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]

Crowfall previews playable Centaurs and Elken for ‘Monster Month’

2
Now this is what I call getting into the spirit of Octo-Halloween-ber, the best month of the year: ArtCraft is rolling out previews of...

Ubisoft previews The Division 2’s overhauled weapons systems

6
In all the buzz around Destiny 2 and Anthem, you'd be forgiven for having forgotten that The Division 2 is still on the way,...
Well, that sounds fun.

Anthem will have matchmaking for raids but no loot trading

35
It's hard not to compare Anthem to Destiny 2 just by the nature of what both games are trying to be. More to the...
Yourcraft.

Mojang reveals multiplayer dungeon crawler Minecraft Dungeons

3
File this one under multiplayer: Mojang is having another go at Minecraft offspring, this one in the forum of classic dungeon crawler. It's called...

Camelot Unchained brings back its newsletter, updates character art

17
Fans of City State Entertainment's upcoming title Camelot Unchained are in for a treat, because there's been a glut of new information on the...

Ashes of Creation is testing MMORPG PvP in the alpha’s battle royale mode

9
Didn't have time for that hour-long Ashes of Creation stream on Friday? Don't sweat it; AOC Dungeon has the highlights recapped. A decent chunk...
Titan-size!

City of Titans is still on track for Issue 0 by the end of the year

10
The fact that City of Titans is still planning to have "issue zero" playable for backers by the end of the year is indisputably...
Straight shot.

MapleStory 2 prepares for its headstart with a massive patch

2
The headstart period for MapleStory 2 is arriving today, and that means players are being treated to a nice big patch reflecting the fact...

Torchlight Frontiers gets inspired by Guild Wars 2 for horizontal progression

10
If there is one thing that your average MMORPG player is familiar with, it is vertical progression. This comes from characters on a track...

‘Shave, bathe, or don’t – it’s up to you’: Red Dead Redemption 2’s latest gameplay trailer arrives

15
Rockstar's just pushed live the second of its teasery Red Dead Redemption 2 gameplay videos, this one filled with gunfights, explosions, and a promise...
Welcome to Sucksville, population 25,000.

Mark Kern’s crowdfunded MMO shooter Em-8ER has ‘nearly’ finished its demo characters

17
It's been a while since we checked in on Em-8ER, Mark Kern's frustratingly named "massive planetary wargame," so we're rectifying that today. MMO players will...

Dauntless comes out guns blazing with upcoming Repeater weapon

1
Next week, Dauntless slayers will have a new weapon in their arsenals as Phoenix Labs introduces the brand-new Repeaters. These handcannons may be small,...

The MOP Up: Blizzard’s new playgrounds

1
Ranked Season 4 started up in Heroes of the Storm this past week, and that's just the start of the fun with Blizzard's MOBA....
Plus ce change...

Magic: the Gathering Arena is now officially in open beta

3
It turns out that people are very excited to play trading card games in digital format. So why not play the original trading card...

Star Citizen’s ATV covers scramble races, rest stops, and motion-capture

12
A new installment of Star Citizen's weekly Around The Verse video is here, and this week it's got information on scramble races, rest stops,...
Isn't that nice.

Crowfall has reached 50,000 backers

6
Yes, Crowfall has fans. Somewhere on the order of 50,000 fans, in fact; the game has just hit 50,000 backers according to a new...

MMOs you’ve never heard of: Conquest Resurgence Within, Rohan Mobile, Drawn to Death, El Somni Quas

3
Welcome back to our intermittent series on MMOs and other multiplayer games you’ve (probably) never heard of! Let’s run down a few more that crossed...

Rend Early Access roadmap lays out winter feature updates

0
A couple of days ago, in Frostkeep Studio's update about Rend's Patch 5, the studio also announced that it was putting together an Early...

Shroud of the Avatar’s Release 58 goes live today with fishing improvements and tameable wyverns

7
Heads up, Avatars: Shroud of the Avatar's Release 58 is live today, and it brings improvements to fishing, tameable Wyverns, performance enhancements, bug fixes,...

Fallout 76 cements beta testing plans for the end of October

9
Hyped for Fallout 76? Great. Hyped enough to play it in beta? Now that's a different level altogether. Well, you'll have that chance in...

ADVERTISEMENT