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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Eternal Crusade updates players on design goals and founder packs

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The melee combat in Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade has gone through several revisions, and it's going to go through several more. The latest State...

Exclusive: Cabal II previews four launch dungeons

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Upcoming MMO Cabal II has previously showcased on Massively OP its fluid combat mechanics and RIFT-like Abysmo system that spawns random mini-dungeons in the open world....

How Crowfall will be built for around $6M

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How can Crowfall be made with less than $10 million in this day and age? That's the big question of the day that Executive...
Bears.

How Daybreak thwarts H1Z1 cheaters

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Getting screwed over by other players cheating in H1Z1 isn't a fun feeling, even though the game is still in early testing and has...

Skyforge preps third beta test for next week

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The beta events for Skyforge are flying fast and furious now, with the third test scheduled for next week. Allods Team announced today that...

Gloria Victis upgrades to Unity 5 engine

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Forget what you think you know of Gloria Victis' looks, as the devs announced that they've switched up the game engine to Unity 5....
It's just another FPS, yes. That was not a surprising development.

A first look at Ghost in the Shell Online in action

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Now that we know that Ghost in the Shell Online will definitely be coming to Western shores, there's all the reason in the world...

Forsaken World is getting a mobile edition

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Could we be on the verge of an MMO mobile gaming revolution? Several mobile versions of Asian MMOs are in the making, including Aion...
Stunning absolutely no one who's been following along, it's like people don't want MMOs to be jobs any longer.

Black Desert adjusts for ‘casual lite’ Korean market

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Every game changes during testing, but Black Desert seems to have changed even more significantly compared to its original vision from the fan standpoint. One...

El Somni Quas draws upon classic Ultima Online for an old-school MMO experience

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It's interesting to see how players who have grown up under the influence of certain MMOs are now making their own games drawing from...

H1Z1 adds grouping system and zombified players this month

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Your secret dream of becoming a zombie -- yeah, we read your diary -- will get a virtual assist from this month's H1Z1 updates....
I don't know what's going on in this picture and I honestly don't wish to.

Salem isn’t dead! It’s launching June 17th

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Salem might have slipped off of your radar over the past few years. It's a permadeath, open-PvP sandbox that fell into the perpetual beta trap....
We had a bet running that it would take longer.

Guild Wars 2’s Stronghold public beta is today; here’s a guide

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You can play Guild Wars 2's upcoming expansion PvP mode right now! The Stronghold public beta is today! And then it closes up shop...

Take part in a flying raid with Icarus Online

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Even if they share common lineage, MMOs must have a distinctive angle or face death by mediocrity. For the upcoming Icarus Online, that hook...
Prepare to be prepared!

How to get into Path of Exile’s Awakening beta

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So you want to test the next big update for Path of Exile? That's understandable; it's a big update that promises a whole lot...
Hooray, the hype train is finally going to die, then?

Black Desert demos its new Valkyrie class

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Eager to take a look at the newest class being added to Black Desert? The fine folks at Steparu have posted a trailer demonstrating...

Shroud of the Avatar works on street signs as it preps Release 17

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Even things as small and seemingly mundane as street signs can represent a lengthy undertaking in the MMO development process. Shroud of the Avatar...
Make My MMO

Make My MMO: April 11, 2015

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, we said goodbye to Descent Underground's fundraising campaign. It was a fond farewell, though, since the sci-fi space shooter reboot topped...
Sure you are, home slice.

Star Citizen releases alpha 1.1.1 and a design blog on breathing

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Cloud Imperium had a busy Friday, as the firm released Star Citizen Alpha 1.1.1 to backers and also published a couple of notable blog entries....
All the things.

Betawatch: April 10th, 2015

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Would you like to talk about Black Desert? Stuff's happening with the game. You can learn how to hunt whales, white or otherwise, and...