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]

Multiplayer crafter game Main Assembly will hit early access this year

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When I first skimmed the press release for upcoming multiplayer crafting game Main Assembly, my first thought was that we're being trained as workers...

Check out how Astellia Online’s gems and loyalty points work in CBT2

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Astellia Online's second closed beta here in the west is underway this week, and there's a big new feature awaiting testers: the cash shop....
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Bandai Namco says it has ‘no plans’ to release Blue Protocol in the west ‘at the moment’

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Ever since Bandai Namco announced anime MMO Blue Protocol earlier this July, MMO fans have been champing at the bit for more info as...

Kickstarted space MMO Starfighter: Infinity is heading to early access

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If you are in the market to try out a new space sim and aren't that discriminating when it comes to graphics or a...

Camelot Unchained says it’s actually ‘ahead of schedule on some fronts’

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Hold on to your skepticism: The very much behind-schedule beta MMO Camelot Unchained is apparently "ahead of schedule on some fronts." That's according to...

Last Oasis will force players to migrate across a broken earth

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Last Oasis may be one of the more unique post-apocalyptic games to hit the scene. Instead of a nuclear apocalypse or a zombie uprising,...
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MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Perfect World Mobile, Virtuverse, Eventyr, Pixie Hollow, and Reign of Guilds

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Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent titles you’ve probably never heard of (or at least have entirely forgotten about!). Up first:...

Fight or Kite: Exploring Crowfall’s banking, newbie, and God’s Reach update

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This past week Crowfall patched in update 5.100 (that’s right - we’ve gone from 5.9 to 5.100, as one does), which wiped existing characters...

Astellia Online offers a video overview of the features waiting in its second closed beta

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We touched on what's waiting in CBT2 earlier in the week, but the only thing missing from that roundup was a sizzle trailer. Luckily,...

Legends of Aria bows to the RNG gods of enchanting

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With its launch right around the corner, Legends of Aria is spinning up the hype-and-info machine to re-introduce this fantasy MMORPG to the masses....

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...

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