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]

Black Desert’s North American website and forums launch

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Black Desert's English-language website has just gone live. It's a bit bare right now, though Daum is hyping videos from Paris Games Week. The site...

Escape from Tarkov brings realistic military action to MMOs

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There's a new player on the MMO scene, and this bad boy wants to do military action right. The game in question is Escape from...
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps.

New Crowfall site design asks players to consider their legacy

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Roads can deteriorate, statues crumble, castles collapse, and books are lost. But legacies persist. A redesign for Crowfall's website plays up the idea that each...

Revival looks back at its first year of development

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On the eve of its the first anniversary of its development, Revival and its team are looking back at the year that was while...

Infinity’s Kickstarter is two thirds complete with two weeks to go

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Is this a new golden age for space sims? Could be, what with Elite: Dangerous, Star Citizen, and seemingly dozens of other high-profile projects...

ARK’s new giganotosaurus towers over the t-rex

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Studio Wildcard has added a new dino to ARK: Survival Evolved. Finding, hunting, and taming the giganotosaurus requires top-of-the-line gear and skills, and it...

Overwatch will be on consoles as well as PC

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Overwatch will be playable from the living room couch as well as at a desk, as word has leaked out that Blizzard's team shooter...

Albion Online gets ready for closed beta

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Albion Online is ticking down to the official start of its closed beta test on November 23rd, and in a new state of the...

Get some Trove and Devilian goodies in this week’s Humble Bundle

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It looks as though Trion Worlds has thrown in with Humble Bundle's Extra Life promotion, as both Devilian and Trove have made appearances in...

Elite’s Horizons beta starts November 9

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Development for Elite: Dangerous is moving right along, as evidenced by a recent livestream featuring Frontier founder David Braben that's been summarized on Reddit. The...

World of Fishing is now in open beta

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I like to fish in MMOs. Which is strange because I don't much like to fish in meatspace. My favorite MMO fishing mechanics were in...

NCsoft promises Lineage Eternal’s closed beta testing next year

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Over the summer, NCsoft was conducting small-scale focus-group testing for Lineage Eternal, another sequel for the bafflingly popular and profitable Lineage MMORPG. In fact, two more such...
This didn't work out all right.

The Repopulation patches delayed due to Hero Engine issues

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Fans of The Repopulation have grown accustomed to an aggressive testing and update schedule, but the testing schedule has suddenly and unexpectedly slowed. A...
Taking care of business

Let the NPCs handle your busy work with Albion Online’s laborers

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There are certain tedious tasks that are just better left up to automation sometimes. Sure, you need a steady flow of incoming wood and...
Catte

Asta kicks off its first beta test in the West

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Will Asta be a success here after its poor fate in its native land? It's too early to say, but you can start making...
That's a nice throne. Mind if I war over it?

Crowfall takes on the fine degrees of separation between bow users

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You are not your weapon in Crowfall. Just because two archetypes use a bow in the game doesn't mean that they play the same....

Dogma: Eternal Night brings MMO vampires to Kickstarter

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Do you need a game that's so dark that if it were any darker it'd be a pure black rectangle on your monitor? Are...

Blizzard secures rights to Overwatch’s name

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Overwatch's tagline is, "The world needs heroes." If we might amend that motto in light of a recent story, it should add "...but no more...

Here’s how to use a factory in the Divergence alpha

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Divergence Online creator Ethan Casner published a new YouTube video yesterday that focuses on the sci-fi sandbox's factory implementation. Much like in the classic...

It’s Kung Fu Master week in Blade & Soul

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Do you know kung fu? The Blade & Soul Kung Fu Master does, clearly, and today NCsoft decided to kick off Kung Fu Master...