alpha testing
Betawatch: May 29th, 2015
We don't usually list expansions in our little master list, but Guild Wars 2 has started doing some testing of its first expansion. In...
Shards’ project lead talks development, pay-for-mods, and more
What's up with Shards Online this week? Well, quite a bit according to project lead and Ultima Online veteran Derek Brinkmann. MassivelyOP recently caught up with...
Crowfall updates its pledge tiers
Crowfall updated its website today, and Artcraft used the opportunity to announce that it still plans to have a playable pre-alpha this summer. The...
Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade puts the fifth Chaos Space Marine legion to a vote
Do you have strong feelings about the Chaos Space Marines in Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade? If you're a fan, you probably do, seeing as...
Das Tal adds cheaper Kickstarter tier, playtest weekend
Lots of new info just came out on the systems of the open-world battle arena Das Tal, but today's news blast is financial in nature....
One Shots: My imaginary friends
Here's a fun thought: What if we aren't actually playing MMOs? What if we're just sitting in front of blank screens, creating fantasy worlds...
Make My MMO: May 23, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, The Repopulation got an official launch window. Then it got a new trailer. Das Tal got off to...
Betawatch: May 22nd, 2015
It's been a busy week for the folks at Blizzard. We've gotten a quartet of videos for Overwatch characters showing off early gameplay, and...
SkySaga starts alpha 4, unveils new website
SkySaga is not lying low these days; the colorful sandbox recently launched its fourth alpha test, which it has expanded to include more players...
Gloria Victis adds SpeedTree 5, a first person view, and more
Gloria Victis has published its version 0.2 pre-alpha changelog. The dev team says that this build is the first public version of the fantasy...
Albion Online’s newest dev answers community queries, snaps at EVE trolls
Albion Online is surely milking its acquisition of Game Designer Matt Woodward for all its worth. After Albion heralded his arrival with a level...
Make My MMO: May 16, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Gloria Victis developer Black Eye Games let us know that it's in "the home stretch" in terms of...
Betawatch: May 15th, 2015
I'm not going to lie to you, dear readers: I don't care much about Star Citizen. I am aware, though, that the actual big news...
A Tale in the Desert preparing to restart with Tale 7
A Tale in the Desert's current "telling" -- Tale 6 -- has been running a long time, ever since its debut in 2011. Since...
‘No more grind’: PvP sandbox Das Tal launches its Kickstarter
As promised, buy-to-play indie PvP sandbox Das Tal has begun a Kickstarter campaign today to coincide with the launch of the German wing of...
Make My MMO: May 9, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, we learned everything we ever wanted to know about Star Citizen's first person shooter module, plus a bit more....
Star Citizen reveals Star Marine’s SATA Ball and a whole lot more
Cloud Imperium has dropped a huge info bomb regarding Star Marine, which is what the firm is calling Star Citizen's first person shooter functionality. Like...
Betawatch: May 8th, 2015
This week, Landmark was consumed in a fiery explosion, by which we of course mean that it had a big old wipe. But it's...
Albion tweaks its trees, resources, and landscapes for summer alpha
Albion is gearing up for its summer alpha, and one of the new features on display during the test will be a landscape redesign.
"The...
Everything you need to know about Crowfall’s combat testing
As nifty as Crowfall's mechanical goals are, they're not going to help the game much in the long run if the fundamental combat engine...
