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]

Launch or do not, folks.

Skyforge developers respond to beta feedback

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The Skyforge development team has been listening to player feedback during the second closed beta test for the game. A new post on the...

Ghost in the Shell Online: First Connection nearing Korean CBT

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The popular anime franchise Ghost in the Shell will be making the transition to an MMOFPS: It prepares to start its first Korean closed...

Camelot Unchained releases alpha video

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The first look at a new game is always exciting. You get to see a game as something other than concept art and development...
Make My MMO

Make My MMO: March 28, 2015

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This week's crowdfunding news was all about Crowfall. Seriously, we must've written about Crowfall like 76 times or something. In the end, the most relevant...

Black Desert celebrates 100-day beta mark

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To rub it in to everyone else in the world, it is our duty to announce that Korean beta testers have been enjoying Black...
If people had been this enthusiastic the first time around... nah, never mind. Too much speculation.

Betawatch: March 27, 2015

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If you had told me that one of the big bits of news this week would be the release of Dungeon Fighter Online into...

The Stream Team: Trekking through Skyforge’s closed beta

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Whenever there is a beta, MassivelyOP's MJ looks forward to showing you what's new in the MMOverse. Luckily, with Skyforge she doesn't have to...

H1Z1 publishes development roadmap

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Wondering where H1Z1 is going to go after its successful pre-pre-launch? Well now there's a handy way to tell that game's future, as the...

First impressions of Skyforge beta, part two

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In the first part of my Skyforge closed beta impressions, I took a look at the tutorial and character creation process. Suitably impressed albeit...

Sword Coast Legends demos a multiplayer dungeon crawl

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It might not be an MMO, but we can see the vestiges of MMORPG player-generated content (and more poignantly, Neverwinter Nights) in Wizards of the Coast's...
Pathfinder

Pathfinder’s early enrollment version six is out today

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The sixth build of Pathfinder's early enrollment phase goes live today, according to the notes on GoblinWorks' website. If you missed designer Lee Hammock's...
Could be better, could be a whole lot worse.

Skyforge unveils its 13 launch day classes

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A given character in Skyforge can explore all of the game's classes, and advancing in one class helps bolster progress in other classes as...

Das Tal starts alpha sign-ups

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Das Tal, the PvP sandbox brought to you by the color tan, has started accepting alpha sign-ups by the bravest of the brave. Of...

First impressions of Skyforge beta, part one

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Slowly but surely, Skyforge has climbed my interest ladder until I was genuinely eager to check it out in its beta state. It's an...
How far we've come yet.

Shroud of the Avatar prepares for Release 16 with a focus on performance

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The last Shroud of the Avatar release saw a shift over to Unity 5 and a number of improvements and changes to the game,...

Skyforge ‘won’t tolerate the word P2W’ [Updated]

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Skyforge apparently doesn't take too kindly to accusations of pay-to-win. In response to a North American Skyforge player's admittedly originally badly worded question about the differences...
It's really making my life bloody overwhelming! Ha ha! Seriously, I have lost an extraordinary amount of blood.

Guild Wars 2 removes bleeding caps in Heart of Thorns

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One of the routinely stated design goals about Guild Wars 2 is that you should be able to wander out in the world and...

Crowfall finishes out Kickstarter worth $1,766,204

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ArtCraft Entertainment's "throne war simulator" Crowfall was officially funded this morning, with 16,936 backers pledging a grand total of $1,766,204 -- over 2000 backers...
Shards Online

Shards Online newsletter talks road map, stress test, and more

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Shards Online fans, did you see the latest newsletter from Citadel Studios? If not you should go read it. For one thing, you can...
Cabal II

Cabal II beta signups are now open

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Those of you looking forward to Cabal II can now sign up for a shot at the beta, according to an ESTsoft press release....