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]

The centaur iPad is really overpowered.

The healing Revenant was demoed in the Guild Wars 2 stream

95
Just because you're a blindfolded warrior empowered by the Mists in Guild Wars 2 doesn't mean you can't support your allies. That's the big...
You need the pieces in place for this to be a thing.

Here’s an early look at Crowfall’s keeps

9
A lot of Crowfall is going to come down to the environments. That might seem a little bit odd or silly, but if you...

Black Desert’s Korean beta servers will be merged into one this month

104
Black Desert is exiting its Korean open beta this month. Developer Pearl Abyss and publisher Daum will be merging all the game's servers into...
Make My MMO

Make My MMO: June 6, 2015

1
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Das Tal continued its Kickstarter info dump and it invited everyone into its alpha test for one day...

Star Citizen’s massive monthly report recaps May’s progress

71
Star Citizen's monthly report was released last night, and in typical fashion it's a huge info dump that covers much of what Cloud Imperium's...
It's about time.

Betawatch: June 5th, 2015

4
It's always nice when a game finally launches after a seeming eternal beta. Assuming it doesn't, you know, die shortly thereafter. Trove is the...
TAKE THIS, CARS

Overwatch shows off the turret-building gameplay of Torbjörn

41
Torbjörn, aside from having a name that's very satisfying to type when you're familiar with Unicode inputs, is a simple kind of guy. He...
I was hoping to punch things.

Skyforge previews the Kinetic class

32
The Kinetic is a class all about understanding the gravity of the situation. More specifically, it's about manipulating and utilizing gravity to fling boulders...

Tree of Life persecutes thieves and stymies griefers

39
Since landing on Steam early access last week, Tree of Life has been patching frequently and furiously. The team is not only working on...
Gothier than thou.

See Overwatch’s Reaper in all of his dark, billowing action

22
Reaper's life in Overwatch is pretty difficult. His whole schtick is being dark and mysterious and wraithly and so forth, but that can't work well...

Voxelbox Trove is officially launching on July 9

37
This is it, Trove fans. The finish line of beta and the starting line for the official live game. Trion Worlds announced that Trove...
Salad.

Guild Wars 2 unveils the leafy goodness of the Revenant’s Ventari legend

25
After a few days of teases, another legend has been formally revealed for Guild Wars 2's upcoming Revenant profession, and it's all about healing. Yes,...

World of Warships details the dockyard, achievement systems

7
Wargaming is shining a spotlight on World of Warships' achievement system. The dev team is aiming for a system that allows for actual gameplay...

PlanetSide 2’s boots will hit the ground on PlayStation 4 on June 23

10
The countdown has begun for PlanetSide 2's invasion onto the PlayStation 4. Daybreak announced today that it will be releasing its MMOFPS on the...

Crowfall preps core combat test, commits to raising $1M from additional investors

14
With a large roster of potential classes, how will Crowfall balance it all? By starting small, of course. The devs wrote a new post...

Das Tal invites everyone to the alpha test for one day only

22
Das Tal's Kickstarter campaign is staring down its final week, and with only a little over 27 grand raised of its $55,794 goal, it's...

Sword Coast Legends is launching on Mac and Linux as well

19
Good news for Sword Coast Legends fans who are hoping to play with their friends of "other" persuasions: n-Space has announced that the game will...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Guild Wars 2’s Heart of Thorns beta

62
My excitement for Guild Wars 2's first expansion has been no secret, so you can easily guess how much fun I had climbing the...

The Repopulation on expectations, SWG, and the Q4 launch

47
When Above & Beyond Technologies announced that its sci-fi MMO The Repopulation will launch before the end of 2015, sandbox fans simultaneously pumped their fists...

Das Tal updates its Kickstarter again, and again, and again

8
Fairytale Distillery has dropped another Das Tal info bomb on its Kickstarter backers and curious sandbox PvP onlookers. The indie MMO got its start...