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]

Dune Awakening discusses head start, guild size, soloing, and the consequences of death

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Did you not have two hours to yourself to sit and watch Dune: Awakening's recent livestream? Don't worry because Funcom has elected to cut...
Put those bedroom eyes away.

Palworld’s April Fools dating sim is… real?

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Remember last year when Palworld teased everyone with the prospect of a dating sim based on Palworld? It was a great gag. A+ joke. Also...

Clash of Adventurers is a free-to-play sandbox MMORPG in pre-alpha development with all the trimmings

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There's something to be said about splashy introductions being tossed aside for succinct and forthright descriptions, and that most certainly is the first impression...

Soulframe talks about pre-alpha updates while being distracted by live animals

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What do chinchillas, bunnies, chickens, and Soulframe have to do with each other? They were all brought together for the game's latest dev stream...

‘Less AI more game content’: Defiance’s new operators prep a new video and Saturday stress test

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Last week, Fawkes Games put out a trailer for Defiance hyping up its return. When we ran it, you may have noticed the trailer...

RuneScape Dragonwilds is Jagex’s new co-op survival game, coming to early access this spring

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Jagex has officially announced another game in the RuneScape franchise: RuneScape Dragonwilds. Before you get too excited, it's not a new MMORPG; it's an...

City of Titans’ Q1 update heralds progress on Unreal 5.5 upgrade, landscapes, and NPCs

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Just ahead of the new year, Kickstarted superhero MMORPG City of Titans resurfaced from a year of tragedy and mourning to post a development...

Magic to Master has arrived to Steam early access with a meager player headcount and scathing user reviews

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We'd forgive our readers if they collectively agreed to purge Magic to Master from their memory, but we have a duty to report that,...
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Blue Protocol’s mobile remake, Star Resonance, continues testing in China

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Massively OP's biggest disappointment of 2024, the premature cancelation of Blue Protocol, isn't about to be reversed by the development of a mobile remake...

Kakao’s PC/mobile MMO Odin Valhalla Rising shares a new trailer ahead of April 3 pre-registration

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Over the past five years and change, we've been keeping tabs on Odin: Valhalla Rising, a UE4-powered MMORPG from developer Lionheart Studio and publisher...
Shoot to wound!

Star Wars The Old Republic begins public testing of character facial updates, targets boss fight test for April

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Are you ready to try on a new look in Star Wars: The Old Republic? Unfortunately this isn't to suggest that there are some...

Ashes of Creation provides a look at its first version of naval gameplay in latest video

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The latest Alpha Two build for Ashes of Creation wasn't only about bringing the stab-happy Rogue class; it's also offering up the very first...

BitCraft Online will be $30 in early access but F2P at launch

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The in-development sandbox MMORPG BitCraft has discussed its monetization plans before, but those were more conceptual than anything that was fully decided. That was...
Tusky!

Betawatch: Stars Reach’s Kickstarter did indeed reach the stars

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It's not exactly a shock that Stars Reach hit its funding goal, but it is still newsworthy! Like, it would have been a real...
Oh, I get it.

Project Gorgon’s latest update includes a balancing pass for weather witching and animal handling

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Project Gorgon's latest update isn't a major content update like February's - you can add vampirism only once, after all - but it does...

Corepunk pushes its Prison Island update to April 4 with a ‘completely different vibe’

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Delays? In Corepunk? Get out of here! No, wait, come back, because there's more to say. So yes, Corepunk announced that it's slightly pushing...

Early access MMORPG Pax Dei releases a new roadmap, saying its next update will be a ‘significant step forward’

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Pax Dei is doing some hardcore, take-no-prisoners self-reflection in its March development update letter. The studio recapped its journey through early access so far,...

Ashes of Creation showcases the ‘stealth, precision, and deadly strikes’ of the Rogue archetype

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Backstabbing, stealth, tricks, and lightning-fast attacks that whittle an enemy down are the hallmarks of any good Rogue class, and Ashes of Creation isn't...

Star Citizen alpha 4.1 releases with new persistent activity, new vehicles, and another limited-time store item

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Today marks another addition to the alpha build of Star Citizen, and if the game's previous two vehicle showcases weren't a big enough clue,...

Craig Morrison’s ‘horse mystery’ MMORPG gets a new trailer and its official name: Equinox Homecoming

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We appreciate how Craig Morrison's Horse Mystery MMO sounds a bit like a psychedelic prog rock group, but it's not; it's the elevator pitch...