alpha testing
Global Chat: Recapping World of Warcraft’s Pandaria Remix
With Pandaria Remix now officially over and done in World of Warcraft, it's time to move on... right after some post-mortem analysis, of course....
Corepunk wipes its Alpha 4 a second time, says it’ll keep this build online through the end of October
Following a second full wipe of its fourth alpha to address a character bug, Corepunk's Artificial Core said that it hopes to continually run...
Betawatch: Dune Awakening is finally gearing up for launch early next year
If you walk without rhythm, you won't attract the launch. Wait, is that how the phrase goes for Dune Awakening? We kind of lost...
Old School RuneScape shares progress on the Sailing skill, continues to investigate Deadman foul play
It's been quite some time since we heard much about Old School RuneScape's Sailing skill - there was confirmation of phase one's completion in...
Multiplayer hide-and-seek shooter Midnight Murder Club readies a closed beta test August 22
Last month we first heard about Midnight Murder Club, a new multiplayer PvP FPS from developer Velan Studios that basically tells players to go...
Ashes of Creation boosts its alpha access bundle offerings following gamer uproar
If you were among those who raised your eyebrows at the three-figure prices that Ashes of Creation was charging for access to its upcoming...
Ashes of Creation’s year-long NDA-free Alpha Two starts October 25
In the Ashes of Creation community, the phrase "Alpha Two" almost has a hallowed significance to it due to how long it's been in...
Betawatch: Throne & Liberty’s latest delay, New World’s crossplay beta
Players who were super hype about Throne & Liberty releasing very soon are going to need to wait a little longer, as the game...
Star Citizen kicks off a week-long free fly event and previews Pyro’s non-combat gameplay
Star Citizen is celebrating its ships once again and using that love of internet spacecraft to pitch the game to new money players. The...
Stars Reach begins testing this weekend as Raph Koster talks playstyle and the anti-endgame
Playable Worlds' Raph Koster is continuing his weekly dev blogs about Stars Reach's intended audience this week - though he does say this one...
SMITE 2 takes a deep look at the game’s new matchmaking system accompanying its 24/7 alpha on August 27
When you have your game on at all times, you want players to be able to queue up and find a match pronto. Games...
Not So Massively: Immortal Gates of Pyre offers multiplayer RTS fans a glimmer of hope
It's been a busy month for fans of the real time strategy genre. Even as Stormgate ran its early access preview, another crowdfunded StarCraft...
Indie MMORPG Eterspire adds an alpha version of a four-player party system
You'd be forgiven for believing that a mobile MMORPG like Eterspire already had a party system in place, but that was apparently not the...
Corepunk’s alpha is offline through tomorrow as the studio tackles server crash problems
Corepunk's current paid alpha is almost a week in, and if you've been playing, you might have noticed that the servers aren't actually up....
Star Citizen shares some additional details about alpha 4.0’s jump points
While Star Citizen already talked about the two jump points that will link the Stanton system and the Pyro system together in a video,...
Betawatch: Corepunk’s fourth alpha is here (and already had to wipe)
Well here we are again, Corepunk, it's good to see you as your fourth alpha test has commenced. Now, if you've been reading this...
A nasty exploit has forced Corepunk devs to wipe the alpha test and reset all characters
Corepunk's current paid alpha four appeared to be going well over the course of this week, barring a few issues with the EU and...
This is not a drill: Star Citizen ship interiors can catch fire in alpha 4.0
There are more than a few things that can go wrong while piloting a spaceship in Star Citizen, but when alpha 4.0 drops, players...
Guild Wars 2 makes a lot of spear adjustments prior to Janthir Wilds
The spear was once described as the "king of the medieval battlefield," which makes its omission from many fantasy MMOs puzzling. This won't be...
The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming enters the RTS arena of Immortal Gates of Pyre
Tonight's episode of Backseat Streaming is once again host to another game that will be entirely new to MOP's MJ and Chris: Immortal: Gates...
