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]

Star Citizen is balancing the crap out of ship weapons as the Crytek lawsuit drags on

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Chris Roberts is joined by CIG Leader Writer Dave Haddock for this week's episode of Star Citizen Around the Verse, during which they check...
Isn't that nice.

Crowfall explains its new approach to character selection with the Crypt

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As it currently stands in Crowfall, you are not the character that's marching around. You are a little shining blue crow, which is what...

Just Survive test center patch gives zombies a GPS

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A comprehensive balancing and adjustment patch hit Just Survive's test server this week with dozens of changes for the zombie survival sandbox. There is...
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Sea of Thieves datamining hints at another faction and an open beta

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The beta client for Sea of Thieves has been updated once again, but don't get your hopes up about playing it right way, as...

Crowfall: Game feature video extravaganza and plans for future games

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Talk about a video bonanza! ArtCraft unloaded a whopping eight new Crowfall videos this week for fans to enjoy. Each one of these covers...
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Choose My Adventure: Grinding away in Project Gorgon

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First of all, I'd like to thank everyone who offered me some good Project Gorgon advice in the last installment of this column. Advice...

World of Warcraft starts Battle for Azeroth alpha testing

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Blizzard is getting prepared. Blizzard Watch reported that the studio has started World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth alpha testing this week. The test is...

Cross-platform Crusaders of Light to debut on Steam in March

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If you were on the lookout for a solid mobile MMO, you might have already checked out last year's Crusaders of Light on both...

Prosperous Universe expands its team to three, starts to map out the future

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It's been a couple of months since we last checked in with Prosperous Universe, the indie economic sandbox set in space. So what has...

The Immortal Rift invites testers to join this month’s closed beta

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How about a brand-new indie online RPG to brighten up your playing prospects this spring? Meet The Immortal Rift, a medieval fantasy MMO full...

Crowfall lays the foundation for future systems

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While ArtCraft is busy at work shoring up the fundamental systems that will make up Crowfall's core gameplay, the studio also has to lay...

Legends of Aria keeps the beta good times rolling

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While Legends of Aria prepares to wind down its first closed beta test on February 11th, it doesn't mean that the party has to...

ECO jumps into beta and Steam early access

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The blocky world simulator ECO has bidden farewell to alpha and moved right into beta today. The beta transition also coincides with the title's...

Dauntless lays out its seven steps to open beta

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With a year of alpha and closed beta testing behind it, Dauntless turns to 2018 with an eye toward grander things. Namely, open beta...
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DayZ is targeting Xbox Game Preview at some point this year

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When you think of DayZ these days, you probably don't think of it as the nexus of the survival sandbox popularity rush any longer....

Shroud of the Avatar’s most secret area appears only during certain planetary conjunctions

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With $12.64 million raised to date (including a recent injection of $50,000 from a telethon) in crowdfunding, Shroud of the Avatar's certainly had enough...

The Stream Team: Dipping into Dead Maze

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Can you imaging a zombie survival game that instead of ganking has cooperative play? No? Well, you don't need imagination -- you can play...

PUBG’s Reshade-blocking patch lands tonight as Bluehole bans 1M cheaters in January

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PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has an extreme cheating problem, and it's not going away. Anti-cheat tool BattlEye announced today that it helped Bluehole ban over a...

Ship of Heroes teases February combat alpha with new gameplay pics

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Ship of Heroes' latest newsletter is here, and it's all about the escorted combat alpha due to begin later this month. "The combat alpha will...

332,000 pirates board Sea of Thieves’ closed beta

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It turns out that not only were players excited to jump into the role of pirates-to-be for Sea of Thieves' closed beta last month,...

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