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]

Outlaws of the Old West has wiped again with its new traveling merchant patch

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We've been keeping an eye on Snail Games' "massively multiplayer survival MMO" Outlaws of the Old West since its original announcement this past spring,...

The Boltcrackers continue to perform ‘science’ in the latest Starbase video

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Can a spaceship be blown up with one shot to its propellant tank? Can you make armor out of random pieces of scrap? Do...

Ashes of Creation’s team talks game design, character creation, and ‘no direct nudity’

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Hoping to see some "tasteful nudity" in Ashes of Creation? That's not going to happen, according to Intrepid Studio's recent development update video. Neither...
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Betawatch: Legends of Aria prepares for launch on August 6

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It's finally happening. Legends of Aria is arriving in an actual launch state on August 6th, complete with a big patch to make it...
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Grab a key for next week’s Astellia Online second closed beta test

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Astellia Online is gearing up for its second closed beta test next week, specifically to test the PvPvE battleground known as Avalon, mana regen...

Starfighter Inc gets a new name, new website, and a beta this summer

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It would seem like reporting on the in-development multiplayer space flight sim Starfighter Inc is an annual tradition here at MOP. When we last...

OARPG Pagan Online leaves early access (and bumps up its price) on August 27

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This summer, Wargaming and Mad Head Games have been focused on their roadmap for upcoming OARPG Pagan Online, an "intense action RPG" featuring a...

Take a ride on the criminal side of Star Citizen 3.6 in this gameplay video

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If you wanted to clear your criminal record in Star Citizen, you had to head to Security Post Karesh, take out some AI enemies,...

A sale of company shares may have brought survival MMO Edengrad back to life

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Cast your mind back to April of 2017, when a new survival MMO hit early access after it completed a successful Kickstarter campaign....
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Pantheon’s July newsletter covers big trees, movement, and spell FX

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You probably don't spend a lot of time thinking about the work that goes into making big trees in your favorite MMO. It's enough...

Here’s how Legends of Aria’s new PvP ruleset changes will work when it hits Steam early access

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Following Citadel Studios' announcement yesterday that it'll be launching Legends of Aria's Steam early access on August 6th, alongside a big patch that takes...

Survival MMO Citadel: Forged With Fire announces formal PC, Xbox, and PS4 launch for October 11

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Two years ago, Blue Isle Studios dropped its new game on Steam early access: Citadel Forged With Fire, a "massive online sandbox RPG" with...

Black Desert: The PS4 beta dated and the Shai’s musical talent patch previewed

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It's happening! Pearl Abyss announced today that the beta for Black Desert's PlayStation 4 edition will run from August 9th to 13th, with signups open as of today. Preorders, MMO players will recall, began earlier this month, since yes, this is still a buy-to-play title. Launch is still expected for August 22nd. Meanwhile, over in the live game, Kakao and Pearl Abyss announced today that the Shai is getting a big talent update next week on July 31.

Crowfall’s 5.100 update, The Fortunes of War, is officially live for pre-alpha testers

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A flurry of excitement has spread across the Crowfall forums today as update 5.100, more colorfully known as The Fortunes of War, has just...

Legends of Aria is finally launching August 6 – with a huge new patch friendly to PvE players

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Legends of Aria has had an interesting development life the last few years. Upjumped from the small-scale Shards Online to a much broader-scale MMORPG...

Camelot Unchained updates backers on progress, including on body models

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Work on Camelot Unchained continues as the game has officially crossed the first anniversary of its beta one. In the MMO's latest weekly update,...

Blight’s alpha is a portal to a ‘cruel, harsh’ PvP world

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Do you feel as though too many MMOs have a soft underbelly these days? Then you may wish to cut your teeth on an...

Chronicles of Elyria reveals its four world maps

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Are you a map fiend? Did you used to pour over paper atlases or Google Earth to check out terrain, roadways, and features? I...

Citywars Savage is a Minecraft-like sandbox MMORPG with programmable NPCs

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We here at MOP like to cast a pretty wide net in our little corner of the videogame universe, which means we also see...

Make My MMO: Kickstarter’s RAW deal, Star Citizen’s alpha 3.6 is live

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This week in MMO crowdfunding was not a good week for MMO crowdfunding, thanks to RAW, whose Kickstarter campaign was actually canceled by Kickstarter...

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