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]

More than 4000 gamers killed 566K baddies in Monsters & Memories’ June playtests

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If you happened to have missed out on last month's stress tests for throwback MMORPG Monsters & Memories, you might be left wondering how...

Cutesy multiplayer life sim Galactic Getaway heralds a successful alpha, promises 2024 release

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Last year we first reported on Galactic Getaway, a cute Animal Crossing-style sci-fi life sim RPG that lets up to 60 players customize a...

Make My MMO: Project Gorgon’s hardcore living, Ashes of Creation’s alpha 2

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Project Gorgon rolled out a big patch at the tail end of June, adding a new dungeon, a hardcore hardcore living skill, and more...

Dune Awakening shows off character creation process, preps for persistent beta

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When you get your hands on Dune Awakening, what kind of character are you planning to roll? To help you make that decision, Funcom...

Starship Simulator checks in with progress on test build updates, a demo patch, and job searches

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Back in April we first reported on Starship Simulator, a multiplayer sci-fi title from indie developer Fleetyard Studios that seeks to... well, simulate life...
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Betawatch: Palia’s new owner, The Quinfall’s closed beta

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There's been a lot of hay to make when it comes to Palia over the past few months, but I don't think anyone really...

Paragon spinoff MOBA Predecessor introduces the new characters and ranked mode in latest patches

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Since its early access release in March, the MOBA Predecessor has applied plenty of new goodies for players of the Paragon spinoff to enjoy,...

The Stream Team: Checking in on the alpha test of MMORPG Corepunk

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Last time MOP's Chris tried to livestream the alpha build of Corepunk, the game went down for maintenance, forcing him to change course. Ideally,...

Star Citizen makes efforts on NPC AI, vehicle destruction, missions, and server meshing

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We're back once again with another Star Citizen monthly report, and it looks as if efforts by CIG for the month of June have...

Ashes of Creation is ‘close’ to Alpha 2, shows off server meshing tech

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If there are two things that we know for certain about Ashes of Creation's second alpha test, it's that (1) Intrepid Studios really loves...
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Ankama’s Waven is now available in early access for mobile devices

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Are you reading this on a mobile device right now, like a tablet or your phone? Are you doing so because you believe you...

Lord of the Rings Online delays European legendary server stress test, tweaks crafting quest beta

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If you were hoping to join Lord of the Rings Online's Mordor server stress test today, you're about to be disappointed as it's been...

Star Citizen raked in higher profits over the month of June and the second quarter

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One might suspect that the month of May would have been a big one for Star Citizen's piggy bank owing to the Invictus event...

Chinese Star Citizen fan attempts to sound an alarm over a resolved Bar Citizen ticket price fiasco

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Followers of Star Citizen are likely very familiar with the Bar Citizen community meet-ups that run every year. These free player-run events allow fans...

BitCraft adds $20 supporter pack guaranteeing access to all future playtesting

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We're just a week away from BitCraft's second alpha, and developer Clockwork Labs has updated the account hub in preparation for the event. Specifically,...
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Daybreak bought Palia studio Singularity 6 and aims to bring the game to launch

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File this one under "did not see this coming in a million years but also not sad about it whatsoever": Daybreak has acquired Palia...

Starbase begins public testing of warp travel, universe map feature, and a station builder

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Back in April, we noted a sudden return from radio silence for the sci-fi building sandbox Starbase, which at the time talked up several...

UK employment tribunal says Star Citizen studio discriminated against autistic employee

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While we recognize that this monetary ruling is barely a bug bite to the wrist of Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games, we'll take...

Corepunk’s third alpha test arrives this week with a fully voiced pilot episode

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A third round of alpha testing for the genre blended Corepunk kicks off this week, starting on Monday July 1st and running through Sunday,...

Bellwright continues quality-of-life updates for structures, outpost deliveries, villagers, and quests

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"We've had one, yes. What about second June Update?" That's the question posed by Bellwright studio Donkey Crew ahead of what is indeed its...