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]

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WoW Factor: Thoughts from inside the Legion alpha

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Tuesday brought along a big surprise for me in the form of access to the Legion alpha test. I had pretty much resigned myself...
Whether or not, etc.

The Division’s first legit player mods are graphics shaders

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Put down your pitchforks, anti-damage-meters zealots: The first mods for The Division are for graphics, at least if you don't count the gameplay hacks...

Build a stronghold to keep the monsters out in Fortnite

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The world has ended... somehow. And you're among the few human survivors in a sea of disagreeable monsters. What to do other than to...

Overwatch’s beta revs back up next week

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It's been a long while since fans have been able to duke it out in Overwatch's beta. The game's test went offline on December...

The Stream Team: Paladins patch means game modes galore!

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As developing games are apt to do, Paladins has put out another patch since MassivelyOP's MJ last played. This one, called the "Chicken Patch"...
Probably not designed for lengthy flight.

Indie Russian airship sandbox LuckCatchers is on Steam Greenlight for voting

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For reasons which remain shrouded in mystery, there are still very few games in which players take control of airships simply as a matter...
Well, I can't object to the theory.

ARK: Survival Evolved’s cross-platform peak daily headcount is nearing 200K

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Dino survival sandbox ARK: Survival Evolved is pulling in over 100,000 unique users per day, a new interview with Studio Wildcard on Gamespot reveals. "One...

Choose My Adventure: Entering the fray in Blade & Soul

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Hello, friends, and welcome to a spankin' new series of Choose My Adventure. This month, I'm going to be diving into NCSoft's wuxia-inspired Blade &...

Black Desert Korea reveals Blader awakening weapons

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We may be anticipating the western release of Black Desert, but the version back home in Korea marches on with fresh content. Daum's most recent...
Most of the time.

Take a first look at the art and animations of Crowfall’s Ranger

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It's no secret that you want your characters to look good. Everyone does; that's why very few games consider it an acceptable compromise to...

Darkfall reboot is a go, starts audit of vanilla code

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You might recall that last October we reported that a group of Darkfall players had formed their own studio for the purpose of acquiring...

Worlds Adrift answers community questions, talks inspiration

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Do developers actually play and enjoy the games they're making? This question is but the first of a series of community queries that were...
THAT WORKED SO WELL

Asta outlines the changes coming to its open beta version

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Localizing a game rarely means that it can have huge new features implemented, but it does usually mean that balance can be tweaked to...

Why you’ll be mutating and replacing your organs in Project Genom

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Hope you don't mind talking about guts -- gooshy innards, not the assumption of bravado. Project Genom wants to share with you its plans...
It's like three games for the price of... well, actually, it's two games now.

Chris Roberts answers another ten questions for Star Citizen fans

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Ready for another round of answers for Star Citizen fans from the project's brain trust? Chris Roberts has sat down for the 76th installment...
Once you crank up the gamma, it doesn't look so bad.

Grimdark sandbox Revival plans the wrap-up of its first client stage

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Now that we're in February, the holidays are finally behind us all. (Very few people actually get to skip work on Valentine's Day.) That...

H1Z1 announces ‘crate bundles’ for the cash shop

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Last week, Daybreak announced a monetization change for zombie survival box H1Z1 that almost slipped under our radar: The studio is adding bundles of...
Getting carded.

Paragon’s guide to cards for testers

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Pretty much every MOBA has some system in place for upgrading your chosen hero as you play. Paragon is making use of a card...
WHAT IT IS FOLKS

Shroud of the Avatar announces final Grand Tour and character wipe

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The most recent patch for Shroud of the Avatar is live now, and as has been the case with previous major patches, there's a...

Black Desert launches in the west on March 3rd

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Daum has just announced that Korean sandbox Black Desert is arriving in the west sooner than you might've thought.