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]

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Kickstarted MMORPG Ashes of Creation delays alpha one slightly for infrastructure refactoring

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If you're one of the folks still wondering what's going on with Ashes of Creation since it began alpha testing a battle royale mode...

Prosperous Universe prepares to release its new game world this Friday

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It's the end of the world as Prosperous Universe players know it, but they should feel fine, as out of the Big Bang of...

Star Citizen’s new tutorial videos get you flying without the fuss

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Not to be presumptive or anything, but this is one post that you might want to bookmark if you are ever thinking about trying...
Surprising no one, we have not pictured the thing we don't know about.

Black Desert Online developer Pearl Abyss is working on a new family-friendly game code-named Project V

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We know that Project V (or "Project Five" if you want to cheekily reference roman numerals) is in development from Pearl Abyss. We know...

Squadron 42 studio Foundry 42 is rebranding under Star Citizen’s Cloud Imperium conglomerate

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Foundry 42, the Chris Roberts subsidiary studio that's been working on Star Citizen's singleplayer spinoff Squadron 42, is getting a bit of a rebrand...

Exclusive: Upcoming MMORPG Astellia Online deep-dives its skill systems

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We've been keeping an eye on Korean-born Astellia for several years now as the full-scale MMORPG has trekked through development. As revealed in January,...

Ascent: Infinite Realm’s SEA closed beta begins April 25th

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The SEA closed beta for Bluehole Studio's upcoming fantasy-steampunk MMO Ascent: Infinite Realm will begin on April 25th, according to a recent announcement from...

Dauntless previews the new loadout system coming in its next update

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If clothes maketh the man, then gear maketh the slayer, which is why Dauntless is revamping its loadout system and UI to make it...

Choose My Adventure: Running for my life in Legends of Aria

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Welp, we're in the deep end now. Legends of Aria definitely is the sandbox that's giving me the hard knock schooling on sandbox MMORPG...

Grimdark MMORPG Mad World opens hardcore signups for April alpha zero

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We've been keeping watch on Jandisoft's upcoming MMO Mad World since 2017, when it first appeared in one of our roundups. But since then,...
I am COMPELLED to SHOOT!

Red Dead Online’s testers grump over patch issues as Rockstar updates with Fool’s Gold event

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During MOP's last podcast recording, Justin and I discussed Snail Games' upcoming Outlaws of the Old West survival sandbox MMO-lite, and naturally we pointed...

Torchlight Frontiers reveals update notes for alpha 3, live today with no NDA

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Torchlight Frontier's closed alpha 3 is set to begin this afternoon, marking a major milestone for the game as it commits its final character...

Dual Universe showcases community ship creations in new alpha video

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When you hear the word "voxel," chances are that chunky, Minecraft-like building blocks come to mind. But Dual Universe is bound and determined to...
Outand aboutlaws.

Survival sandbox Outlaws of the Old West shares a sneak peek at its biomes

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A new player on the unstable western gaming scene, Outlaws of the Old West looks like it has things more together than certain other...

Camelot Unchained is tackling the performance ‘death spiral’ traditionally afflicting MMO PvP

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This past week was reportedly another busy one for the devs of Camelot Unchained, with lots of work being done to further tweak a...

Make My MMO: Star Citizen’s spaceports and alpha 3.5, Spycursion’s Kickstarter

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This week week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen dropped a nifty Around the Verse that focuses on the Area18 spaceport. Remember the demo video CIG...

Atlas signals an incoming official server wipe along with a major milestone update

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Hope you didn't get too comfortable in Atlas' early access, because these pirates are getting ready to swab the decks clean. And by that...
Betacular.

Betawatch: The Elder Scrolls Blades gets a closed beta before early access

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It always seemed like things along the way to launch could head down the route of early access or beta testing. But no, it seems The...
None of my salesmen has ever sold a car.

Population Zero begins first founder alpha today with building mechanics trailer

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Happy alpha day for Population Zero! The crafting-centric survival MMO is launching its first alpha event today, specifically testing the faction-change quest system, mutation...

Blizzard posts update on WoW Classic, implies it’s still launching this summer

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Earlier this week, in discussing other positions we'd like to hire extra writers for later this year, we fell on the topic of World...

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