beta testing
Blade and Soul beta begins October 30th, still launching Q1 2016
You can stop holding your breath now: The beautifully rendered action MMORPG Blade and Soul arrives on western shores very soon. NCSoft officially announced today that...
Albion introduces crafting shrines and treasure chests
Albion Online is currently focusing on preparations for its upcoming closed beta, but that didn't stop Sandbox Interactive from posting a dev blog that...
Check out more than half an hour of Crowfall’s current test version
Crowfall is transparent. Not in the sense that you can see right through it, but in the sense that the development process is open...
The Repopulation closes a test server to prepare for a hardcore shard
It's both an ending and a new beginning:Â The Repopulation is closing down one of its test servers today, but this is being done to...
BLESS shows off character customization in video
Fans of robust character generators will appreciate the range of customization available in BLESS. With the final Korean closed beta less than two weeks...
The Game Archaeologist: Lucasfilm’s Habitat
Some of you reading this may simply never have known a world before the internet existed by virtue of your age. It's not your...
Betawatch: September 4th, 2015
The pre-alpha testing for Crowfall has started, which is really great even if it's mostly just people beating the snot out of one another...
Stick and Rudder: Star Citizen is starting to come together
Last Tuesday I woke in the wee hours of the morning to install Star Citizen's 1.2 patch. I wasn't battling insomnia or anything like that; on the...
Devilian begins alpha testing for Obsidian founders
If you've been eagerly awaiting your chance to get your hands on Devilian even in just a test stage, your wait is over. At...
Crowfall answers community questions on development
A small number of players are getting their first taste of what Crowfall is going to be, and that's a good thing. The result...
World of Warships launches September 17th
If you've been waiting until the official release to launch your naval career in World of Warships, mark your calendar: In two weeks, the...
Free-to-play WildStar ‘Reloaded’ arrives September 29th
No, that isn't a typo in the title: WildStar fully converts to free-to-play on September 29th. Carbine and its crew are calling this significant change to...
Elite: Dangerous welcomes pilots to close quarters combat
Players have a new way to experience Elite: Dangerous with the advent of the close quarters combat (CQC) mode. The beta test for the...
WildStar enters the second phase of free-to-play testing with real money, explains Runecrafting changes
The first stage of testing for WildStar's free-to-play conversion has been a success on the whole. Sure, there have been aspects that veterans didn't...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMO testing experience you’ve ever had?
I know I'm not alone in feeling beta-fatigue. I hear the same things I feel from you folks in our comments and from our...
Camelot Unchained’s weekend alpha sounds pretty successful
Did you check out any of Camelot Unchained's alpha test over the weekend? If not, you missed a solid round of testing, according to...
Make My MMO: August 29, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Project Gorgon graduated from our "current campaigns" list to our "fully funded" list thanks to its successful $74,000...
Nexus Telegraph: Five ways to get ready for WildStar’s F2P
WildStar's free-to-play transition -- with the accompanying massive feature patch -- hasn't gotten a set date yet, but with the update in closed beta...
PAX Prime 2015: Devilian reveals founder packs
At PAX Prime last night, Trion announced founder packs for its upcoming OARPG import, Devilian.
The cheapest bundle, at $49.99, includes beta access, 2500 credits, a...
Betawatch: August 28th, 2015
Project Gorgon's latest run on Kickstarter is over, and it was a pretty big success for the title, hitting almost $75,000 in funding. That...
