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]

Gloria Victis’ ‘massive UI overhaul’ is nearing completion

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Fantasy PvP sandbox Gloria Victis is nearing completion on its "massive UI overhaul." A new website update says that final tests have been ongoing...
Whale whale whale.

Worlds Adrift previews its creature-based ecology

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The developers of Worlds Adrift currently have three types of creature in the game. Yes, just three. If that sounds like a rather small...
Not happening.

Saga of Lucimia prides itself on group-based teamplay

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Soloers, you are not welcome in Saga of Lucimia. At least that's the tone of developer diaries for the upcoming sandbox in which the team boldly...

Overwatch’s closed beta starts tomorrow

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Good news for Blizzard fans: Players might get a shot of seeing the studio's newest game a little sooner than expected, as Overwatch is...

Shroud of the Avatar starts playing with ocean effects

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Water is about to get a lot more interesting in Shroud of the Avatar. Starting with Release 23, the game is experimenting with advanced...
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Make My MMO: To Infinity Battlescape and beyond (October 24, 2015)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Infinity finally came to Kickstarter. Seriously, this game has been in development forever, but that's OK since it...

These lucky peeps got to focus test Lost Ark

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Slick-looking online action RPG Lost Ark showed itself in a brief gameplay video posted by Steparu earlier this weekend. The title was the subject...

The Stream Team: Raising baby dinos in ARK

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MassivelyOP's MJ is making babies! ARK: Survival Evolved has added breeding to the survival game, and MJ is really looking forward to hatching and...

Star Citizen releases version 1.3 and a development update

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Cloud Imperium released a couple of Star Citizen updates last night, both in game and on its website. First up is version 1.3, which...

Camelot Unchained talks tool tweaks, art updates, and more

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CityState published its usual Friday update last night, and while it's headed up by the aforementioned Shapeshifter class reveal, there are some other interesting...
Here we go again, not on our own.

Betawatch: Black Desert takes the spotlight by storm (October 23, 2015)

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If you are all a-flutter for news about Black Desert, this week has been kind to you. Super kind, even. A preview of the...

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...