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]

Reign of Guilds targets early access launch in early 2024 and an open playtest in mid-December

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Reign of Guilds developer Atlant Games is proudly declaring that it's in the final stretch of its current development cycle as the PvP sandbox...
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Tencent dives into the backstory of Tarisland’s Aslow the Shadow Witch

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If you've fallen in love with the unique cadence of Tarisland's not-quite-correct English translations from its various video narrations, you will probably enjoy the...

Throne & Liberty unloads seven (!) new class videos at G-Star

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If you're a Throne & Liberty fan, then this week is nothing short of an early Christmas for you. With NCsoft's latest Lineage entry...

Kickstarted superhero MMORPG Ship of Heroes’ power augments borrow all the right bits from City of Heroes

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How about news on two crowdfunded superhero MMORPGs in one day? We'll take it: Not only did City of Titans drop a new build...

Palia’s latest beta update adds a new character storyline, fresh decor, and a quirky critter

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Happy patch day for Palia! It looks as if you'll be joined by a new character for Thanksgiving: Her name is Subira. "This patch...

Early access co-op horror title Lethal Company tops Steam’s sales charts and rakes in over 100K players

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By now most gamers of all stripes have heard of Lethal Company, a multiplayer co-op title from solo developer Zeekerss that casts players in...

Kickstarted superhero MMORPG City of Titans releases new test build with massively expanded map

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Big news for superhero MMORPG fans today, as the crowdfunded City of Heroes spiritual successor City of Titans has released a new development update...
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New World’s PTR is testing crafting features and the Legacy of Crassus event

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Do you miss whaling away on big angry cyclopes in New World? Then you probably will want to be in the game's PTR, as...

Fractured Online’s player city restoration is underway following malicious hack last weekend

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Since this past weekend, the fledgling second early access of Fractured Online has been tarnished by the actions of a malicious hacker, who according...

Ilysia shares a roadmap of updates for the next few months and a Quest 3 visual upgrade video

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The VR MMORPG Ilysia is planning a road trip through the world of Updatesville, with lots of stops including Content City, the Upgrade Mall,...

Throne & Liberty offers about an hour worth of gameplay footage at G-Star

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NCsoft was back in show-and-tell mode at this year's G-Star event as the studio hit the stage to showcase about an hour of gameplay...

One More Game ends dev on multiplayer battler Spellcraft after failing to find a ‘financially viable’ prototype

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Things have been worryingly quiet over at developer One More Game and its self-described "real-time battler" Spellcraft. The multiplayer tactical title was first unveiled...

Mortal Online 2 calls latest UE5 test ‘a huge success’ and readies another PTR this week

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Last week the FFA PvP sandbox Mortal Online 2 ran its third Unreal Engine 5 upgrade test, with a focus on debugging its server...

First Impressions: Tarisland has some rickety bones but some solid muscle

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I admit that it can be kind of hard to process Tarisland without immediately comparing it to a certain title. I've had no emotional...

Smilegate unveiled a playable version of Lost Ark Mobile at G-Star 2023

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Remember back in 2019 when we were all still waiting on Lost Ark's arrival to the west? Then you perhaps also remember that we...

Fractured Online hopes to restore its player cities today after nasty weekend hack

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There's no doubt that it has been hard times at the Fractured Online ranch this past weekend. This early access sandbox endured a nightmare...

Loftia checks in with progress on crafting, gathering, infrastructure, and dev tools

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The cozy solarpunk "medium-ly multiplayer" Loftia might have been quiet, but it's most definitely not been idle if the November progress report from developer...

Fractured Online suffers a nasty admin hack that sees every player city in the game wiped out

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The relaunched early access world of Fractured Online has suffered something of an apocalypse as Dynamight Studios CEO Jacopo Gallelli reported on Discord early...

Make My MMO: Project Gorgon rebounds, Pantheon regroups

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Welcome to another blast of MMO crowdfunding news from the last few weeks! Pantheon has fully backtracked on its plans to launch the 247 extraction...
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Betawatch: Pax Dei, Tarisland, and Perfect New World walk into a bar

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What does it mean when both Tarisland and Pax Dei launch limited time testing events on the same week? Is it just a random...