alpha
BioWare’s Casey Hudson discusses Anthem development progress
In BioWare's newly published November update, General Manager Casey Hudson takes a look at what's going on behind the scenes at the studio as...
Project Gorgon introduces crafting-material teleportation, UI updates, and QOL improvements
The latest update for Elder Game's in-development sandbox MMO Project Gorgon is now live, and in addition to a few new features, it's got...
MMO ‘creature-collection adventure’ Temtem has launched its backer alpha
One of the two major MMO Kickstarter success stories of 2018 was most definitely Temtem, the clearly Pokemon-inspired "massively multiplayer creature-collection adventure" that raised...
Valve’s Artifact is live to ‘reimagine’ the online TCG genre
Trading card game fans know the name Richard Garfield well. The man created the legendary Magic: The Gathering back in the early 1990s, but...
Previewing Dual Universe’s bigger, better alpha experience – including crafting
Every time I see and learn more about Dual Universe, I have that feeling that this may be The One. The one I have...
Fractured announces first pre-alpha test starting this month, delays alpha until next year
The team at Dynamight Studios has announced that its crowdfunded sandbox MMO Fractured will be entering pre-alpha testing this week. The test phase will...
Perfect Ten: The biggest MMO news stories of 2018
With the turn of every new year, I know we are entering unexplored territory in the field of MMO news. No matter what we...
Dual Universe is entering its first alpha phase this Thursday
The folks at Novaquark have announced that their civilization-building sandbox MMO Dual Universe will be entering its very first alpha phase at the end...
Identity starts early access testing this Friday, complete with drug use
It has been an exceedingly long road for Identity, the be-nearly-anything, do-nearly-anything life MMO. After years of slow development and plentiful promises, the title...
War of Rights will launch early access on December 3
Civil War title War of Rights is finally moving out of its long alpha testing phase into early access as of December 3rd, Campfire...
Betawatch: Legends of Aria has a free stress test
I can't speak for anyone else, but whenever I see something advertising a stress test, I just shrug and say that I've already got...
Chronicles of Elyria reveals its community-chosen world maps, opens server selection
Last month, the folks at Soulbound Studios announced the commencement of map voting for their upcoming MMO Chronicles of Elyria. Since then, the game's...
New World gives us a glimpse at builders, pushes alpha sign-ups
Crafting professions are the topic of the week over at New World. Blacksmithing got some press a few days ago, and now it is...
Rend aims higher with its combat and streamlines its crafting
Acknowledging that Rend's combat was both imbalanced and lacking useful feedback, Frostkeep Studios has been hard at work this fall shoring up one of...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 197: Crawl out through the fallout
Eliot, Justin, and Bree discuss FFXIV's Fanfest, Fallout 76, Hellgate, WildStar, plus patches for Black Desert, EVE, Secret World Legends, ArcheAge, TERA, and EverQuest II, with mail on MMO difficulty settings.
BioWare swears that Anthem is happening in February
Considering that we're staring down winter right now and we haven't seen a great deal of movement on BioWare's Anthem, there is cause for...
Hi-Rez Expo 2018: Realm Royale is coming to both consoles, plans more fantasy features
Back in August, Realm Royale was struggling. The free alpha game soared then fell, with players and stream coverage both dipping way down. Some...
Star Citizen’s Chris Roberts: ‘No one is attempting to do what we are doing’
As we noted on Saturday, Star Citizen hit $200 million in crowdfunding - and that prompted a letter from the chairman penned by Chris...
Anthem previews character customization in latest developer livestream
As many MMO fans will attest, extensive character customization can be a big draw for a game. After all, what gamers don't love making...
Whatever happened to Empyrion Galactic Survival?
Anybody remember Empyrion Online aka Empyrion Galactic Survival? It's one of those space sandbox multiplayer survival games that went for a Kickstarter back in...
