beta testing
Betawatch: Gloria Victis is heading toward launch
Did you feel like Gloria Victis would spend forever in an early access beta state? It sure has felt like that for a while,...
Fractured revamps Aerhen, magic staves, and city raids in today’s CBT update
Dynamight Studios is continuing to pump new and renovated content into Fractured Online as the closed beta pushes forward. Today's release for testers is...
Open Tibia-built MMO Ravendawn revamps its reputation system as its final alpha goes live
People are complex, but MMO characters can sometimes feel pretty one-note, especially when a reputation system paints those characters with a single brush. Ravendawn,...
Overwatch 2 launches early access October 4, Diablo IV is slated for 2023
One of the big news stories of 2021 was the revelation that Blizzard had to delay both Overwatch 2 and Diablo IV. As of...
Into the Super-verse: Is there any hope left for the future of superhero MMOs?
When we got the news in May that EG7 and Daybreak had canned its in-development Marvel MMORPG, I didn't have much of a reaction....
Betawatch: World of Warcraft’s Dragonflight approaches internal testing
Oh, yay, the much-delayed World of Warcraft: Dragonflight is apparently going headlong into internal alpha testing! No, that statement doesn't mean there were formal...
Wanna try Fractured Online’s closed beta? We’ve got keys!
If you've had your eye on Dynamight Studios' upcoming sandbox MMORPG Fractured Online but didn't want to shell out for a preorder package to...
Global Chat: Hot takes from the MMO community on Diablo Immortal’s release
The latest iteration of the Diablo franchise is here with Diablo Immortal, but it doesn't seem to be stirring as much interest among the...
Hi-Rez unveils physics brawler Divine Knockout and SMITE-RuneScape collab
Hi-Rez Studios was a part of the OTK Games Expo, a digital gaming celebration organized by streamers under the OTK Network banner, and it...
Nightingale previews its realm card system and more at Summer Game Fest
At this afternoon's Summer Game Fest, Inflexion Games dropped a fresh trailer and mechanics preview for Nightingale, the steampunkish survival not-quite-an-MMO. It's accompanied by...
Diablo Immortal is no longer whaling as hard as we thought, but it’s still pretty bad
Earlier this week, the internet was abuzz over a Reddit thread and subsequent viral videos that pointed out it could cost players over $100,000...
Halo Infinite is finally starting beta tests for its co-op mode
Despite the name, Halo Infinite decidedly felt like Halo Finite at launch if you were expecting to go into it with a co-op partner....
The Cycle Frontier kicks off its free-to-play ‘pre-season’ launch as players decry a pay-to-win DLC pack
Near the end of May, developer Yager noted that its PvPvE survival shooter The Cycle: Frontier was "very close" to release. Apparently that means...
Fractured Online’s closed beta just got a major chat upgrade
Fractured Online is continuing along in its always-on closed beta with a fresh patch after maintenance today. At the heart of this update is......
Embers Adrift recounts May development updates, unveils plans for additional beta testing windows
The month of May has been a busy one for the devs of Embers Adrift and they're here to tell you all about it...
Camelot Unchained talks up its first iteration of gathering gameplay
It is written on a stone monument somewhere that sandbox MMORPGs will require players who gather resources and use those resources to make Stuff™....
Diablo Immortal players estimate being fully geared up will cost $110,000 in microtransactions
When Diablo Immortal launched on mobile and PC last week, it did so with some truly rancorous levels of microtransaction nonsense, but perhaps most...
Betawatch: Diablo Immortal launches whilst reaching for your money
Huey Lewis famously sang in 1985 that you didn't need a credit card to ride this train. He did not, however, say that you...
Embers Adrift adds the first iteration of a monolith-powered fast travel system in latest beta build
Just last week the devs of Embers Adrift were wrestling with how to balance fast travel convenience with the game's design of getting players...
Diablo Immortal launches on mobile and PC today with hellacious microtransactions
The newest entry in Blizzard's long-running Diablo series was couched in controversy literally from the first minutes that it was announced. Now, with Diablo...
