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]

Brighter Shores celebrates Christmas by randomly handing out hats

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It's the season of Hatsgiving in Brighter Shores! OK, it's actually a Christmas event where players can find and trade hats, but Hatsgiving rolls...

Path of Exile 2 plans to change dodge rolling, rewards, and checkpoints as it nerfs an over-performing build

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Path of Exile 2 is in early access, so obviously things are going to change; it's just a question of whether or not those...

Serbian post-apoc MMOFPS Pioner is set to launch in 2025

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OK, let me stop you right there. You were about to come yell at me in the comments that I spelled "Pioneer" wrong. But...

Fantastic Pixel Castle shares new prototype gameplay and dev plans for its Ghost MMO

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Fantastic Pixel Castle's upcoming MMO codenamed Ghost (aka Greg Street presents Ghostboi Adventures Online starring Bobby Battle Crabâ„¢) is wrapping up its year of...

The Stream Team: Pouncing on Path of Exile 2

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It's here! It's here! Massively OP's MJ has been eagerly awaiting the release of Path of Exile 2, and now it's finally here for...

Past Fate vows to address the unintentional nudist colony it’s become

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Open world MMO Past Fate has a nudie problem that's, for once, not of the players' own making. Apparently there's a replication bug plaguing...

Corepunk outlines plans for early level combat, loot updates, and additional new features

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Following what it calls a "very informative and active week," developer Artificial Core is ready to share the next series of updates planned for...

Fight or Kite: IfSunSets tasks players with surviving the night on a zombie-filled island

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We are rapidly approaching the end of the year, and my game time is getting especially sporadic. This time of year things is a...

Soulframe talks up December pre-alpha updates, promises open testing and wolf mount next year

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The very last dev livestream of 2024 for MMO Soulframe wrapped up over the weekend, and developer Digital Extremes was once again ready to...

China’s mobile Blue Protocol ARPG rebrands as Star Resonance with a new test for December

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We're all being reminded that Blue Protocol is technically not dead all over again. Readers will remember that a mobile version of the anime...

Pax Dei clarifies economy overhaul, addresses concerns over new Discord chat system

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Pax Dei's communications team has its hands full this week with upcoming and arriving updates in the early access MMO. One of these covers...

Path of Exile 2 wrestles with database issues and half a million Steam concurrent players

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So how did your early access to Path of Exile 2 go? Because in the macrocosm sense, it was an extremely busy start to...
That beta testing steez.

Betawatch: Path of Exile 2’s early access has begun

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All right, let's not front, the only thing we're really worrying about in the MMO-ish (it's flagged MMO on Steam) beta space right now...

Star Citizen highlights the music that will accompany alpha 4.0’s Pyro system

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If you're a fan of the music that thrums along as you play Star Citizen, then you're going to be getting some new audio...

Fera The Sundered Tribes is a new multiplayer monster hunter with village building and aerial combat

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Looking for a new RPG that's got a bit of everything stuffed into it? You might want to check out Fera: The Sundered Tribes...

SpaceCraft is an online sci-fi exploration and building sandbox headed for early access next year

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If you like interstellar travel, space exploration, and sci-fi empire building, and you're willing to take a chance on a smaller game in early...

CCP does not want you calling its blockchain game EVE Frontier a blockchain game

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The side projects of EVE Online are bursting with news today, as the integrated FPS EVE Vanguard has decided to open up its testing...

Path of Exile 2 warns of launch queues and server issues as preorders surpass one million

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Man, I wouldn't want to be an RPG or MMO launching right about now because everything's about to get wrecked by Path of Exile...

Crimson Desert’s latest promo trailer showcases the creepy Hexe Marie boss fight

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It's been a long time since Crimson Desert was announced, its entire gameplay style has changed multiple times, and at this point it is...
This does fit for Iron Man, to be fair.

Ahead of tonight’s launch, Marvel Rivals outlines its battle pass and cosmetic monetization

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So you know that Marvel Rivals is going to be free-to-play, and you know that it's going to offer all its maps, content, and...