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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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...
Let's rock.

Blade and Soul beta begins October 30th, still launching Q1 2016

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You can stop holding your breath now: The beautifully rendered action MMORPG Blade and Soul arrives on western shores very soon. NCSoft officially announced today that...

Eternal Crusade starting closed alpha testing on September 14

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It may not be as big or as soon as Behaviour Interactive originally wanted, but Eternal Crusade's closed alpha test is finally ready to...

Eco details its hydrology, pollution, crafting, and food systems

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Eco's Kickstarter drive ends this week, and though Strange Loop Games has already made its goal and then some, the developer is continuing to...

Albion introduces crafting shrines and treasure chests

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Albion Online is currently focusing on preparations for its upcoming closed beta, but that didn't stop Sandbox Interactive from posting a dev blog that...
I'm awesome but not in this.

Check out more than half an hour of Crowfall’s current test version

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Crowfall is transparent. Not in the sense that you can see right through it, but in the sense that the development process is open...

The Repopulation closes a test server to prepare for a hardcore shard

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It's both an ending and a new beginning: The Repopulation is closing down one of its test servers today, but this is being done to...

Anime MMO Onigiri coming to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 ‘soon’

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The anime-saturated Onigiri is about to make the leap from Japan to the west on consoles as a free-to-play MMO. What we have here is an...
anyway here's wonderwall

Shroud of the Avatar adds in instruments and fishing with release 22

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Have you been thinking to yourself that Shroud of the Avatar would be better if you also had the chance to engage in a...

Here are a ton of tidbits about World of Warcraft: Legion

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You've got questions about World of Warcraft: Legion. Of course you do. And Blizzard knows that it's got you on the hook, which is...

Shards Online newsletter talks housing, the economy, and more

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Shards Online's latest newsletter is out, and with it an update from project lead Derek Brinkmann. He says that the dev team is currently...

Star Citizen gets weekly and monthly reports, free DragonCon trial

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If you're attending DragonCon this weekend, you might see various Star Citizen developers chatting up gamers and sharing their perspectives on various dev panels....

The Stream Team: Underwater adventures in ARK: Survival Evolved

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The last time MassivelyOP's MJ went deep-sea diving in ARK: Survival Evolved, she lost her beloved Cutie Pie -- a massive crocodile who valiantly...
There's a thing with this game and redheads, huh?

Betawatch: September 4th, 2015

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The pre-alpha testing for Crowfall has started, which is really great even if it's mostly just people beating the snot out of one another...

The Stream Team: Take me down to New Landmark City

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Take me down to New Landmark City, Where the grass ain't green but the buildings are pretty... MassivelyOP's MJ belongs to the city, concrete under her...

Stick and Rudder: Star Citizen is starting to come together

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Last Tuesday I woke in the wee hours of the morning to install Star Citizen's 1.2 patch. I wasn't battling insomnia or anything like that; on the...

A wicked hive of synth and vibrancy: First impressions of Otherland

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I first covered Otherland, the Gamigo-turned-Drago MMORPG based on Tad Williams' sci-fi book series by the same name, at E3 2012. The idea of having...

SkySaga’s latest alpha patch adds playable monkeys and a dinosaur zone

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Alpha 5 for SkySaga has landed -- and the monkeys have hit the fan. Playable monkey characters are only the surface for this massive game...
Of course the official art appears to be a woman in the middle of changing. Into a demon.

Devilian begins alpha testing for Obsidian founders

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If you've been eagerly awaiting your chance to get your hands on Devilian even in just a test stage, your wait is over. At...