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]

The Stream Team: Peeking into Pax Dei and giving away two keys for the MMO

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Today has brought another game into the wilds of early access: It's Pax Dei release week, and MOP's Chris is going to take a...

Valheim unveils plans for a board game, with a crowdfunding campaign opening in September

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If you're a big enough fan of the Viking survival sandbox Valheim that you'd be willing to crowdfund a tabletop board game version, you're...
I asked Bree if we could have Night Elves and she said we have Night Elves at home.

Predownloading for Tencent’s Tarisland begins tonight for North and South American players

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If you're looking forward to the launch of Tarisland as we - and some of our readers - are, then heads-up because Tarisland is...

Pax Dei runs into server-related bugs and mixed reviews in its first day of early access

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We are once again taking the time to look at the first day of an MMORPG's launch. As readers well know by now, Pax...

Raph Koster’s Playable Worlds is counting down to… something

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An aura of mystery and intrigue's been swirling around Raph Koster's studio Playable Worlds and the multiverse sandbox MMORPG that it's been working on...

Ship of Heroes has revamped all of its NPC voices and added new ones

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Heroic Games is continuing its efforts to bring modern features to indie superhero MMORPG Ship of Heroes, as its latest dev blog explains -...

SGF 2024: Hands-on with NCsoft’s long-awaited Throne and Liberty, launching September 17

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Most of the games I played at Summer Game Fest were more enjoyable than I expected - including Throne and Liberty, which was probably...

Choose My Adventure: Flying, dogfighting, and struggling with hardware in Star Citizen

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Well, talk about a massive disappointment. After a bunch of attempts, tweaks, and some general stubbornness, I'm pretty much going to have to concede...

Crowdfunded superhero MMORPG City of Titans improves its Mac OS version

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Here's some uplifting news for City of Titans fans and Kickstarter backers who've been using Mac OS: The dev team improved that version of...

Sandbox MMO Pax Dei has officially entered early access for at least the next year

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If you're a Pax Dei founder pack owner, you're about to have a fun Tuesday, as Mainframe Industries has officially launched the survival-tinged sandbox...

Solarpunk life sim Loftia talks about its sun, moon, and stars

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In a game that describes itself as "solarpunk," you'd rightly expect that Loftia is giving serious attention to making sure that its skybox is...

Dark and Darker Mobile will enter into closed beta testing in August

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Now that the world can play Dark and Darker on Steam early access after a lengthy legal kerfuffle between Nexon and developer Ironmace, it's...

Camelot Unchained side game Final Stand Ragnarok adds a beta version of a new map in its latest update

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Do you remember Final Stand: Ragnarok? It's been a bit since we got news from the game: Readers will remember this as the spinoff/prequel...

Pax Dei outlines update plans for housing, combat, and economy over its year-long early access

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Ready or not, the MMORPG world is less than 24 hours from the early access release of the sandbox Pax Dei, which is occasion...

The Quinfall confirms a June 22 start date for its second closed beta test

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It might be easy to have forgotten that you tossed your name into the hat for potential closed beta participation, especially if you put...

Blue Protocol celebrates its first Japanese anniversary, but no word yet on a western release

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The hope that Blue Protocol will see a 2024 release is fading mightily, especially following an anniversary livestream in which Bandai Namco failed to...

SMITE 1 reworks dozens of items in mid-season update, SMITE 2 showcases updates to Hecate

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It's a tale of two SMITE titles in this news story, as Hi-Rez Studios has put forth information and updates for both the original...
I'm cranky. This is a cranky day.

Betawatch: Tarisland gets an early start in China

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Huh, are we really almost there with Tarisland? The game is already out in China, and it's launching worldwide next week, complete with Lady...

Pax Dei bluntly outlines what it is – and is not – ahead of next week’s early access release

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In a world where games have waffled about their MMO-ness, the devs at Mainframe Industries have made it very clear what kind of gameplay...

EVE Vanguard brings a new map, customizable weapons, and new missions in June 20 test

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It's probably been the burning question on the lips of those who have been playing EVE Vanguard: When will the FPS hold its next...