alpha testing
Albion Online brings its summer test to a close with a war
Bad news for Albion Online fans who have been enjoying this summer test phase: It ends tonight. The bright side is that if you're...
Ambitious Project Gorgon is back on Kickstarter
Third time's the charm for Project Gorgon's Kickstarter, right? We hope so, as the ambitious indie fantasy sandpark is asking for a modest $20,000...
Betawatch: July 24th, 2015
John Smedley is no longer with us, by which I mean that he is still entirely alive and has not left us in the...
Camelot Unchained’s Jacobs offers progress report, praise for his dev team
Camelot Unchained's traditional Friday update has been published, and CityState's Mark Jacobs has a lot to talk about on the heels of the recent...
Massively Overthinking: Dealing with toxicity in MMO communities
This week's Massively Overthinking comes to us from Kickstarter donor Dahui, who asks,
"What do you think MMO developers can do to try to minimize...
Betawatch: July 17th, 2015
If you were excited for Camelot Unchained opening its doors for the first time next month, we've got some bad news for you. The...
Das Tal showing off small events with this weekend’s playtest
Das Tal is still a ways off from operating an ongoing alpha program, but the team is throwing a one-day test for this Sunday...
Mark Jacobs explains Camelot Unchained’s beta delay, confirms game title [Updated]
Camelot Unchained's Mark Jacobs has admitted to backers today that the first round of CU's beta, originally planned for August, will be delayed.
Jacobs has...
Valiance shows its new female model, enhancement UI
Pre-alpha superhero MMO Valiance Online posted some screenshots of its enhancement UI and an updated female avatar model on its website today. The latter...
Albion adds Deadlands content, touts summer alpha numbers
Albion's summer alpha is going swimmingly, according to an update posted today on the fantasy sandbox's website. So far, 15,400 players from 145 countries...
Shards’ pre-alpha server admins are now up and running
Shards Online has officially kicked off its second pre-alpha phase. Project lead Derek Brinkmann posted an update on the game's website today, saying that...
Revival’s Gonzalez: ‘This is a passion project and not a money grab’
Gothic horror sandbox Revival cuts a bit of a polarizing figure, at least early on in its development process and at least here in...
Not So Massively: Path of Exile’s Awakening and Heroes of Newerth’s new character Skrap
This week in not-so-massive online games, third-person MOBA SMITE confirmed that it's raised over $640,000 in competitive tournament prize money through sales and crowdfunding...
See the fun that alpha testers are having in Albion Online
After just a week and a half of Albion Online's summer alpha test, players are stacking up an impressive pile of videos showing off...
Make My MMO: July 11, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Derek Smart reminded everyone that he exists. Not that he's crowdfunding an MMO or anything, but he did...
Betawatch: July 10th, 2015
Star Citizen managed to seize everyone's attention this week. Was it the opening of a new office for the game's development studio? The latest...
Camelot Unchained crammed a bunch of people into a zone and it went pretty well
Camelot Unchained's Mark Jacobs returns with the game's latest Friday update. He says that it's a short one on account of a monster update...
Project Gorgon preps second Kickstarter campaign, adds day-night cycle
Virtual world MMO Project Gorgon is preparing for a third Kickstarter campaign, its creator tweeted this past week. Eric Heimburg confirmed that the team...
The Soapbox: Star Citizen is still worth the wait
Wow, it's Star Citizen and Derek Smart in the same post! OK, now that I've stopped laughing (again), you can call me crazy because I remain optimistic about...
Overwatch blog details the legend behind Jack Morrison
It's a little bit odd, on some level, that Overwatch takes place after the eponymous organization is dead and gone. Not unheard of, no,...
