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]

Shards Online plans wipe, drops NDA ahead of impending Steam launch

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Shards Online's latest newsletter is homing in on the game's Steam launch. The game hit always-on alpha back in January, but now it's eyeing...

Valiance Online devs take the alpha client out for a test drive

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Early access is for chumps. If you really want to be in on the ground floor, you need to land yourself a spot on...

The Stream Team: ARK’s night is dark and full of dinos (to eat)

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Are you afraid of things that go bump in the night? You should be in ARK -- especially if that bump also bites! Unless,...
And this time, we mean it.

Betawatch: Albion Online prepares for Sir Galahad the Patchly (February 10, 2017)

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The extended beta for Albion Online gives the developers time to add more to the game. For example, when the Galahad patch goes live,...

The Stream Team: Conan Exiles’ killer crocs and ferocious fowl

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Considering anything in Conan Exiles to be harmless can be a fatal mistake, as Massively OP's MJ recently learned. What she thought was a...

Project Gorgon adds support for player-run challenges

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While Project Gorgon is not going to implement a permadeath mode any time soon, the team has put in some tools to allow players...

Cloud Pirates hits early access and adds convoy mode

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Hear ye, hear ye! Pirates are terrorizing the skies with the aid and comfort of ruthless players! So-called "early access" has ushered in an...

Star Citizen’s Around the Verse on the ship pipeline and ‘dead body tech’

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This week's Star Citizen Around the Verse episode heralds the game's 2.6.1 update, which has gone live for the hand-picked special test crew of...
Nast

Conan Exiles is bringing official servers back online, releases dev kit for modders

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Conan Exile's struggle to stay on top of the high demand for the survival sandbox and its troubles with shards continues, as Funcom announced...

The Stream Team: Checking out SMITE Tactics’ Chinese pantheon plus giveaway

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Massively OP's MJ got to peek into SMITE Tactics a bit during Hi-Rez Expo 2017, but she didn't really have time to dive in...

Mekria Online cancels its $110K Kickstarter

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Just a week and a half ago, we told you all about Mekria Online, a brand-new in-development MMORPG focused on both PvE and PvP....
Parting is such... whatever this is.

Revelation Online’s third closed beta is over, the next steps are in the works

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The third closed beta for Revelation Online has come to a close, and that means it's time for players to start speculating about the...
No gods, no masters.

Chronicles of Elyria might fatten up your character

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Chronicles of Elyria is nothing if not bursting with interesting little ideas that you don't often see in other MMOs. One of these, apparently,...
This isn't alive yet, but it, too, is going to die.

Crowfall demonstrates the animations of the Templar

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Crowfall's Templar is going to smash in your face if you cross her. She's got divine power, she's got a two-handed sword, and she's...

Ashes of Creation demos new dungeon video, won’t ‘sacrifice aesthetics for performance’

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Curious what Ashes of Creation looks like in action? The team released its first gameplay video last night, showing a mage exploring an icy...

Paladins brings out the street-smart Maeve

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So apparently Paladins' thing is that it's going to be the online multiplayer title that fires patches and new characters at us from some sort...

AdventureQuest 3D previews the dragon-infested Firefields

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AdventureQuest 3D's newest region should be arriving any day now, giving level 15 players a chance to test their mettle against dragons in their native...
Damn right they have feathers.

Durango testers build 6.3 million buildings in beta

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Mobile dino MMO Durango wrapped up its first closed beta test back on January 16th, and the game has many stories to tell from it....
The Twilight Zone S1E1

Edengrad adds in more reactive NPC mechanics

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Even in a post-apocalyptic setting like Edengrad, it's important for NPCs to fill out the world and make it feel more alive. However, that...

Summoners War MMO emerges from mobile game

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We have seen our fair share of mobile game spin-offs from MMORPGs, particularly eastern titles. The reverse isn't as common, but today we do...

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