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]

G-Star 2024: Nexon teases Supervive, Project Overkill, and Arc Raiders as it celebrates its 30th birthday

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Nexon brought its A-game to G-Star 2024 in Busan, South Korea, and by A-game, we really mean its whole game because the company has...

Star Citizen launches a new multi-stage Save Stanton event to pad the time until alpha 4.0

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There's going to be some time between now and when alpha 4.0 arrives to Star Citizen. So what are players supposed to do in...

PvE co-op survivalbox Aloft confirms its early access launch for January 15

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We've been following the development Aloft for a little while now; it's the upcoming co-op survival sandbox that involves exploring floating islands and transforming...

Pearl Abyss Q3 2024: Black Desert declines, EVE Online flattens, Crimson Desert dithers

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Pearl Abyss - minus Pearl Abyss America head Jeonghee Jin, who left for NCsoft America this past summer - released its Q3 2024 financials...

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen launches into early access on December 13 – plus it’s coming to Steam

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On December 13th, it will be go time for Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen players who have eagerly awaited the official early access launch...

Brighter Shores bans multiboxing and adds single-click actions in today’s update

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Brighter Shores' first patch last week might have been a wee one, but clearly Fen Research was holding a bit back for this week's...

Adorable multiplayer life sim Dinkum is headed to mobile devices with Dinkum Together

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Since last year, we've been keeping an eye on Dinkum, a cutesy and cozy survival life sim RPG that has plenty to do for...

Skygard Arena is a turn-based tactical battler headed for Steam early access November 18

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It's an absolute shame to consider what happened to a game as unique as Atlas Reactor, and it was possible the multiplayer gaming world...

Marvel Rivals officially unveils Moon Knight’s arrival to the team shooter’s launch roster

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Readers might recall that Marvel Rivals teased the next character coming to the shooter's roster at the very end of its Psylocke trailer, but...

Monsters & Memories’ creative director streams love for EverCraft Online

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Who says that MMO studios and developers only care about their own games and are fiercely territorial? Belaying that mindset is Monsters & Memories'...

Pax Dei’s Proving Grounds update removes previously learned crafting recipes from characters’ brains

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One of the many features applied in Pax Dei's big saucy Proving Grounds update was an adjustment to crafting progression that would make it...

Make My MMO: Elite Dangerous’s Ascendancy, Embers Adrift’s misfortune

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Kickstarted MMORPGs have been a rollercoaster over the last few weeks: Elite Dangerous is finally getting a major revival with the release of Ascendancy....

Brighter Shores patches in custom keybinds and quest difficulty stars

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Brighter Shores has already talked about how to better communicate its so-called "breadth and depth" system in-game, and now thanks to its latest patch,...

Interview: Drakantos discusses multiplayer open world content, monetization, testing, and more

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Drakantos is one of those upcoming MMORPGs that looks so familiar while still being distinct. Its got undeniably gorgeous pixel art, a nostalgic retro...

Chrono Odyssey narrows down its launch window to Q4 2025

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Kakao is taking baby steps to zoom in on a potential global launch window for its upcoming fantasy MMO Chrono Odyssey. Previously, the studio...
This is what I always wanted.

Betawatch: We have Opinions about Brighter Shores’ early access

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If you find yourself on Steam saying that you want the RuneScape-iest game the platform has before shaking your head and saying that no,...

Indie MMOARPG Drakantos releases new open world gameplay footage and plans for pet taming

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The studio behind 2-D pixel art multiplayer ARPG Drakantos noted previously that it would be scaling back its dev blogs to every three months....

The Stream Team: Exploring the first steps of Brighter Shores early access

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This week brought something a little familiar yet different to the world of early access MMORPGs: Brighter Shores, a game that MOP's Chris and...

Brighter Shores explains its episode-specific professions design and asks players to ‘please give it a chance’

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When Brighter Shores launched into early access this week, many players were surprised at the fact that each episode (aka a major zone) had...

Stars Reach’s new trailer shows significant visual improvement – and a partial list of professions

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Late last night, Playable Worlds dropped a new trailer for Raph Koster's incoming MMORPG sandbox Stars Reach, along with an update for its NDA. As...