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]

Maelstrom’s naval style of battle royale goes free-to-play

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Okay, so what if there's a battle royale game, except the land is water, the collapsing ring is an ocean infested with giant sea...

EVE Online shares the numbers from the Aether Wars: Phase Two event

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The second phase of EVE Online's tech demo for Aether Wars has long since come to a close, but there was still the question...

Chronicles of Elyria marks its crowdfunding anniversary with a contest and more crowdfunding

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Most MMO anniversaries are to mark a game's launch date, but since Chronicles of Elyria still hasn't quite completed development yet, it has to...

Steam’s new features are now available in open beta

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The Steam library's beta version of its shiny new feature are now up and running, so those who are champing at the bit to...

Cube World’s closed beta begins September 23 – go get your Steam keys

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When Picroma's Wolfram von Funck resurfaced earlier this month to announce that 2013 voxelbox Cube World was not only back in development but hitting...

Ashes of Creation sends its Apocalypse battle royale to early access next week

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Now calling it a "prequel" to the MMORPG itself, Intrepid Studios announced today that Ashes of Creation's Apocalypse battle royale title will hit early...
Well, I guess.

Pantheon addresses questions for every class in the upcoming MMO

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Visionary Realms is back this month with another look at Pantheon's development in its September newsletter. There's a new segment this round focused on...

Robot sandbox MMO Starbase has dropped a ton of new videos on ships, stations, and the universe

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It's been a hot minute since we checked in with Starbase, but that was clearly a mistake because Finnish dev Frozenbyte has been pumping...

PlanetSide Arena drops weapons blog ahead of tomorrow’s early access phase one launch

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Still on the fence about the newly revivified development of PlanetSide Arena? The massive-scale battle royale game moves from private preview to early access...

Antares Open World is an outrageously ambitious new MMO sandbox being built with SpatialOS

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Let's take a quick break for what's fast becoming MMO Anniversary Week around here for a peek at a brand-new MMO still on the...

Camelot Unchained’s weekly update talks textures and Minstrels

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The pure support class is one that is sorely missing from the modern MMORPG, so news that Camelot Unchained is working on some musically-minded...
This turned out super great here, guys.

Chronicles of Elyria domain settlement snags cause Soulbound Studios to issue store credit

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The headline event of Domain and Settlement Selection (DSS) for Chronicles of Elyria has hit a few speedbumps along the way in the form...

Crowfall’s ongoing Trials of the Gods moves on to Yaga, goddess of magic

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Crowfall players have fought in the name of Gaea the Earth Mother, and now it's time to fight in the name of the goddess...

Torchlight Frontiers brings back its fame and contract system

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Early Torchlight Frontiers testers might recall a previous version of the fame and contract system that experimented with a daily quest-and-reward format. Echtra Games...
It's a real laugh.

Betawatch: Chronicles of Elyria shows off its pre-alpha gameplay

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It's easy to be a bit on the cynical side with Chronicles of Elyria as the game continues to... well, not be a game, but...

City of Titans offers a look at the landmarks of Alexandria from inside the game’s world

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While we've gotten a look at landmark locations a couple of times in City of Titans before, the latest preview post would be the...

Here’s what we learned from PlanetSide Arena’s brief demo event yesterday

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Yesterday's invite-only PlanetSide Arena demo event was a quickie - it was over in two hours. But already the hype is building for the...

Inside Star Citizen goes spelunking with a full episode all about patch 3.7’s cave systems

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The weekly Inside Star Citizen is once again an episode focusing all on one aspect of the developing game: caves. Covering everything from lighting...

Citadel: Forged with Fire’s newest hype video features its creatures

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We told you that Citadel: Forged with Fire was going to start cranking out videos and pressers all about what it has to offer...

Dauntless officially leaves early access and launches version 1.0 on September 26

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It's been a long, winding, and interesting road for Dauntless, from its bare-bones beginnings to its most complete update yet. Now, after five years...

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