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]

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Saga of Lucimia doesn’t have minimum specs for its testing, but it also does

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There are no minimum specs listed for Saga of Lucimia's early access test starting on December 22nd. That's because no work has really yet...
Real-is-brown filter removed.

Escape from Tarkov preps massive New Year’s stress test ahead of 2018 open beta

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Did you think Christmas came too early this year? One of my hobbies was already rolling out Valentine's Day hoopla in August, so I...
Move it move it.

Here’s a quick peek into the two ‘MMOs’ Pearl Abyss is working on

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Back in September during Pearl Abyss' IPO press conference, the South Korean company reps let loose with a ton of information about the state...

The Crew 2 has been delayed deeper into 2018

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We've known Ubisoft was working on a sequel to driving MMO The Crew since this past spring, when the company confirmed what it would...

Crowfall’s crafting looks more and more like Star Wars Galaxies’

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Hey crafters. Let's talk Crowfall for a minute. ArtCraft Design Lead Thomas "Blixtev" Blair explains today in a new dev blog that crafting in...

Chronicles of Elyria to start taking name reservations next month

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Thinking about reserving a character name in Chronicles of Elyria? It's going to cost you, but if you're willing to pony up the dough,...
I sure hope it looks better in VR, anyhow.

OrbusVR shows off with a new trailer for early access

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The trouble with seeing VR images on a non-VR screen is, well, they don't really carry the same sort of impact. The new OrbusVR...

MU Online activates exclusive server while MU Legend hauls out the PvP

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Here's a two-for-one update on what's going on with the MU universe of games. First up is MU Online, which just activated a new...
oh GROSS

Tera M is not friendly to free players in its Korean version

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Eager to have all of the gameplay of TERA in the palm of your hand with TERA M? You might want to be a...

Crowfall studio ArtCraft just raised another $6M from investors to launch the game

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Lest you be dispirited by the fact that Crowfall's soft launch isn't going to make 2017 as promised (after also not making 2016), ArtCraft...

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds teases its desert map, eyes post-launch cosmetics

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Still find yourself dizzy with disbelief about how the most awkwardly titled video game ever became 2017's biggest hit? Check out Polygon's rundown of...

Conan Exiles might have to cut some PC features for launch

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This week's Conan Exiles newsletter covers some of the changes coming to the PC version (a plant-harvesting sickle!) and hints that the team might...

Wild West Online seems to be dropping FFA PvP in favor of faction-based PvP

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Still bummed out about Wild West Online's delay to 2018? Wait until you see the game's latest dev blog! 612 Games doesn't mention the...

Crowfall: ‘You don’t have to get into the stats to have a good time in this game’

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Crowfall's J. Todd Coleman and Billy Garretsen are back for another ACE Q&A - you can pretty much mark the months by these things....

Eleven boots up a Glitch wiki to crowdsource info

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As Glitch fan remake Eleven reemerges on the scene with more alpha developments, the team has a plea that it is making to the...

Dragon’s Prophet sequel Savage Hunt is supposed to launch tomorrow

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While Dragon's Prophet took a stiff nosedive in North America and was ultimately shuttered by Daybreak in 2015, the dragon taming MMO didn't die...

Saga of Lucimia lays the foundation for a holiday alpha test

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Forget cookies with Santa and New Year countdowns: Saga of Lucimia hopes that you'll be too immersed in its next alpha test to care...

Wild West Online’s early access has been delayed into next year

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In a move that will shock nobody who's played the game, watched the game being played, or followed the multiple delays suffered by the game...

Shadow’s Kiss ends Kickstarter with 300% funding and several stretch goals

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Expect some vampires to be popping bottles of the red bubbly today. The team behind Shadow's Kiss is celebrating the conclusion a modestly successful Kickstarter...

Survive the Nights brings back classic fort-building survival

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Can we make an agreement right now, you and I? That if the world ends because of a zombie uprising, maybe we can work...

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