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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Make My MMO: June 27, 2015

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Chris Roberts elaborated on Star Citizen's FPS module delay as well as his experiences directing motion capture for the...

Trove on graduating Beta University and heading into the real world

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The stages of pre-launch development always conjure some measure of protection for a fledgling video game. It may be rough, but that's OK, it's...

Star Citizen’s Roberts on the delayed FPS module, Squadron 42 shoot

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Star Citizen boss Chris Roberts released a new letter from the chairman last night, in which he details his experiences directing performance capture for...
Open the door, get on the floor, fly on a pterodactyl, you are doing this wrong.

Betawatch: June 26th, 2015

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Is there anything as marvelous as finding out that your game got so heavily exploited that the whole game needs to be wiped? If...

Camelot Unchained has made progress on performance, procedurally generated terrain, and more

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It's Friday, which means there's probably a Camelot Unchained update floating somewhere around my inbox. Yep, here it is. Let's see. Head honcho Mark...
OFF WITH HIS KNEES

Gloria Victis delivers whopper of an alpha update

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It may just be one of Gloria Victis' biggest updates yet. The pre-alpha fantasy sandbox patched in several new and improved systems to the game,...
She's a knockout.

Overwatch shows off Zarya and Bastion gameplay in new videos

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The early Overwatch gameplay videos continue moving through the cast with a robot that has the heart of a human and a woman with...

Welcome to MassivelyOP’s ARK: Survival Evolved server

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I'm still enjoying ARK: Survival Evolved quite a bit, and as such I figured I'd set up a dedicated server for the MassivelyOP community. It's been...

WildStar begins Chinese beta this August

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As WildStar is preparing to make the grand transition to free-to-play in the west this summer, it's simultaneously making in-roads into Asia with an...

Wargaming attempts to resolve World of Warships’ Humble Bundle debacle

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Let us tell you a story. The story begins with the recent E3 Humble Bundle, through which Wargaming handed out not only access to World...

Tree of Savior gets a huge English FAQ

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Got a lot of questions about Tree of Savior? We bet you do, you curious kitten you. Well now it's time to get them...

City of Titans development finally ‘on track’

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"The shadow of doubt has passed, and the state of the game is strong," City of Titans President Nathaniel Downes trumpets in his newest...

Skyforge implores you to win back the Eskenian Peninsula

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Even as Skyforge winds down its final closed beta test, Allods Team still has more of the game to show off to fans. Today's dev...
The most something game.

Ark: Survival Evolved offers a bounty for hunting hacks

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The developers behind Ark: Survival Evolved are rewarding players for hunting the most dangerous game. Considering this is a game wherein you hunt and...
All right, I can sort of see it.

Anarchy Online’s new graphical engine is finally live

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Anarchy Online has been on the verge of having a new graphics engine for what seems to be forever and a day, but it's...

Sit and stay awhile with Landmark’s newest update

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Let there be chairs! In the latest Landmark Live broadcast, Producers Terry Michaels and Emily Taylor show off some of the changes added to...

Civ Online’s final closed beta test starts July 14

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XLGAMES has announced that Civilization Online will enter its final closed beta phase on July 14th in South Korea. There's a new trailer floating...

Crowfall introduces the player layaway program

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If there's a big juicy Crowfall purchase that you'd like to make, but your current funds are lacking, then boy does ArtCraft have a...
Please, let this just be me.

TUG’s new tech update is so big that all players must start over

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The bad news is that TUG players can no longer load up and play any of their saved games. The good news is the...

Win a Skyforge CBT4 key from Massively OP and Allods Team (All gone now!)

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Skyforge's fourth and final closed beta test begins today, bringing with it two advanced classes, a difficulty toggle, a group finder, and customizable guilds, plus...