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]

Exclusive: Legends of Aria previews its first major content of 2019

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We've had our eye on Legends of Aria since, well, long before it was called Legends of Aria, meaning we've been watching the game...

Star Citizen: Procedural layout tools, alpha 3.4.2, and a sweet Stanton system planetary map

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Star Citizen's Around the Verse this week is helmed by CIG's Sean Tracy and Eric Kieron Davis and has a lot more meat to...

Ashes of Creation Apocalypse is holding an open beta this weekend – here’s how to play

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If you missed out on Ashes of Creation Apocalypse while it was live back in December, you're getting another crack at it this weekend....
Powerful!

Crowfall details upcoming changes to campaign scoring in latest Q&A video

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Last month, Crowfall kicked off the first of its test campaigns, allowing players to play for keeps, as it were, in a game mode...

Grab a key for AVA Dog Tag’s second closed beta test, planned for January 18-31

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Back in September we covered the resurrection of Alliance of Valiant Arms as AVA Dog Tag by its original developer, South Korean studio Red...
I node what I node.

Ashes of Creation’s new community head is already fielding player questions

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Ashes of Creation's new community marketing lead Margaret Krohn is already on Reddit answering player questions on a range of topics from payment plans...

Red Dead Online’s beta expands with battle royale mode Gun Rush as Rockstar eyes griefing fixes

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We've known since at least November that Red Dead Online, the in-beta multiplayer component of Red Dead Redemption 2, was due for a battle...
Well, that sounds fun.

Anthem shows off the gameplay of its speedy Javelin, the Interceptor

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Each of Anthem's four Javelins is meant to support a different playstyle, and the Interceptor is for those who feel the need... the need for references to...

MMO battle royale title Mavericks previews its plans for early 2019

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It's been a little while since we last heard from Automaton Games's ambitious open-world battle-royale shooter Mavericks at E3 2018, but it would appear...

Gamevil has begun Talion’s global rollout with Australian registrations

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Man, we just did our "mobile games to watch this year" piece, but we forgot about this one: It's called Talion, it launched in...
Divided.

The Division 2’s Steam landing page is nuked as Ubisoft joins team Epic Games Store

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The Epic Games Store vs. Valve (vs. Discord vs. GOG, we suppose) showdown just got a bit more interesting. Readers will recall that in December,...
The most positive statement about anything Daybreak-related I am likely to make all year.

Daybreak’s new video show how it’s retooling classic weapons and vehicles in PlanetSide Arena

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Daybreak's just posted a new video on PlanetSide Arena, this one focusing on the game's vehicles and weapons, and yes, there's plenty of gameplay...

Atlas’ latest patch is finally live, adding Claim Flag settings and making poop-eating lethal

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Late last night, the latest patch for Grapeshot Games's survival-focused MMO Atlas finally went live after a multi-day delay, bringing with it a pretty monumental...

Co-op ARPG Breach hits early access January 17, with packages live now

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Co-op ARPG Breach was meant to hit early access before the end of 2018, and as it turns out, it'll be only a few...
Super, good call.

Ashes of Creation introduces new community manager, promising better communication

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The whole Ashes of Creation issue with the game's website and forums involved no small number of people pointing out that Intrepid Studios is...

Superhero MMO Ship of Heroes shows off group combat and shopping

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Ship of Heroes just keeps on churning out the content videos! This week's entry in Heroic Games' long list of previews (26 videos and...

Craig Zinkievich’s Aliens shooter is looking more and more like an MMOFPS after all

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A couple of years ago, several key devs who once built MMOs for Cryptic - Craig Zinkievich, Shannon Posniewski, and Matt Highison - announced...

MMOs you’ve never heard of: Trulion, Morna Tales, Laplace M, Project BBQ, Genesis, Endless Battle, Achaea, Lord of Chains, Star Sonata

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We have a perilously tall pile of MMOs (and MUDs and MOBAs and such) that you've probably never heard of for today's roundup. We're gonna just jump right in, starting with Trulion Online, a new open-world sandbox MMORPG that just hit beta on Android. Yes, it's a mobile title with retro graphics, but not all of what we're looking at today falls into that category!
Not Destiny.

Anthem shows off a full mission in a new video

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If you're still relying on secondhand glances at Anthem to figure out if the game is something you'd like to play, here's a big eyeful...

Here’s what’s up with Ashes of Creation’s borked forums and website

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Let's recap on what's going on with Ashes of Creation, shall we? Just ahead of the holidays, Intrepid rolled out Apocalypse, its battle royale...

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