beta testing
Betawatch: New World’s Aeternum open beta is finally here
Remember back in the day when New World would just repeatedly go into beta, then the designers would decide to change the entire game...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Tidal Nexus Online, Kaetram, and Shin Megami Tensei Imagine
Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent multiplayer games that you've (probably) never heard of!
Tidal Nexus Online: This underwater MMO-lite came to...
Temtem Swarm begins its latest closed beta test – here are the patch notes
This week has brought a new chapter to Crema's wider Temtem IP as Temtem Swarm, the studio's multiplayer bullet hell survivor title, has officially...
New World’s Aeternum open beta on PC and console has officially begun
As planned, New World's Aeternum open beta has officially launched as of noon EDT today, welcoming all players on PC and console to test out...
Cozy co-op van life game Outbound just funded on Kickstarter for almost $300K
Now this is the kind of "living in a van down by the river" that I can get behind: Outbound has officially funded on...
Pre-loading begins for tomorrow’s New World’s Aeternum open beta on both PC and console
New World's Aeternum open beta is almost upon us - yes, even PC players this time. While the official event doesn't kick off until...
Vitae Aeternum: New World Aeternum’s open beta build is actually pretty good – but will it be enough?
Starting this Friday, Amazon Games will be running an open beta test for New World's soft relaunch as Aeternum. Before then, the studio offered...
Guild Wars 2 presents PvP Push pre-test plan as plushies pounce your purse
As promised, the prototype beta for Guild Wars 2's new PvP mode, Push, is kicking off this afternoon, open to everyone as of 3...
You can still play your old Nightingale characters offline even after Realms Rebuilt launches
We're just two days away from the launch of Nightingale's Realms Rebuilt, which is less an update and more a full-scale revamp and reset...
Pax Dei provides first details of an autumn refinement update while explaining its ‘very raw’ early access
When MOP's Chris hopped in to Pax Dei for our Choose My Adventure column, he almost immediately bounced off it, finding his initial forays...
Betawatch: Corepunk hits pause, Guild Wars 2 presses Push, and New World is still an MMORPG
Is there such a thing as too much success - and too much money? That's what Corepunk would have us believe, as earlier this...
New World offers in-game loot for testing Aeternum next week – open beta preloading begins September 11
New week starting on September 13th, Amazon is finally opening up the Aeternum beta for all comers, both PC and console. But if you've...
Guild Wars 2 just unveiled a new 5v5 PvP mode called Push with beta starting next week
Somebody go tell MOP's Sam that Guild Wars 2 is about to get a new PvP mode and he may actually like it! ArenaNet...
The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming suits up for Mecha BREAK’s closed beta
In an era of armchair warriors, we bring you Backseat Streamers! Here, Massively OP’s Chris and MJ get to take a backseat and watch...
New World’s latest Aeternum videos spotlight the MMORPG’s settlements, factions, and allies
New World's cavalcade of videos that direct potential new console players to the game continues, and much like some of the previous episodes, the...
Funcom is optimistic Dune Awakening will work on most PCs but admits Xbox Series S is ‘a challenge’
With all of the buzz Funcom has been generating about Dune: Awakening, you'd be forgiven if you thought the conversation topic well had dried...
The MOP Up: 2008’s Grand Fantasia relaunches with a classic Origin server
Anime MMO Grand Fantasia is relaunching on September 3rd with a classic edition called Origin that harkens back to the title's 2008 era:
"New engine,...
LOTRO Legendarium: Why haven’t I burned out on LOTRO yet?
None of what I'm about to write is to meant to be self-promotion - just observation. It really hit me the other day how...
Ashes of Creation previews Alpha 2’s Citadel of The Steel Bloom and Firebrand
The road leading to Ashes of Creation's long-awaited Alpha 2 is less than two months away at this point, and Intrepid Studios hopes to...
Betawatch: Blue Protocol departs the MMO beta list (because it’s dead)
After so many delays and so much waiting, the good-ish news is that people waiting for Blue Protocol finally found out what was happening...
