alpha testing
Ship of Heroes posts a timeline for the first half of 2018
With a combat alpha under its belt, the superhero MMORPG Ship of Heroes turns its attention to the challenges that lay ahead. The team...
Everything you need to know about Path of Exile’s 3.3.0 update, landing June 1st (probably)
Path of Exile's next big thing - content update 3.3.0 - lands later this spring, and you might be wondering what's going on with...
PAX East 2018: Hands-on with the surprisingly solid combat of Ashes of Creation
This year's PAX East featured a lot of games early in their testing phase, but Ashes of Creation was one that had splurged for...
PAX East 2018: Talking superhero MMOs with Ship of Heroes’ Casey McGeever
At this year's PAX East, I discovered that my mental picture of Casey McGeever did not match the actual man in person, but that...
Betawatch: Defiance’s beta, TERA’s console launch, and Eliot’s in the brig (April 6, 2018)
Welcome back to another look at all the MMO beta happenings of the week! I've stashed Eliot in the brig so that I can take...
Crowfall’s 5.5 pre-alpha is live with female centaurs, player vendors, and a new map
Crowfall is ready to push its pre-alpha testing phase to the limit. A new dev video from ArtCraft this week shows off some of...
PAX East 2018: Ashes of Creation will launch alpha one this year
Ashes of Creation will hit alpha one by the end of the year, Intrepid Studios announced today during its panel at PAX East. The...
Here’s how Sea of Thieves is addressing brig and respawn griefing
Rare isn't completely oblivious to the griefing going on in Sea of Thieves, even if it probably hoped gamers wouldn't notice so damn much...
Star Citizen homes in on the mobiGlas, checks in with the UK team, and rolls back alpha 3.1.1
The Star Citizen team is still riding high on the launch of alpha 3.1 last weekend. The latest episode of Around the Verse checks...
Hands-on with Conan Exiles’ launch build: Farming, frolicking in the swamp, and other feature fun
The early access days of Conan Exiles are coming to a close. In less than a month, the survival sandbox will launch. At that time...
Pantheon offers special PAX pledge tier worth $1000, gives five of them away in contest
Among the more unusual business model setups for the incoming wave of indie MMORPGs is Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen's. As we've previously covered,...
Occupy White Walls is the most bizarre new MMORPG we’ve seen in years
Are you tired of being a murder hobo in MMORPGs, tasked with little more than mindless slaughter in between gear grinds, achievement hustles, and...
Arcfall is going free-to-play with this week’s big pre-alpha patch
If you weren't into plunking down 20 bucks for early access MMORPG Arcfall, then this coming Friday is your lucky day, as the game...
Global Chat: RIFT Prime numbers
RIFT's new Prime progression server certainly has recaptured or recruited many MMO bloggers to the game as of late, and it is all anyone...
Star Citizen’s 3.1 alpha is live for the holiday weekend
If you're bored on the holiday weekend, and you happen to be a Star Citizen backer, you're going to be taking to the skies,...
Betawatch: Shroud of the Avatar launches for real (March 30, 2018)
Did it happen? Are the rumors true? Yes, my friends, Shroud of the Avatar is actually launched now. The game has launched. Which probably...
Dead Man’s Country throws you into the teeth of the American west
Have a pioneering spirit and wouldn't mind stepping back in time to see how you'd do on the frontier in the late 1800s? Then...
World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth adds new Blood Elf eyes and new models with its latest build
Blood Elf Paladins in World of Warcraft are drawing upon the power of the Sunwell, but they still have the same fel-green eyes as...
Project Gorgon warns alpha users that their free ride is ending
For a very long time now -- we are talking years, here -- Project Gorgon has operated a free public alpha to anyone who...
Chronicles of Elyria puts constraints on your character’s creation
"Character creation" is the watchword of the week at Chronicles of Elyria. In addition to a developer livestream that showed off the first iteration...
