alpha testing
MMORPG sandbox BitCraft concludes pre-alpha, looks forward to closed alpha
BitCraft has been on our radar for a good while now as a solid sandbox MMORPG from legitimate devs who have eschewed any semblance...
Palia announces free-to-play arrival to Nintendo Switch this holiday season, reaffirms work on PC version
The latest Nintendo Direct has just wrapped up, and there was a pretty surprising announcement to come out of Singularity 6's developing cozy MMO...
Waven is available in demo form during the Steam Next Fest through June 26
It's a deck-builder! It's turn-based! It's an MMO! It's French! It's Waven, and if you've been looking at the game's test antics and wondering...
Betawatch: Skull & Bones will get a beta, honest, for realsies this time
So approximately four thousand years after it was initially announced, Ubisoft's Skull & Bones is finally promising that it's going to enter into closed...
Star Citizen checks in with progress on the San’Tok.yai and Hull-C as the Alien Week sales drive begins
It's time for another event in Star Citizen, only this one is less about letting people try the game for free and more about...
Star Citizen is creeping up on $600M in crowdfunding, outstripping many AAA titles’ budgets
It's time for our semi-annual (semi-monthly? semi-regular?) look at the funding page for Star Citizen, and once more we're seeing the cost of keeping...
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen wants its crafting output to compete with endgame world drops
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is one of those MMORPG projects that we desperately want to see cross the finish line in good form,...
Cozy life sim Palia wants 200,000 players to crash its servers in July
If you've been shut out of Palia's early tech tests so far, there's an overwhelmingly good chance that this won't be the case with...
Anvil Empires starts testing the ‘very experimental’ family areas in its sandbox settlements
The production process in Siege Camp's upcoming Anvil Empires is far more involved than your standard MMO's crafting cycle, which is why the studio...
The Magic to Master mess devolved into DMCA abuse as Laniatus promises launch ‘regardless of Kickstarter’
We've been trying real hard not to have to write about this game again, but here we are back touching base on the Magic...
Amazon Games’ Bill Trost vacates creative director position to become lead designer for Ashes of Creation
The name of Bill Trost will likely strike familiar to older vets of the MMORPG genre. He was one of the original design leads...
Pax Dei discusses alpha test plans, monetization, building mechanics, and blending PvP with PvE
Most of the time when a game puts out an FAQ, it's generally not too helpful or full of interesting information. That certainly can't...
Betawatch: Tarisland enters closed beta later this month
All right there, Tarisland, what do you have for us? A closed beta? That's good, but will it feature more questionable narration and text...
Star Citizen shares alpha 3.20’s plans for Arena Commander’s FPS gameplay and experimental modes
Last week, Star Citizen shared a video detailing its plans for Arena Commander updates coming to alpha 3.20, with a focus on ship-to-ship combat...
Star Citizen recounts May’s dev progress on vehicles, Pyro, and new missions as its Pride Month contest returns
Cloud Imperium Games has once more put together its monthly development report for Star Citizen, which once again recounts May's granular development steps and...
Gamers successfully work through ARG clues for Bungie’s Marathon and unlock extra goodies
When Bungie unveiled FPS turned extraction shooter Marathon, it wasn't just looking to engage people with a hyper-stylish video; it also kicked off a...
Pax Dei announces June 11 showcase, shares bug-filled pics from recent test
Usually, games are not too willing to share their most unflattering side, relying on sizzle reels, flashy vignettes, and dynamic screenshots to put their...
Betawatch: Niantic’s Monster Hunter Now winds down beta on June 13
On a scale of New World to MultiVersus, how much does it worry you when an ongoing beta is abruptly shut down? Monster Hunter...
The Stream Team: Violently taking the checkered flag in Warhammer 40K Speed Freeks
What happens when you combine the Orks of the Warhammer 40K universe, multiplayer racing, and the vehicular combat of Twisted Metal? You might get...
Star Citizen takes a closer look at alpha 3.20’s Arena Commander updates
Star Citizen has already made it clear that alpha 3.20 will be mostly focused on updating the long-suffering Arena Commander module, and now devs...
