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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Mortal Online 2 tests siege system updates, combat changes, and new mounts in latest PTR

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Evidently, there aren't enough players in Mortal Online 2 who are taking part in the PvP sandbox's siege mechanics, which has led to a...

Valheim’s (hopefully) last patch before Ashlands upgrades Unity and addresses a long list of issues

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If you were hoping for more concrete news on Valheim's impending Ashlands update like a date... well, we don't have any because Iron Gate...

Stormgate studio Frost Giant opens equity crowdfunding campaign to make players into investors

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Back in February, we covered the eyebrow-raising story that Frost Giant, the studio behind multiplayer RTS Stormgate, was planning to make a push for...

Cozy MMO Sky Children of the Light launches F2P early access on Steam today

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Thatgamecompany's five-year-old Sky: Children of the Light officially debuts on PC today, one of the rare few multiplayer titles these days that seems to...

Rumor: Bungie is (or at least was?) supposedly working on Destiny 3

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According to reporting on multiple websites this morning, Bungie wasn't just blowing hot air during yesterday's The Final Shape stream when the studio's Luke...

Albion Europe flings open the doors to its open beta – yes, everyone can play now

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European MMORPG gamers - and really any gamer looking for a fresh start - will find the doors of Albion Online's new European server...

Mythic vets at Loric Games unveil Echoes of Elysium, a new co-op skyship survival sandbox

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Way back in 2022, we first caught wind of Loric Games, a new studio founded by Mythic vets Rob Denton, Brian Johnson, and Ray...
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Corepunk delays Alpha 2 until the end of May

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So we've got some good news and bad news for Corepunk fans. The bad news is that the second alpha test which was originally...

Starship Simulator’s Kickstarter unlocks VR, planetary landing, and alien structure stretch goals

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The Kickstarter campaign for multiplayer internet spaceship sim Starship Simulator doesn't appear to be slowing down. As of the time of this writing, crowdfunding...

Last week’s massive Palia layoffs included waaaay too many senior Singularity 6 staff

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As Palia players continue to reel from last week's news that Singularity 6 had laid off 35% of its team, the staff are continuing...
Sure, all right.

Wayfinder sales are temporarily halted as Airship Syndicate assumes publishing from Digital Extremes

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No, you aren't reading that headline incorrectly: Even though it was announced months ago that Wayfinder was being dropped by Digital Extremes, the studio...

Scars of Honor shares ‘unfiltered’ player impressions and highlights chymera lore

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The WoW-like MMORPG Scars of Honor is continuing to disseminate insight and information out of its February playtest. Followers of the project already heard...

Co-op roguelike Inkbound pushes its exit from early access a day ahead of schedule

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First it decided to eschew in-game monetization, now it's moving its full release a day forward. We're talking about Inkbound, the co-op turn-based roguelike...

PvP MMORPG Abyss begins signups to an upcoming open playtest on Steam

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Before it begins its early access release on April 18th, the PvP sandbox MMORPG Abyss has one more playtest to run - and this...

Star Citizen kicks off an updated Jumptown event and highlights more alpha 3.23 UI updates

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Old salts of Star Citizen are probably familiar with Jumptown, a hidden drug fab that developed into a PvP hotspot that was then repurposed...
Huh.

Palworld fixes a dedicated server bug as it continues to roll out critter preview videos

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With Palworld's latest early access content patch bringing a raid boss fight against a goth flower monster, it's not really surprising that the creature...

Brighter Shores lead dev highlights ‘room’ transitions and sensing small collectibles

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MMORPG fans are kind of left waiting and wondering how Brighter Shores will shake out, particularly as its lead developer Andrew Gower continues to...

Make My MMO: Starship Simulator has pulled in $350K on Kickstarter so far

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It's only April and we might just have our biggest MMO Kickstarter of the year in the form of the new sci-fi multiplayer sandbox...
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Chronicles of Elyria shifts development roadmap of its six different pieces based on feedback

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Back in January, Chronicles of Elyria began an alpha test of a feedback form, then started to process some of that form's responses a...

Pantheon player hosts a preview of the dangers and designs of the MMO’s new dungeon

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It's pretty easy to assume a dungeon called Mad Run would be dangerous, but just in case you needed confirmation that Pantheon: Rise of...