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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...
Betawatch: Monster Hunter Wilds lands with quite an impact
While I tease our editor-in-chief occasionally about the games that we highlight here in Betawatch, she is not the only person who plays video...
Tickets for Warframe’s first TennoConcert become available March
Every year, Warframe's TennoCon expands, and every year I wonder just how it could possibly get bigger. For 2025, it grows in a very...
The Stream Team: Taking a live look at the open beta of MMO-style dungeon crawler Fellowship
MOP's Chris is once again heading into Fellowship, the multiplayer game all about delving MMO-styled dungeons. He's been here a couple of times before,...
Life is Feudal Arden, the F2P second resurrection of the medieval MMO, enters open beta on Steam
If you get a second chance to make a first impression but that second chance makes the exact same impression as the first, did...
Elite Dangerous plans four more ships, an update for squadrons, and a new feature in 2025 roadmap
The current year looks to be another one where Elite: Dangerous is stepping on the gas. Or considering we're talking about internet spaceships, is...
‘Co-op PvE space adventure’ Jump Ship shifts early access to summer as closed beta rolls on
Do you all remember Jump Ship? It's a self-described "co-op PvE space adventure" for up to four players that lets teams seamlessly fly through...
CipSoft’s PvPvE zombie shooter MMO Persist Online has ‘all core mechanics now implemented’ as it plots its testing course
Last year we heard about Tibia developer CipSoft entering the PvPvE sub-genre with Persist Online, which the studio classed as "a true, old-school MMORPG...
Team-based PvP robot battler Mecha BREAK earns 300K Steam concurrency and ‘mostly negative’ reviews during its open beta
The February Steam Next Fest is often a time for multiplayer and MMO games to kick out an open beta build to both drive...
Once Human entices current humans to pre-register for the mobile version with rewards
With the mobile version of Once Human heading our way in April of this year, the question is whether or not you're going to...
Betawatch: Dune Awakening gets a launch date at long last
If you have been waiting for Godot, you are going to still be waiting. If you have been waiting to exhale, you... actually, you...
Evercore Heroes is back as Evercore Heroes Ascension with a free Steam Next Fest demo
Don't call it a comeback - or maybe do! Evercore Heroes: Ascension will enable all gamers to download and play the new demo of...
Stars Reach reschedules its Kickstarter launch for February 25
Not February 10th, and not this week, but next week: Stars Reach has a new-new Kickstarter launch date. It's rolling out on February 25th.
The...
Hands-on with MMO dungeon-like co-op title Fellowship and its improved open beta build
The last time I got to try out Fellowship, Arc Games' and Chief Rebel's upcoming co-op title that basically offers up a trinity-based MMORPG...
Lord of the Rings Online’s huge server migration targets early March
While the exact date hasn't been revealed, the moment when Lord of the Rings Online's new 64-bit servers go online and much of the...
The Stream Team: One last open beta test hunt in Monster Hunter Wilds
MOP's Chris and his crew are coming together for one final run through the open beta test of Monster Hunter Wilds! They're pretty much...
Betawatch: Stars Reach delays its Kickstarter for more testers
There need to be more testers in Stars Reach. Not because the current crop of testers is somehow insufficient for feedback, but because the...
Monster Hunter Wilds shares first post-release plans as it extends its open beta post-PSN outage
We are now two weeks away from the full release of Monster Hunter Wilds, which means that Capcom is stepping on the gas of...
MMO Hype Train: Rooting for Project Gorgon in light of tremendous loss
In a different timeline, I think I would've been one of those players who entered the MMO space through Asheron's Call. I remember going to...
Cozy mini MMO Palia teases its next update with plushes, spa day decor, and makeup
Palia is teasing next week's update, the Kilima Couture update, which lands on Tuesday. Granted, it doesn't seem to be a particularly large update,...
