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]

Ship of Heroes demonstrates how its character creator can be used to convey personal stories

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When it comes to superheroes, you can generally get a lot of information from the costume they wear - it's a big part of...
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Ashes of Creation’s newest video explains how its questing system differs from other MMOs

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"Ashes does questing just a little bit differently than other MMOs." That's a good heads-up for any fans that Intrepid Studios' upcoming MMORPG may require...

Pantheon Rise of the Fallen marks progress on pet system, combat, visuals, and March 30’s Season 2

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Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen appears to be trying to exude a renewed sense of vim and vigor in the February producer's letter, which...
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10-year-old Camelot Unchained is launching ‘late next year’ following CSE rebrand and investment haul

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So, remember Camelot Unchained? The throwback sandbox MMORPG that was Kickstarted way back in 2013, hit beta in 2018, then added a second game...

Star Citizen’s CIG admits to rumored layoffs, blaming restructuring and relocation

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Over the past couple of weeks we've been reporting on an apparent wave of layoffs at Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games, starting first...

Sandbox MMO Anvil Empires previews chunks of its smithing and weaponcrafting systems

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The latest Anvil Empires dev blog is all about making the pointy end part of "stick 'em with the pointy end" as the Siege...

TerraTech Worlds is a new survivalbox for our vehicle-loving friends

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It's not a traditional MMORPG, but Payload Studios' TerraTech Worlds is scooting right along the edge as a co-op PvE survival title that might...
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Waven extends its tutorials and cleans up some guidance with its latest patch

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Tutorials are kind of important when video games want people to actually play instead of stare blankly at the screen murmuring "so how do...

ASTRA Knights of Veda finally opens pre-registration March 5 – here’s the new trailer

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We've been keeping half an eyeball on ASTRA Knights of Veda since last year, when publisher HYBE and studio FLINT introduced their 2-D "MORPG"...

Funcom’s Dune Awakening MMO is finally promising trailers and hype as Dune 2 hits theaters

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Throughout the length of the Dune MMORPG's development, it's seemed weird that Funcom and Tencent didn't push harder to link the game more directly...

Nightingale teases storage and crafting QOL plans as players build away and reviews sit at ‘mixed’

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A week into its early access launch, Nightingale studio Inflexion has very briefly addressed the community on how the rollout went - and what's next...

Pax Dei floods Discord with screenshots of wildlife, continues to promise alpha testing soon

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The sandbox MMORPG Pax Dei is extremely proud of its plantlife and animal life, and just in case you doubt us, then you need...

Age of Empires announces multiplayer mobile version for 2024

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Oh man, Age of Empires II was my jam back in the early 2000s. Along with many of you, surely, I sunk in so...

Choose My Adventure: The Wagadu Chronicles’ worldbuilding is epic, but the gameplay…

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The Wagadu Chronicles has kind of made me sad. I wasn't really expecting this game to be some arbiter of a new age for...

Project Gorgon’s February update buffs the in-game map and adds a Hardcore Living skill

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Should it be illegal to put out an MMO patch and patch notes at 7:25 p.m. on a Friday night? Yes, definitely, tar and...

Freaky shooter Once Human aims for a multiplayer beta next month

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Just because the world has ended in such mind-boggling horror that it would erode your very soul doesn't mean you can't grab a good...

Co-op survival RPG Coreborn permanently slashes price, adds new town management features

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Developer Blankhans is once again reaffirming that its multiplayer survival RPG Coreborn: Nations of the Ultracore didn't quite meet its initial standards: The studio...

Palworld celebrates 25M players in its first month, promises anti-cheat measures, showcases critters

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The hot iron of Palworld might have cooled just a bit, but the quirky survival sandbox has still drawn in some big numbers overall....

New Gigantic vid sees current and former devs discuss reviving the shooter MOBA

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With news of the MOBA Gigantic making a return as the buy-to-play Gigantic: Rampage Edition, many fans are probably curious exactly how Gearbox, Abstraction...
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2-D Pokemon-like MMORPG Duel Revolution makes its full release on PC and mobile March 1

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Last October we got our first peek at Duel Revolution, a 2-D creature-capturing MMORPG that promises 50 different Evo creatures that can be improved...