beta testing
MultiVersus’ latest patch adjusts hurtboxes, projectiles, and Velma’s cop-calling special move
As the open beta of online character brawler MultiVersus rolls along, balance changes were bound to happen. That's the crux of the game's latest...
World of Warcraft plops Dragonflight’s pre-patch with talent and UI overhaul on the PTR
If sitting in interminable queues for WoW Classic isn't bringing you joy, how about doing some scouting and testing for that other fall World...
Mad World’s latest video offers a look at its post-apocalyptic world
Mad World has a pretty grim setting (if that isn't obvious already) and nowhere is that more apparent than in the ruined world that...
Perfect Ten: Recent promising MMOs that died before they were born
Is there anything more agonizing to an MMO fan than to get excited about a promising title and then see that title cancelled before...
Old School RuneScape takes in feedback for quest speedrunning worlds
Last week, Jagex shared a rundown of how quest speedrunning worlds in Old School RuneScape would work, which in turn has brought forth some...
Fight or Kite: First impressions of Dysterra, a cybernetic post-apoc survival sandbox
In the future, our home Earth is beset by a host of economic and environmental disasters. It got so bad that people with resources...
The Stream Team: Taking a brief look at the open beta of Cinderstone Online
Whether you want to call it Fioresia or its new name Cinderstone Online, there's an open beta event going on and MOP's Chris is...
Cinderstone Online offers open beta adventures through September 8
Looking for something a little more whimsical and unknown to start off your September? Cinderstone Online, formerly Fioresia Online, is offering open beta previews...
The Game Archaeologist: How Ultima Online got made
You know how there’s that yokel in every global chat channel that likes to troll players by claiming that World of Warcraft was the...
Betawatch: Dragonflight moves into proper beta testing
What's the difference between World of Warcraft: Dragonflight between now and last week? Now it's in actual beta. Like, for-real beta. Yes, the distinction...
Dual Universe loads up a building contest right before launch
Less than a month remains before Dual Universe exits beta and enters launch, and you know what would definitely spice up that last month?...
Embers Adrift announces open beta weekend on September 16, discusses Worldbreaker and ashen monsters
If you're curious about Embers Adrift but aren't willing to spend money on a beta and weren't tapped for August's Worldbreaker event, then your...
MMO dev Raph Koster disambiguates sandboxes, themeparks, simulation, and stagecraft
Veteran MMO developer Raph Koster, who himself is working on a sandbox MMO couched in a metaverse, is back with another dev blog this...
Here’s how to join Fractured Online’s closed beta this weekend with our site key
Fractured Online opens its closed beta to the world today ahead of its planned early access later this fall, and if you've been curious...
Put on your shocked face: Halo Infinite has canceled local multiplayer
Just how much multiplayer Halo Infinite would include has been the subject of a lot of fuss over the last year. It didn't even...
Multiplayer survival sandbox Earth: Revival plans closed beta this weekend
If you just can't get enough survival sandbox, Chinese studio Nuverse has another one for you to die in. It's called Earth: Revival, and...
NetEase’s free-to-play survival shooter Lost Light makes its global debut on PC and mobile
Lost Light, the mobile and PC survival shooter from NetEase that we first reported on last year and checked in on last month, is...
World of Warcraft opens up the whole of Dragonflight for beta testing today
Want to test everything that's available in World of Warcraft: Dragonflight? The good news is that players who have opted into the beta may...
Mad World releases a closed beta trailer ahead of its test on September 15
If you're still interested in Mad World, we're willing to bet you've already registered for the game's upcoming closed beta on September 15th. But...
Kickstarted indie MMO Genfanad will formally launch on September 27
MMO players are uncomfortably comfortable with the idea that Kickstarter MMOs linger in unfinished states for years, but that will not be the fate...
