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]

Snail’s mobile MMO Blade Reborn plans global launch on March 27

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Here's another one we've never heard of: Blade Reborn. It's a Snail Games mobile game, and the studio is calling it a full-fledged action...
How it all works.

Crowfall might put your head on a stick

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Haven't lived up to your potential? Suffered the wrath of your enemies and paid the price for your folly? You could very well end...

Ever, Jane eyes a new update, overhauls forums and website

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We haven't checked in with pre-eminent roleplaying MMORPG Ever, Jane in a long time - since last summer, in fact - but the game,...

Stardew Valley multiplayer development progresses, includes horse hats for some reason

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Doesn't it feel as if it's been half of forever since Stardew Valley was supposed to pick up official multiplayer, thereby finally becoming a...

Black Desert’s Xbox One teaser site is live ahhhhh

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Hey, Xbox One players. You're gonna like this. Black Desert's Xbox One port is happening. I mean, we knew that, yes. But now it's...

Interview: ArcheAge 4.5 Legends Return launches April 5th with dragon taming and fresh start servers

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If I were to tell you that ArcheAge's next big update is launching next month, you'd tell me that it's too soon. And we'd...

Pantheon on mismatched newbie armor and open-world dungeons

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This month's Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen newsletter is stuffed with images, thanks to features on gear creation and dungeons. Over on the armor...

Snail’s voxel survivalbox PixARK launches into early access on March 27

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Voxel fans, dinosaur fiends, and survival sandbox freaks have surely had their eyes on PixARK since its original announcement last summer. It's one of...

SoulWorker Online begins selling subs, responds to outcry over energy system P2W

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SoulWorker is technically in open beta on paper; it isn't supposed to truly launch until later this quarter. It hit Steam at the end...

Shroud of the Avatar’s housing is expensive, but not impossible to acquire without RMT

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When we covered Shroud of the Avatar's newsletter yesterday, one of the tidbits we mentioned was the plan for craftable housing. In response to...

Fortnite: Hack compensation, the FortCraft clone, and mobile event registration

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Were you one of the long list of folks hacked in Fortnite? Epic Games told Kotaku that it's aware of the mass-hacking going on,...

Forsaken Legends is ‘coming back to life’ as an MMORPG, looks at SpatialOS

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One small title that we've been following for a few years now is Forsaken Legends, a procedural sandbox that seemed to package a bunch...
How is this real.

Project Gorgon has officially launched on Steam early access with a big sale

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The time is here for brave Gorgoneers to suit up, face curses, and brave the lands of beta testing. Project Gorgon has officially gone...
Well, we go.

TERA recaps its first console open beta

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So, how did the first open beta for TERA on consoles go? In brief, it went well. In more words... well, why not take...

The Stream Team: Excited for Project Gorgon’s Steam launch

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Massively OP's MJ may not be in town for tomorrow's Project Gorgon Steam launch, but she's excited about it just the same. She'll just...

Dauntless prepares a massive test center patch

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Think you know Dauntless? Think again. The behemoth-slaying fantasy game is undergoing a metamorphosis of sorts as the developers prepare some rather significant changes...

The Stream Team: Celebrating Shroud of the Avatar’s upcoming launch party

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Shroud of the Avatar's official launch may be a bit later this month, but the launch party is this week! Massively OP's MJ is...

Dark and Light adds lava shoe sprinting and mobile fortress artillery

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Last week's Dark and Light patch made the game function better than ever before, with a noticeable decrease in the loading times and several...

Shroud of the Avatar on R52 and launch content, craftable housing, and player ambassadors

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Whether or not you agree that Shroud of the Avatar is already soft launched, it is most definitely hard launching on March 27th, meaning...

Fortnite mobile will see Xbox One cross-play, but not Xbox to PS4 cross-play

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Last week, when Epic Games announced it was porting Fortnite to mobile, there was one console conspicuously left out of the list for cross-play...

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