alphas
BitCraft takes a tour of some of the settlements players built during its July alpha test
Last month saw the sandbox BitCraft begin its second alpha test after some delay and it looks as if players were very busy establishing...
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen talks stats, art style, character death, and 2024 plans in new Q&A
This week saw yet another Q&A video from the devs of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen, and once again the questions that were asked...
Mad World issues dev blogs about pets and gems while continuing to crank out preview videos
It's been another couple of months since we peeked in on Mad World, so it's about time we circled back around to Jandisoft's socials...
Graphical woodland critter MUD Farwoods outlines how it’s making the bandit life a little easier
Remember Farwoods? It's a self-described graphical MUD that casts players as woodland critters of various kinds to live out a digital life that we...
Open Tibia pixel art MMO Ravendawn posts its new official trailer
So Ravendawn has posted its new official trailer, and it's excited to claim right in its Twitter announcement that it's bringing back what makes...
Alpha testing is ongoing now for Magic: Legends
It's testing time for Magic: Legends! Everyone (who was specifically invited to the test) gets to try out Magic: Legends! The information is available...
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...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most coveted MMO alpha or beta you’ve ever gotten into?
At the time I write this, we do not yet know who will get into the first test phase for World of Warcraft's upcoming...
Ashes of Creation shares the lore and the development of the Scalerunner mount
Ashes of Creation is adding a new mount, and as is often the case when this happens, there's a big ol' lore dump that...
Population Zero plans a new playtest to go live on December 23
Good news, Population Zero fans, a new playtest is coming! More specifically, it's coming on December 23rd. And that's all the details we have at...
Ashes of Creation talks architecture and building tools in the newest dev diaries video
The latest entry in Ashes of Creation's ongoing dev diaries video series is out, and following in the vein of its predecessor, which gave...
Pantheon’s newsletter teases Project Faerthale development progress and previews the North Tusk Orcs
The folks at Visionary Realms are still chugging along on Pantheon's Project Faerthale, which aims to provide testers with their first glimpse at the...
Chronicles of Elyria’s website now allows title transfers, title trade-ins, and package claiming
Those who are invested in Chronicles of Elyria in both the mental and fiscal sense now have a few new options open to them...
Ashes of Creation explains the process for advancing and demolishing Nodes throughout the game world
Nodes are the central building block for Ashes of Creation, and seeing them level up or level down is a big element of what makes...
The Daily Grind: When does an in-development MMO become real to you?
Call me a cranky old person if you wish, but a game goes from "nice idea and/or tech demo" to "actual MMO" when it's...
Prosperous Universe prepares to release its new game world this Friday
It's the end of the world as Prosperous Universe players know it, but they should feel fine, as out of the Big Bang of...
Breach hands out free keys to existing players to give to friends
Depending on who you talk to, the folks behind Breach are either feeling extremely generous, are nearing a full free-to-play launch, or are trying...
The Division 2 elaborates on skills and specializations
If you're going to try to take back Washington D.C., you're going to need some skills to do it, and the agents of The...
CIG summarizes development progress for Squadron 42
Considering the perceptual glacial pace of development for Squadron 42, it's pretty easy to assume that the folks at CIG are sitting on their...
Crowfall takes inventory in its latest dev diary
Ahh, the humble inventory. It's a feature often taken for granted in MMOs; after all, you've gotta have somewhere to keep all of that...