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]

Tree of Savior swings the banhammer following its Korean launch

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Botters and exploiters, beware: Tree of Savior isn't having any of that. The newly launched Korean title has banned over 1,000 accounts in its...
More for the slaughter once again.

Crowfall testing resumes on January 6th

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There's a new video from the development team behind Crowfall taking a look at the game's past year of development while thanking players who...

ARK: Survival Evolved is doing even better on Xbox One than PC

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It's no secret that ARK: Survival Evolved is one of the most popular early access titles of 2015. What is somewhat surprising is that...

Albion Online extends beta test, nixes free-to-play for launch

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Major changes are afoot at Albion Online -- and some might not make fans of the cross-platform sandbox too happy. Sandbox Interactive announced today that...
Death touches us all.

Crowfall details the system of crows and vessels

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Let's be real here - the name Crowfall has never made a whole lot of sense. What's so special about a crow, after all?...
Oh, so many trials.

Pathfinder Online has a new investor interested in taking over the game

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Acting CEO Lisa Stevens has good news for Pathfinder Online fans - the game may have found the investors it has been looking for....

The Repopulation rejects blame for Hero Engine’s financial struggles

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The Repopulation's struggles with the money-troubled Hero Engine service have led to game delays, server downtime, and suspended development, and the drama continues today. Earlier this week,...

Life is Feudal implements weather patch, is ‘hard at work’ on MMORPG

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Indie sandbox Life is Feudal has just pushed live a patch that will bring terrible weather and back-breaking snow-shoveling work to players of the...
Deck the, um... halls. Or don't. It's cool.

Survarium patch 0.34 adds Christmas-themed raiding and improved netcode

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The good news is that if you're reading this today, you've managed to survive the holiday rush. The question, then, is whether or not...

Bless Online to deliver 2016 game plan in January

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Korean website Inven reports today that Bless Online is due for an infodump early in the new year. Neowiz Games will announce its MMORPG 'Bless' public service schedule....

Crowfall’s comic reveals continue

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"Nothing is left of the man I was. There is only the scavenger, the warrior, and the oath he took. Some words cannot be...

Tree of Savior’s hairstyles cost more in-game than in real life

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Bugs, shaky servers, and controversial cash shop prices are plaguing Tree of Savior's South Korean launch this week. According to commenters, the release of Tree...
Real-is-brown filter removed.

Check out Escape from Tarkov’s inventory and looting in a new preview video

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17In order to perform the eponymous task in Escape from Tarkov, you're going to need stuff. Guns, for example, guns are things. Bullets, too....

Project Genom turns on open world system

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There are those moments in MMO game development when titles go from being a limited series of features to an integrated, expansive world. For Project...

Project Gorgon toys with animal town and raffle machine

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The crazy and cool ideas burbling out of Project Gorgon keep on coming, with Lead Developer Eric Heimburg taking to Twitter lately to tease...
Later, this one falls.

Crowfall updates founders on test stats while teasing more lore

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The first major test for Crowfall had just shy of 5,000 people eligible to take part in the test antics, but only 59% of...

Paladins adds new game modes

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Strange and wonderful things are afoot at Paladins, now that the team has unleashed Closed Beta Patch 11 for testers to explore. The focus of...

Reports from the front line of Tree of Savior’s open beta

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When you can't play in person, there's nothing that beats having someone on the ground in person to report back about an upcoming game....
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Make My MMO: The Repopulation’s blackout (December 26, 2015)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, The Repopulation suspended its test servers thanks to the HeroEngine fiasco, though Above & Beyond says it is...

Dogma: Eternal Night fails its Kickstarter campaign

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Vampires, blood, and underworld horror weren't enough to propel Dogma: Eternal Night to its Kickstarter campaign goal. The title fell well short of its...