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]

Camelot Unchained attacks its own test server with an army of bots

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While it's always important to get players on to test servers for that human element, what if you need a huge army of characters...

The Stream Team: Adventuring in ARK’s redwoods

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After many weeks of raiding and raid prepping, Massively OP's MJ is eager to just relax and explore the ARK once again -- relax...

The Stream Team: Exploring the city in Conan Exiles

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While exploring last time, Massively OP's MJ came across a city in Conan Exiles, and she's eager to poke around inside and check it...
Still kicking!

Betawatch: Pathfinder Online isn’t dead yet (March 24, 2017)

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You could be forgiven for kind of thinking that Pathfinder Online was dead in the water, but it turns out that there's still hope....

Gigantic has plans for bot matches, accessibility, and Windows 7 support

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Motiga Community Manager Evan Teicheira has a new state of the game post up for Gigantic today -- a most welcome one as the...

Dark and Light soldiers on past delays with new game previews

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In the brief time since its Chinese branch announced another delay, Snail Games has put out a pair of previews for its upcoming reboot...

Kickstarted survival sandbox Planet Nomads hits early access on April 18

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Planet Nomads is one of those gorgeous sci-fi multiplayer survival sandboxes that's been kicking around on our Make My MMO list for so long...

Dauntless recruits bold and beautiful warriors for its alpha program

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Will you be among the first members of the public to pick up your oversized weapon and go monster hunting in Phoenix Labs' co-op...

Star Citizen’s Around the Verse on the benefits of the ‘mega map’

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Try saying "mega map" 10 times fast! This week's Around the Verse does indeed cover the heck out of Star Citizen's mega map. Lead Gameplay...

Meet City of Titans’ six heroic archetypes

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Thanks to some website spring cleaning, City of Titans made a previously hidden article visible to the masses. This particular page outlines the upcoming...

Crowfall reflects on its ‘unrelenting series of updates’

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It's a little hard to believe, but we've now been watching Crowfall develop since late 2014, going from a teaser announcement through a successful...
This is fine.

Chronicles of Elyria clarifies server and domain selection process moving forward

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The staff behind Chronicles of Elyria has been on a whirlwind tour of events, and you can read all about it in the most...

The Survivalist: Massively OP’s guide to multiplayer survival sandboxes

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Welcome to The Survivalist! Ya'll might have noticed that I have gravitated a bit from my happy home of deep, immersive virtual worlds (possible...
So long.

The Exiled launches Season 2 with a trial extension and a big patch

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The second season of The Exiled is arriving, and while that sounds like the preamble to some critically acclaimed drama series starting up again,...
You want some of this? We've got a lot of it.

Conan Exiles’ big patch today includes wipes and ‘Exploit Hunters’ program

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Conan Exiles' update 22 has arrived this morning, and as teased exhaustively over the last few weeks, it's a biggun, with the ruins system to...
Legacy, indeed.

Rumor: Destiny 2 leak hints at September 8 launch

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Reddit is buzzing this morning over posters uploaded across the internet that if legit -- and they do look legit -- seem to reveal a September...

Ship of Heroes touts Unreal Engine 4 progress ahead of Kickstarter bid

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Since our community has City of Heroes on the brain of late, let's recall that there are no less than five games inspired by...

Fan creates Guild Wars 2 themed collectible card game

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Ever been playing Guild Wars 2 and thought to yourself, wouldn't I rather be playing a card game? UK-based designer and developer Luke Dowding...
Challenge: Get queued up.

Eternal Crusade triples daily active users after free-to-play switch

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Thanks to this past week's introduction of a free-to-play model, Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade saw a massive jump in its player population. The team reports...

MMOs you’ve never heard of: Lothgar Online, Little War Online, Age of Rivals

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When I add news to our newsroom for our reporters to pick up, I often add links that just say "such-and-such a game exists"...

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