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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The Yellow King is a new MMO heading for a Halloween early access event

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The stars are right for a new dose of multiplayer madness, and The Yellow King is here to offer precisely that. Those of you familiar...

Camelot Unchained has solved the problem of animating a cow corpse being thrown by a siege weapon

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Only in the games industry will you consider how to animate a cow corpse thrown from a catapult as a problem and not, say,...

ArcheAge Unchained’s test server goes dark in prep for launch

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Certain quarters of the MMO community are positively jittering with barely repressed excitement over the imminent launch of ArcheAge's buy-to-play, non-pay-to-win server this week. With...

Make My MMO: Star Citizen drops alpha 3.7 as it turns 7 itself

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Star Citizen went absolutely mad with infodumps, and I almost feel sorry for it because it got half...

Ashes of Creation Apocalypse just rolled out a much smaller PvP map for testing

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Ashes of Creation's battle royale-cum-testing ground Apocalypse kicked out an update yesterday that, among other things, offers a new place for players to slay...
Clothed descending a staircase.

Betawatch: Superheroic character creation beta battles!

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A fantastic fight to flummox and fascinate fans, true believers! It's the showdown of character creator betas for superhero games, as Ship of Heroes prepares...
Hospital boat.

Ship of Heroes shows off the hospital for the character creation beta

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The character creation beta for Ship of Heroes is coming quickly, set to arrive on November 1st. But you won't be limited to just creating...

Interview: Star Citizen’s Sean Tracy on the gameplay features of alpha 3.7, live today

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Today marks another big installment for the alpha of Star Citizen. The 3.7 update should now be live for everyone as you read this,...

Ship of Heroes’ character creation tool donor beta is set for November 1

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Just an hour ago, we joked that City of Titans and Ship of Heroes were just about to have a big ol' showdown as...

City of Titans’ avatar builder is coming to backers soon

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Ship of Heroes isn't the only superhero MMORPG in town that's getting a character builder out to its fans this month: City of Titans...
Monsters.

Temtem shares the first backer-created creature design process

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The critters of Temtem are the center of the action, being as the title is a Pokemon-inpsired game which funded last year. This is why...
We hunted ourselves.

Fractured opens up a porting test weekend ahead of Alpha 2 in November

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How long do projects take in software development? The old standby is that you should take your most realistic estimate and double it, but...
Money dollars.

ArcheAge Unchained’s test server throws its doors open to you – yes, you

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Are you ready for next week's launch of ArcheAge's new buy-to-play server, or are you still on the fence about the whole deal? What...

Legends of Aria is overhauling its PvP system once again

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Remember this past summer when Citadel Studios announced that it was finally launching Legends of Aria on Steam with a huge overhaul patch that...

Atlas goes live on Xbox One after a bit of a delay

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"Alright, you swabs, let's set sail for the Xbo--oh... wait... what? ...Microsoft techs have to...? Oh, alright. We good? Okay--aherm. Let's set sail for...

Torchlight Frontiers’ alpha adds enchanting, contracts, and new class skills

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Is it weird how Torchlight Frontiers' alpha updates are more exciting than many regular live MMO patches? Maybe it is because we are still...

Starbase’s latest video is all about the creation, programming, and firing of missiles

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In most other video games, missiles are pretty much a fire-and-forget sort of thing that you just purchase and push a button to make...

Pseudo-historical multiplayer RTS War Selection arrives free-to-play on Steam Early Access

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If you're looking for some multiplayer RTS gaming in what looks like a sort of Civilization-esque setting with nods to human history, then you...

RuneFest 2019: RuneScape Mobile moves to early access this year with better UI, free gifts

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RuneScape Mobile, your time is coming! Let's be real: As much as you love RuneScape, you likely did not lug a desktop to this...

Chronicles of Elyria’s Kickstarter-versary enters its final week with one final stretch goal to unlock

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The last few pieces of news coming out of Chronicles of Elyria have been all about its Kickstarter anniversary crowdfunding drive, which is perhaps...

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