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]

Hi-Rez sets out 10 principles for Paladins’ beta

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Hi-Rez wants you to know that it isn't a typical development studio, and as a result, its team shooter Paladins won't be going through...

Infinity: Battlescape has nearly reached its Kickstarter goal

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Space sim Infinity: Battlescape has three days left on its Kickstarter, so you may want to consider chipping in if you've got a hankering...

Snag a Neverwinter Strongholds resource pack key for your Xbox One [All gone, thanks everyone!]

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If you have an Xbox One and an Xbox Gold account, and you're reading here, you've probably checked out Neverwinter on your platform of...
Darn it, if you had just kept her hair brown...

Crowfall posts demographic results from backer survey

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Who the heck is funding Crowfall? The game is obviously funded, but who is spending money on it? Is it you? The results of...

Tree of Savior will boast 53 classes at launch

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Were you impressed at Camelot Unchained's promise of goal of creating 30 classes? Well prepare to feed your inner altoholic even further with Tree...

Civil War multiplayer shooter War of Rights has been Kickstarted successfully

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Civil War reenactment fans rejoice! War of Rights, the multiplayer shooter set in the Maryland Campaign of 1862, has reached its Kickstarter funding goal...

Shroud of the Avatar talks release 23 postmortem and more

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Portalarium published Update of the Avatar #151 this morning. It dives deep into Shroud of the Avatar, and it offers readers a look at...
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Make My MMO: Hero Engine woes ‘blindside’ The Repopulation (November 14, 2015)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, it was pretty much business as usual. Major players like Star Citizen, Camelot Unchained, and Crowfall continued their...

Catch up with Star Citizen via the weekly dev update

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Star Citizen's latest development update came out last night. Cloud Imperium says that Murphy's Law was in full effect last week, as the team...

The Stream Team: Procuring penguins in ARK: Survival Evolved

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When could MassivelyOP's MJ pass up taming a cute creature in ARK? Since never! That's why she's heading out to gather herself a waddle...
Blessed not be.

Betawatch: Indefinite delays hit Bless Online (November 13th, 2015)

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There is basically no situation wherein an indefinite delay is a good thing for a game. Bless Online is getting hit with one at...

Camelot Unchained unveils its support classes [Updated]

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Camelot Unchained's latest class reveal should please fans of bards and support. The three archetypes are the Skald, the Minstrel, and the Dark Fool....

The Stream Team: Get your EverQuest and EverQuest II beta keys!

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Have you wanted to get into EverQuest and/or EverQuest II's expansion betas but haven't preordered the necessary expansion to do so? Then today is...

The latest Elite newsletter features a pretty cool Imperial Cutter

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Frontier has released the 99th newsletter for Elite: Dangerous, which coincides with initial availability of the 1.5 ship update beta. There's also a slick new video...

Penguins and angler fish board ARK as tribal warfare begins

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ARK: Survival Evolved has gone to the birds -- and the fish -- in the latest update. On top of a feathers and fur...
Damn right they have feathers.

Nexon’s mobile dinosaur survival game Durango is coming westward

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How much space do you have in your heart for more games based on surviving amidst dinosaurs? Nexon's Durango is a mobile game centered...
Yeah, that's the opposite of what you think it is.

Gloria Victis releases a new gameplay trailer for your viewing pleasure

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9So you know someone who would probably really like Gloria Victis as a game. Let's call him Trab. You can't convince Trab to try...

Camelot Unchained’s merchandise proceeds go directly to development

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Camelot Unchained has partnered with Merchline to produce an assortment of t-shirts, hoodies, posters, and the like, all of them related to the crowdfunded...

Eco’s alpha starts on November 23

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Eco will open itself up to alpha tier backers on November 23rd. So says the latest Strange Loop dev blog, while also mentioning the...
I have been called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the world grows cold and dim.

Crowfall shares a little lore behind the First Crow

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Who is the First Crow? He is a figure of some notoriety in Crowfall. He is eternal. He is unchanging. He is nothing. He...