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Legends of Aria’s crypto-spinoff nearly loses IP rights, promises pre-alpha this year
Yep, this one's back on our collective radar again. We're sorry. However, while we don't cover crypto games as a general rule, readers may...
BlizzCon 2023: World of Warcraft’s War Within systems deep dive
If you were entranced by all of the promises unveiled as part of World of Warcraft: The War Within's reveal at BlizzCon on Friday,...
Betawatch: Tarisland’s next beta wave begins November 15
If you thought that Tarisland was going to just slink into the night and try to pretend that it had never promised to release......
Ashes of Creation takes players on an Alpha Two caravan ride in latest preview video
Come along and ride on a caravan voyage with Ashes of Creation, as Intrepid Studios offers up yet more Alpha Two gameplay footage, this...
Maxing all of MMO sandbox BitCraft’s core progression skills will take a player ‘years’
With its sights set on alpha in 2024, Clockwork Labs' sandbox BitCraft is continuing to peel back its layers for potential players in another...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMORPGs as Saturday morning cartoons
My insane MMO and MMORPG thought experiments do indeed continue: Previously I considered what muffins MMO NPCs are, then I considered what flavor of...
Betawatch: Pantheon 247
How much would you pay to test an MMORPG? OK, but how much would you pay to test an extraction mode spun out from...
Diablo IV leak hints at a new class and region for the game’s first big expansion
Blizzard has a reputation for being leakier than a sieve ahead of its reveal events, but the Diablo IV info hitting the internet today...
Perfect Ten: Solid MMOs you might be sleeping on in 2023
For today's list, I wanted to take a different approach to recommending MMORPGs to you. I know we often talk about underrated titles, but...
Corepunk plans for its next test phase starting November 4
Good news, Corepunk fans: The game's next phase will be starting pretty soon on November 4th and will have significantly more people involved in...
Vanguard: Saga of Heroes emulator continues to improve, but it’s still in alpha
It's been a year-plus since we last checked in with the Vanguard: Saga of Heroes rogue server project. Since it's been a while, there...
CIG says Squadron 42 is ‘feature complete’ and entering polish phase in new gameplay trailer
With all of the noise coming out of CIG's CitizenCon, the studio decided to unveil one last surprise at the closing of the event....
Star Citizen shows off new ships and offers vague details of ship release timing
When CitizenCon has a panel called Talking Ship, you can pretty much guess what's going to be on the table. The various vehicles in...
Star Citizen demonstrates new visual effects, destructible items, server updates, and engineering gameplay
The opening presentation of CitizenCon has recently wrapped up, offering up a wide assortment of tech-focused updates and at least one gameplay feature that...
Star Citizen’s new test server will open Pyro to goodies pack owners and ‘active testers’ on October 31
When Star Citizen dropped its alpha 3.21 build this past Friday, one of the features that were touted was a "preview channel" - aka...
Star Citizen’s alpha 3.21 brings new missions and a new bomber ahead of CitizenCon this weekend
Fans and followers of Star Citizen were likely already clearing their weekend calendars for the developing sandbox's CitizenCon event, but now they've got another...
Pax Dei demos its extensive character creator in new video as players await alpha date
Mainframe Industries isn't telling us when Pax Dei's alpha is coming, but it is talking about something today: YOUR FACE. OK, really it's your character's...
Past Fate’s alpha refines combat, brings new cooking recipes, and celebrates Halloween
While testing of Past Fate may be closed up once more after its July open alpha weekend, that doesn't mean people can't keep up...
Colony builder MMO SEED returns to active development with a playtest scheduled for October 18
Last November we had to report that the developing colony builder MMO SEED had to go radio silent for some time over a cease...
Betawatch: Wayfinder’s proper free-to-play launch will be in 2024
Yes, originally Wayfinder had planned to launch into full free-to-play this year. That isn't happening now, however, and the plans have officially moved into...
