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]

What you gonna Wagadu?

The Wagadu Chronicles confirms a Steam early access launch date of December 4

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Afrofantasy sandbox MMORPG The Wagadu Chronicles has been talking up plans for early access this year, from opening its Steam page to showing off...

Fractured Veil’s November patch improves performance and item persistence

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With the recent decision to delay the start of its early access until next January, Fractured Veil's subsequent development is of increased concern to...

MMO sandbox BitCraft devs talk origins, overall gameplay, and latest round of pre-alpha testing

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BitCraft has mostly shared development updates and insights through the use of dev blogs that are equal parts progress report and rumination on the...

Ikonei Island is a cozy co-op multiplayer game that your friends can hop into without buying

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MMOs, MMORPGs, and multiplayer games are naturally better with friends along, but sometimes you can't really force your friends to buy a game and...

Perfect New World’s next test gets a new class, battle royale, new areas, and a November 14 start date

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Perfect New World's "equilibrious test" - aka the test that players could spin a wheel to try for an invite - has gotten a...

Pixadom is an indie 2-D pixel art MMORPG that focuses on social gameplay

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The MMORPG subreddit is once again gracing genre followers with another indie game introduction. This time it's Pixadom, an in-development cutesy and colorful 2-D...

Legends of Aria’s crypto-spinoff nearly loses IP rights, promises pre-alpha this year

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Yep, this one's back on our collective radar again. We're sorry. However, while we don't cover crypto games as a general rule, readers may...

League of Legends fighting game Project L will be playable during Worlds 2023 in South Korea

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How hungry are you to try out Project L, the fighting game that draws from the roster of Riot Games' MOBA League of Legends?...

Palia confirms starstones, housing limit increases, and rummage piles for its November 7 patch

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The patch notes for the next update to the cozy multiplayer RPG Palia aren't online yet, but Singularity Six is definitely getting players prepared...
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Betawatch: Tarisland’s next beta wave begins November 15

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If you thought that Tarisland was going to just slink into the night and try to pretend that it had never promised to release......

BlizzCon 2023: Diablo is getting a tabletop RPG and a ‘co-op adventure’ board game

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BlizzCon hasn't even begun and we've already got our first announcement of the day: Diablo is getting a tabletop game and a board game. "Glass...

ARK Survival Ascended’s launch sees rapid patching, multiple server openings, and mixed reviews

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Now that ARK: Survival Ascended has had just over a week since its early access launch, it seems like a good time to check...

Fractured Online opens character creation ahead of next week’s early access relaunch

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We're less than a week away from the relaunch of Dynamight's Fractured Online, nearly a year since since the studio began the process of...

Tarisland starts second closed beta November 15, teases a new class, and talks design and influences in video digest

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Tarisland has chosen today to erupt with a bunch of news about itself, including a calendar date for its second closed beta and a...
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Tarisland previews Dark Invasions and World Bosses for its next playtest

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Are you tired of thinking about multiverses yet? Tarisland sure hopes not, because its next playtest will feature the zones flagged by the Dark...

NCsoft’s MMORPG Throne and Liberty launches December 7 – in Korea

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During its presentation for Korean fans last night, NCsoft announced quite a bit for Throne & Liberty - including the Korean launch window coming...

Greg Street announces his new MMORPG, dubbed Ghost and funded by NetEase

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Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street has been talking big on Twitter about his new game studio and new MMORPG following his exit from Riot Games and...
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Blue Protocol’s western version is running a closed technical test next week

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With Blue Protocol's global launch delayed into 2024, you might have forgotten all about it, but not so fast: Amazon and Bandai Namco are...

Nexon’s Embark Studios defends AI voice work in its arena shooter The Finals

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The Finals, a free-to-play game show-themed arena shooter that's currently in open beta, is taking the heat for an admitted use of artificial intelligence...
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The Day Before just delayed to December with its post-trademark-dispute early access

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I know you're shocked, but The Day Before has delayed its launch once again - although it's not as bad as you're thinking. Readers will...