alpha testing
Betawatch: Diablo IV’s endgame beta is on the way
What's the endgame going to be like for Diablo IV? All right, yes, it's going to be frantically clicking on monsters who explode in...
Star Citizen introduces its new localization team and talks about improving Siege of Orison
Star Citizen has a localization team. That might not sound like anything major on its face, but when one considers that the game has...
Ultima Online delays New Legacy into 2023, hosts in-game faire to celebrate 25th anniversary
At the top of 2022, MMO studio Broadsword was still on track to launch Ultima Online's New Legacy by the end of the year....
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen continues its breakdown of pre-alpha classes and shows off updated models
Last month, Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen offered a look at four of the seven playable classes that will be available in the MMORPG's...
Star Citizen’s total crowdfunding just hit over half a billion dollars
What can $500M get you? In the case of Star Citizen, more development coals shoveled into the fires of Chris Roberts' vision: The game's...
Betawatch: Fractured Online enters early access
Well, the hour has come at last: Kickstarted indie sandbox MMO Fractured Online has entered early access. This does not mean that it no...
Inside Star Citizen grants a look of hull scraping, salvage, and the Drake Vulture in action
Star Citizen has made a lot of noise about the salvaging profession, including the ships, mechanics, and tools that will make that profession work,...
Self-described ‘infinite open-world MMO’ DreamWorld releases early access build and a free trial
Back in March 2021 we got wind of a new Kickstarter MMO called DreamWorld, which talked up a huge amount of game upon its...
Star Citizen’s CitizenCon officially kicks off on October 8 – here’s what to expect
Followers of Star Citizen have likely heard some early rumblings about the game's annual CitizenCon showcase, but now they have much more information about...
The Wagadu Chronicles’ second alpha kicks off today with a schedule of in-character and player events
Alpha 2 for afrofantasy sandbox MMORPG The Wagadu Chronicles has officially begun today, and the devs at Twin Drums are doing it up big...
The Game Archaeologist: The legacy of Ultima Online
Last week in The Game Archaeologist, we traced the history of Ultima Online’s origin, development, and testing -- not to mention one pesky in-game...
Betawatch: Temtem enters the launch waters
Farewell, Temtem. No, the game is not already shutting down or anything dire like that; it's just being removed from our list because we...
Star Citizen shares a preview of alpha 3.18’s new derelicts and offers updates on outposts
Spaceships crash in Star Citizen, and when they do, they sometimes get turned into derelicts to plumb and settlements to explore. While alpha 3.17.2...
Palia wraps up Alpha 2, confirms more tests are coming, and teases ‘something super exciting’ in Discord
Let's take a peek at the in-development comfy cozy MMO Palia, shall we? As readers might remember, the game kicked off Alpha 2 at...
Star Citizen kicks off another free fly event that celebrates the community’s elite eight spaceships
Star Citizen's search for new money is back on once again with the launch of another free fly promotion tied to the Ship Showdown...
Perfect Ten: Recent promising MMOs that died before they were born
Is there anything more agonizing to an MMO fan than to get excited about a promising title and then see that title cancelled before...
The Wagadu Chronicles shows off some new cultural accessories arriving in its September 12 alpha test
The second alpha test for sandbox MMORPG The Wagadu Chronicles is set to start in less than a week, bringing with it farming, new...
World of Warcraft players freak out about what they thought was a spirit healer change
World of Warcraft players sent a weird and confusing message to Blizzard this week: You can change our classes, you can change our UI,...
The Game Archaeologist: How Ultima Online got made
You know how there’s that yokel in every global chat channel that likes to troll players by claiming that World of Warcraft was the...
Betawatch: Dragonflight moves into proper beta testing
What's the difference between World of Warcraft: Dragonflight between now and last week? Now it's in actual beta. Like, for-real beta. Yes, the distinction...
