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]

Conan Exiles’ huge combat overhaul is destined for player testers in February

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The Funcom team is back in business after the winter holiday, and that means a fresh Conan Exiles newsletter for the community. What's on...
Oh, this... keeps my feelings where they were before, really.

CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077 shows signs of life

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It was the beep heard 'round the world. Cyberpunk 2077's Twitter account, which has laid dormant since December 2013, suddenly came alive today with a...

Saga of Lucimia widens its testing pool while hoping that its community will ‘play nice’

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Fresh off of its "largest" alpha test to date, Saga of Lucimia and its team are gearing up for a busy 2018. In a...
This is something less than heroic, perhaps.

Check out the dubbed cinematic for Ascent: Infinite Realm

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If you're looking forward to Ascent: Infinite Realm when it arrives on these shores, you're probably also looking forward to learning about the world...

Smed’s secret Amazon game is hiring a level designer

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It looks as if John Smedley's new game is about to begin hiring in earnest. "We are going to be looking for an experienced...

‘X’ marks Sea of Thieves’ closed beta on January 24

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A bottle just washed up on the shore of Massively OP's treasure island, and tucked inside of it was a note that informed us...

Bless Online teases its solo, story, and raid dungeons ahead of 2018 rollout

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Neowiz has a new dev blog up on Steam today featuring none other than Bless Online's dungeons, which include episodes relating to the main...
The shooter shoots.

Ascent: Infinite Realm’s 2019 launch is the future of Kakao’s international ambitions

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Good news, Ascent: Infinite Realm! The future of Kakao's international plans and possible acquisition of western development studios hinges upon your success! Not that...

Ship of Heroes takes you on a tour of its warehouse district

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City of Heroes veterans no doubt have strong memories of their early superhero careers being spent jumping and dashing through numerous warehouses that seemed...

Sea of Thieves’ official controller is pure pirate gold

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Excited about Sea of Thieves coming to Xbox One and PC this March? Excited enough that you're already putting together your pirate cosplay outfit...

Radiant Worlds is rescued but SkySaga’s fate remains uncertain

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Things looked very bleak for SkySaga and its parent company Radiant Worlds last August when the upcoming multiplayer game shut down production following Smilegate's...

Shroud of the Avatar goes nuts for log cabins

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With such a strong emphasis on player housing, Shroud of the Avatar has fans guessing as to what other interesting abodes the team is...

Identity aims for deep realism and preps gameplay videos

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Contemporary sandbox MMORPG Identity says that it is going to great lengths to deliver an authentic-feeling experience for its fans, which is why the...
Place after place.

Crowfall is spicing up its maps with ‘adventure parcels’

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The maps in Crowfall are assembled in a combination of procedural and hand-crafted generation. Individual bits are hand-crafted, but the maps as a whole...
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Chronicles of Elyria zips past $3.5M in crowdfunding, lays out plans for new year

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Thanks in part to the recent "The Free Kingdom of Elyria" promotion, Chronicles of Elyria has shot past three-and-a-half million dollars in crowdfunding raised...

Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium files motion to dismiss Crytek copyright lawsuit

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The bombshell of December 2017 was the news that Crytek was suing Cloud Imperium Games and Roberts Space Industries, the companies behind the sprawling and...

Amazon’s New World video possibly leaked, New World Amazon page has vanished

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A short, anonymous video posted to the New World subreddit has the community buzzing that this might be an authentic leak from the secretive...
Lady guns are so complicated

Escape from Tarkov makes final preparations for its open beta

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Don't get too comfortable, because the real war is about to begin. Right now, Escape from Tarkov's development team is in the final stage...

Make My MMO: Star Citizen’s new website and private concierge event (January 6, 2018)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen devs gave a first look at game's brand-new website, which is due to launch later in January. It's...

Camelot Unchained is in the middle of a big hiring push ahead of beta one

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Camelot Unchained has been teasing a slew of big announcements coming over the next few weeks, and finally one of them is here. No,...

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