alpha testing
Fractured starts its next alpha test today
The original plan for Fractured was to kick off its next alpha testing session on July 16th. That didn't happen, unfortunately; bugs cropped up...
Sandbox MMORPG Past Fate readies another Kickstarter campaign and shows off alpha footage
Alright, this one is going to need a bit of a refresher. Past Fate is a sandbox MMORPG that we showcased last December which...
Hi-Rez’s squad-based multiplayer shooter Rogue Company enters paid beta on EGS
Last time we peeked in on Rogue Company, the multiplayer shooter coming out of Hi-Rez's internal First Watch Games label, we were given a...
Ashes of Creation’s Steven Sharif gives an impromptu talk on the game’s mechanics
So a funny thing happened during a Summit1g livestream on Saturday. The streamer was checking out a recent LazyPeon breakdown video for Ashes of...
Betawatch: Magic Legends begins invites for its second closed alpha
I bet you thought Betawatch this week was going to be all about World of Warcraft's Shadowlands beta, which did indeed begin and we've already...
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands has officially moved into its beta testing phase
The bells have tolled, the signal fires have been lit, and the time is upon us: World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is now officially in...
Magic-slinging battle royale Spellbreak will go free-to-play on all platforms, allow cross-platform play at launch
Remember Spellbreak? It's a battle royale title that we first highlighted when it was in pre-alpha testing in October 2018. Its whole shtick is...
Multiplayer survival RPG Frozen Flame enters closed beta on September 15
The self-described "action survival MMORPG" Frozen Flame is soon entering its next stage of metamorphosis. Following its initial reveal in June and its backers-only...
Former ArenaNet founder and former Riot Games dev get $5.7M for their startup studio One More Game
What can you do with $5.7 million? Apparently, beef up your own game studio. Patrick Wyatt, a former founder of ArenaNet and En Masse...
Betawatch: Dual Universe targets August for a subscription beta
Here comes the beta for Dual Universe! And you'll need to pay for it if you don't buy an alpha-access pack before then; there...
Fractured starts its next alpha test on July 16 with talents and player cities
The third test for the second alpha of the singular Fractured is kicking off on July 16th, a date that really could be working...
Legends of Aria, Kickstarted in 2014 as Shards Online, has officially left early access and launched
As promised, Legends of Aria officially launched out of early access and into the wild last night. We should also probably say "finally," as...
Star Citizen fans put together a horror-themed machinima using in-game footage
Despite Star Citizen being in an alpha state, there's still enough in-game content for people to try to make machinima. That's just what one...
World of Warcraft has its first trans character in the Shadowlands alpha and prepares the Darkmoon Faire on live
The first canonical trans character in World of Warcraft is here in Shadowlands: Pelagos, an aspirant among the Kyrians whose mortal form was that...
Dual Universe is finally entering beta in August – with a subscription model
Long-running MMORPG fansite Gamespot (/s) has just posted the not-so-exclusive-now news that sci-fi MMO Dual Universe is expected to hit beta on August 27th.
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MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Deadside, The Isle, Minions of Elden, Dekaron M, Ragnarok Origin, TitanReach
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent titles you've (probably) never heard of!
We'll start with Deadside, which is definitely in the...
Star Citizen’s latest video talks about targeting, turrets, and taking off
There's certainly a number of things to consider when flying a ship in Star Citizen, but during a recent developer livestream, several CIG devs...
Mortal Online 2 posts its roadmap for the next two months, plans to sell a $2500 package
If you're super invested in the kind of open world PvP game that Mortal Online 2 is building, then the devs at Star Vault...
Not So Massively: Gatewalkers has huge potential but isn’t there yet
After years of hilariously wrong recommendations, something seems to have clicked with Facebook's algorithms lately to make it finally start showing me relevant ads....
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands datamining reveals more alpha details, including more Soulbinds
The testing for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands continues, and with a new update that means new datamining of important details. The most recent update...
