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]

Make My MMO: New biome for Camelot Unchained; new campaigns for Hero’s Song, Dual Universe (Sept. 10, 2016)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, our own MJ - MJ Guthrie, that is - returned from DragonCon with reports from several crowdfunded MMORPG...

Star Citizen will let players open their own kiosks

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Have you ever been to the shopping mall and been completely jealous that these good-looking strangers get to sell weird wares from kiosks while...

The Stream Team: Aiming for a personal ARK Allosaurus pack

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Who is ready for a party? An ARK: Survival Evolved taming party? But this isn't just any old taming party: MassivelyOP's MJ is going...
Pictured: bugs, we guess? Metaphor is hard.

Crowfall shows off UI improvements

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Even if you're not involved in the actual testing process for Crowfall, you probably like seeing the game in action just to confirm that...

Enter to win a First Assault starter pack from Nexon and Massively OP

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Open beta for Ghost in the Shell: First Assault: Stand Alone Complex Online kicked off earlier this summer as a free-to-play title on Steam....

DragonCon 2016: Mark Jacobs on Camelot Unchained’s abilities and RvR realm rewards

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If you've been following anything about Camelot Unchained, then you get the idea that Mark Jacobs has set out to make something different than...

Shroud of the Avatar to issue bans for RMT outside of approved forum

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Did you know that Shroud of the Avatar allows players to trade and sell virtual goods like pledges and store items - and now gold?...

Smed says Hero’s Song is in the home stretch after early stumbles

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In a beefy update letter to the community on Reddit last night, Pixelmage Games CEO John Smedley talked about how far Hero's Song has...
Let's all work together to be kind of miserable.

The Daily Grind: What’s your take on Dual Universe’s subscription model?

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If you read Dual Universe's Kickstarter from beginning to end, you probably noticed this section about the game's planned business model: "You won't have to...
Well, someone thinks it's neat.

Escape from Tarkov shows off its extensive weapon customization

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What's your goal in Escape from Tarkov? At a glance, the title might suggest that your goal is to, well, escape, probably from somewhere...

AdventureQuest 3D asks for player help to design a fire zone

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The AdventureQuest 3D team was out in full force at DragonCon this past weekend, manning a panel on the game as well as participating...

Revelation Online starts testing guild creation and organization

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Calling guilds a "sanctuary" in MMORPGs, Revelation Online announced today that it has opened up a new guild module in its forums to allow...

Dark and Light is coming to Steam early access this fall

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Could Dark and Light stage one of the more surprising comebacks in MMO history? At least a curious eye or two is on the...

Otherland moves out of early access and into commercial release

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It's a grand day for the genre-hopping Otherland. The MMO has officially moved out of early access and released as a free-to-play title after a...

Smed: Hero’s Song will launch early access with 15 classes

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Pixelmage Games' John Smedley has posted an update for Indiegogo backers and would-be backers for his MMOARPG, Hero's Song. "As I write this we're sitting at...

Crowfall Q&A sheds light on the soft launch and the feedback process

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In its Q&A session for the month of September, Crowfall Design Lead Thomas Blair and Creative Director Todd Coleman celebrate a whole year of...

Retro-MMO Mirage Realms starts Android testing

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Android users, we've got a new title for you to check out this week: Mirage Realms. This is a small but ambitious project to...

Revelation Online wants you to know that it has PvE

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Not every MMO has to come right out and reassure its audience that, yes, it will have PvE content. That's usually a given unless...

Sea of Thieves wants to show, not tell, during development

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"We want people to be hyped, but we want people to be hyped for the right reasons." As development rolls forward with Sea of Thieves,...
Holiday road.

Sci-fi sandbox Dual Universe’s Kickstarter has launched, seeks half a million dollars

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As promised, the folks at Novaquark have launched the Kickstarter for Dual Universe this morning. They seek $557,818 to bring what they are calling "the...