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]

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Black Desert’s getting a Ninja and class weapon swapping

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Black Desert is getting a Ninja class on its South Korean server before the month is out. MMO Culture reports that the new archetype...

‘SWG 2.0’ Divergence Online hits alpha 3, launches Indiegogo campaign

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If Divergence Online sounds familiar, that's because it's been in pre-launch testing for a few years already. This week, it's entered its third alpha and launched...

ARK video spotlights the headbutting Pachycephalosaurus

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The newest bundle of dino joy has arrived in ARK: Survival Evolved, and it sure packs a whollup! Before you say, But I already...

MUD devs cancel Kickstarter project to make other games

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Open world crafting sandbox MUD made a splash on Steam's Greenlight earlier this year, but its Kickstarter drive wasn't quite as successful. Developer Ben...

Make My MMO: September 12, 2015

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, we caught up with Camelot Unchained, Crowfall, and Elite: Dangerous, each of which released a dev blog or...

Mythros builds an MMO out of Minecraft

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We've certainly been witnessing a rise of Minecraft-inspired MMOs over the past year, including Trove and SkySaga. Now there's an MMO that actually uses...
Bored for the bored god.

Betawatch: September 11th, 2015

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How eternal were you planning on making your crusade? We ask chiefly because Eternal Crusade has announced that its closed alpha test will start...

Camelot Unchained’s dev team is shifting focus from tech to game

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This afternoon's Camelot Unchained update features a recap of the week's news, including the DragonCon panel video and the 113-hour procedurally generated terrain achievement....

Kingdom of Loathing mulls mobile version and spin-off, prepares for annual convention

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There's a lot going on for the punny browser game Kingdom of Loathing, so let's bring you up to date on all of the...

Now you can watch Camelot Unchained’s DragonCon panel

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Did you miss Mark Jacobs and the Camelot Unchained crew at last weekend's DragonCon in Atlanta? If so, you can watch the entire one-hour...

RPG MO whips up an indie free-to-play sandbox

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Someone must not have spread the word that "Mo" is our thing, but that's OK; we're not jealous. Apparently there's a new indie MMO...

Eco finishes its Kickstarter with over $200,000 raised

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Survival sandbox and learning environment Eco finished out its successful Kickstarter run overnight, raising $202,760 and just reaching its epic justice system stretch goal. Strange Loop Games' John...
Miniatures? Color me interested.

Crowfall raises another million, previews collector’s edition

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While the central narrative of Crowfall focuses around an all-consuming Hunger that demolishes everything, Crowfall's development studio seems to be on the upswing rather...

Otherland opens its early access doors today

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Does Otherland hold potential to be an immersive MMO? Fans today will get to find out as the title opens up its early access testing...

Camelot Unchained’s procedurally generated terrain build runs for over 100 hours

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This evening's Camelot Unchained update has some good news regarding the recently concluded "100 hours of glory." In a nutshell, the fantasy RvR title's...

The Stream Team: H1Z1’s bad-news bears

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Life after an apocalypse is hard, and even more so after a wipe! H1Z1 reset all the servers again, meaning MassivelyOP's MJ has to...

Eco offers doomsday device Kickstarter tier, then pulls back from the brink

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In the final hours of its successful Kickstarter campaign, the global survival sandbox Eco pulled out the big guns: a new tier that would allow...

Order & Chaos 2 is launching next week

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Need a hearty mobile World of Warcraft fix? The best substitute for a while now has been Gameloft's Order and Chaos Online, which, while...
You're shockingly unskilled at wearing pants.

Albion Online previews a learning point rework

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The original purpose of Albion Online's learning point system was to create a balance mechanism for players with varying amounts of time to spend...

Star Citizen changes forum permissions to combat harassment

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Star Citizen is cracking down on forum abuse by instituting a new set of restrictions that went into effect yesterday. CIG changed permissions so that...