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]

Freeman: Star Edge is a slick-looking space sim that might go multiplayer

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Have that urge to explore the wild galactic yonder? Here's a potential candidate to steal your time in the future called Freeman: Star Edge....

Camelot Unchained adds a post office messaging system

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It's a productive era for the Camelot Unchained, as the team has reduced testing in order to "buckle down and focus" on development projects. One...

Betawatch: Closers Online’s alpha is totally open this weekend (October 20, 2017)

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Welcome back to another edition of Betawatch, the game where literally everything is in early access forever. Except Closers, of course, which is open!...

Gloria Victis wants to make you fight over guild castles

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Ever wanted to fight over a castle in the sky and shout "winter is coming" at your enemies? Gloria Victis will oblige. It recently...
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Ashes of Creation shows new images, talks about its ‘mini-Sim City’ design

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Following a flurry of blog posts, its PAX West appearance, and its crowdfunding campaign, Ashes of Creation has gone downright silent this fall. It's...
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H1Z1’s three-day $500K prize pool Invitational tourneys kick off right now

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We may roll our eyes at H1Z1's flip-flopping on names, gameplay splits, and apparent inability to actually launch, but there's no doubt Daybreak is...

Chronicles of Elyria begins price increases in preparation of pre-alpha releases

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Great ready to pay more for Chronicles of Elyria. Soulbound Studios announced this week that it is preparing to raise the prices on all of...

Cursed trees and magic traps arrive in Dark and Light

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Hope you weren't planning on getting any sleep today, because Dark and Light has brought nightmare fuel instead of donuts for today's update. I...

Project Gorgon’s huge UI revamp is a ‘major stepping stone’ toward Steam early access

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Interface junkies, gather round, especially if you like detailed old-school-inspired MMORPGs, for Project Gorgon has unveiled a detailed tour of its new UI. It's...

Star Citizen: Around the Verse, alpha 3.0 bugs, and the state of refunds

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Let's just get this out of the way upfront: There are 25 serious issues still on the docket before Star Citizen's alpha 3.0 moves...

Sea of Thieves offers up its full NYCC panel on multiplayer, holds players to ‘Pirate’s Code’

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This month, Sea of Thieves has been beating pretty hard on the drum of "our multiplayer is going to be better than most other...

Bless Online will launch on Steam in 2018

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NEOWIZ announced on Steam today that the global release for Bless Online is indeed still happening, with a Steam launch planned here in the...

Dauntless lowers the hammer — in a good way

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Multiplayer monster hunter Dauntless is taking its first steps to a new and improved combat system -- and hammer-using warriors are going to be...

The Stream Team: Win a key to play The Black Death’s new Pestilence update

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Pus and pestilence -- the perfect combination for a gory Halloween! And The Black Death has it. The Pestilence update that launched today not...

Citadel: Forged With Fire’s Halloween update includes props, blood, and trick-or-treating

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Citadel: Forged With Fire is one of many MMOs and survival sandboxes sitting in beta or early access but still pushing out some sort...
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The Life is Feudal MMO finally has a soft launch date: November 17

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After what seems like a million years of testing (not really though), the MMO version of Life is Feudal is finally leaving closed beta...

Crowfall demos more action harvesting, starts taking guild name reservations

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Crowfall isn't content to make gathering as dull and repetitive as in other MMOs, which is why the team is putting great stock in...

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds passes up League of Legends in Korean PC bangs

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If you are not at least keeping an eye on PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and how it's currently disrupting the entire online gaming market, you probably...

Closers opens up its final alpha weekend to everyone

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Here's an intriguing option for your weekend plans: Pour a tall glass of cel-shaded anime combat and down it before the buzzer sounds for...
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Funcom has delayed Conan Exiles’ launch to Q2 2018

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Funcom announced this morning that it's delaying Conan Exiles' formal launch, this time to Q2 2018. "We've been looking at our development roadmap for Conan...

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