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]

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Crowfall says it’s retooling its ‘test cadence’

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ArtCraft says it's "shifting gears" and recalibrating Crowfall's "test cadence." "Over the next few months, we are going to adjust our test cadence and gauge...
Like it needs the help.

Saga of Lucimia explains its pillar of group gameplay in-depth

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One of the pillars that Saga of Lucimia prides itself upon is the idea of group-based gameplay. You may think that this is an...
Keep it going, folks.

Das Tal seeks feedback on settlement buildings, announces clan alpha contest

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A lot of MMOs talk big about giving players a say in their development, but few deliver the way Fairytale Distillery is by way...

Project Genom doubles its world size and improves character progression

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In-development sci-fi MMO Project Genom released a big patch this week. The inconspicuously named 0.6 update, studio NeuronHaze says, represents big changes to "the bulk...
Forged.

Here’s how commercial buildings work in Chronicles of Elyria

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Chronicles of Elyria's latest Kickstarter update is all about commercial buildings, which would sound super boring if this were real life. But it's video...
After the end of Spirited Away, No-Face was forced to do horrible things to survive until his next starring role.

Asta officially launches with its first major expansion

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It is just a little bit odd that Asta: The War of Tears and Winds is launching when its first expansion drops. Those two...

Project Gorgon’s new patch buffs guilds and pigs

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Project Gorgon has been graced with a huge patch this week, the star of which is probably a massive overhaul of guilds. "Guilds can...

‘Boundless MMO’ Dual Universe announces itself to the world

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Back in February of this year, Massively OP got wind of an upcoming science-fiction MMO in development called Dual Universe. This looked like an interesting...

Check out H1Z1: King of the Kill’s Ignition trailer

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Daybreak's H1Z1 King of the Kill version saw the introduction of a new game mode with its latest patch: Ignition. "Ignition is a high-intensity, frenzied...
This will work out all right. We're all right with the events unfolding at present.

Darkfall: New Dawn developers outline rewards for players on the InDev setup

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The ultimate goal of the Darkfall: New Dawn team is not just to relaunch the original Darkfall with no alterations, hence the subtitle. However,...
We'll get this right sooner or later, probably.

Riders of Icarus on open-target action mode and phase three of beta

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Everyone has their own pet peeves when it comes down to a game's combat. Some people really like to just have the traditional MMORPG...

Chronicles of Elyria rules out PvE servers, non-human races, and mages (sorta)

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Chronicles of Elyria's latest Kickstarter updates lean to the informational side. Up first is a run-down of its next stretch goal, Wards of the...
Why did you keep going?

Crowfall shows off the making of the visuals for Gaea’s Wail

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Gaea's Wail is a Druid spell in Crowfall in which the Druid summons a spectral bear to attack people. This is, quite obviously, the...
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Get the rundown on what we know of Camelot Unchained’s classes

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Quickly, how much do you know about Camelot Unchained's classes? Do you know all of them? Do you know how they work? Would you...

Riding Out gallops out of the MMO starting gate next week

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If you're looking for an answer to the obvious question, no, we can never have too many equestrian MMORPGs in the world. There are...

Make My MMO: Chronicles of Elyria raises a million bucks (May 21, 2016)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, there's a new player in the crowdfunding business: Fig, a "community-powered publisher" whose "goal is to strike a balance...
Well, it's a nice lake, at least.

Camelot Unchained shows off weapon concepts and the growing world

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One of the big elements of Camelot Unchained's design philosophy is the difference between its three factions. It wouldn't make a lot of sense...
Ah yes.

Betawatch: AdventureQuest 3D shows off its cross-platform performance (May 20, 2016)

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You would think that cross-platform play for games would generally be a thing by now, but the fact that I can only get a...

Das Tal adds 29 skills to give players more ‘interesting choices’

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Fairytale Distillery's Alexander Zacherl says the team working on Das Tal has just finished up a two-week sprint working on a new world editor...

Star Citizen’s Around on Verse on 2.4, animations, events, and shopping

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Star Citizen's Around the Verse this week sees the return of Ben Lesnick just in time for the 2.4 patch to land on the...

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