alpha testing
Massively Overthinking: One more chance for WoW Legion?
The World of Warcraft subreddit went nuts this week over a response to a player who told Blizzard that it had "one more chance... again"...
Giveaway: Lawbreakers alpha keys from Nexon and MOP [All gone!]
Nexon's kicking off an alpha weekend for LawBreakers this coming Saturday. Wanna jump in and try it yourself? The studio has granted Massively OP 1000 keys for the...
Gloria Victis unleashes a trio of pre-alpha patches
Early game development is often marked by frequent patching as the team feverishly works to shape and mold the title. Gloria Victis is definitely...
Escape from Tarkov previews its technical alpha testing specs
The purpose of Escape from Tarkov's technical alpha starting on August 4th is to see how the game works under strain. It is not...
Edengrad gears up for its upcoming alpha
If you knew the end of the world was coming, what would you want to get done before it happened? For Edengrad's post-apocalyptic setting,...
Chronicles of Elyria on expanding team, creature models, and backer-only videos
This week's Chronicles of Elyria update features the Ursaphant mount, which is exactly what is sounds like: an adorable elephant bear thing. Soulbound Studios says...
Guns of Icarus fires off a week of open alpha
Welcome to August, friends -- and welcome to the war as well. As of today, Guns of Icarus has opened the doors to all...
Check out Master X Master’s wicked PvE side
Astute readers out there might recall that one of the reasons Master X Master is getting so much word-of-mouth praise is how the MOBA...
The Daily Grind: When did you think an MMO sucked, only to change your mind once you played it?
A boardgame YouTuber I follow said something in his last video that I thought applied so beautifully to everything -- including MMORPGs. Chaz Marler has...
Betawatch: Shroud of the Avatar is proudly persistent (July 29, 2016)
Let's make something clear: Shroud of the Avatar has not launched, it's just handled its final server wipe and will now be persistent moving...
Betawatch: Das Tal weathers the summer alpha storm (July 22, 2016)
The doors are open for Das Tal's summer test, and the result has been good and bad. Good because a lot of people want...
Guns of Icarus opens Alliance PvE alpha for a week
If you like aspects of Guns of Icarus but want to play a version without the PvP, your wish will be granted for one...
Durango kicks off its pre-alpha testing July 27th
Normally, surviving while playing a game on your smartphone is pretty easy, unless you do something like compulsively wander on to train tracks. Durango...
Das Tal devs doubles server capacity, apologizes for alpha’s technical issues
"Thousands of players heeded our call and stormed onto the Das Tal servers on Saturday." So sayeth Fairytale Distillery's Alexander Zacherl in a postmortem...
Shards Online AMA covers permadeath, community servers, and the Steam launch
Citadel Studios' Derek Brinkmann hopped on Reddit yesterday for an AMA revolving around Shards Online. Among the highlights:
The game does have hunger, but...
Get your wild west fix with Sunset Rangers
Feeling the itch to strap on a six-iron and saddle up for adventure? Sunset Rangers, an upcoming western survival sandbox, might just give you...
Social VR MMO MetaWorld will use SpatialOS just like Chronicles of Elyria
UK tech startup Improbable is stretching the bounds of the MMO and MMORPG again with its announcement that its SpatialOS will serve as the...
Dual Universe releases 10 minutes of uncut live pre-alpha gameplay
Single-shard sci-fi sandbox MMORPG Dual Universe has been hard at work since its big reveal and mechanics explanations back at E3, and this week,...
LawBreakers highlights Enforcer characters in new video
In is latest character video for LawBreakers, Nexon is featuring the Enforcer role. "Whether you are a LAW or BREAKER, get your run n’...
The Soapbox: Calling an MMO launch a launch
It's launch.
Can we collectively accept that? Marketing, developers, and players alike? Launch is launch. When your game launches, it has launched. If I can...
