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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Make My MMO: Dogma’s world of darkness comes to Kickstarter (November 28, 2015)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Dogma: Eternal Night kicked off its fundraising campaign, for those of you still feeling the burn from CCP's failed...

Tree of Life changes towers, locks, and more in its latest patch

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Fantasy sandbox Tree of Life got a patch this week, which included a number of building system changes designed to make it easier to...
This game involves a lot more anime boobs than the games it's based upon.

Civilization Online offers two open beta trailers

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The open beta for Civilization Online is starting on December 2nd in South Korea. Is it ever starting in the US? We still don't...

Otherland adds Wood Isle zone, raises level cap

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The 5Isle area of Otherland has grown significantly bigger this week with the addition of Wood Isle, a new area brimming with missions and...
Real is brown, real is brown, real is brown.

Gloria Victis releases its full alpha patch

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The bad news for fans of Gloria Victis is that the most recent patch brings with it a full server wipe, forcing everyone currently...

Star Citizen is adding 50,000 more testers to its persistent universe

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If you weren't one of the lucky few who got into Star Citizen's first persistent universe test group last week, but you were one...
Oh, well, good.

Betawatch: The Repopulation’s downtime risk is real (November 27, 2015)

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If you wanted to point to an MMO doing everything right when it comes to Kickstarter, The Repopulation would be a fine pick. Unfortunately,...

Elite Dangerous: Horizons beta delayed until Monday

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Elite Dangerous players have probably already noticed that the expected start of the Horizons beta didn't happen on November 9th as planned. That's because...

Black Desert gets a Tamer, darker nights, and lanterns with oil

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Daum posted a project manager diary on the Black Desert forum yesterday announcing that the Tamer class will not only be playable at launch but be available in...

Sphere 3 gets worldwide launch on December 2

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Looking for a fresh new MMO to take you into the last month of the year? We humbly present to you Sphere 3, which...

Camelot Unchained unveils its healer archetypes

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Killer class reveals are old hat for Camelot Unchained at this point, so it should come as no surprise that CityState has unleashed another...
BEARS BEARS BEARS

Check out the new Druid bear forms from World of Warcraft’s Legion alpha

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What is the number one threat to Azeroth? Bears. That's why Druids can turn into bears, after all. The new World of Warcraft expansion...
whatevs

Black Desert answers questions on localization and release

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There is no way in the world to know when the second closed beta for a localized Black Desert will take place, although the...
Marathon, by Rush.

Crowfall: Milestones from eight months of development

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Crowfall has been in development for eight months now. That sounds like a substantial amount of time until you think about how long games...
Nope.

Elite Lord of Alliance launches today with promotional giveaway

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How elite are your alliance lords? If you answer that question with a bewildered stare and a phrase that rhymes with "cut the truck,"...

Devilian begins open beta next week, launches on December 10

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Trion Worlds' action-RPG import Devilian will be out in time for the holiday season this year. The studio announced today that the game will be going...

Stash successfully completes its second Kickstarter campaign

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Stash is proving that there might be no limits to how many crowdfunding campaigns a studio can run, as the tabletop-themed MMO successfully completed...

H1Z1 warns players of full server wipe happening tomorrow

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Can an apocalypse happen after the apocalypse? That's the ironic state of affairs for H1Z1, which will be experiencing a full server wipe tomorrow...

Interview: Pantheon devs on funding, Unity, and the launch window

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Brad McQuaid's Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is an MMO that's suffered more than its fair share of drama and setbacks, but even detractors will agree...

The Repopulation: ‘The risk of downtime is very real’

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Throughout November, we've been covering The Repopulation's troubles with Idea Fabrik, the company that runs Hero Engine, on which The Repopulation was built. Idea...