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]

First impressions: Final Stand Ragnarok is not Camelot Unchained, but it’s a fun romp anyway

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At the top of 2020, when City State Entertainment's Mark Jacobs first announced Final Stand Ragnarok - called Project Colossus back then - it...
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Shroud of the Avatar lets players build bazaars and live on the water in Release 123

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Whether you're keen to create a market stall-filled bazaar or dodge property taxes because you're living on the water, Release 123 of Shroud of...

Nightingale’s weekend emergency rollback appears to have mostly patched up problems

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It was the kind of nightmare scenario that no survival RPG ever wants to see: a bug that caused player housing to be wiped...

MultiVersus is back and launching May 28 with a ground-up rebuild and PvE mode

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Multiversus made waves - and not the good kind - when a year ago Warner Bros. and Player First Games closed down the super...

Nightingale rolls back last week’s patch after nasty bug deleted players’ housing

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Losing a home in an MMO hurts like hell, as our readers can attest, and unfortunately, that's what's been happening to Nightingale testers this...
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Betawatch: Dune Awakening shows off but stays sleeping on a release date

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Hey, will you look at that, Dune Awakening finally has some of the forward motion happening! It got gameplay previews! It got film references!...

Kickstarted multiplayer sandbox ECO releases a roadmap from early access to launch

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It's been a few months since we talked much about ECO, the Kickstarted sandbox that has enchanted pretty much everyone who gives in to...

Vindictus Defying Fate spinoff begins alpha testing limited multiplayer next week

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Well, it's not the Vindictus 2 you wanted, but it's something: As we noted earlier this week, Nexon is barreling onward with Vindictus Defying...

Star Citizen highlights alpha 3.23’s updates to FPS reloading, recoil, and aiming

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There are a lot of times when players of Star Citizen need to clamber out of their favorite internet spaceship in order to get...

Nightingale’s roadmap includes a lot more QOL than the offline mode

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If you were among those grumbling at Nightingale's mini-patch earlier this week, Inflexion's latest missive ought to make you feel better - or at...
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World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Classic is open for beta testing now

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Remember when World of Warcraft had just launched Cataclysm? Are you eager to do that again? Stop shaking your head and shouting that you...

‘Survival crafting MMORPG’ BitCraft plans closed alpha for April 2 – here’s how to sign up

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That upcoming MMORPG sandbox BitCraft is heading into closed alpha is not a shock: Clockwork Labs has been teasing it for months. The new...

Throwback MMORPG Scars of Honor’s $200K Kickstarter bid ends unsuccessfully

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Exactly a month ago, Bulgarian startup studio Beast Burst Entertainment began a $200,000 Kickstarter for its MMORPG Scars of Honor, and as of this...

Dune Awakening: Religion yes, player messiahs no

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With Dune Part 2 in theaters and Funcom kicking Dune Awakening's hype into high gear, it's hard not to be swept up in the...

Star Citizen and Squadron 42 recount February’s efforts while a dev makes a surprising reference to ‘SC 1.0’

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It's time once more for Star Citizen and Squadron 42 to turn in their respective book reports and regale followers with February development reports,...

Fractured Online’s latest update boosts soloers and grants free respecs ahead of F2P weekend

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Dynamight Studios is all about the free this weekend: We've previously noted that the studio is setting its Kickstarted sandbox MMORPG Fractured Online free-to-play...
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Final Fantasy XIV will launch on Xbox on March 21

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Well, it looks like the beta for Final Fantasy XIV on the Xbox Series X|S is not going to last particularly long after all....

Mediumly multiplayer Loftia, bolstered by investor funding, talks quests, energy, and sustainability

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We've had our eye on solarpunk-themed "mediumly multiplayer" sandbox Loftia since last year, when Aussie developer Qloud scored a whopping $1.27M on Kickstarter to...

Nightingale’s latest patch allows players to select their server regions

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For a game that allows you to hop through portals into new worlds, Nightingale hasn't been the best at giving players full control over...

MultiVersus suddenly breaks radio silence nine months after its multiplayer open beta shutdown

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Back in March of last year, Warner Bros. and Player First Games made the baffling and upsetting announcement that the open beta for its...