alpha testing
Post-layoffs, Palia is celebrating its alpha anniversary with a new buyable bundle
We've all been figuratively holding our breaths to see what would happen with Palia after the last month of mess, and now the game...
Kickstarted cozygame Solarpunk didn’t make its Q1 alpha, but devs say they’re ‘making significant progress’
One of the top multiplayer Kickstarters of 2023 was for Solarpunk, when indie outfit Cyberwave Games and Rokaplay pulled in $330,000 US on a...
Abyss is open now for playtesting ahead of its early access launch, delayed to May 7
It wasn't all that long ago that the PvP MMORPG Abyss promised it was going to open testing for free ahead of the game's...
Siege Camp’s Anvil Empires plans a four-day alpha this weekend – here’s how to sign up
Foxhole studio Siege Camp is gearing up for another major test for its sandbox MMORPG Anvil Empires (as compared to all of its minor...
SMITE 2’s founder’s editions will get you into this spring’s alpha tests
Momentum is gathering behind SMITE 2, Hi-Rez's next entry in its hit MOBA franchise. One sign of this is the sale of Founder's Editions,...
Betawatch: Echoes of Elysium is unveiled as a new project from Loric Games
Do you really want a survival sandbox to play but insist that you must be allowed to build vehicles for navigating the sky while...
Star Citizen releases a new launcher and talks about its ongoing Overdrive Initiative missions
CIG is certainly not the first MMO to unleash an inordinate amount of fanfare for releasing a new game launcher, but even so, there...
Boxy MMORPG EverCraft Online announces a weekend-long open alpha test starting April 19
Last week we first got word of EverCraft Online, a boxy 3-D sandbox MMORPG that aims to be "a demanding, yet rewarding, multiplayer experience."...
Corepunk delays Alpha 2 until the end of May
So we've got some good news and bad news for Corepunk fans. The bad news is that the second alpha test which was originally...
Star Citizen kicks off an updated Jumptown event and highlights more alpha 3.23 UI updates
Old salts of Star Citizen are probably familiar with Jumptown, a hidden drug fab that developed into a PvP hotspot that was then repurposed...
Chronicles of Elyria shifts development roadmap of its six different pieces based on feedback
Back in January, Chronicles of Elyria began an alpha test of a feedback form, then started to process some of that form's responses a...
Pantheon player hosts a preview of the dangers and designs of the MMO’s new dungeon
It's pretty easy to assume a dungeon called Mad Run would be dangerous, but just in case you needed confirmation that Pantheon: Rise of...
Betawatch: Palia’s layoffs, Ghost’s preview, Alganon’s revival
We aren't exactly thrilled with the way that Palia's development team has been dancing hither and yon around the title of beta recently, but...
Pax Dei’s upcoming 100K-player alpha announces server info to help groups and guilds plan
The days are counting down to Pax Dei's second alpha test, officially dubbed the "Wilderness Alpha" and scheduled to kick off this April 23rd....
Into the Super-Verse: How to get started with Incarnates in City of Heroes
It wasn't so long ago that I mentioned how pleased I was about City of Heroes matching my different intensity and goals after I...
Derek Smart’s Alganon is planning a 2025 relaunch following alpha this year
Derek Smart has been promising that Alganon is returning for years now, and it's finally happening, or at least it has a timeline for...
EverCraft Online is a boxy pre-alpha MMORPG that seeks a return to the ‘classic roots’ of the genre
It's time to once more share word of an in-development indie MMORPG that believes it can bring back the genre's bygone halcyon days. Meet...
Eternal Tombs opens a one-day playtest on Steam – here’s how to get in and play
Eternal Tombs - the MMO formerly known as War of Dragnorox and currently known as the MMO that's trying to bring back a new...
Ethyrial Echoes of Yore continues fixing and fine-tuning, adds Enchanting and Monster Hunting skills
We once more find ourselves wondering whatever happened to Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore, the old school-styled sandbox MMORPG that had a pretty rough start...
Pax Dei previews the ‘minimum viable product’ of its next alpha build’s PvP area
Pax Dei's latest alpha two preview blog would like to set some expectations regarding the FFA PvP zone of Lyonesse that will be open...
