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]

Star Citizen discusses larger adjustments coming to its divisive master modes system

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The master modes system that was introduced last May in Star Citizen has, by CIG's own admission, generated mixed reception: Some players like what...

Not So Massively: The dizzying complexity of ZeroSpace’s beta

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With Stormgate struggling off the bat and Immortal: Gates of Pyre turning to the blockchain dark side, ZeroSpace is looking like the last, best...
See how it glitters.

Palworld teases its biggest island update ever in December

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We do not know right now what Palworld's big December update is going to look like, but the very limited preview that the developers...

Intrepid Studios says Ashes of Creation’s current build ‘is the worst that Ashes will ever be’

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Ashes of Creation has once more provided some gameplay footage from within Alpha Two, only this time the footage is about a side of...

Once Human cooks up a Thanksgiving mobile closed beta test

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Just in time for Thanksgiving is a delicious addition to Once Human, as the horror shooter commenced the closed beta test for the game's mobile...

SMITE 2 adds Poseidon, Thor, and Cupid and makes general changes in its latest closed alpha patch

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Whether you want to make opponents thunderstruck, lovestruck, or... waterstruck? Splashed? Moistened? Either way, the latest patch for SMITE 2 has added three new...

Seekers of Skyveil adds new extraction requirements and map-wide bounty events as it resets progress

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Elodie Games' PvPvE extraction RPG Seekers of Skyveil has been moving through several closed playtests on random Fridays in October and November, but the...
The expected.

Marvel Rivals shows off its Hydra map and previews further development on the way

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If you really want a hero shooter, you go to a place that's absolutely lousy with heroes. Marvel ones, even. Yes, that's how Marvel...

Ship of Heroes spent its fall working on everything from difficulty sliders to an auction hall

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Crowdfunded superhero MMORPG Ship of Heroes is still trucking along in development, I'm happy to report today, and the latest bits are recapped in...

Corepunk has officially launched into early access

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Last night, Artificial Core officially launched Corepunk - though not without one final delay to cap off years of them. It's tradition, at this...

Supervive releases a roadmap through June – and a plan for temporary custom games

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We certainly didn't have "Supervive becomes the battle royale shooter of the moment" on our 2024 bingo cards, but apparently we should have as...

EVE Vanguard’s latest test patch includes four new or revamped map variants

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Ahead of EVE Vanguard's multi-game promotional event this Thanksgiving weekend, CCP Games has pushed out the latest patch for the in-development EVE Online franchise...

Star Citizen teases the Polaris capital ship release and plans for capital ship combat

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In internet spaceship naval warfare, sometimes bigger is better, and it doesn't get too much bigger than the Polaris, the upcoming corvette-class capital ship...

Swapmeat is a co-op roguelike shooter that tasks player teams with killing aliens and using their meat

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Look, friends, there's really no delicate way to explain this game or put a bow on it, so we're just going to come out...

Squad-based battle royale Supervive’s open beta earns positive reviews and over 47K players on Steam

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Considering overall trends in the sub-genre, you'd be forgiven for thinking that the isometric squad-based battle royale shooter Supervive would be moving into a...

Dungeon hack-and-slasher King of Meat preps a December alpha test

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With a name like King of Meat, you can assume that this upcoming game is going to get kind of gory and weird. If...

Eternal Tombs celebrates 5000 testers for the year, readies more new zones for early 2025

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Eternal Tombs, the developing sandbox MMORPG that leans on the use of GMs to launch in-game events, is wrapping up what it's calling a...

Fight or Kite: Skygard Arena blends Final Fantasy Tactics and Into the Breach

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It’s no secret around MOP offices that I am semi-obsessed with board games as of late. It’s a problem, honestly, as my gaming budget...

Palworld delays its early access release on Mac until February 2025

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If you were hoping to get some Palworld game time on your Mac, Pocketpair has some unfortunate news for you: The game's release for...

Ashes of Creation wipes away assets and eliminates over 100 characters over duping incident

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One has to wonder exactly what sort of benefit someone would get from trying to use dupes to get ahead in a game that's...