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]

The Division’s beta starts on January 28th

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Rumors swirled earlier this week that The Division would start its beta testing this month; lo and behold, the rumors are true. Players can...

Bless Online begins Korean open beta this month

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If you're keeping tabs on Bless Online, it might cheer you up slightly to hear that it's revving up its Korean open beta later...

Star Citizen releases Alpha 2.1 with new flyable ships and player-trapping elevators

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The skies are a little more crowded today in Star Citizen with the release of Alpha 2.1 to the live servers. The patch added...
And I think to myself yadda yadda yadda.

ECO’s third alpha balances skill points and ecosystems

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The second major update to ECO's alpha testing has arrived, and it brings along the game's skill point system. It's an early version of...

The undead rise in Albion Online’s January update

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It must be exhausting being dead in a fantasy world. No sooner do you kick the bucket then you are recruited to fight as...

ARK: Survival Evolved announces mod contest, shows off the poop-eating dung beetle

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Surviving is never the only challenge in ARK: Survival Evolved; the devs keep things interesting with various competitions and contests. And the newest contest...
Things are fine.

Heavy Gear Assault’s development may be in trouble

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Remember Heavy Gear Assault? Maybe not, but it was announced last year as a satisfyingly stomp-happy arena-based PvP game. It's in early access now,...

Eternal Crusade preps for Steam early access launch

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Eternal Crusade is preparing for Steam early access, says Behaviour Interactive Senior Producer Nathan Richardsson. "We are now preparing to fully move over to the...

Firefly Online extends development to work in the original cast

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Sometimes even big damn heroes have to wait until a plan comes together. Firefly Online, the official online RPG that will be continuing the adventures of the...

Blade & Soul plans star-studded launch event

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If you haven't already, mark your calendar for next Tuesday, January 19th. That will be the day that the world comes to a halt...
Exploitation.

The Division’s beta will start this month… probably

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Fans of the much-delayed title The Division can look forward to the beta test starting this month... probably. Maybe. The odds are high. Nothing...
And it burns, burns, burns.

World of Warcraft’s design philosophy for tanks and healers in Legion

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Good news, World of Warcraft tanks - you'll be taking more damage in Legion! And that really could be the good news, depending upon...

Worlds Adrift is hosting a creative writing contest

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Worlds Adrift is hosting a creative writing contest whose winner will find his or her work included inside the game itself. To celebrate the launch...
HAVE AT YE, FOUL TREE STUMP!

Gloria Victis alpha patch adds NPC battles and resource depletion

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The player characters in Gloria Victis are not the only moving pieces in the game world. Even without players there, NPCs are still undertaking...

Choose My Adventure: In which my Shroud of the Avatar plans are foiled

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Hello friends, and welcome to the next installment of the Shroud of the Avatar edition of Choose My Adventure. Last week, as I'm sure...
At least the baddies are... present?

NCsoft addresses Blade & Soul gamemaster name reservation controversy

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The Blade & Soul subreddit has been in an uproar the last few days over accusations that NCsoft EU GMs pre-claimed popular character names,...

World of Tanks debuts on PS4 January 19

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Wargaming has just announced that World of Tanks is all ready for its formal PlayStation 4 debut next week -- January 19th, to be...
Just whenever you get around to us, it's cool.

World of Warcraft: Legion’s alpha will be back online today

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Good news to those of you testing World of Warcraft's next expansion - the alpha for Legion will be coming back online today! No...

The Realm’s creator wants to remake this 20-year-old MMO

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MMO veterans might be familiar with The Realm (also known as The Realm Online), which was one of the first class of graphical online...

Dogma: Eternal Night puts up new pre-order page

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Dogma: Eternal Night is not about to let a flopped Kickstarter campaign get in the way of its money. Er, dreams. Well, probably dreams...