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’s Vanduul Scythe will soon be flyable

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Remember the very first Star Citizen trailer from 2012? I'm sure you do because it was completely badass, even though way back then it...

Burstfire’s tactical shooter gives players one life per game

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If you only had one life in a FPS match, how would it change your playstyle? Think about the implications of such a rule...
Well, at least they're honest.

Betawatch: June 12th, 2015

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Could it be? Is Skyforge going to release soon, or go into an open beta which is indistinguishable from release? It certainly seems like...

Jacobs on destroying Camelot Unchained structures and more

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Mark Jacobs is back with a Friday afternoon update for Camelot Unchained. In it, he says that players will soon be able to destroy...

Trove will teach you how to train a dragon next week

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Trove is apparently racing to see just how much content it can cram into this voxelbox title before it launches on July 9th. Next...

Cabal II soft-launches on July 2 with no wipe

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It's a double dose of good news for Cabal II fans today, as ESTsoft not only announced the game's open beta launch date but...
Good work, great idea.

Overwatch shows off the heights of Pharah’s abilities

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Overwatch's Pharah is a pretty straightforward character in terms of play philosophy. She has a rocket launcher, jump jets, and a wrist rocket to...

Das Tal’s Kickstarter fails, but development continues

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Das Tal's Kickstarter has ended without meeting its €50,000 goal, but it's not game over for the indie PvP sandbox. Thanking fans for the nearly €33,000...
The large old German man is not the villain. Groundbreaking!

Check out Overwatch’s Reinhardt gameplay video

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If Overwatch were a tabletop RPG, Reinhardt is the guy who didn't bother listening to the setting information and just made a knight with...
This dude, but in motion.

Crowfall developers discuss balance in a new Q&A video

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If you want total and absolute balance for one-on-one classes in Crowfall, you will be disappointed. That's the first answer in the new question...

Skyforge’s last closed beta test starts June 24

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Could Skyforge's launch be right around the corner? It could be, as the sci-fi title is preparing its fourth and final closed beta test...

ECO boasts server-wide permadeath for failure

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Individual character permadeath is so yesterday, right? An upcoming title, ECO, dares to think even bigger, proposing "server-wide permadeath" if players can't band together and...

New Civ Online video demos tank battles

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Every age of mankind holds its own interesting innovations and technological breakthroughs, but the industrial age was a new kind of awesome with its...
Hunt that thing.

Monster Hunter Online gets an elder dragon tomorrow

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Are you ready for the good news? Monster Hunter Online's first elder dragon, a chap named Tartaronis, will be added tomorrow. And now for...

Black Desert launching in Korea on July 14

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The gorgeous fantasy sandbox Black Desert will be launching in about a month -- in Korea, that is. The game posted a notice on...

DarkEden 2 returns to the vampire war

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While you may not have heard of DarkEden, it's actually one of the older continuously running graphical MMORPGs on the market, having started back...

Albion Online goes to hell

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The next time that someone tells you to "Go to hell!" you can respond, "Thank you, I will -- in Albion Online." The upcoming sandbox...
Well, I can't object to the theory.

ARK: Survival Evolved has already sold 400,000 copies

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On the surface, you could think of ARK: Survival Evolved as one step removed from zombie survival games except it has dinosaurs instead. But...

Nexon’s Arpiel Online plans closed beta test in June

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How many MMOs does Nexon have stirring in its pot right now? Hundreds? Thousands? In any case, the online game publisher is cooking up...

Naval Action takes open sea warfare to a whole new level

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There have been plenty of MMOs, multiplayer titles, and single-player games that have attempted to emulate the grand Age of Sail, but Naval Action...