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]

Camelot Unchained reveals its Shapeshifter classes

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I think I found my preferred class in Camelot Unchained. It's called the Black Rider, and "while their attacks may not be as physically...

‘Hardcore Russian’ MMO Sphere 3 aims at open beta

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Do you often find yourself bemoaning the carebear environment of current MMOs and missing the "good old days" of unrelenting player killing across virtual...

War of Rights brings multiplayer to a Civil War setting

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Civil War reenactors might have a new type of outlet if a current Kickstarter project has anything to say about it. A game that's been in...

Someone camped Black Desert’s Harpy Queen boss for 10 hours to bring you this vid

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Steparu camped a Black Desert world boss for 10 hours so that he could record a gameplay video of it, and the results have...

Descent is in early access, but at least it ditched microtransactions

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Descent: Underground, an officially licensed prequel to 1994's Descent vehicular shooter, is now available to the general public as well as all of its crowdfunding...

Devilian kicks off its first closed beta test

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Devilian's first closed beta test is now live, according to Trion Worlds, but there may be a crush to get in the doors. "Given the...

EverQuest II: Terrors of Thalumbra scoots into beta testing

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EverQuest II's underground expansion has gone into beta testing in preparation for its launch next month. Daybreak said that any player who pre-orders Terrors of...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO beta (or alpha) made you the happiest?

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Betas used to be a huge thing for me. I was deeply envious of those who got into testing when I was left on...

At last, Infinity: Battlescape is on Kickstarter

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Old school Massively readers might recall us writing about Infinity, a long-in-development space sim MMO with a truly massive procedurally generated universe and the ability...

Otherland has added 120 new quests

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Early access action MMO Otherland has added 120 new quests. Developer DRAGO Entertainment says that it has been hard at work expanding the storyline of...

Devilian unveils the Cannoneer, starts beta tomorrow

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Devilian's first closed beta starts tomorrow. As such, Trion has released a new video focused on the Cannoneer, which is a "petite yet powerful"...
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ECO finishes its account system, keeps moving toward alpha testing

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Account systems are boring, but they're also pretty necessary for an online game. Sure, you only notice them when they're bad and/or obtrusive, but...

One of the Darkfall reboots answers fan questions

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Believe it or not, there are two current attempts to secure the classic Darkfall license from Aventurine and reboot the game to its pre-Unholy...

Chronicles of Elyria dev blog: Immersion, heroism, and realism

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Announced earlier this year, Chronicles of Elyria is a startup sandbox in a sea of such sandboxes, but some of its features are rare even...

Ascent’s lead dev offers insight on the Star Citizen controversy

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Last week, the Massively OP podcast hosted guest James Hicks, the developer behind impressive indie space sandbox MMO Ascent: The Space Game. You won't...

Black Desert to debut its demo at Paris Games Week

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The western world is about to get its first hands-on experience with the gorgeous Black Desert. The fantasy MMO will be debuting its public demo...

All NPCs are lootable now in Gloria Victis

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NPCs, your day of reckoning has come. You thought that your meager possessions were safe from the rampaging player army in Gloria Victis, but...

Sword Coast Legends has officially launched today

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After a couple of delays over the past few months, Sword Coast Legends is now live on Steam and officially celebrating launch with a lengthy...

Project Gorgon tests power and monster changes

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Indie MMO Project Gorgon is currently trying out a couple of prototype ideas on the test server to see if they might be useful in...

Blade & Soul’s Destroyer wields a giant axe, generates low threat

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It's Destroyer week on the Blade & Soul website, which means that there is plenty of new class-specific stuff to read. The Destroyer is...