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]

Forsaken World Mobile comes to Android devices this week

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Jonesing for a full mobile MMO experience? Android gamers now have another option, as Forsaken World Mobile is coming to Google Play this week. The...

ARK gets modding support, internal documentation to follow

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Do you like ARK: Survival Evolved? Do you like modding? If you answered yes, I've got good news in the form of the ARK's...

Here’s a first look at Crowfall’s Knight

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Crowfall has published a lengthy first look at its Knight archetype. We say first look because as the devs note, things are practically guaranteed...

Gloria Victis adds a PvP arena and an attack power bar

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Gloria Victis has updated with a new PvP arena and an attacks power bar. The latter allows players to control the strength of their...

What is Blade & Soul’s chi about, anyway?

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Chi is vitally important to Blade & Soul's lore and gameplay, but it's perfectly OK to not completely understand what it's about. That's why...

Guild Wars 2 throws special Revenant weekend test

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The official beta for Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns has yet to begin, but ArenaNet isn't above throwing a special test into the...
Let 'em all go to trial, except Soldier 76!

Overwatch blog details the legend behind Jack Morrison

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It's a little bit odd, on some level, that Overwatch takes place after the eponymous organization is dead and gone. Not unheard of, no,...
Ladybug hunting.

Trove details your first five hours of play

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When Trove leaves its beta label behind later this week, there will be players jumping in with no idea how the game is supposed...

A third of Crowfall backers live outside North America

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In a new interview at a German Crowfall community fan site, ArtCraft's J. Todd Coleman fielded several pressing questions for European audiences, including how many...

Skyforge wants you to break its servers today

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"We welcome you to break our servers." This tongue-in-cheek invitation comes from the Skyforge devs who are running one final pre-open beta test designed to...

Star Citizen’s new Frankfurt office features 21 devs now, 50 by year’s end

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Cloud Imperium has opened a new development office in Frankfurt, Germany, according to the company's latest press release. Star Citizen, dubbed a "first person...

Shroud of the Avatar maps out the next three months of updates

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Did you ever see that late '90s TV show Early Edition, where this guy got a copy of tomorrow's newspaper a day early? Shroud...

Behind the scenes: The sights and sounds of World of Warships’ vessels

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Immersion. That's not a word you often hear associated with lobby-based PvP games. But in the case of World of Warships, the third title...

Star Citizen gets a monthly report, Star Marine status update

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Hot on the heels of last week's Star Marine delay update comes a new monthly report from Star Citizen chairman Chris Roberts. As per...

MMO Mechanics: Four inspiring indie developments worth watching

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The MMO genre has immense sticking power in terms of tenure, staying relevant to players for decades despite such fluid and rapid development in...
Make My MMO

Make My MMO: July 4, 2015

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, Pathfinder Online introduced mules. No, not your dual-boxed healer or the crafter avatar that you force your kid to...

Pathfinder adds mules, cautions against attacking them

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Goblinworks has added mules to Pathfinder Online, according to a new dev blog by designer Lee Hammock. Mules are intended to make long-range travel...
Some people just won't let go.

Betawatch: July 3rd, 2015

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I freely admit that I never actually played Glitch, but I was glad it existed and sad at the people who never even had...

Skyforge scoots in one last pre-open beta stress test

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If July 16th is just too dang long to wait for more Skyforge, then at least you now have a little something to tide...

The state of MassivelyOP’s ARK server

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Well, the MassivelyOP ARK: Survival Evolved server is still a thing. It's been running for just over 10 days now, and it's been publicly available for...