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]

Star Citizen outlines tentative timing and dates for its monetized Pyro preview channel testing

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This year's CitizenCon event for Star Citizen started off with the announcement that the Pyro system would be coming to the preview channel test...

Ashes of Creation takes players on an Alpha Two caravan ride in latest preview video

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Come along and ride on a caravan voyage with Ashes of Creation, as Intrepid Studios offers up yet more Alpha Two gameplay footage, this...

Single-player MMORPG Erenshor brings mining, crafting, and quality-of-life to its demo November 10

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Yes, we're continuing to follow the development track of the single-player MMORPG title Erenshor, mostly because it references our favored genre while also satisfying...

Maxing all of MMO sandbox BitCraft’s core progression skills will take a player ‘years’

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With its sights set on alpha in 2024, Clockwork Labs' sandbox BitCraft is continuing to peel back its layers for potential players in another...

Kingdom Hearts: Missing Link is a mobile ‘GPS action RPG’ that’s headed for limited beta testing in November

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Square Enix is taking a fresh stab at the mobile gaming market. Or considering the IP, perhaps it's more like taking a fresh swing...
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Ghostly death returns to Book of Travels in its biggest update since its early access release two years ago

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Might and Delight's tiny MMO Book of Travels has traveled a very long way through its early access launch two years ago - and...

Indie MMORPG Monsters & Memories says its proof of concept is 70% complete

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The crew at Niche Worlds Cult took to Reddit this week to make a case for Monsters & Memories, the charming throwback MMORPG that...

Wayfinder’s ‘biggest update yet,’ The Reaver King, launches today with load time fixes

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As promised and foretold in the long long ago of five days back, Wayfinder's mid-season update is set to launch today. The early access...

Dungeon Stalkers is a third-person medieval fantasy PvPvE extraction RPG with multiple difficulty wrinkles

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Dungeon crawlers by their general nature are usually pretty unforgiving, challenging, and sometimes deeply unfair gaming experiences. So what if you melded some of...

RuneScape begins beta testing combat changes, opens an autumn survey, and shares cookbook recipes

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RuneScape's newsletter for the week is absolutely jam-packed. Or topped with cheese and onions. Or stuffed with chili. However you slice it, there's a...

Sandbox MMORPG Abyss lists April 18 release date, shares gameplay footage and dev updates

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This past summer saw a new PvP sandbox MMORPG arrive to our sphere in the form of Abyss, a sci-fantasy title that promised "immersive...

Survival MMO The Day Before heralds news of Steam page return, release timing, and ‘final trailer’ November 1

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What's been happening with the post-apocalyptic survival shooter MMO The Day Before? Quite a bit if you've been following our coverage up to this...

Sandbox MMORPG Reign of Guilds drops gameplay footage, recaps playtest’s duping and other issues

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The PvP sandbox Reign of Guilds has wrapped up its fifth round of playtesting, which means Russian developer Atlant Games is digesting the events...

Throne and Liberty ditches gacha business model for subs and passes

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Does even the mere mention of a gacha system in an online game make you break out in hives? Then breathe a sigh of...

Palia shares more starstone information and confirms plans to increase housing and decor

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Palia players may be enjoying playing on EU servers, staring at pumpkins, or mourning the absolute walloping cooking got from the nerf bat, but...

Modders declare petition victory as ARK Survival Ascended team lifts server hosting exclusivity restrictions

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Remember when ARK developer Studio Wildcard announced a seven-year partnership with Nitrado for private server rental for the just-released ARK: Survival Ascended, which ended...

Critter capturing survivalbox Palworld readies a November 2 network test and previews its many monsters

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The darkly humorous open world survival sandbox that is Palworld continues to inch forward toward something like a playable game as developer Pocket Pair...

Disney Dreamlight Valley ditches free-to-play plan as it heads for a December 5 launch

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If you were holding out on Disney Dreamlight Valley's early access period to wait for the promised free-to-play launch edition, then we're sorry to...

Make My MMO: Squadron 42, Pantheon 247

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Welcome to another blast of MMO crowdfunding news from the last few weeks! Indeed, these last few weeks have been packed with wild stories...
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Betawatch: Pantheon 247

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How much would you pay to test an MMORPG? OK, but how much would you pay to test an extraction mode spun out from...