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 breaks a crowdfunding record for November with over $28M in sales

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In case it wasn't clear what Star Citizen was hoping for when it launched last month's IAE event, the sales numbers for the month...

Survival shooter The Day Before shows off Times Square ad space ahead of December 7 early access

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Having personally been in Times Square for a couple of days, I can say that the giant video billboards that highlight the streets there...
Trumpets!

Betawatch: Nightingale’s stress test invites you to join

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Our editor-in-chief will be quick to point out that if Nightingale has been stress-testing anything up to this point, it has been her patience...

Eternal Tombs demos low-level melee and magic combat ahead of next test

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Eternal Tombs - the MMO originally known as War of Dragnorox - has another dev blog out this week, this time demoing the cutest...
Dive! DIVE!

Ship of Heroes buffs up its travel powers in the service of this weird thing called ‘fun’

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On this week's MOP Podcast, Justin and I derailed into talking about superhero powers and travel powers, so it's perfect timing that Heroic Games'...

‘Shared-world puzzle adventure game’ Islands of Insight gets February launch window and releases a free demo

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Back in June, one of the Not So Massively games we highlighted was Islands of Insight, a self-described "epic shared-world puzzle adventure game" where...

Ashes of Creation offers an hour-long look at its current gathering and crafting gameplay

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Ashes of Creation isn't only an FFA PvP sandbox; it also has some crafting and gathering to do (likely designed to create sheep for...

Pantheon Rise of the Fallen outlines updates made to the MMORPG, readies more recaps and letters

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This month's producer's letter from Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen continues to move through the game's returned MMORPG testing details, with a summary of...

Palia teases its winter festival rollout and puzzle-oriented Temple of the Gales

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You had to know a cozy co-op game like Palia would be decking the halls with some winter festivities, and that's exactly what this...

Tribes 3 Rivals aims to resurrect the classic capture-the-flag franchise next year

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Cast your mind all the way back to 1998, unless you weren't born yet, in which case you may play with your fidget spinner...

MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: IdleRune, Don’t Die in the West, Ikariam

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Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent multiplayer titles you’ve (probably) never heard of! This time I'm the one steering this...

ARK Survival Ascended’s PlayStation launch has been undelayed to November 30

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Studio Wildcard is about to make some PlayStation fans very happy: It's undelaying the delay of of ARK Survival Ascended's PlayStation launch. Readers will recall...

Bossa Games’ post-Worlds Adrift co-op game, Lost Skies, heads into pre-alpha

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We've had an eye on Bossa Games - again - ever since May of this year, when the company best known to MMORPG players...

Skull and Bones is now targeting February 2024 for its launch following eleventy billion delays

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Insider Gaming is reporting that Ubisoft has finally narrowed down Skull and Bones' launch date to February 16th, 2024. And believe it or not,...

Nexon’s early access 5v5 action shooter Veiled Experts will sunset December 14

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You may not have heard of Veiled Experts, a free-to-play 5v5 tactical action shooter from Nexon: The company billed it as a game that's...

BitCraft delicately balances social interactions and private ownership with its player housing

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The fact that BitCraft, Clockwork Labs' upcoming investor-funded sandbox MMO, will feature player housing is something that one might take for granted. But what...
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Guild Wars 2’s weapon proliferation beta has begun as ArenaNet ungates SOTO for alts

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It's weapon proliferation day in Guild Wars 2! OK, OK, it's the "Expanded Weapon Proficiency Beta," otherwise known as your first chance to try...
We stan a king.

Project Gorgon dev says it’s catering to older players who remember the golden age of MMOs

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Last night's Project Gorgon patch brought cheers to the game's Discord as what was represented as a bug-fixing patch also heavily revamped a skill...
We have Anduin at home.

Tarisland casts a spotlight on the Paladin class, ‘the divine incarnation who pursues justice’

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If you've been peering into the second closed beta test of Tarisland - or even the MMORPG's first beta - you probably know a...
Sure, all right.

Wayfinder previews December update, puts off stream in absence of finalized publishing plan

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While the rest of us are still nervous about the fate of Wayfinder after Digital Extremes axed its publishing department and jettisoned the game,...