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]

The Stream Team: Carving out a life in Conan Exiles

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Massively OP's MJ is still carving out a life for herself in the harsh exiled lands, but the native inhabitants of Conan Exiles seem...

Dual Universe hits another stretch goal, shows seamless interplanetary travel

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Thanks to pledges through its website, Dual Universe recently crossed the €650,000 line and hit another stretch goal. Now the game will include combat constructs,...

Shroud of the Avatar stops supporting DX9

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Hope Shroud of the Avatar players weren't too attached to DX9, because the API collection is now being exorcised from the upcoming MMO. This...

Broke Protocol is Minecraft meets Grand Theft Auto

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If you took Grand Theft Auto and molded it into the visual style of Minecraft, would it have crowd appeal? Cylinder Studios sure hopes...

Star Citizen Around the Verse deep-dives its player interaction system

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On Star Citizen's Around the Verse episode this week, Erin Roberts checks in from the UK studios in Wilmslow, where the team is working...
Train, train away.

Day five of Crowfall’s teaser week: A ‘triad of confusion’

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Yes, Crowfall's teaser week is coming to a close today, with two new images and a story excerpt commenting on the insidious nature of humans. If yesterday's...

Microsoft is working on a secret VR MMO

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Microsoft and MMORPGs haven't had the best of relationship in history, with the company approving and then canceling several promising games over the past...
Nope!

Runescape Idle Adventures is shutting down on May 15

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Remember Runescape: Idle Adventures? Probably not, which is probably a good part of the reason why the game is rather quietly shuttering its doors...
This town is, in fact, big enough for the both of us. We need a fourth.

Wild West Online announced for later this year, Kickstarter coming soon

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If you've been wishing for horses and western MMORPGs, then saddle up par'dner -- we're about to ride off into a glorious sunrise. PC Gamer...

One man, one MMORTS, one early access release

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After seven years of development by a man named Robert Basler, The Imperial Realm: Miranda has finally released into early access. Miranda was inspired by...

Conan Exiles goes nuts with home decoration and defense

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If interior decoration gets your motor running, then Conan Exiles is about to become your favorite haunt. The survival sandbox just unloaded a slew...
Alive again!

Diablo III’s Necromancer beta is back from the dead

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The Necromancer beta for Diablo III was around for a short time, then swiftly died off and went quiet as Blizzard tinkered with various...

The Stream Team: Sashaying through Shroud of the Avatar while it’s free

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It has much too long since Massively OP's MJ has sashayed though the lands in Shroud of the Avatar. Part of the reason is...

Ashes of Creation targets underwater mount stretch goal, shows off Predator class

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Over 9,600 fans have donated to Ashes of Creation's Kickstarter so far this May, which is more than enough to put the campaign over...
Interact with this.

Day four of Crowfall’s teaser week: Are we getting warm yet?

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ArtCraft is clearly taking Crowfall's teaser week super seriously, what with naming today's teaser images "hottiemchotster" and "jamesgoblinlikesthis." There's not much to the Thursday...

Ship of Heroes explores its spaceship mission maps

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Raise your hand if you're a superhero MMORPG fan who really, really wants to see good mission maps. None of this office building #3457225...

Elder Scrolls Online’s latest trailer reveals the true balance of power in Morrowind

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Over the past couple of weeks, ZeniMax has been releasing travelogues and trailers for The Elder Scrolls Online's Morrowind expansion, many of them voiced...
Ink?

Rend’s reputation system is your shield against same-side griefers

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As a faction PvP sandbox, Rend is going to attract certain types of players... and one of those types is certain to be the...

Valiance Online’s capital city hall is ‘akin to the Pentagon’ for supers

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Back in April, Silverhelm Studios told players it was instituting "big changes" in the way it was rolling out information for City of Heroes-inspired...

Crowfall expands Eternal Kingdom testing, drops yet more teasers

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Are you tired of Crowfall's string of teasers leading up to a big announcement on May 16th, or does every word and screenshot add...

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