alpha testing
E3 2015: Life is Feudal isn’t just another gankbox
I'm standing with my PR contact at the Life is Feudal booth when suddenly a guy with a thick Russian accent walks up to me,...
Make My MMO: June 20, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Voxelnauts pulled the plug on its own campaign. Not to worry, though, as the sandbox virtual world "will...
Betawatch: June 19th, 2015
You could be forgiven for sort of forgetting about The Division. No matter how much it might have interested you at first, the game...
See a pair of high-octane Overwatch matches
Got a few minutes? Then we've got some action eye candy for you, straight from the land of Overwatch.
Blizzard recently released two videos of...
Punching dinosaurs in ARK: Survival Evolved
Five minutes after I logged into ARK: Survival Evolved, I punched a fish. A few moments later, I punched a tree. Shortly thereafter, I...
Eternal Crusade reduces scope, promises earlier delivery
Are you willing to take a swirl of good news and bad news with your alpha? Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade fans have no choice,...
Pathfinder Online adds free trial system in latest ‘early enrollment’ build
The business model of Pathfinder Online's current testing phase is odd, since you have to pay a box price and a subscription fee to...
Make My MMO: June 13, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Das Tal failed to meet its Kickstarter goal, but developer Fairytale Distillery intends to soldier on. "Das Tal...
Perfect World announces World of Jade Dynasty
Perfect World has announced a new MMORPG, though it's currently slated for the Chinese market. It's called World of Jade Dynasty, and it's designed...
Betawatch: June 12th, 2015
Could it be? Is Skyforge going to release soon, or go into an open beta which is indistinguishable from release? It certainly seems like...
The Stream Team: Exploring Das Tal’s public playtest with devs
There's simply no way MassivelyOP's MJ could resist showing off a new game, so when Das Tal opened its alpha doors for a day,...
Play Das Tal’s alpha for free right now
You'd never buy a car without test-driving it, would you? If only that applied to games and you could take Das Tal for a...
Survive the treacherous land of Goliath with the help of high-tech armor
Tired of survival games yet? Whalebox Studio is truly hoping you aren't, because it has another contender in the works called Goliath.
Goliath is a...
Colonies Online contributes crafting and shotguns to the war effort
Everyone knows that if you're going to head out into deep space to explore strange new worlds, you'd better have a trusty shotgun on...
Make My MMO: June 6, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Das Tal continued its Kickstarter info dump and it invited everyone into its alpha test for one day...
Betawatch: June 5th, 2015
It's always nice when a game finally launches after a seeming eternal beta. Assuming it doesn't, you know, die shortly thereafter. Trove is the...
See Overwatch’s Reaper in all of his dark, billowing action
Reaper's life in Overwatch is pretty difficult. His whole schtick is being dark and mysterious and wraithly and so forth, but that can't work well...
Das Tal invites everyone to the alpha test for one day only
Das Tal's Kickstarter campaign is staring down its final week, and with only a little over 27 grand raised of its $55,794 goal, it's...
ARK: Survival Evolved launches today on Steam early access
Before you go see Jurassic World this summer, why not experience it yourself? The dino-hunting simulator, ARK: Survival Evolved, launches today on Steam early...
A guide to Heroes of the Storm for MOBA newbies and MMORPG fans
So you've heard about MOBAs by now, right? Maybe you tried League of Legends, or the idea behind DOTA 2 was too confusing to inspire a...