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]

Camelot Unchained’s new siege scenario isn’t ready for prime-time yet, but it’s getting closer

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Camelot Unchained has dropped its weekly update and 53rd newsletter with a recap of what City State Entertainment's been working on. "This month we continued...

Ship of Heroes has been busy upgrading its main city – take a peek

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Given that today is what it is, you're probably going to watch this whole Ship of Heroes video the way I did: waiting for...

The Stream Team: Dungeon diving in Elder Scrolls Blades early access

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We all have questions about Elder Scrolls Blades. What is it about? What does it look like? Can you really play an Elder Scrolls...

MMO Cartographer: Touching all the things in Project Gorgon

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Welcome to MMO Cartographer! I'm Mia, and I'll be your guide through this winding journey through interesting MMORPGs - some small, some forgotten, and...

Make My MMO: You can finally roll a female character in Star Citizen’s latest alpha

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This week week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen stole the show with the release of its 3.5 alpha to all backers. Most famously, this...
Betacular.

Betawatch: The Elder Scrolls Blades is accessible early on mobile and no you won’t like the business model

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Here's the news that has had our staff chat in a tizzy this week: The Elder Scrolls Blades is now in early access on mobile...

Breach rolls out the Shadow Master class to early access players

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Breach has had a rough go at early access since its rollout in January. The asymmetric co-op action dungeon crawler appeara to be struggling...
Slightly higher than zero.

Survival MMO Population Zero dishes on guilds and crafting workbenches

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Survival sandbox MMO Population Zero is continuing its information barrage this week with another dev blog and Reddit Q&A intended to shed some light...

Jumpgate spiritual successor Warp Nexus is ‘taking the suck out of the vacuum of space’

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File this one under "did not see that coming": Developer Wyrmbyte just announced Warp Nexus, which it's dubbed a spiritual successor to Jumpgate. Aaaaand...

Rend merges servers as new patch introduces control-point revamps

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The servers for Norse-flavored survival game Rend are going to be down for a little bit today so that the devs can deploy the...

Star Citizen’s alpha 3.5 rolls out to all backers this weekend with playable female toons as ATV takes a break

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It's gonna be a good weekend for Star Citizen backers: The 3.5 alpha is going live for everyone this weekend. This'd be the update...

Chronicles of Elyria’s website now allows title transfers, title trade-ins, and package claiming

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Those who are invested in Chronicles of Elyria in both the mental and fiscal sense now have a few new options open to them...

Star Citizen spin-off Squadron 42 updates backers on February progress

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Still keeping an eye on Squadron 42, the Star Citizen spin-off that's... well, it's closer to launch than Star Citizen is, at least. Cloud...
Slightly less leashing than expected.

PAX East 2019: Bless Unleashed’s overview trailer actually looks good

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Bless Unleashed has been rolling out class videos over the last couple of months, but now, Bandai Namco is dropping a more generalist trailer...

Torchlight Frontiers’ time-limited contracts are its version of seasons

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The crew over at Echtra Games isn't hellbent on reinventing the MMOARPG format, but instead it is concentrating on taking what works in similar...

Here’s a look at the female armors in Star Citizen

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Whether it's the digital world or the real one, window shopping is easily one of my favorite pastimes. It's like retail therapy but without...
woosh!

OrbusVR: Reborn is holding an open beta this weekend

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Ready to get your feet wet in the big OrbusVR expansion and reboot? OrbusVR: Reborn is heading into an open beta this weekend, so anyone with...

Waven enters closed alpha and Wakfu buffs up dungeon Stasis levels

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There's apparently a chronology to the games being kicked out by Ankama Group -- a tidbit I had no idea about until I started...
To blathe.

Bethsoft has just launched Elder Scrolls Blades into mobile early access

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Did not see this one coming, but in retrospect, it makes sense: The Elder Scrolls Blades has apparently just launched into early access on...
Our house in the middle of our street.

Crowfall details the random encounters players will have with War Tribes

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The point of the various time-limited worlds in Crowfall is, in part, that players are fighting for victory in the remnants of dying worlds. These...

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