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]

Days late and many dollars short.

The Sims 5 developers are looking to Animal Crossing and Among Us for multiplayer inspiration

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If the promise of multiplayer in The Sims 5 (technically still Project Rene but let's not front) brings you memories of The Sims Online,...

Soulframe targets ‘pre-pre-pre-pre-alpha’ testing for mid-December, lets you pet the dog

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While Digital Extremes' latest livestream was mostly focused on its one (and primarily only) game, there was a small spotlight granted to its upcoming...

Evercore Heroes talks upcoming remaster, says its ‘fighting for Vela’s survival with this next bet’

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It's been an exceedingly rough year for Evercore Heroes, the fusion of MMO, MOBA, and bad luck. The project went into closed beta this...

Nightingale’s latest test saw 12,000 players dive into its realms

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Who's ready to get some Victorian survival sandbox on in 2024? While we're still in a holding pattern for Nightingale's upcoming release, the game...

CCP Games’ EVE Online-adjacent blockchain game Project Awakening confirms a December 6 playtest

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Back in March we reported that CCP Games had begun development of Project Awakening, a blockchain game set within the EVE Online universe. The...

Pantheon influencers show off pre-alpha MMORPG footage as Visionary Realms loses a marketing staffer

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Is Visionary Realms attempting to staunch the bleeding of player trust, or this all just part of an existing plan? That's certainly up for...

Bungie finally admits it’s delaying Destiny 2’s The Final Shape to June 4

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Confirming what leaks and rumors and layoffs a month ago had already implied, Bungie announced this afternoon that it's delaying Destiny 2's The Final...

Sandbox MMO Eco lets players establish towns, countries, and federations in December 12 update

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Do you remember Eco? It's a Kickstarted sandbox MMO that tasks players to work together in order to maintain global ecology that started early...

Star Citizen fan recuts StarEngine demo video to remove ‘fluff’ and focus on its features

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CIG has to have known that disgruntled Star Citizen fans would see the recently released StarEngine demo video as another chance to drag the...

PvPvE extraction shooter Hawked begins early access on PC November 30, pushes a pre-registration raffle

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If you haven't gotten tired of the PvPvE extraction shooter bandwagon yet, or you're electing to ignore the thin walls of this latest sub-genre...

Eternal Tombs boasts that it’s ‘making the most progress’ in development over peers

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Hardcore project Eternal Tombs refuses to see itself as a weak underdog in the MMO race. As the game barrels through development, the studio...

Perfect New World wraps up its ‘equilibrious test’ with stats and appreciation

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The self-described "equilibrious test" for Perfect New World has officially concluded and the studio is happily crowing about the recent beta round's success, thanking...
I want to eat the sun.

Betawatch: City of Titans’ map falls into place in its latest test build

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The past decade has been weird for a City of Heroes fan, and that extends to games like City of Titans. And now, the...
Pay us tens of thousands of dollars! We will never finish.

Star Citizen introduces the flyable Argo SRV space tow truck and in-concept RSI Arrastra mining ship

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This week's episode of Star Citizen's usual video series is all about the more industrious kind of pilot. The one who likes to do...

Fractured Online sold 5000 copies, devs post short-term update roadmap and more stats

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Most of the time we're left to educated guesses, supposition, or cutting through the Gordian knot of investor report double-speak when it comes to...

EVE Online’s FPS module Vanguard will have its first test on December 7 for subscribers

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When CCP Games announced EVE: Vanguard, the FPS module that claims to link itself to EVE Online, many people expressed skepticism, particularly since the...
Delay!

Corepunk hopes to have early access launched by the end of winter

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Momentum is building for Corepunk this season. The long-in-the-coming cyberpunk MMOARPG ran through two limited-scope tests earlier this fall and is gearing up for...

Throne & Liberty addresses PvP overlap, cash shop plans, and its global launch

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With Throne & Liberty headed for a December 7th Korean release and making a big splash at this year's G-Star with gameplay demonstrations and...
Suitable for Bodylande.

Valheim shows off armor and weapons approaching with the Ashlands

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When your viking is out in the lands of Valheim striding across the Ashlands, what is your first priority? No, it is not dying...

Waven introduces a new boss fight and refreshed battle pass in second chapter of the Lance Dur season

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The Lance Dur season of early access tactical MMO Waven that started last month continues today with Chapter 2: Belladonna, the second portion of...