Team: Testing Ship of Heroes’ character creation closed beta with Heroic Games

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What's going on in Ship of Heroes lately? This past week has been a character creator closed beta test with a number of events,...
We have alternate titles but you can't see 'em.

Bless Unleashed has officially entered open beta on Xbox One

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Bless Unleashed is journeying into open beta on Xbox One today, and it's not without baggage. The game is a Neowiz/Round 8 Studio collab being...

Book of Travels’ Kickstarter pushes past 3,000 backers and $119,000 raised

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Just because a game labels itself "serene" doesn't mean that it lacks a strong appeal. In fact, many MMO players looking for a change...

Oath resurfaces with a quick statement about its new art studio and future previews

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Ready-Up Studios, the developer of the MMORPG Oath, has come out of its recent radio silence with a message from the game's Discord regarding...

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