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Betawatch: Crowfall claims 2017 (January 6, 2017)
Here we are, in 2017! It seems a lot like 2016 and things are still kind of awful. On the bright side, David Bowie...
Hi-Rez Expo 2017: SMITE Tactics begins beta testing, founders pack sale
Hi-Rez is expected to have plenty of announcements in store for players during the opening ceremony of its 2017 expo this morning, including the news that SMITE Tactics, its...
Gamers resurrect LEGO Universe as Darkflame Universe with January alpha
Forget 2017; today I'm going to ask you to think back to 2010, when the folks behind LEGO decided it would be a great...
Betawatch: Hero’s Song abruptly stops the music (December 30, 2017)
This kill-happy year of 2016 has claimed a lot of lives, and the last week has also killed another game. Hero's Song has been...
Escape from Tarkov wraps up its year of development in this 18-minute video
Before you jump into 2017 to escape the dystopian horror of this year, you might want to pause for a moment to catch up...
Hellgate fan project moves toward an alpha build
Work continues on the fan-powered project to bring back Hellgate: London to the masses. The London 2038 team reported that it is working through some...
Valiance Online demos the city of San Cielo
Crowdfunded superhero MMORPG Valiance Online has a new video out this week featuring the city of San Cielo.
"This is a work-in-progress for our Alpha...
A ‘new chapter’ is coming next year for Worlds Adrift
Mark their words: 2017 is due to be a major year for Worlds Adrift. Now that the alpha NDA is lifted, the ball is...
Dogma: Eternal Night gets persistent demo build up and running
A small but functional demo build for Dogma: Eternal Night is up and running, laying the foundation for greater things to come in the...
Star Citizen launches 2.6 Star Marine, announces Amazon Lumberyard partnership
It's always nice to be able to report good news about Star Citizen, as one of our readers noted when sending us this tip, and...
Betawatch: Revelation Online does the beta warp again (December 23, 2016)
It was bound to happen. No, really, it was; we were told that Revelation Online would head into its second round of closed testing,...
Valiance Online clarifies alpha and Steam launch plans
Back in October, Valiance Online announced that it was superjumping onward from pre-alpha to alpha and revealed that it'll use a free-to-play model, or...
Camelot Unchained is working on its bot drowning problem
Camelot Unchained's weekly update has arrived, and in it, the team outlines its latest projects: networking stability, particle effects performance, banes and boons, and...
Betawatch: Guardians of Ember starts heading into head starts (December 16, 2016)
First, Guardians of Ember had a headstart period for early access. Then, it actually hit early access. So it was even earlier access there....
Pick up a Starfall Tactics pre-alpha key from Snowforged and MOP
Snowforged Entertainment's online space strategy MMO Starfall Tactics is running another pre-alpha event for testers this weekend.
"Wars for territories, planet colonization, Houses (faction guilds), thousands planets...
Amazon Game Studios hosts Breakaway alpha weekend
The curtains have parted on the first of Amazon Game Studios' upcoming titles, as Breakaway has launched its first public alpha test this weekend.
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Shadow’s Kiss gives backers a sneak peek into this vampire MMO
If you've been getting tired of online games that keep denying you the pleasure of consuming your victim's bodily fluids and playing around with...
Perfect Ten: All the MMORPGs coming in 2017
Right now we are in a strange place in MMORPG history. Following the backlash of WoW clones and several high-profile titles that underperformed, major...
Crowfall Q&A tackles skills and ‘big world’ testing
As 2016 comes to a close, Crowfall finds itself in pre-alpha testing involving the so-called "big world." At this point the community has many...
Worlds Adrift takes on new team members as alpha 5 begins
Worlds Adrift's alpha 5 has kicked off today with new dev team members in high places. Bossa Studios announced on Friday that it's picked up...
