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]

Pantheon talks pre-alpha phases and interactive climates in latest newsletter

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MMO players keeping an eye on Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen have probably noticed that Visionary Realms has been talking about Project Faerthale for...

Blizzard warns people off overcrowded WoW Classic servers (again)

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You can almost hear the desperation rising in Blizzard's voice as the studio witnesses the avalanche of humanity flooding onto World of Warcraft Classic's...

Caravan Stories unleashes new pics and vids on mechanics as open beta delay continues

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When last we heard from the Caravan Stories team, the open beta originally planned for July 23rd had to be pushed back indefinitely. After...
Very mature.

Blizzard’s new WoW Classic video takes you – and the devs – back 15 years

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WoW Classic hype is only climbing as we push onward to next week's launch, and more servers - Mankrik, most recently - are filling...

Astellia Online is launching on September 27 – here’s what to expect

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 German website Mein MMO has a Gamescom interview up that seemingly announces the launch date for Astellia Online. "The release of the western version...
Super, good call.

Ashes of Creation drops new gameplay trailer after battle royale Steam test

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Wading into the Ashes of Creation community is one of those things that makes me wish I had those beach sandals that keep the...

Last night’s WoW Classic AMA touched on moving into Burning Crusade and Wrath

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One of the, ahem, burning questions regarding World of Warcraft Classic is what Blizzard plans to do with and for those players past the...

Torchlight Frontiers’ latest alpha update adds new optional difficulty settings

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Don't you forget about Torchlight Frontiers: PWE and Echtra Games are still zooming along in alpha, and today the studios have dropped the game's...

Gamescom 2019: Black Desert’s PS4 version just hit headstart with a new launch trailer

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We're down to just under two days to go before Pearl Abyss' popular MMORPG Black Desert PS4 joins its PC and Xbox One crew,...
It's not working.

Gamescom 2019’s most interesting multiplayer announcements so far

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Here's what we've got our eye on multiplayer-wise after the opening night of Gamescom this year - everything from Monster Hunter World Icebourne and Google Stadia missteps to multiplayer Kerbals and Swedish heavy metal rock bands.

Ashes of Creation’s next Apocalypse battle royale playtest is running today on Steam

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As Ashes of Creation backers and fans continue to wait for the MMORPG to emerge from the caverns of development, at least there's a...

WoW Classic has added still more servers a week out from launch

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Remember Blizzard's last post warning WoW Classic players to stop trying to pile onto the poor Herod PvP server, to plan to play elsewhere lest...

Here’s 15 minutes of unedited Starbase combat footage

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If there's one thing we've learned over the course of following the sandbox MMO Starbase, it's that the devs love them some videos. Whether...

Camelot Unchained continues work to make NPCs behave properly and look good doing it

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Last week, the folks at Camelot Unchained were focusing on making sure their NPCs were dolts when it comes to moving around in a...

Ship of Heroes previews the ritzy night club that’ll launch with the character creator beta

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So who's excited about the upcoming character creator beta in Ship of Heroes? For those of you curious about what to expect, Heroic Games...

WoW Classic warns against overpopulating servers

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We're at T-minus one week until the launch of World of Warcraft Classic, and Blizzard is hoping that it can get its server populations...

City of Titans talks about how Momentum and Reserves mechanics change the face of combat

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There are two systems being developed for City of Titans that kind of work hand-in-hand with one another, at least in a sense that...

Hegemony is a new ‘classic’ MMORPG built using Minecraft

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If you're still a bit bummed over Mojang canceling Minecraft's Super Duper Graphics Pack overhaul, then I do have a little bit of good...
One last round.

Betawatch: World of Warcraft: Classic wraps up its testing time

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There's one last round of testing for World of Warcraft: Classic in the bank, one last chance for everyone who wants to test to...

EVE Online prepares for phase two of the Aether Wars tech demo and plans chaos for cyno fields

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Things are getting more active in the world of EVE Online on a couple of different fronts. Specifically, the next phase of the Aether...

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