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]

Devilian shows off Shadowhunter class and devil form

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Action-RPG Devilian is cranking up its hype machine, with a pair of informative dev blogs posted this past week about the game's features. The first...

Shroud of the Avatar’s Long talks building narrative on top of a sandbox

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Shroud of the Avatar's latest Update of the Avatar has been released. As per usual, it sums up the major happenings for Portalarium's crowdfunded...
Make My MMO

Make My MMO: July 18, 2015

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Derek Sm... ah, you know what? Never mind. This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Shroud of the Avatar's...

Star Citizen’s FPS elements to feature ‘slow-paced tactical gameplay’ and consequences for death

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Cloud Imperium has published another one of its weekly Star Marine status updates for Star Citizen. The post covers everything from engineering and coding...
My authority as principal is total.

Betawatch: July 17th, 2015

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If you were excited for Camelot Unchained opening its doors for the first time next month, we've got some bad news for you. The...

Das Tal showing off small events with this weekend’s playtest

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Das Tal is still a ways off from operating an ongoing alpha program, but the team is throwing a one-day test for this Sunday...

Mark Jacobs explains Camelot Unchained’s beta delay, confirms game title [Updated]

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Camelot Unchained's Mark Jacobs has admitted to backers today that the first round of CU's beta, originally planned for August, will be delayed. Jacobs has...
Maybe... maybe stop addressing him over and over?

Star Citizen’s Lesnick promises ‘incredible progress’ and addresses concerns

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The war of words between developer Derek Smart and Star Citizen isn't over yet. A recent livestream for a German fan channel saw director...

Valiance shows its new female model, enhancement UI

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Pre-alpha superhero MMO Valiance Online posted some screenshots of its enhancement UI and an updated female avatar model on its website today. The latter...

Skyforge details its digital collector’s editions

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Want to pay money for the latest free-to-play MMO? Skyforge has a collector's edition with your name on it. You can opt for the...

Eternal Crusade upgrades to Unreal Engine 4

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Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade is about to start looking a whole lot more attractive when you oogle its screenshots. This is because Behaviour Interactive...

Albion adds Deadlands content, touts summer alpha numbers

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Albion's summer alpha is going swimmingly, according to an update posted today on the fantasy sandbox's website. So far, 15,400 players from 145 countries...

Want to win at Crowfall? Become a mind-reader.

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Hey, you know what would make you an incredible MMO PvP gamer? If you would just start reading the mind of your opponent already! This...

Skyforge soft launches after technical issues

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Skyforge is making the jump to a non-wipable open beta today (aka a soft launch), although the team dealt with a server issue earlier...
Slightly too on-point, perhaps.

Guild Wars 2 confirms the last Revenant legend is Shiro Tagachi

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Revenants have proven very capable of inflicting conditions with demonic legends, being defensive with dwarven legends, and healing their allies with centaur legends. It's certainly...

Raph Koster: Crowfall ‘can feel more like a living world’

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ArtCraft's Raph Koster is the star witness of an in-depth interview in which he discusses the development of Crowfall using the perspective of his...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Trinity dependence in Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns

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I don't know about you lot, but I really enjoy ArenaNet's Points of Interest livestream that airs on its official Twitch channel. It contains a massive...
Can't get there from here.

Shroud of the Avatar caps (and sells out of) player-owned towns with overland map access

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Shroud of the Avatar has been selling players the right to run their own towns for a while, which is a good thing. It...

Shards’ pre-alpha server admins are now up and running

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Shards Online has officially kicked off its second pre-alpha phase. Project lead Derek Brinkmann posted an update on the game's website today, saying that...
But animated for real, like.

Check out the first iteration of the Confessor’s powers in Crowfall

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Crowfall is beginning to show off the skillset of its various character archetypes, and the first magical ranged character to get the spotlight is...