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]

Gamescom 2017: Star Citizen demos ‘real-time, player-driven facial animation’

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If you skipped out on the Star Citizen Gamescom presentation, you missed out on some pretty good stuff. You also missed out on an...

Dark and Light’s animal taming mechanics are weirdly sadistic

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Dark and Light's latest dev walkthrough video focuses on taming the wild, and Snail is talking specifically about animal taming. To start taming, the...

Bring your own popcorn to the Gamescom Star Citizen stream

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The capstone to Star Citizen's Gamescom hoopla is slated for this afternoon at 3 p.m. EDT, when Cloud Imperium's Chris Roberts takes the stage...

Greed Monger creator says its failure ‘plagues’ him, offers recompense to backers

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No, your eyes aren't deceiving you; we're going to be talking about Greed Monger today, because some very interesting developments have just transpired on...

Gamescom 2017: Destiny 2’s European dead zone and Rolling Stone interview

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Destiny 2's European dead zone sure sounds festive, right? Well, it looks pretty, anyway. Bungie revealed the open world environ in a new video...

Lost Ark gets a new website, opens second CBT signups

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Korean-born MMORPG Lost Ark has just gotten a huge website revamp that hints at a development ramp-up. If you run the site through Google...

Gamescom 2017: ARK Survival Evolved’s launch trailer has otters

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No more delays: ARK Survival Evolved launches next week on August 29th, and Studio Wildcard brought a trailer to Gamescom to razzle-dazzle the dino-loving audience. It's...
Star Citizen

Gamescom 2017: Star Citizen goes in-depth on the alpha 3.0 delay issues

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With the high drama and surly community demanding Star Citizen 3.0 already, it's made for a slightly awkward Gamescom appearance for the crew. On the...

Darkfall: New Dawn releases state-of-the-game roadmap, says it’s 76% done

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Darkfall: New Dawn, one of a pair of indie-led player efforts to keep MMO sandbox Darkfall going after original studio Aventurine abandoned it last...

Ever, Jane whiles away the hours playing card games

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When you are a part of high society, it comes with certain expectations and customs. Entertainment is not found in slaughtering goblins, but in...

Gamescom 2017: Sea of Thieves enthuses about its crossplay possibilities

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Little did most Sea of Thieves Xbox One testers know, but there were turncoats in their midst. With the revelation this week that Rare is...
See, it's always dark and you need to have someone carrying a torch instead of fighting, and wait, come back.

Saga of Lucimia’s Labor Day alpha event focuses on combat effects, economy, and interface

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It's been a while since we checked in with Saga of Lucimia, one of several up-and-coming indie MMO sandboxes on the horizon. But that's...

Destiny 2 updates companion app, has potential to play at 60 FPS (but won’t)

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As you're rearranging your life schedule to get in some serious Destiny 2 game time when the beta starts up next week, don't forget...

En Masse is bringing Closers Online to the west this fall

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We are glad to say that the rumors were 100% correct: En Masse Entertainment is indeed bringing Closers Online (which it is now simply...

Gamescom 2017: Star Citizen confirms survival mechanics, rolls out ship profiles

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Cloud Imperium has continued its relentless Star Citizen streams from Gamescom all week, causing the usual sideshow drama over whether the 3.0 build on display...

Fortnite prepares for one heck of a storm in Aug 29 update

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A storm is rolling into Fortnite next week, and it's promising to be a doozy. The zombie survival game is prepping its "Survive the Storm"...

ARK Survival Evolved is nuking low pop servers in just one week

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ARK Survival Evolved is gearing up for launch, finally, which means it's now beginning to shelve some of the low pop servers across all...
It's barbaric, but hey, it's home.

Dauntless holds AMA covering free-to-play, Steam, wipes, and Monster Hunter Online

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Yesterday afternoon, the 40-odd-member Phoenix Labs team held a Reddit AMA on Dauntless. Let's run down the highlights! There are no hard dates attached...

Citadel Forged With Fire reworks and nerfs siege spells to help lowbies

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Citadel Forged With Fire is rolling out a new patch tomorrowday, and if you're following the early access game, you're probably gonna wanna know...

Sci-fi sandbox MMO Dual Universe’s pre-alpha launches September 30

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Dual Universe today etched a date on its pre-alpha launch: September 30th. "Access to this first playable version of Dual Universe will be limited...

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