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]

PWE’s mobile sandbox MMO ReEvolve resurfaces with new pics and promises

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Back in 2018, Perfect World brought a couple of new games to E3, one of them being ReEvolve. At the time, it was described...

The next phase of Astellia Online’s head-start begins tonight

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On Friday, Astellia Online launched into the first of several head-start phases for preorder purchasers, that one specifically for Legendary pack buyers. Tonight at...

MMOs you’ve never heard of: Mini Life, Naïca, and MedievaLands

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It's time for another roundup of smaller or more obscure MMOs that you might not have noticed! We'll kick off today with a pixel...

Citadel: Forged with Fire shifts its final release date to November 1

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Hey, did you know that Citadel: Forged with Fire is launching on PC and consoles? That's been news that the developer has been eager...

Make My MMO: Survival sandbox Day of Dragons soars past $325,000 Kickstarter funding

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, MOP reader Winterskorn alerted us to the Kickstarter for Day of Dragons. It's not a pure MMO, but it's...

Project Gorgon’s September update touches combat, treasure, and skills

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Tiny indie studio Elder Game is still doggedly working on the whimsical and weird MMORPG Project Gorgon, and as of today, the September patch...
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Betawatch: PlanetSide Arena hits early access to a resounding shrug

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The early access for PlanetSide Arena has begun after the game showed off its weaponry. And the results? Players agree that it is definitely......

PlanetSide Arena shores up early access bugs as Steam reviews hit ‘mixed’

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Credit where credit's due, the folks at PlanetSide Arena appear to be on top of their game in terms of keeping major issues with...

Astellia Online is launching into its first headstart tonight – are you playing?

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If you picked up the Legendary Pack for Astellia Online, then launch day is tonight for you, as the headstart begins at 8 p.m....

Star Citizen nibbles on space rocks with a look at FPS mining

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Last week, the video digest from Star Citizen was all about exploring caves and what you'd find within them such as mining deposits. So...

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...
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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...

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