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]

ARK: Survival Evolved strands you on an island of dinosaurs

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Do you have a weirdly shaped hole in your life that can be filled only by killing and riding dinosaurs (not necessarily in that...

‘No more grind’: PvP sandbox Das Tal launches its Kickstarter

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As promised, buy-to-play indie PvP sandbox Das Tal has begun a Kickstarter campaign today to coincide with the launch of the German wing of...

MapleStory 2 ends Korean CBT, eyes July open beta

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Expect to hear a lot more about MapleStory 2 now that the game has wrapped up with its Korean closed beta test cycle. Steparu.com...
Black Desert

Black Desert enters Japanese open beta, gets live-action trailer

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What do live-action sword-wielding Japanese schoolgirls have to do with Black Desert? Hell if I know, but they're front and center in a new...

Shroud of the Avatar tabs players for street names

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Last week wasn't the biggest for Shroud of the Avatar, but the game's most recent newsletter does have a couple of points of interest...
We were the kings and queens of promise.

Scope out the Guild Wars 2 Dragonhunter summary

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You can't play a Dragonhunter Guardian in Guild Wars 2 right now no matter how much you might want to be wielding a bow...
Someone is excited, probably.

Heroes of the Storm prepares an arresting display of skins

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Nobody is going to accuse Heroes of the Storm of being tasteful and restrained, especially after seeing its newest batch of character skins. Not...

Das Tal counts down to its Kickstarter campaign

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Das Tal's Kickstarter campaign has a start date: May 12th. The crowdfunding campaign for the isometric PvP sandbox will kick off on Tuesday, aiming for...
Make My MMO

Make My MMO: May 9, 2015

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, we learned everything we ever wanted to know about Star Citizen's first person shooter module, plus a bit more....
Star Marine

Star Citizen reveals Star Marine’s SATA Ball and a whole lot more

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Cloud Imperium has dropped a huge info bomb regarding Star Marine, which is what the firm is calling Star Citizen's first person shooter functionality. Like...

Star Citizen releases retro-themed browser arcade game

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Forget Arena Commander -- the new hotness in the Star Citizen universe is Hyper Vanguard Force IV. And you can play it right now...
So long my honey, so long my baby, so long my ragtime gal.

Betawatch: May 8th, 2015

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This week, Landmark was consumed in a fiery explosion, by which we of course mean that it had a big old wipe. But it's...

Echo of Soul trailer puts the spotlight on PvP

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Don't worry, PvP people -- Echo of Soul isn't going to leave you high and dry. The now-in-closed-beta Korean MMO has released a new video...

Guild Wars 2 initially aims for a small desert borderlands WvW test

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Even as Guild Wars 2 players are diligently farming zones in the hopes of obtaining a Heart of Thorns PvE beta key, ArenaNet is...

Why Eternal Crusade can’t do a global megaserver

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The dream to create a PvP-centric game on a single global megaserver might be just that -- a dream. Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade Senior Producer...

Talking with Trion about the future of Trove

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If you dismissed Trove early on as an insignificant game or a thinly veiled Minecraft clone, then it might be time to take a...
I suppose it's cheaper than actually hiring someone to design these spaces?

EverQuest Next invites players to the Elf workshop competition

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The games aren't explicitly linked quite the same way any longer, but there's still plenty of space for Landmark players to strut their stuff...
Worlds Adrift

Here’s how you build your airship in Worlds Adrift

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If you're curious about building your own airship in indie sandbox MMO Worlds Adrift, look no further than the latest dev blog. You'll need...
Albion

Albion tweaks its trees, resources, and landscapes for summer alpha

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Albion is gearing up for its summer alpha, and one of the new features on display during the test will be a landscape redesign. "The...

Land of Britain creates card game to fund the MMO

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Land of Britain may be a long way off from launch, but that hasn't stopped Potato Killer Studios for developing a spin-off online card...