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]

Camelot Unchained begins the one-month countdown to beta

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Hope you're not tired of hearing about the Great Coming of Camelot Unchained's first beta test because we get the feeling that City State...

Ship of Heroes video demonstrates how far the game’s come in a year

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If you wanted some clear visuals on how far Ship of Heroes has come over the last year, the video Heroic Games published over...

Bless Online apologizes for poor game balance while players find novel ways to break the game

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Is there any possible redemption for Bless Online? This disastrous soft launch has many players throwing up their hands and demanding refunds (not to...
Be here now.

City of Titans shows off more of its mastery sets

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The mastery sets in indie superhero MMORPG City of Titans are a bit like specializations for the game's archetype. In addition to each archetype's power...

Citadel: Forged With Fire to wipe servers in the name of progress, retains 10 legacy worlds

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You know how it goes: Sometimes you are forged with fire, and sometimes you are forged with server wipes. Both are equally painful, but...

Make My MMO: Pokemon-inspired ‘creature-collection adventure’ MMO Temtem is about to fund Kickstarter (June 2, 2018)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, Temtem, "the massively multiplayer creature-collection adventure" that hit Kickstarter this week, is looking like a win, as it's secured most...

Defiance 2050 gives you a quick overview of its four base classes

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Assuming that you're both a freeloader and will be poking your head into Defiance 2050 this summer, you'll have exactly four options for classes...

Worlds Adrift starts work on countering PvP griefing, but tells players to get better

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Who would have ever thought that the tranquil-looking Worlds Adrift would become a raucous griefer's paradise? Apparently not the developers, who were, we guess,...
Blessed not be.

Betawatch: Bless Online arrives with a hearty dose of troubles (June 1, 2018)

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The day we all thought would never come finally arrived, Bless Online is here! First it was in the head start, then it was...

Chronicles of Elyria won’t let players be Batman villains

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Feeling a little behind on Chronicles of Elyria's progress? Scoot your little butt over to the May wrap-up community journal, in which Soulbound Studios...

Amazon posts and retracts a July 2018 release date for Fallout 76

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This past week's announcement of Fallout 76 -- Bethesda's newest entry in the post-apocalyptic series -- has just about everyone in the gaming community...

Perfect World is showing two new games at E3: Mobile sandbox MMORPG ReEvolve and battle royale FarSide

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Perfect World is up to some stuff at E3 this year. Some good stuff, by my estimation. The company sent 'round PR on two...

Crowfall’s going to keep you hooked with its zippy plant picking

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Have you ever given much thought to harvesting in MMOs? Probably not much, if we're all honest. Yet gathering plants can fill an important...

Star Citizen’s Around the Verse covers Squadron 42, scanning mechanics, and the Aegis Eclipse

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This week's Star Citizen Around the Verse takes a quick detour into Squadron 42 development. CIG zips through weapon animations, ship AI progress, spacescaping,...

EA hypes Anthem trailer and combat ahead of its pre-E3 EA Play show

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We're just a week and change away from E3, and you know what that means: Every major game company is going to be trickling...

Gloria Victis has overhauled its arena and large-scale factional PvP

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Grumpy about the state of PvP in that other MMO? Gloria Victis has arrived to bolster its own version of the classic MMO competitive...
Wakanda forever.

Marvel and Nexon team up for new online TCG Marvel Battle Lines

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Missing Marvel Heroes and Super Hero Squad Online? Today's newly announced Marvel game isn't going to bring those back, but it might rekindle the romance,...

Ascent: Infinite Realm posts new armor concept art, promises no gender-locking for classes

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Bluehole has been rolling out plenty of Ascent: Infinite Realm teasers over the last couple of weeks. Today's concept art reveal features armor for the...

Bless Online Steam reviews climb to ‘mixed’, Neowiz addresses duping bug but doesn’t ban anyone

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It doesn't appear that the second wave of Bless Online sales that began yesterday for the game's early access launch will top the peak...

The Repopulation is still plugging away at bug-fixing and the new starter island

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The current owners of The Repopulation have a brand-new dev update, but maybe don't expect it to move mountains, literally or figuratively. Idea Fabrik...

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