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]

Cozy multiplayer sandbox Palia heads to Steam early access on March 25

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If you've been watching Palia's journey through F2P open beta early access and wished you could just play the game through Steam instead of...
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Nightingale’s early access launches to mixed Steam reviews, performance hotfixing, and a growing playerbase

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With the first 24 hours of Nightingale's early access release almost behind it, we're doing the usual thing where we collect overall initial impressions...

Fractured Online’s Endgame Changer patch goes live today with new mounts and more

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Today is the big day for Dynamight Studio's Fractured Online, as the game gets its first major patch post-early access. Its second early access....

Project Gundalf is an upcoming ‘next generation massive’ MMOBA title headed for release in 2025

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Do you dream of playing a MOBA on a more massive scale? Then you may be intrigued to learn about the code-named Project Gundalf,...
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Zenith’s spin-off game Infinite Realms has begun its free open beta

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Will today be the day that you decide to fling some blades at things before jumping through parkour courses in VR? Zenith's developers certainly...

Temtem studio reveals another new co-op multiplayer spinoff: Temtem Swarm

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Kickstarted critter-collection MMO Temtem is having yet another go at a spin-off title, this one a "bullet-heaven" co-op title called Temtem Swarm. Readers will recall...

Choose My Adventure: The Wagadu Chronicles is off to an extremely rough start

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Early access games are one of those things where you pretty much are buying something broken. It's like antique shopping for video games except...

Tencent’s Victorian gaslamp survivalbox Nightingale finally hits early access today

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Noon-o-clock Eastern time today: That's when survivalbox Nightingale finally arrives to early access, and $29.99 will get you a copy and the download rush...

The Quinfall shows off a couple of its melee fighting styles

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With more communication from its developer and gameplay videos coming out, The Quinfall may be taking steps to hike out of a pit of...

Last Epoch plans 24 hours of downtime ahead of Wednesday’s launch – here are the patch notes

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It's not every week that a Kickstarted game actually launches out of early access, but that's exactly what Last Epoch is doing on Wednesday,...

Nightingale runs down some last-minute changes before tomorrow’s early access launch

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Who's ready to plunge into the Victorian sci-fi realms of Nightingale this week? Early access for the multiplayer survival sandbox begins tomorrow, and developer...

Pantheon Rise of the Fallen officially begins its seasonal testing with the Into the Pass release

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The time of standard pre-alpha testing is over and the age of seasons has begun in Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen. This past weekend...

The Wagadu Chronicles plans quality-of-life, sailing, pets, and a new partnership in 2024 roadmap

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Early access for sandbox MMORPG The Wagadu Chronicles has not exactly had one of the most auspicious starts, with "Mixed" user reviews and absolutely...

Reign of Guilds has begun its last playtest ahead of the ‘final sprint’ to early access

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The PvP sandbox MMORPG Reign of Guilds is making its final moves before entering an early access launch, as developer Atlant Games began the...

Tibia sees an uptick in updates as Tibia-inspired 3Dragons plans beta testing

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Life over in the classic MMO Tibia has kept going for quite a while now, but things appear to have picked up quite a...

Open world survivalbox Smalland launches out of early access

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One brand-new survival game is attempting to go big -- by going very, very small. Smalland: Survive the Wilds launched out of early access this...
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Corepunk pushes its next alpha test into late April

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So far, hybrid MMO Corepunk has taken its sweet time getting here -- and it doesn't look like that pace is going to change...
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Betawatch: Islands of Insight launches straight out the gate

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So it does not matter what you think about Islands of Insight because that game just launched. Do you know how long that game...

Lightphobe is a new early asymmetrical co-op shooter with unique light mechanics

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Is 2024 the year when asymmetrical co-op shooters finally blow up? I dunno, but Lightphobe is hoping to be at the forefront when it...

SiegeCamp’s Anvil Empires talks up flying critters and hanging trees

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SiegeCamp's upcoming MMORPG sandbox Anvil Empires continues to fly under the genre's radar - and we aren't using the word fly lightly, as the...