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]

You’ll never see Camelot Unchained’s Archer before she shoots you

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Interested in being a deadly threat at a distance? Then you should pay attention to Camelot Unchained's archer archetype, which comes in three class...
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Make My MMO: Divergence Online takes Steam by storm (October 10, 2015)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Divergence Online landed on Steam Greenlight, bolstering its ongoing Indiegogo campaign by rocketing to #15 on the platform's Greenlight...

Players publish video tribute to Landmark developers

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A group of Landmark players have posted a heartwarming tribute video to the folks at Daybreak working on the game. Players Denghe, Oxillion, and Xyloriel, who...
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Betawatch: Camelot Unchained begins beta next year (October 9, 2015)

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The good news is that Camelot Unchained will indeed be hitting the shores of the land of betas. The bad news? It's not going...

Blade and Soul starts technical alpha, talks closed beta features

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The very first technical alpha for Blade and Soul is live, according to the game's official Twitter feed. The studio is sending out alpha...

ARK has already sold 2 million early-access copies

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How do you sell 2 million copies before you officially launch your game? Be a studio with a survival MMO on Steam. And, you...

Armored Warfare rumbles into open beta

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Armored Warfare transitioned into open beta today, inviting any and all to try out this online tank shooter to see if it has the...

Face a Dodorex in ARK’s upcoming Halloween event

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ARK: Survival Evolved is transforming to ARK: Fear Evolved -- at least for one week at the end of this month! The survival game...

Shards Online’s latest newsletter on playtesting and ‘managing’ PK behavior

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Shards Online has posted its latest newsletter on the heels of last weekend's pre-alpha 3 preview event, which included over 100 testers. Citadel's Derek...

Albion Online’s land ownership system will run by auction

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Sandbox Interactive is shaking things up with its land ownership system in Albion Online. In a new development diary, the studio explains that it is...
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Overwatch designer Geoff Goodman on characters, balancing, and community maps

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The experience of developing Overwatch is very different from that of other Blizzard games; it's a new IP for the company, and it's a...
That old saw.

Eternal Crusade: There are holidays in the grim darkness of the future

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If you learn nothing else this morning, know that there are holidays in the grim darkness of the future. This means that as much...

Life is Feudal gets more stable, adds barter system

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A new alpha patch for Life is Feudal has made living in that game a little less futile. Ahem. Anyway, the big ticket items...
We say that the world isn't dying. For some reason.

ECO shows off its development progress as it heads toward alpha

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ECO isn't ready for testing just yet, but Strange Loop Games is aiming to change that by the time the end of the month rolls...

ARK Survival Evolved takes to the skies with the Quetzalcoatlus

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While ARK is no stranger to flying dinos and the players crazy enough to ride them, today it's upping the aerial combat arms race...

Chronicles of Elyria dev blog: Permadeath in MMORPGs

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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...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 raid beta impressions

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I don't believe I've ever been more excited -- and simultaneously nervous -- about a beta test than I was for Guild Wars 2's third beta...

Gloria Victis patches in headshots

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Just a week after adding combat and fortress improvements into its pre-alpha, Gloria Victis is back with another patch that should make fighting even...

Novus Inceptio sorts out the first days of alpha testing

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The sci-fi survival sandbox Novus Inceptio has launched its early access program, and the team is sorting out feedback and metrics from the alpha...
Hiss-terical.

Crowfall details Zaleena, Daughter of Snakes

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Serpent deities are always bad news when they show up. Actual snakes aren't malicious at all, but snake deities? They're mean. Crowfall's Zaleena, Daughter...