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]

Camelot Unchained’s weekend alpha sounds pretty successful

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Did you check out any of Camelot Unchained's alpha test over the weekend? If not, you missed a solid round of testing, according to...
I get so emotional, baby.

Worlds Adrift shows some real emotion

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The developers behind Worlds Adrift want the game to have a lot of customization options, but that doesn't mean much if the characters aren't...

In ARK: Survival Evolved, a poo-slinging monkey is your best friend

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While taming dinosaurs to do your bidding is a feature attraction of ARK: Survival Evolved, there are certainly many other types of animals willing...

PAX Prime 2015: Guild Wars 2 is never getting a PUG raid finder

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Guild Wars 2 set its fanbase on edge this last week on Twitter and at PAX prime. We learned that raids are coming to GW2 with...

Star Citizen’s Chris Roberts on dedication, delays, and Derek Smart

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In a new and very lengthy interview with Polygon, Chris Roberts fields a wide range of questions about the development and delays of Star...

PAX Prime 2015: Guns of Icarus breaks ‘preconceived notions’ of naval combat simulation

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There are always some games that you look at and think that it would be great to try when you have the time. My...

Guild Wars 2’s base game is F2P for everyone today; Heart of Thorns introduces raiding

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We'll be updating this post with all the highlights of ArenaNet's Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns PAX Prime 2015 panel beginning at 1:30...

The Stream Team: Going after new dinosaurs in ARK: Survival Evolved

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While MassivelOP's MJ was away, a few new dinosaurs were added to ARK: Survival Evolved. There's a monkey man that can literally toss people around...

PAX Prime 2015: Devilian reveals founder packs

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At PAX Prime last night, Trion announced founder packs for its upcoming OARPG import, Devilian. The cheapest bundle, at $49.99, includes beta access, 2500 credits, a...

Star Citizen’s social module is now playable

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Star Citizen fans have a lot to chew on this weekend, as Cloud Imperium has released the game's social module, a dev blog on...

PAX Prime 2015: Trion tries turn-based strategy with Atlas Reactor

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Trion, the creator of Trove and RIFT, has turned its attention to the online PvP market with its new game Atlas Rector. At its core, Atlas...
Let's make this happen.

Betawatch: August 28th, 2015

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Project Gorgon's latest run on Kickstarter is over, and it was a pretty big success for the title, hitting almost $75,000 in funding. That...

Camelot Unchained’s talks Friday Night Fights, concept art, and more

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Camelot Unchained is currently in the midst of a Friday Night Fights bonus round, but that didn't stop founder Mark Jacobs from penning his...

Undead Labs cancels Moonrise, cites lack of projected profitability

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Pokémon-like battler Moonrise won't be seeing the light of commercial release, apparently. Undead Labs announced today that after several months in early access testing on both...

The Stream Team: Landmark life is like a box of templates

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There's an old phrase from a movie about chocolates, but MassivelyOP's MJ thinks that life in Landmark is more like a box of templates....
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Bless gets an English trailer and a final KCBT date

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If you want Bless news, this is your post. If you want a western release date, though, we can't help you. At least for...

The Stream Team: Poking around more Project Gorgon

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Anyone who has popped into Project Gorgon knows that there are plenty of interesting things to do and no specific order you have to...

Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns launches October 23rd

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ArenaNet announced today that Heart of Thorns, the first expansion for the three-year-old Guild Wars 2, will formally launch on October 23rd. https://twitter.com/GuildWars2/status/637278666070757381 The studio saw several of...

Project Gorgon is soon switching to Steam and restricting alpha access

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With its successful Kickstarter campaign behind it, indie MMO Project Gorgon is forging ahead with plans to transition to Steam. Elder Game sent out a...

MUD’s Ben Walsh on the female character stretch goal and Kickstarter ambition

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The sandbox known as MUD -- not to be confused with actual MUDs -- launched an ambitious Kickstarter this week, provoking the MMO community to do...