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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Betawatch: Pantheon 247

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How much would you pay to test an MMORPG? OK, but how much would you pay to test an extraction mode spun out from...

Book of Travels heralds a content update with new locations, events, and a death system ‘that isn’t the end’

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Recently we reported on Book of Travels' latest patch and how it marked Might & Delight's continued effort to fix the game first and...

Lost Skies shows a snippet of gameplay while it gets ready to send out more beta keys

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Grapple with this: The latest development update from Lost Skies is out, with Bossa Studios announcing that it's getting ready to send out another...

Valheim previews Ashlands’ new weapons, more lava, and a ‘mysterious contraption’

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Valheim's Ashlands biome will have lava. This is an already known factor, but if you were worried that a blasted land of fire and...

Pantheon argues 247 extraction mode is meant to satisfy replayability and runs parallel to MMORPG loops

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Our readers already know that things are not going well among backers of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen, as developer Visionary Realms confirmed the...

Skull and Bones has been delayed for at least the seventh time

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Stop me if you've heard this one: Skull and Bones has been delayed again! At the top of the year, the company queued up...

Star Wars: The Old Republic starts testing Update 7.4 – but not the GTN overhaul

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Star Wars: The Old Republic fans are buckling on their lightsabers and holstering their blasters in anticipation of jumping into the next story adventure...

Ship of Heroes refurbs its camera, addresses feedback, and floats another demo event

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Following up on what it characterizes as a "highly successful beta demo" during Steam Next Fest, Heroic Games has a new dev blog and...

V Rising hosts a PvP tournament with all game DLC as the grand prize October 28

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The PvP contingent of V Rising players is being summoned forth by developer Stunlock Studios with the unveiling of the Crown Vampire Tournament, a...

NCsoft’s battle royale brawler Battle Crush enters open beta on PC and Android until October 30

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Back in March, we received word of NCsoft's latest game Battle Crush, a self-described "action battle brawler" that otherwise plays out like any battle...

Eternal Tombs showcases game footage from a recent public raid test

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If you're a part of the Eternal Tombs Discord, you probably saw a call for a brief public test come across your app as...

Testing Pantheon’s 247 mode won’t be cheap, according to Visionary Realms’ latest infodrop

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Pantheon's proposed "247" spin-off extraction mode has been the subject of much debate already since its leak and confirmation earlier this month, but Visionary...

Tarisland’s Ranger looks like the comfiest hunter class fantasy

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Considering how popular Hunters were -- and are -- in World of Warcraft, we'd say it stands to reason that Tarisland's Ranger will receive...

Wayfinder teases mid-season update 2’s Reaver King as devs tackle performance and events

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Wayfinder is gearing up for its next mid-season update, which means the Reaver King is beating down our door: The patch include a batch...

ARK Survival Ascended has finally hit early access on Steam to ‘re-energize the classic-ARK experience’

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If you were growing ever more concerned that ARK Survival Ascended - the sequel to ARK Survival Evolved - was MIA, then you can...

Co-op MMO-styled boss battler TrinityS makes its debut on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5

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Last year saw a unique piece of multiplayer gaming enter early access in the form of TrinityS, a three-player co-op title that saw players...

Book of Travels releases another small fixer-upper patch as it goes on sale for its second anniversary

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Back in May, Book of Travels developer Might & Delight claimed in a dev blog that it was almost ready to shift focus from...

Waven’s newest season introduces a competitive PvE mode and an updated battle pass

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Ankama's early access tactical MMO Waven has started a new season, and much like other games from the studio, this one is having a...

Nexon’s shooter THE FINALS enters cross-platform open beta October 26

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Nexon's Embark Studios is vrooming onward with its next test for THE FINALS: It's just announced that its first cross-platform open beta event will...
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Corepunk plans for its next test phase starting November 4

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Good news, Corepunk fans: The game's next phase will be starting pretty soon on November 4th and will have significantly more people involved in...