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]

Lazarus sponsors a free weekend in order to break its game

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What's the fastest way to ruin your house? Throw a free party to people with no inhibitions, of course. So what's the fastest way...

Here’s how to playtest Elder Scrolls Online’s Summerset chapter next week

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Summerset is closer than you think! The Elder Scrolls Online team announced today that the chapter is expected to hit the test server on...

Star Citizen runs down ships and kicks off a free-fly weekend

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On this week's Star Citizen Around the Verse, I can't decide whether Sandi Gardiner or Eric Kieron Davis has the cooler shirt, but it...
But we should really not let these guys off the hook for talking big.

Ashes of Creation looks back at PAX East while promising a Q4 alpha

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If the only thing you want to take away from the latest bit of Ashes of Creation newsletter is information you may not have...

Conan Exiles begins the countdown to launch with a new trailer

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Fourteen months after hitting early access, Funcom is getting ready to launch Conan Exiles for real. Ahead of the May 8th release, the studio...
Found you!

Lost Ark prepares for its final Korean closed beta test

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Ready to raid Smilegate's Lost Ark? You'll still have to be this Korean to ride the ride, but if you're able and willing to...

Pantropy reboots its Kickstarter campaign a month after its last one

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Give Pantropy credit for pluck: Less than a month after developer Brain Stone canceled the sci-fi shooter's Kickstarter halfway through its campaign, the game...

Project Genom prepares major alpha patch for release

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Project Genom is on the cusp of bringing an extensively tested build over to its live alpha servers. As the team makes final preparations...

Ship of Heroes posts a timeline for the first half of 2018

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With a combat alpha under its belt, the superhero MMORPG Ship of Heroes turns its attention to the challenges that lay ahead. The team...
Houses aren't that great, don't hoboshame me.

Dark and Light buffs ranged attacks to counter accidental nerf

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The eternal struggle between online game developers and combat balance continues, with the focus this week going over to Dark and Light. Turns out...
Our house in the middle of our street.

Crowfall details the mechanics of building within its eternal kingdoms

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If you're going to share a plot of land with other people in Crowfall, you need to understand what that sharing will entail. If...
No.

The Daily Grind: How long is too long for early access?

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Let's be real here, there's no question in anyone's mind that DayZ has been in early access far longer than it should be. By...
Tiptoe through the something-or-other.

Crowfall streams another set of patch notes from the future

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Skill trees are pretty darn important to Crowfall, so it's also pretty darn important when the development team announces that said trees are getting...

EVE Online’s mobile spin-off is called EVE: War of Ascension

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While the existence of a mobile game set in the EVE Online universe isn't a secret at this point -- having been revealed all...

Pantheon deep-dives the Black Rose Keep dungeon we toured at PAX

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There's a lot to unpack in Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen's April newsletter. Not only does it cover the Ratkin species from the bestiary...
Less than radical, really.

Radical Heights has only barely topped LawBreakers’ all-time player count

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It's important to note that Radical Heights has only just been sent out into the wild, and its surprise launch was less "highly anticipated"...

Dual Universe gives players all of the tools to build their own galaxy

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Contrary to what you may have believed, Dual Universe isn't going to limit its sandbox features to the creation and flight of personal spacecraft....
Daunting!

Dauntless charges into open beta on May 24

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Dauntless is a game in which fleshy mortals willingly attack beasts twenty times their size, so this is not a title that deals in...
Rinse and repeat.

Citadel: Forged With Fire is adding daily quests with its next patch

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Look, readers, we're a little pressed for time, so perhaps you can do us a favor and just add "like daily quests" mentally at...
derpy die

PAX East 2018: Hands-on with Pantheon Rise of the Fallen

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Those who have read a fair amount of my work will know that nostalgia is something I tend to rail against pretty hard. I'm...

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