alpha testing
Microsoft shutters multiple studios, abandons Redfall, bolsters Elder Scrolls Online staffing
Microsoft continues laying waste to the gaming industry today with the closure of four Bethesda studios.
We can reassure MMO players right away that Elder...
Star Citizen answers questions about alpha 3.23 and readies Invictus free-fly event for May 17
CIG is still hoping to drive player interest in Star Citizen's alpha 3.23 as the studio focused on the upcoming new build in its...
PSA: Pantheon Rise of the Fallen grants weekend access to new players [Update: Code’s dead now]
Update: Looks like the fun is over - code is now nonfunctional. Hope some of y'all got in! :) The original post follows.
Pantheon: Rise...
Betawatch: SMITE 2’s first alpha, Legends of Aria’s Classic beta
Good morning, SMITE 2. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to enter your first testing phase this weekend. Your continuing mission...
Star Citizen runs down alpha 3.23’s feature set including the return of Invictus event and a new hoverbike
Cloud Imperium continues to promise that Star Citizen's alpha 3.23 is right around the corner, which is a similar refrain provided in this week's...
SMITE 2’s first alpha event kicks off today through this weekend
If you've been itching to try out SMITE's sequel, your time has come... assuming you got into the alpha or bought a founder pack,...
Into the Super-Verse: A toast to City of Heroes’ 20th birthday
How does you mark your first true MMO experience? Anarchy Online technically was the first MMO I ever played, although I was on dial-up,...
Farm Folks is a new multiplayer solarpunk cozygame headed for a second Kickstarter
If you haven't swung by Steam's front page this week, you might not realize that the platform is in the middle of Steam Farming...
Ashes of Creation video shows off its enchanting nighttime ‘magic’
It still feels like Q3 2024 -- and with it, Ashes of Creation's Alpha Two test -- is still a long way off, but...
Fight or Kite: Pax Dei’s alpha is equal parts survival gameplay and grind-fueled crafting
In my experience, I’ve found "survival game" and "grindfest" are synonymous with each other in all but the rarest of cases. There just seems...
Star Citizen allows third wave of testers to alpha 3.23’s PTU, talks about upcoming UI changes
Now that access to the PTU of Star Citizen is linked to overall account activity, players have been waiting for their turn in line...
BitCraft shares an in-game preview of early skills and character progression
Since the month of April has been alpha testing month for sandbox MMORPG BitCraft, Clockwork Labs appears to be eager to continue showing off...
Ubisoft resolves to launch two Web3 games this year but admits five years of work have yielded nothing
Just in case you were thinking that Ubisoft had stopped huffing the guff of Web3, blockchain, and crypto, allow a VentureBeat interview with blockchain...
Albion Online’s European server is fully live and F2P for all players now – here’s the new music video
If it seems as thought we've been covering the launch of Albion Online's Albion Europe server for a really long time, well, that's because...
Betawatch: Age of Water and Bellwright enter early access
For some reason we keep letting games enter early access, and this week saw two more hit that stage of release, with both Age...
Star Citizen brings new race tracks and a first look at engineering to alpha 3.23’s Arena Commander
While many of the reveals shared by Star Citizen for alpha 3.23 have been focused on the persistent universe portion of the game, the...
Pax Dei testing wrestles with stability and bugs, Abyss testing adds refinements and dragon attacks
It's been a busy time for the developing sandbox MMORPGs of Pax Dei and Abyss, as both games entered into their respective alphas this...
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen talks pre-alpha Season 3’s new region and future testing content plans
With Season 2 of pre-alpha for Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen winding forward to its final weeks, the devs at Visionary Realms are now...
Star Citizen says alpha 3.23’s personal hangars would have made the game ‘literally unplayable’
This past weekend, we reported on the news that Star Citizen had to delay the addition of personal hangars and other related gameplay elements...
Betawatch: World of Warcraft heads for another expansion test cycle with The War Within
Like Oscar Isaac folding his arms and lowering his head with an exasperated sigh, we must report to you that somehow, World of Warcraft...
