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]

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Wild Buster is adding Duke Nukem to its lineup… really

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Do you still have a deep emotional attachment to Duke Nukem, the star (ahem) of Duke Nukem Forever and endless memes about games which...

Crowfall’s Q&A stream will address skill UI, race-class split, VIP accounts, and respecs

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Crowfall, don't y'all know that Friday is the unofficial industry day to slack off and stream MMOs instead of working, not Thursday? I'm kidding (or...

PAX West 2017: Ship of Heroes on exploration, community, and recapturing the magic of City of Heroes

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Sometimes MMORPG players might get the feeling that game companies will let just about anything slide in order to keep the most revenue streaming...

Pantheon’s visionary perception system explained

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You might have heard that Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is being developed to reflect an older era of MMORPG design and to rethink...
Waifu

Dark and Light apologizes for rollbacks following the ice caves patch

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Nobody wants to see the word "rollback" associated with a game, including the designers. You can tell that the staff behind Dark and Light...

Enter to win a copy of Wild Terra from Juvty and Massively OP!

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Indie sandbox MMORPG Wild Terra (official site, Steam) has been in early access since December, a nostalgia-driven medieval sim that allows players to build up...

Paragon players rage over ‘pay-to-win’ monetization changes and loot crates

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No exaggeration: The Paragon subreddit is in absolute uproar over the MOBA's newest monetization tactic. The board is currently covered with dozens of threads angry...

Worlds Adrift patches its free Island Creator, releases founder packs today

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MMO builder types, today's Worlds Adrift update is aimed squarely at you. Bossa Studios just released a massive update to the Island Creator --...
I'm so disappointed in what we've done with robots.

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds passes 10M sold

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This year's online juggernaut is not, surprisingly enough, anything made by Valve, Blizzard, or Riot, but instead one stemmed from the mind of a...
well BYE

Destiny 2’s console edition has officially launched around the globe

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Did you stay up last night until midnight, waiting for your turn at Destiny 2? Were you watching the Bungie feed as it posted...

PAX West 2017: Hands-on with Amazon’s Breakaway

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When I first went for my hands-on appointment to try out Amazon Game Studios' upcoming mythological sports brawler Breakaway at PAX West, I didn't...
Such value!

OrbusVR is bringing market stalls and messages to its second closed beta

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Thus far when playing OrbusVR, players have had no ability to send private messages to one another. As a result, you've had to rely...

Guild Wars 2 on how Path of Fire is the most ‘complex’ story ANet’s done

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Even if you're a Guild Wars lore fan whose favorite word is "Cantha," it's likely that you've lost a bit of the story along...

TERA M brings some (but not all) of your classes and races to mobile

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In case it slipped your attention when we reported on it last month, TERA is indeed receiving a full-fledged mobile spin-off. The game, called...

Worlds Adrift responds to player PvP feedback

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Tuning PvP during a game's testing process has to be a thankless task, but the team at Worlds Adrift are up to the challenge....

PAX West 2017: Dual Universe demos its persistent, seamless, sandbox universe

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If you were hoping that another title would pick up the idea of a voxel world and run with it, you're getting your wish....

Flameseeker Chronicles: Getting to grips with Guild Wars 2’s Path of Fire mounts

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ArenaNet dedicated last week to all things mounts, so it stands to reason that I'd simply have to provide you with a run-down of...

Destiny 2 has begun its official console launch around the globe

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Destiny 2's console servers are beginning their staggered opening today, starting with our friends down under in Australia and New Zealand, where the clock's...

PAX West 2017: Watch the full Ashes of Creation panel

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This past weekend at PAX West, Ashes of Creation made sure to drop a few announcement bombs on its community that showed up to...

Funcom will still love Conan Exiles when the new baby is here

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Longtime Funcom watchers and MMORPG veterans already knew that Funcom was working on multiple games as part of its Conan franchise push, but some...

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