beta testing
Wakfu raised almost $2M in crowdfunding for its animated series’ fifth season as devs test the UI
You would be forgiven for wondering why a bunch of UI features would require a PTS round, but that's just what Wakfu is going...
Palia’s Tinker & Timber update is here with quest flow clean-up and new decor sets
As promised and foretold in the long long ago of last Friday, Palia's Tinker & Timber update aka 0.190 (because it's still a beta...
The Daily Grind: Do you appreciate brutal honesty from MMORPG devs?
A few weeks back, the few remaining Might and Delight developers admitted in print that Kickstarted MMO Book of Travels is basically in maintenance...
Post-apoc MMOFPS Pioner provides roughly two minutes’ worth of gameplay in latest trailer
If you've got two minutes and harbored curiosity for Pioner, the post-apocalyptic MMOFPS from Belgrade-based GFA Games that we first highlighted last December, then...
The MOP Up: World of Peaky Tanks
When you think "World of Tanks," naturally you free-associate the TV series Peaky Binders along with it. And a good thing too, because Wargaming...
Betawatch: Crosswind is sailing toward testing
Those of you who dearly want to be able to play an online game in which you go a-sailin' on the deep blue sea...
Palia’s next update, Tinker & Timber, includes decor and the foundation for April Fools’ Day
Palia is eyeing its next patch for a launch next week on Tuesday, March 25th. Its name? The Tinker & Timber update.
"Build and bounce...
EverQuest II’s GU128, Lure of Darkness, begins open testing next week
If you can remember back to January, when Daybreak released full 2025 roadmaps for the EverQuest franchise, you might recall that EverQuest II set...
Betawatch: Pantheon previews primal and possibly problematic PvP
So the Pantheon crew is preparing to add PvP, but the devs are quick to point out that this is raw PvP. So raw...
Massively Overthinking: Toxic positivity in the land of MMORPGs
As I type this, we've been watching the Lord of the Rings Online transfer situation unfold for over a week now, and I've personally...
Project Gorgon celebrates its seventh year of Steam early access with a gift of explosive love
When I saw the memo on Discord about Project Gorgon's seventh anniversary on Steam, I did a little double-take, as I knew the game...
Last Epoch dials up a huge April update with a new faction, echo type, and mastery respecs
Life is about to get crazy -- in the best of ways -- for time travel ARPG Last Epoch. Eleventh Hour Games announced that...
SMITE 2 introduces Princess Bari and a HUD editing feature in latest open beta patch
Many of the gods added to the playable roster of SMITE 2 have been carryovers from the first MOBA, but the latest update for...
Betawatch: BitCraft prepares for early access in May
We do not hand out an annual award for most unfortunately named MMORPG, but you have to imagine that if we did, BitCraft would...
‘I think we’ve cooked’: MMO sandbox BitCraft prepares for a Steam early access beta
Way back in 2021, we started following an up-and-coming MMORPG sandbox sim called BitCraft that - despite its perhaps inauspicious name - was not...
Brighter Shores says combat updates are on schedule as testing continues
The tuning of combat in Brighter Shores that Fen Research has been talking about for a couple of months is now updating behind the...
Elite Dangerous pauses new colony establishment to address an unspecified ‘important issue’
The first week of system colonization's open beta in Elite: Dangerous has passed, and it's been an extremely active week, with over 8,000 systems...
Guild Wars 2 is planning a WvW update in March and a PvP Push beta in May
Yesterday's full announcement of Guild Wars 2's Janthir Wilds Repentance chapter came with more than a trailer and date: It also came with a...
Midnight Murder Club unveils new game mode and ‘guest pass edition’ as it eyes March 13 early access
Since last summer we've been keeping an eye on Midnight Murder Club, a hide-and-seek multiplayer FPS that puts players into a dark mansion to...
Monsters & Memories dates its next open playtest for April 11, firms up its early access launch plans
Monsters & Memories has had open test weekends a few times along its development track, so hearing about a new one isn't necessarily a...
