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]

Tarisland says male mages and female paladins are the next step in gender-unlocking

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We're down to the last of Tencent's announced dev blogs for Tarisland focusing on how the studio has tweaked the game between the last...

Corepunk proposes its 500,000 test hopefuls comment for a chance at 10,000 alpha 2 invites

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If you thought you were signed up for the Corepunk beta, you might have a little more legwork to do to ensure you actually...

Sand is an open-world PvPvE game where players build stompy robot bases to explore an alien planet

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As one poorly directed actor of a sci-fi film noted, sand has a whole bunch of drawbacks including its unpleasant texture and its propensity...

Nightingale outlines the benefits and limitations of today’s offline mode release

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The primarily multiplayer survival sandbox that is Nightingale is now becoming an optional solo act, as today sees the game introduce its single-player offline...

EVE Online blockchain spinoff Project Awakening begins Phase III and ‘hackathon’ testing today

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CCP Games is continuing to push forward with Project Awakening, the blockchain side piece/spinoff of EVE Online, as the game is launching into its...

Tencent recaps plan for Tarisland’s game performance, combat hit feel, and fishing

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Tencent is continuing onward with its plan to outline all of its pre-launch changes for Tarisland in the lead up to its next technical...

MultiVersus is adding Jason Vorhees and Agent Smith to its roster

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Back when MultiVersus was at the height of its popularity, we reported on rumors of Beetlejuice and the Wicked Witch coming to the roster,...

Vampire survivalbox V Rising fully launches on PS5 June 11 – here’s the new trailer

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If you're a PlayStation player staring mournfully at the formal launch of vampire survivalbox V Rising - and its 1.0 Ruins of Mortium content...

Bellwright touts 200K unit sales and high concurrency following ‘terrifying’ release

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It's been roughly a month or so since the multiplayer medieval survivalbox Bellwright made it into early access, and it looks as if Donkey...

Abyss Online devs warn gamers not to buy the game right now owing to ‘absolute chaos’ in early access

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"We warn all to not purchase our game until these game breaking bugs are behind us." If your eyes are bugging out reading that...

Corepunk previews deep dish progression systems for its weapons and heroes

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With Corepunk looking to enter early access sometime later this summer, the devs at Artificial Core are keen to share previews of what players...

Leaks spring forth from Valve’s new in-development competitive hero shooter Deadlock

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Were you hoping that Valve would figure out how to count to three or address the long-suffering TF2 playerbase? Well, put those hopes down...

The Quinfall’s latest video preview shows off caravan runs, sky rift world events, and PvP arenas

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The Quinfall is continuing its rollout of video previews as the sandbox inches toward its June closed beta, and this time around Vawraek Technologies...

MultiVersus offers an overview of the all-new PvE mode arriving with its May 28 relaunch

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How exactly does the otherwise PvP-centric platform fighter MultiVersus plan on introducing PvE when it relaunches on May 28th (without adding an arcade mode,...

Make My MMO: Wagadu’s untimely end, Legends of Aria’s new beginning

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The grave is claiming another Kickstarted MMORPG: The Wagadu Chronicles developer Twin Drums announced in May that it'll throw in the towel on the...

Star Citizen’s Invictus Launch Week free-play demo and ship sales event is underway

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It's time once again for CIG to set its cash registers ringing, draw in new players, and otherwise give everyone playing Star Citizen a...
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Betawatch: Wayfinder’s plan to downsize its MMO ambitions

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Well this was not how I expected the Wayfinder story to continue, with the game basically dropping its online elements altogether. Now, it's not...

Lost Skies checks in with progress on island assets, a healing drone, and an autumnal region

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It's time once again for Bossa Studios' Lost Skies to put forth its usual monthly progress report -- its 20th so far -- that...

The Quinfall outlines 50 projects for June’s closed beta test

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Turkish-developed The Quinfall is gearing up for its second closed beta test, this one taking place in June. Curious onlookers and interested fans wondering what's...

Pax Dei digests lessons learned from alpha two and shares plans for future adjustments

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Alpha testing is intended to give developers information, feedback, and data on what works and what doesn't, and so it was for Pax Dei,...